Walton Central School District

Good luck to the boys basketball team at sectionals! Walton/Downsville opens the Class C tournament at 6 p.m. today (Wednesday, February 21) and will host Deposit/Hancock! Come cheer on the Warriors! #WeAreWalton #WaltonCSD #WaltonPride

Good luck to the girls basketball team at sectionals! Walton/Downsville opens the Class C tournament at Marathon at 6 p.m. today (Tuesday, February 20)! #WeAreWalton #WaltonCSD #WaltonPride

REMINDER: There is no school from February 19-23 for winter recess. District offices are closed on Monday, February 19 in observance of Presidents' Day. Enjoy your break! #WeAreWalton #WaltonCSD #WaltonPride

As a way to give back, an alumni of Townsend Elementary recently donated t-shirts for all students and staff. The school received the shirts this week and showed them off and the kids were excited to receive the shirts. Townsend staff and students appreciate the generosity and it made for a wonderful day! #WeAreWalton #WaltonCSD #WaltonPride

In conjunction with Music on the Delaware, the Catskill Jazz Quartet visited Walton CSD on Friday to host two workshops – the first with the high school band, and the second with the seventh- and eighth-grade band. A great workshop for all involved! Thank you to Music at the Delaware for helping bring workshops like this to our students! #WeAreWalton #WaltonCSD #WaltonPride

Congratulations to Walton CSD senior Colby Phraner, who recently earned his Eagle Scout rank. Eagle Scout is the highest award one can reach in the Boy Scouts. He has been a 12-year member of Troop #45. For his Eagle Scout project, he build an information kiosk for the Village of Walton pool. The kiosk will be used by the pool to display times and other information throughout the summer. Great job! #WeAreWalton #WaltonCSD #WaltonPride

Good luck to seven Walton/Delaware Academy wrestlers who qualified for the Section Four Division II tournament this weekend at the Visions Veterans’ Memorial Arena in Binghamton! Seven wrestlers qualified last weekend at the Section Four Division II Qualifier B, held in Greene. Trystan Haywood (Walton), who won that tournament at 131 pounds. Hayden Robinson (Walton, 108), and Justin Somers (Walton, 116) each placed second. Also qualifying were Kohl Muller (Walton, 108), Jaxon Backus (Walton, 170), Saverio Prisco (Delhi, 124), and Travis Houck (Downsville, 152). Wrestling begins at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, with the finals scheduled for about 6 p.m. Tickets are digital only and can be purchased via the following links: All-day ticket ($13.40): https://gofan.co/event/1376719?schoolId=NYSPHSAAIV Finals only ($6.25): https://gofan.co/event/1380507?schoolId=NYSPHSAAIV #WeAreWalton #WaltonCSD #WaltonPride

It’s National School Counseling Week! The Walton Central School District is celebrating its school counselors, and we have four great ones in our district! Thank you to Justin Preston (high school), Kacie Button (middle school), Karen Gilbertson (high school), and Beth Howland (elementary)! Make sure you thank our counselors for all they do! #WeAreWalton #WaltonCSD #WaltonPride

Congratulations to the January students of the month for Townsend Elementary! #WeAreWalton #WaltonCSD #WaltonPride

Congratulations to the middle school students of the month for January! #WeAreWalton #WaltonCSD #WaltonPride

Townsend Elementary starts “Kids Heart Challenge!” Townsend Elementary is kicking off a service-learning program called “Kids Heart Challenge.” This is for grades 3-5. Parents can register their students by visiting: http://www2.heart.org/site/TR?fr_id=9739&pg=company&company_id=462250. This is a fundraiser for the American Heart Association. Students will raise funds and through fun activities, they’ll discover ways to take care of their hearts and brains while practicing kindness, gratitude and learning ways to de-stress. Students also have the chance to earn PE equipment for the school!

Congratulations to the high school's students of the month for January! #WeAreWalton #WaltonCSD #WaltonPride

The Section Four Class B wrestling tournament will be held at Greene CSD, beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday, February 3. Tickets, which are $6.25, must be purchased digitally. Tickets can be purchased at: https://gofan.co/event/1354301?schoolId=NYSPHSAAIV

This past week, Plory, a character from i-Ready, visited Townsend Elementary! Plory was helping motivate students as they prepared for their mid-year i-Ready diagnostic assessment! Students were excited to meet Plory and were happy he came to visit! See more photos on our Facebook page! #WeAreWalton #WaltonCSD #WaltonPride

All student after-school activities for Tuesday, January 23 have been canceled. This includes the wrestling match against Windsor. Also, Friday's wrestling match vs. Oneonta will now be in Walton. It was originally scheduled for Downsville #WeAreWalton #WaltonCSD #WaltonPride

Students in the small animal care class were tasked with creating the interior and exterior of a chicken coop. They also needed to build their chickens a back yard. Six essential features needed to be designed and labeled. Among the factors students had to consider how to keep predators out of the coop, and why you can’t have to many chickens living in the coop. They received glue, chicken wire, and popsicle sticks to create their coops. #WeAreWalton #WaltonCSD #WaltonPride

Students in Brynne Hoover-Daye’s Disney Story Exploration class have been busy this semester. The elective is in its second year and is a class students can sign up if they have room in their schedules. This semester, 15 students from seventh and eighth grades took part, with some being in their second year of taking the class. The students this year began by working with the story/movie Star Wars: A New Hope. They ended the unit by writing scripts for talk shows in which they played the characters and were interviewed about their lives. They also challenged Middle School Principal Adam Hoover to a Star Wars trivia battle. Mr. Hoover won. Following this section, they moved on to the movie Encanto. One of the projects completed with this movie was creating a pair of Crocs that fit the personality of one of the characters. The last major project for the semester was creating a diorama from a scene from either of the movies. See more photos on our Facebook page. #WeAreWalton #WaltonCSD #WaltonPride

Alumni Day! The Walton CSD high school hosted its second Alumni Day last week. More than 30 came back to Walton to talk about careers and college. A great day with informative sessions and the ability for students to interact with alumni in fields they may want to pursue! More photos on our Facebook page! #WeAreWalton #WaltonCSD #WaltonPride

The Walton Central School District is now closed for Tuesday. January 16.

The Walton Central School District is on a two-hour delay for Tuesday, January 16.