What's Happening at Walnut Acres: December 2, 2025
Mark Your Calendars!
12/3: Art Walk at the Orchards 5-7pm
12/8-12: Holiday Toy Drive
12/11: Kid Makers Market 4:30-6:30
12/22-1/2: Winter Break - NO SCHOOL
For the entire calendar, please see: PFC Key Dates 2025-2026
To add PFC events to personal calendar: Go to the Konstella calendar and click "Sync to My Calendar" (web) or "Sync" (mobile app).
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To Do List:
- Donate to the Jag Fund - it's Giving Tuesday!
- Volunteer to help us reimagine P.E.
- Order your yearbook, 5th grade dedication, and submit photos
- Purchase a birthday marquee message for your child
- Follow our social media accounts (Instagram and Facebook)
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The Walnut Acres Art Walk is Tomorrow!
Join friends & bring family to this exciting exhibit that will celebrate our community, inspire pride in our students’ work, spread winter holiday spirit, & raise money for our school!
- Stroll the exhibit with work from every single WAE student!
- Take home balloon art from a professional twitster
- Stop in 10 storefronts to collect FREE goodies
- Groove to tunes, & strike a pose with your fave li'l artist(s) on the red carpet
- Shop & Dine ALL DAY at 9 participating retailers & restaurants generously donating a portion of their proceeds directly back to our school!
- Check your students backpack or click here for Pro Tips, site maps, participanting retailer lists, etc. for this FREE event!
Questions? Direct Message Amanda Regenstein on Konstella.
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Support the Toy Drive Next Week!
Join our Third Community Drive of the year! The Toy Drive benefiting Shore Acres Elementary is next week, December 8-12. Please drop off new and gently used toys and children’s jackets in front of the office. Please only donate items in very good condition that have all their pieces and are clean. We also need adult and student volunteers to sort donations (outdoors) and to deliver donations to Shore Acres in your minivan or SUV in the afternoon. Sign Up Here to Volunteer
*** No stuffed animals please.
For questions or to volunteer email communityservice@walnutacrespfc.net or talk to Griselda Oliver or Ana Pedroza.
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Shop the Makers Market Next Thursday!
The Makers Market is just over a week away! Tell your family and friends and mark your calendar to come shop the 4th/5th Grade Makers Market on Thursday, December 11th, 4:30-6:30 PM.
Bring small bills and a shopping bag. You’ll be blown away by what our upper grade students can create.
If you are (the parent of) a 4th or 5th grader who would like to participate as a seller, make sure you fill out the application by Friday! Apply here.
If your child has any questions, email makersmarket@walnutacrespfc.net
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Three Ways to Shop, Save, & Give Back!
The annual Sports Basement Holiday Shop Event is almost here! Shop at Sports Basement stores or online from December 4-14 and Basementeers get 20% off your purchase (non-Basementeers get 11% off)!
Just show this flyer at the register (AND use code 10159) for your exclusive discount.
10% of the profits made from our Sports Basement Basementeer supports (is Walnut Acres your beneficiary??) will go back to Walnut Acres!
🎄 Holiday Cards That Give Back! 💌
We’re partnering with Minted this season to support Walnut Acres — and you can help just by ordering your holiday cards and gifts!
Use code FUNDRAISEPFCWA at checkout for 20% OFF, and Minted will donate 10% back to our school.
Minted offers beautiful, high-quality designs from independent artists — holiday cards, photo gifts, stationery, and more.
✨ Shop: minted.com/holiday
✨ Code: FUNDRAISEPFCWA
✨ Give-back: 10% donated to Walnut Acres
✨ Valid all year long!
Thank you for supporting our school and checking those holiday cards off your to-do list!
📚 Support Our School Library — Shop the PaperPie Book Sale!
Now through December 12th
Looking for meaningful gifts for the kids in your life? Stock up on educational children’s books, puzzles, activity cards, games, and STEM toys—all while helping our school library grow!
When you shop through our PaperPie event link, the school earns 50% back in FREE books plus a percentage of all sales. Your holiday shopping can directly put new stories, resources, and learning tools into our students’ hands! SHOP HERE
✨ Need recommendations?
