Walker Wolverines PTA

What is Books & Breakfast (B&B)? Books & Breakfast is a before school program that offers a healthy meal and homework support to Evanston Elementary students. B&B is an independent non-profit offering programming at multiple District 65 school sites. At Walker Elementary, the program will begin on Tuesday, 9/27. We will meet each morning from 8am to 8:50am in the gym. Our mission is to help students start their day prepared for learning – physically, emotionally and academically!

Last school year, we made an amazing return to in-person programming, with 180 students across our 6 school sites – Dewey, Lincolnwood, Kingsley, Lincoln, Haven, and our newest site, Walker!

Volunteering with B&B
Walker parents, Northwestern students and community volunteers make up an amazing team of tutors at
B&B each morning. Our goal is to give as much individualized attention to students as possible. Are you interested in being a B&B tutor? Tutors typically commit to one morning a week and receive training to provide reading or math support. We also need substitute tutors to join us 3-4 times over the year!

Want more information? If you’d like to know more about Books & Breakfast or would like to volunteer, please reach out to Nimrah Tariq, Walker Site Director at nimraht@booksbreakfast.org or visit our websites, www.booksbreakfast.org/volunteer to sign up!

**UPDATE** We will only be meeting in person for this month’s meeting.

We will be having our first PTA meeting of the 2022-2023 school year tomorrow night right after Curriculum Night, at 6:30pm.

Here’s a link to the agenda: Sept Meeting Agenda

We hope you can join us!

The PTA Council is celebrating fall with a Pumpkin and Fall Decor Fundraiser to benefit D65 PTA One Fund! Pre-order your pumpkins and fall decorations for pick up on Friday, September 30th at Dawes Elementary School on Oakton and Dodge from 4-7pm. Pre-orders will be available until September 25th.

Place your order here.

Thank you for your support of the PTA One Fund.

El Fondo Uno PTA Evanston/Skokie está celebrando el otoño con una venta de calabazas y decoraciones de otoño. Haga su pedido de calabazas, y tallos de maíz ahora y puede recogerlas el viernes, septiembre 30, 4-7 pm en escuela elementaria Dawes. Pedidos avanzando hasta Septiembre 25.

Haga click aqui para ordenar. 

Gracias por su apoyo del Fondo Uno PTA. 

The first annual E-Town Community Lit Fest is an event for the entire Evanston community to connect over literacy.

Free YA and kids’ books will be provided, as well as food, raffle prizes, and fun activities. There will also be a DJ.

Come join us for this fun event and celebrate literacy!

Location: Tennis Court A (Church and Dodge)
Parking: Lot 3A or Lot 1

Rain Location: North Cafeteria – Please use Entrance 1
Rain Parking: Lot 1

We are excited to share that My65, Foundation 65’s annual benefit event, is BACK. 

There’s no party like a My65 Party! Foundation 65’s annual benefit, My65 returns this October. The event is critical to our success, both as a significant source of fundraising revenue and as an opportunity to showcase District teachers, programs, and students who have benefitted from the support of a Foundation 65 grant. 

Join us at Palmhouse on Howard on October 6 from 7-10 pm. This will be a fun (and safe) way to reconnect as a community and celebrate public schools. 

If you are interested in learning about our school’s newly revived Garden Club, please send an email to kkwalts@gmail.com.

Photo: Rosinweed, a native Illinois flower in full *glorious* bloom in the north garden area at Walker, attracting several types of bees.

Sign up your student for a Fall elective! There’s cooking, chess, sports, mixed media art and more! Elective classes are additional enrichment classes led by companies that Right At School partners with that are typically one hour, once a week. Elective classes are a great opportunity for specialized enrichment in the convenience of our own school. Click here for more information.

Get ready for big smiles! Our school is sponsoring a fall picture program. All students will be photographed individually. Please do NOT have your child wear green (a green screen will be used so an option of picture backgrounds can be selected when photos are printed).

This year our school is sponsoring a PRE-PAY picture program to order prints. Payment can be done online (ordercp.com) or by phone. Scan the QR code with your mobile device to be directed to the order site.

Our school event code is: 10058201