The NOW (News of Walden) Walden III Middle & High School
Racine, Wisconsin
262.664.6250

SCHOOL EVENTS AND NOTICES

Middle School Fieldtrip to Racine Theatre Guild

Seventh and eighth graders will see the production of "The Effect of the Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds" at the Racine Theatre Guild tomorrow, April 24.

Plant Sale for Music Department

This year's music department plant sale will be through Milaeger's as "Milaeger Money." Milaeger Money can be used to buy any plants—annuals, hanging baskets, perennials, roses, and much more—at the Racine or Sturtevant Milaeger's stores with no time restrictions. Amounts of $15, $25, and $50 are available for purchase with 20% of sales going back to the school.

Support your Walnuts—Buy a Yearbook

The yearbooks are fresh out of the printer (they still have that “new book” smell). Hurry, only a limited number are left!

Buy yours now for just $40! The 2007-2008 yearbook has been crafted together by its own unique Walden students. It’s a different, new, and spectatcular-looking book that holds many great memories! The end of the year is coming soon, and you will want to get your yearbook as soon as possible!

Eco-Friendly Makeover Contest

Extreme Makeover Home Edition plans to do an "eco-friendly" makeover on a school. We would like lots of applications for Walden as this prize of $250,000 would really help us in our quest to become a Green School and to refurbish our elderly digs.

Essays must be 250 words or less and received by May 18, 2008. Visit the website educatetoescape.com to submit your entry and answer a series of survey questions.

• School: Walden III Middle and High School
• Principal: Bob Holzem
• City, State, Zip: Racine, WI 53403
• School Phone: 262-664-6250
• Size: 500-1000 students
• School Type: Public
• Grade Levels: Other (6th-12th)

Some information you might find helpful in writing an essay: 1) we want to stay in the building with our ties to the community and our role as an anchor in a challenged neighborhood; 2) parts of the building were built in the 1860s; 3) the west wing is in the bottom 5% for energy efficiency; and 4) we already have Green School status, but we have a long way to go to fulfill our mission and help other schools become green.

AP Parents Night at Horlick on April 28

Parents are invited to an informational meeting about the Advanced Placement program at Horlick High School on Monday, April 28. Counselors will start with a short presentation and teachers will be on hand to provide information about AP classes.

Walden Memorial Scholarships

Walden III memorial scholarships are available to all middle and high school students. The deadline for applications is May 2. Applications are available in the office.

Racine Eco-Fair on April 26

Come see, ask, learn to be more "green" at the Racine Eco-Fair on Saturday, April 26 (download the flyer).

Spring Fling Dance on May 2

Walden students have planned a Spring Fling dance on Friday, May 2, 6:00-9:00 p.m. Proceeds from the dance will benefit the Relay for Life.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

PTSA Positions

If you're interested in helping out the school, but in a way that fits into your schedule, consider one of the following volunteer positions with the PTSA.

• Treasurer: This is an elected position currently held by Brent Finkenbine. The primary responsibility is to record income and expenses and to write and distribute checks. We have QuickBooks software available for the treasurer. For more information, please contact Brent at 681-1962.
• Volunteer Coordinator: A volunteer coordinator receives requests from staff and sends out emails to parents or makes phone calls as necessary. In addition, the volunteer coordinator sends out requests for food for the staff appreciation luncheons. For more information, please call Jane Finkenbine at 681-1962.
• WOW Editor: The school print newsletter is currently produced by a PTSA volunteer, Lisa Scott Ptacek. Even if we go to a digital version of the WOW, we still need someone to produce it, preferably with a page layout program. Please contact Lisa at 681-2414 for more information.

Volunteers for Ice Cream Social Concert

For Walden's annual ice cream social concert on Thursday, May 22, Vanessa is requesting volunteers to organize the silent auction and ice cream sales, and to help serve ice cream, staff the silent auction table, and collect donations. We are also in need of silent auction donations, such as crafts, quilts, jewelry, storage containers, gift cards, etc.

FUNDRAISING

Order Cookie Dough by Friday

To raise money for the senior class gift and to offset prom costs, Walden seniors are selling cookie dough only through Friday. The cookies cost $12 a box in these flavors: chocolate chunk, monster, M&M, oatmeal & raisin, snickerdoodle, sugar-free chocolate chip, triple chocolate, white chocolate macadamia nut, and peanut butter chcocoalte chip.

Orders must be received by noon this Friday, April 25 for delivery on Tuesday, April 27, 4:00-5:00 p.m. If anyone wants to buy some boxes of cookie dough, either contact a senior directly or call Jane Steker.

