What's Happening at Walnut Acres: January 20, 2026
Mark Your Calendars!
TONIGHT 1/20: PFC Meeting - In Person & Zoom 6:30pm
6:30-7:30 ROAR Into Reading Night MUR (drop off and attend PFC Meeting or stay to read together!)
1/28: 4th/5th Spelling Bee 6pm
1/29: Dine & Donate - Mountain Mike's
Auction Tickets on sale 7pm
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:
- Attend tonight's ROAR Into Reading Night and in person PFC Meeting (Agenda Here. Zoom also available)
- Save your CRV-eligible cans and plastic bottles for collection by our 4th graders every Thursday before school - raising funds for 5th Grade Camp
- Volunteer to help us reimagine P.E.
- Order your yearbook, 5th grade dedication, and submit photos
- Follow our social media accounts (Instagram and Facebook)
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Read-a-thon Continues This Week!
Our annual Read-a-thon fundraiser starts Monday - Jan 12th - 26th.
The Read-A-Thon continues this week thru Monday, January 26th. Students should be logging their minutes read on their envelopes. Envelopes will be due back by Friday, January 30th.
A 99Pledges link was sent out via email last week with your student’s personal fundraising page, if you did not receive an email please let us know. Flat donations made out to students in 99pledges are also welcome in addition to pledges per minute read. Prizes for the most minutes read and most money raised per class will be announced the week of February 16th.
Keep reading and raising money for Walnut Acres!
Check out our Read-A-Thon website for more details:
Read-A-Thon 2026: Wild About Reading
If any questions, please email us: readathon@walnutacrespfc.net
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Auction Tickets On Sale January 29th!
Don't Forget! Tickets for Walnut Acres’ biggest fundraiser of the year are officially going on sale for our 2026 Auction Gala, inspired by this year’s theme: White Lotus.
On Friday, March 27, we’ll transform the Walnut Creek Marriott Hotel into an evening of elevated fun—think great food, lively bidding, dancing, and just the right amount of drama (the good kind). All in support of our kids and school.
New This Year!
All tickets go on sale at the same time:
Thursday, January 29th at 7:00 PM
Pricing (same as last year):
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$150 per person
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$300 per couple
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$1,500 for a table of 10
This year, we’re keeping things simple and social:
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Already have a full table of 10? Amazing.
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Want to attend with a few friends but not a full table? Perfect.
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Flying solo or excited to meet new families? We’ve got you covered.
We’ll happily seat you with friends you name—or help match you with other parents, including families with similar-aged kids. However you come, you’ll belong.
Space is limited, so be ready to reserve your spot when tickets open (link shared via Konstella)
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Dine & Donate Next Thursday!
Thursday, January 29 is our first Dine & Donate night of 2026! 
We’re kicking things off with a favorite. Join us at Mountain Mike’s Pizza at 1817 Ygnacio Valley Rd and enjoy a meal while supporting our school. Mountain Mike’s is donating 20% back to Walnut Acres Elementary!
Stop by or order online anytime between 11:00 AM–9:00 PM. Just mention Walnut Acres when ordering in store or online (comments box) so your purchase counts.
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Support Your Student(s) & Our School!
Sign up for Mathnasium, The Math Learning Center. 
Mathnasium will donate $10 EVERY MONTH to our PFC for each and every WAE student enrolled in their program. (This is not only for newly enrolled students. It’s for ALL enrolled students from WAE every single month.)
Anyone and everyone can be a great math student, and expert help is right up the road at our local Mathnasium in The Orchards plaza.
SIGN UP HERE
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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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Managing your Konstella Notifications
Did you know you can manage how & when you receive Konstella messages? Go to Account Settings > Notifications to manage your preferences.