Walker's annual Salvation Army Food Drive, organized by the Upper School's Student Services Organization, raised nearly 13,000 items this year, smashing the goal of 10,000 items!
Walker’s Upper School Honor System is core to students’ high school experience. It is why you won’t find locks on lockers, why students feel at ease leaving their backpacks unsupervised outside the cafeteria while they eat lunch and most of all, why teachers trust students to work independently.
Devondra McMillan will be closer to her family and feels like she’s coming home to Walker. “The interview process at Walker made it really clear that it’s a tight-knit community and that it feels very much like a family,” she said.
This spring and summer, along with the closure of many schools and businesses, COVID-19 forced many food pantries in Marietta to temporarily shut down because they use school facilities. The Marietta Food Pantry, however, remained open because it was separate from school.
Walker Head of School Jack Hall announced Saturday morning that the school will return to on-campus instruction on Monday, Aug. 17. Our full plan and additional information can be found here.
Head of School Jack Hall called on the Walker community to stand up against injustice, police brutality, and all other forms of oppression and discrimination.
The Walker School Community and the public are invited to the inaugural Walker Technology Industry Night on March 2 from 6-8:30 p.m. Interact with leaders from Google, Github, Georgia Tech, Lockheed Martin and more!
The Walker School delegation won Best Delegation and four other awards at the Mid-South Model United Nations Conference at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn.
Ten Walker School students – out of 60 in the entire state – have been selected to present their scientific research at the Georgia Junior Science and Humanities Symposium Feb. 23-25 at The University of Georgia.
Walker’s one-semester course, African-American Studies, looked at African-American History in the United States from the mid-17th Century to the 1960’s from an intellectual and social perspective.
The Walker School is a private, co-ed day school offering opportunities in academics, arts, and athletics for preschool, elementary, middle, and high school students in Metro Atlanta.