The Walker Welcome Wagon is heading out into neighborhoods this morning with t-shirts & swag bags. Can't wait to say hi to our students!

Here we go. Today is the first last of the year. The last first day of school at Walker.

It’s been a busy day at Walker. The sixth grade finalists competed in the school-wide Oratorical Fest. They all absolutely knocked it out of the park.

Pi Night starts in 6 minutes, with the opportunity to pi(e) Dr. Thompson at the end of the evening.

Two of the girls were interviewed by the news at the end of the event!

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Walker is holding a Black Excellence program today run by one of our amazing CSAs. We asked some students to present. It's pretty daunting to present something you wrote in front of 300 kids, but they did it!

I watched in real time as 6 girls went from nervous to confident in front of my eyes.

The 6th gr is writing an explanatory essay. Their practice questions included:

Are there any circumstances under which teachers should use words like rizz & skibidi?

Are Takis ever an appropriate breakfast?

Choose a teacher to whom you can assign a positive aura score. Explain the score.

This morning kicked off the Walker Book Swap. Students & parents have been bringing in gently loved books to swap. All students had an opportunity to grab some books to take home to read over break or to give as gifts to siblings.

Thanks to our amazing reading specialists for organizing this!

Sixth graders crushed their projects on Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches!

Sixth graders are running experiments to see if male or female Hissing Cockroaches can carry more weight.

Overheard: “Slay Queen!” as the females consistently beat the males.

Sixth graders will be learning about Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches. Goal: Debunking stereotypes about cockroaches with facts.

Today our sixth graders start a new unit in ELA. The kickoff is one of my favorite days of the year. For now, it’s a mystery.

Some pictures from yesterday’s publishing parties. These personal narratives were a triumph of differentiation done by teachers to ensure each student produced their best work.

Celebrating with a publishing party was great fun.

Walker Gifted is joining Bluesky! Today we're looking forward to publishing parties in some of the sixth grade classrooms. Pictures to follow! We're excited to share what we're doing at Walker to challenge all students.