Pride

First and foremost, welcome back after a long and extended holiday. The “snow” day caught many of us off guard, but the extra day of Thanksgiving break was a wonderful treat. Now that we are settling back into the swing of things, it is time to continue our hard work as we push on to Winter Break. There are a lot of BIG items coming in the next three weeks: Winter MAP tests will take place in all Language Arts classes next week. 8^th grade students will start to talk about the registration process for 9^th grade at Monticello High School. Teachers will send home interims this Friday. All of our students in 6^th and 7^th grade History classes, as well as all 8^th grade students, start the mad dash to their end of course tests in January.

There has been a lot of talk on the local news recently about our School Board and state legislators talking about the SOL tests and their future. While we tend to hear a lot of news about the SOL tests, we often forget that there are other, more traditional indicators of student success that get a lot less press time. On Tuesday, almost 190 students from Walton Middle School were invited to an end-of-the-day ice cream social hosted by the administrative team. These were the students that achieved either A/B Honor Roll or all A Honor Roll for the first quarter. Over half the school accomplished this, which is quite the achievement. So as we look back and take stock of what we are thankful for, our students and all of their many successes, big and small, are at the top of the list.  Walton has a lot to brag about this year, but our major source of pride is our students. Great job, Wildcats!

 

Mr. Guy