Special Board Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at 7:30 am. The meeting will be held at Big Walnut Intermediae School in the Central Office Conference Room.

All Big Walnut students will be released one hour early Wednesday, June 5. In addition, food service will not be provided the last day of school.

Parents and students,

There seems to be an issue with the Parent/Student portal app for the "i" devices (iphone, ipod, ipad). We have contacted Pearson on this issue. We are sorry for the inconvenience this may cause you. In the meantime, I suggest logging into the portal via any web browser. The address is below:

https://ps7-bw.treca.org/public/

All Big Walnut Local Schools will be on a 2 hour delay due to dense fog.

This week, we honor law enforcement, those who serve and sacrifice for us every single day. Please see the attached Presidential Proclamation regarding Peace Officers Memorial Day (5/15) and Police Week.

Attached you will find the testing schedule for the 2013/2014 school year.  If there are updates to the schedule, the revision date will be noted on the bottom of the page.

2013/2014 District Testing Dates

Roush Honda and the Big Walnut Local Schools are proud to announce the 2013 Golden Eagle Mentor Award recipients. Congratulations to all winners and thank you for your work in our district! Thanks also to those who took the time to nominate someone.

BWHS Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held the evening of April 3.  Families can individually schedule these conferences online.  The link below will take you to the website "pick A time".  I am hopeful that this initiative will be easy for families and something which you like in terms of use and convenience.

Kindergarten registration will officially be held in each of the Big Walnut elementary schools throughout the week of April 8, 2013. 

The Golden Eagle Mentor Award recognizes community members and staff who selflessly serve at an extraordinary level, either at a building or in the district. These individuals embody the Big Walnut Mission and Vision.  

Air Camp is a week-long summer camp adventure in aviation and aeronautics for middle school students, which takes place at the birthplace of flight – Dayton, Ohio. At Air Camp, students will experience the rich and exciting aviation and educational resources in the Dayton region, from the place where the Wright Brothers invented flight to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Home base for the week will be Wright State University.

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR STUDENTS GOING INTO GRADES 7,8, AND 9, THRU APRIL 30, 2013.

Please click here to apply.

Several of Big Walnut's administrators and staff will be presenting to education professionals from all over the state at the Ohio Department of Education's Race to the Top conference, Connecting the Dots: Diving Deeper into Ohio's Education Reform.

At the March 11 regular Board meeting, bell times for the 2013/2014 school year were discussed.  Please see full article for the times that were decided upon.

It is with great pleasure that we are able to officially announce that the Big Walnut Local School District has earned the ranking of "Excellent with Distinction"  on the 2011/2012 State Report Card.  The Big Walnut Schools have earned Excellent for seven years straight - THANK YOU students, staff, and parents for your hard work and support!

Congratulations to the Big Walnut High School competition cheer squad - they are the 2013 OASAA Division II Non-Mount State Champions!

All Big Walnut Local Schools are closed 3-6-2013.

In anticipation of the winter storm set to hit this evening, Big Walnut High School Bingo will be canceled.

Please continue to check the website for updates on other events and activities schedueld for tonight.

Middle and High School parents and athletes - the Big Walnut Department of Athletics would like to hear from you!  The survey below is located all year long on our Athletic Forms link, please feel free to fill it out and turn it in any time during or after your season or for your convenience, we have provided the survey online.

Online Survey Link - the pin is 2013 if needed

MS/HS Parent and Athlete Survey 

Congratulations to Alec Eisnnicher
 

BW Drama Club's performance of Guys and Dolls will go on as scheduled Frebruary 22 & 23.

All Big Walnut Local Schools are closed Friday, February 22, 2013.

The Sunbury Village Street Department began the installation of speed bumps on Fairland Drive.

On Saturday, March 9, 2013, the Big Walnut Middle School Jazz Band will perform before the Blue Jackets take on the Detroit Red Wings at 2pm.

