2009 Alumni Survey Results

In February, we conducted a survey of our alumni from the last four years.  The goal was to find out how well prepared they felt for college after leaving Walker, and also give them an opportunity to share their thoughts about Walker now that they have moved onto college.  104 of our recent alums completed the survey, and we produced a report summarizing the results.  Click here to access a pdf version of the Alumni Survey results.  I encourage you to look at the full report, but below are a few of the highlights:

• 83% of our alumni reported that they received academic credit or placement in college for AP scores.
• 92% of our alumni reported that they felt "Far More Prepared" or "More Prepared" academically than their college classmates.  Not a single alum reported that they felt "Less Prepared" academically than their college classmates.
• Alumni felt particularly prepared when it came to "Writing Skills."  Over half of the alumni reported that they felt "Far More Prepared" than their college classmates when it came to "Writing Skills."

Parent Council Dates 2009-2010

Below are the dates for the remaning Parent Council meetings this semester:

Monday, September 21st
Monday, October 19th
Monday, November 16th

As always, Parent Council meetings are open to all Upper School parents. They take place in the Leithead Boardroom at 8am on the dates above. See this previous post from last year for a description of the Parent Council and a small sampling of what they discussed/accomplished early last year.

Welcome to The Walker Word

Now teachers, students, and parents have settled into the new school year, we are bringing back the Upper School blog with a new name "The Walker Word"!  As we did last year, we will use this space to post news from the Upper School office and items that you may not hear about elsewhere.  This will not be a place for calendar items since that is already covered by the "This Week in the Upper School" that is emailed out by Cheryl Rogers each week.

If there is ever an item that you think would be good to post up on the blog, feel free to email Michael Arjona (michael.arjona@thewalkerschool.org) or Bob Murphy (bob.murphy@thewalkerschool.org).