Market Day News

Our next sale date is next Tuesday, April 29th, from 4:00-5:00 PM in the school cafeteria. This sale is to help the Senior Class for graduation also included in this sale is cookie bonus days, which also is helping Walden Clubs. Have you ordered cookies from your Walden student? As many of you know, Market Day has many tasty foods and snacks to make lunch making and cooking easier including a variety of healthy start foods. Please spread the word to friends and family.

Not familiar with Market Day? Check out the Market Day website and designate Walden when you place an order.

Pick 'n Save Number for Walden

If you shop at Pick 'n Save, please sign up for the Advantage Plus card and designate Walden PTSA as the charity. Each time an Advantage Plus cardholder presents the card at the checkout, a donation from that grocery purchase is given to the organization. If you are already an Advantage Plus Savers Club cardholder, please designate Walden PTSA as the recipient. Our account number is 910560.

Scrip Tips for Apr. 23

It's not too soon to be thinking of Mother's Day, which is Sunday, May 11th. Scrip makes a great gift for that special Mom, Grandma, Mother-in-Law, Mom-to-Be, or other favorite "second mother" in your life. Orders placed by Friday, May 2nd will arrive in time for Mother's Day.

If you're planning to take Mom out so she doesn't have to cook on Mother's Day, you can use scrip and earn extra money for Walden out at the same time. We offer scrip for Chancery ($5), Hobnob ($50), Olive Garden ($25), Outback Steak House ($25), PF Changs ($25), Rainforest Cafe ($25), Applebee's ($25), or Cheesecake Factory ($25), just to name a few. Check www.glscrip.com, click on Retailer List and you can search by name or select retailer type (dining - fine or casual) to see if scrip is available for mom's favorite restaurant.

Other Mother's Day gift ideas include Bath & Body Works ($10/$25), Williams Sonoma/Pottery Barn ($25), Crate & Barrel ($25/$100), Barnes & Noble ($10/$25/$100), Boston Store ($25/$100), Kay Jewelers ($50) and even Motherhood Maternity ($25). There are hundreds of retailers to choose from—Mom's favorite store is sure to be offered, and she'll be happy to know she's helping the school while she's shopping.

If you really want to pamper mom, scrip is available for the Grand Geneva Resort at Lake Geneva ($25), the Ritz-Carlton Hotels ($50), and for the Marriott ($50/$100) and Hyatt Hotel ($25/$100) chains. There are many more travel options listed at www.glscrip.com under Retailers/Travel.

If you're all out of ideas, you can never go wrong sending flowers. We can get scrip for 1-800 Flowers ($25) and Walden gets a little extra profit at no cost to you.

This week's scrip orders are due in the scrip mail box located in the school office by 9:00 AM on Friday, April 25th, with delivery no later than during homegroup on Friday, May 2nd. If you do not want your student to pick up your scrip order, please make arrangements with Pam Heitfeld to pick it up at another time.

You can order scrip online at shopwithscrip.com. Walden's enrollment code is 821C398F11528. Paper order forms are available in the school office. You can also download the forms from our fundraising page on the PTSA website.

Fundraising Totals

	Start of Year	Current
Shillings Pub Pre-Reunion Event	0	PTSA: $446.35 Reunion: $100
Barnes & Noble Bookfair	0	$635.16
Box Tops	$87.70	$523.20
Box Tops for 2008-09	0	$96.50
Campbell's	4115	3,787 (plus a DVD player!)
Kemps Caps	0	750+
Dine Out: Noodles & Co.	0	$228.47
Dine Out: Kewpees	0	$100.00
Dine Out: Domino's	0	$253.59
Dine Out: Qdoba	0	$72.00
Dine Out: Culver's	0	$53.00

April 23, 2008
Issue #32 for 2007-08

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

APRIL

• 23
  Middle school All-City Relay track meet
• 24
  7th and 8th grade fieldtrip to the Racine Theatre Guild
• 25
  Scrip orders and delivery
• 25
  Market Day online orders due
• 28
  AP (Advanced Placement) Parents Night at Horlick, 6:00 p.m.
• 28 to May 2
  Spring MAP testing
• 29
  Market Day pickup, 4:00-5:00 p.m.
• 30
  Middle school track meet, Park H.S.

MAY

• 2
  Scrip orders and delivery
• 2
  Spring Fling dance, 6:00-9:00 p.m.
• 3
  Walden students at State Music Contest
• 3
  Walden music groups at Kiwanis Pancake Day
• 7
  Middle school track meet, Case H.S.
• 8
  Dine Out Night at Domino's
• 9
  Scrip orders and delivery