Congratulations to Sarah Stefaniak - Newly Published Author

I was fourteen, a freshman in Big Walnut High School, when the idea for My Supplier came to me through a homework assignment. I never knew how much I loved to write until Mrs. Stooksbury, in Accelerated English, told us to develop a strong character.  From that project, I created a world for this character and pretty soon a story, then a book grew.   I was given that assignment and started to create my own world. Now a Junior, still at Big Walnut, I’m writing completely new ideas for stories and continuous ideas for a sequel. When I graduate in the spring of 2014 I plan to continue my education to prepare me for a job in marketing, journalism, or screenwriting.

Read more about Sarah:

Buy her book:

Goodfella'z Pizzeria will be donating 10% of all sales on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 to Big Walnut Local Schools.

The Big Walnut Board of Education meetings will be moving to the high school media center. The time of the meeting has been changed from 7:00 pm to 6:30.

SUNBURY, Ohio - Gone are the days that visitors can just open a door and walk into a Big Walnut school building. Visitors now have to check in through a video intercom system.

NBC4 Make A Difference School Grant wants to give students more chances to think, serve, shine and connect by awarding three $10,000 grants, and two of our buildings are in the running!!!

Please be sure to vote once every day until March 7 - Big Walnut High School and Big Walnut Elementary need your votes!

Schools will be competing for top votes in each size classification. The top six vote getters will advance to the final round of judging. which will be decided on by a panel of 5 judges. Judges will select three grand prize winners. Winners announced on May 16th.

Public voting begins February 4th via online social voting on the NBC4 Facebook page and at www.NBC4MakeADifference.com.

NBC4 news anchor Cabot Rea will provide regular reports and updates on the school grant project until the winners’ are announced in May 2013.

Learn more at www.NBC4MakeADifference.com and follow the project on Twitter at #nbc4grant.

It is our pleasure to announce that the Mobile Dentists from Smile Programs will be coming to Big Walnut (k-4)!

Just a reminder of the district-wide one hour late start January 31, 2013.

All evening athletic activities are canceled.

The basketball games scheduled for Big Walnut vs Delaware Hayes tonight have been RESCHEDULED for tomorrow, January 26, 2013.  The schedule is as follows:

• Freshman - 3:30pm
• JV - 5pm
• Homecoming Crowning - 6pm
• Varsity - 6:30pm

The homecoming dance will take place immediately following the varsity game.

All Club events scheduled tomorrow at the high school are canceled.

Due to the weather and condition of the roads, there will be NO afternoon preschool or kindergarten. 

We will be following the early release schedule below:

• High school and middle school students today at 1pm
• Elementary students at 2pm
• Intermediate students at 3pm.

Big Walnut Middle School Teen Night will be rescheduled.

Please check the website for updates on the status of high school athletic events.

Stay safe and warm!

All Big Walnut Local Schools are on a 2 hour delay Wednesday, January 23, 2013.

Preschool / Kindergarten Delay Schedule

Hello Big Walnut School Community:

All Big Walnut Local Schools are on a 2 hour delay Tuesday, January 22, 2013.

Preschool / Kindergarten Delay Schedule

Big Walnut Education Foundation

As we prepare to welcome students back on August 22, we would like to share some important news items for our intermediate students and their parents.

During a teacher and staff meeting at the beginning of the school year held to lay the groundwork for the year ahead, district superintendent Steve Mazzi drew a name from bowls with each building’s staff in them.

“The name I drew got the day off, and I would work their shift whether it was a teacher or a custodian or a secretary,” Mazzi said last week surrounded by Big Walnut Elementary School third grade students. “When they called the chip in, I had to do their job for the day, they got the day off, and they didn’t have to use vacation time or personal time.”

Mazzi was at BWE because he had drawn third grade teacher Karen Snyder’s name, and she called her chip in – Mazzi was a third grade teacher for the entire day, teaching a social studies module about Congress, the president, and Supreme Court.

One student said that Mazzi was kind of a tough teacher. “He makes you get it right,” the student said. “But he's really nice.”

Asked what he learned during his daylong tenure as a third grade teacher Mazzi said it’s how elementary teachers are constantly busy.
 
“It's nonstop on the go,” Mazzi said. “They don't switch classrooms like in middle school or high school, so you don't even get that break. It's very rejuvenating, and tiring at the same time.”