Text Megan Burton at 925-588-8830 for personalized picks and answers to any questions. Thank you for supporting our readers and helping our library shine! 📖💛
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Auction Donation Items Needed!
Auction season is kicking off and our amazing night (March 27th!) will be here before we know it. In order to make both our online, silent and live auction events successful, we need DONATIONS from our amazing community.
Remember - the money we raise funds critical programs like Reading and Math Intervention Specialists. Can you help us secure some great auction items?
Here’s what we are looking for: Gift cards, tickets to events, vacation home stays, goods, services, hosting a buy-in party, or a unique experience like a behind-the-scenes tour or other event. Can you help or can you ask your favorite restaurant, stylist, designer, etc for support?
All donors are recognized in our online auction website, and Auction Sponsors receive advertising space in the event program and at the gala. Donations are fully tax deductible.
Reach out to auctiondonations@walnutacrespfc.net to contribute!
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Thank You Fall Pledge Participants!
Thanks to the incredible support of our Walnut Acres community, we wrapped up a VERY successful Jaguar Fund Fall Pledge Participation Competition!
Our goal this year was to boost our participation rate in order to help reach our fundraising target - funds that directly support the high-quality education and enriching programs made possible by the Jaguar Fund.
How did we do?
When we kicked off the competition, our participation rate was 20%. By the time we wrapped up, we had jumped to 42%! Together, we raised an additional $50,000 for the Jaguar Fund and welcomed over 100 new donors.
THANK YOU! - Your generosity, enthusiasm, and commitment make an enormous difference.
As a reminder, two winning classes (one for Participation Rate and one for Total Money Raised) earned a special party - chosen by the teacher and sponsored by the PFC.
And the winning classes are…
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Highest Participation Rate: Carella
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Most Money Raised: Graves
Congratulations to our winning classes, and heartfelt thanks to every donor who helped make this year’s competition such a success. We appreciate you!
Walnut Acres PFC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Tax ID # 94-2398637 — your donation is tax-deductible!
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Northgate Winter Fair this Saturday!
Shop small and support local businesses
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Say it in Lights!
Support the PFC and put a smile on your child's face! For $25.00, the greeting "Happy Birthday (Your Child’s Name)” will be on display on the Walnut Acres electronic Marquee from 7am-9pm on your date of choice. Click HERE to purchase.
Is your child’s birthday during the summer? Consider a “half-birthday” greeting 6 months after their birthday.
The deadline for submitting an order is one week prior to your child's birthday.
Questions? Email Justin Pickering at marquee@walnutacrespfc.net.
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Buy your 2025-2026 Walnut Acres Yearbook NOW for $37! Yearbooks always sell out and we do not order extras.
Additional Option: Purchase an “Angel Book” to be donated to a Walnut Acres student in need.
Go to: www.yearbookordercenter.com and enter school code: 10053
Want to share your amazing pictures for the yearbook?
- Go to: www.hjeshare.com; Enter school code walnutacres
- Click "select images for upload". Click "Browse for Images".
- Locate our images, click on them, then click "Open".
- Enter the information for each image. Please include "grade(s) of students" and provide the teacher's name if known. For "student(s) shown", type N/A (You do NOT need to include student’s name).
- Click "upload images"
*Note: The yearbook crew builds pages as events happen throughout the year. Please upload photos within 1 month of an event.
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5th Grade Dedication & Yearbook Cover Contest
5th grade parents: Congratulate your 5th grader and celebrate this milestone with a dedication ad in the yearbook. Please see the attached flier for information and an example of an ad. You can create and purchase the ad at the same site as the yearbook HERE.
We also need our 5th grade artists to submit their artwork for the yearbook cover contest. Artwork must be on an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper in vertical (portrait) format, and include the school name (Walnut Acres) and school theme (Wild About Learning). The deadline to submit artwork is 12/19. Submit entries to Yvonne in the office, and make sure the artist's name and teacher is written on the back. Emailed entries are also accepted. Contact Susan Heffran or Michelle Lederman with any questions at yearbook@walnutacrespfc.net.
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Follow Our Social Media Accounts!
Follow us on IG and/or Facebook for another way to stay informed about the happenings at school, and see some behind the scenes of the amazing projects our kiddos get to work on.
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