2011 GOALS:
* 100% participation. Ask your friends if they are walking this year!
* $90,000 or more in sponsorships! Last year you and your friends raised $89,000 for Montclair School. WOW!

Click here for all the forms and information you need for for getting sponsors, prizes, and more.

Want to learn more about the big day? Scroll down to find out more about this Montclair tradition!

Want to volunteer the day of the event? Click here for our volunteer sign up form.



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About the Otter Walk
The Montclair Otter Walk is the biggest, most fun and community-oriented fund raiser that the PTA coordinates for our school. This is the day that all the students, teachers, and parents look forward to walking, prizes, walking, visiting, food, entertainment, and walking! The funds we raise will support our PTA enrichment and community programs, including library, computer lab, art, vocal music, and much more. We also support teachers with a substantial annual fund for classroom supplies and host many special projects around the school.

Students learned the secret Otter Walk theme at an assembly on Sept. 16th: Around the World in Otter Days! At the assembly, students received the Otter Walk packet to bring home. Please read this packet. It contains a schedule, information about collecting pledges, prize levels, and a permission slip.

This year’s one-kilometer lap will include the perimeter of the school and Montclair Park. To walk, each student needs a signed permission slip and at least one sponsor.

NEW THIS YEAR!! After walking around the course a minimum of 5 times your child will receive a passport band that allows them to collect a peg every time they complete a kilometer. The introduction of this simple prize will be the highlight of the day - we guarantee it! And, of course, we will have themed t-shirts. Help your child contact relatives, friends, co-workers and neighbors for sponsorships. Sponsors can donate a flat amount or an amount per lap, and all sponsor donations are tax-deductible.

In addition to the passport band for any student who walks five laps, students are eligible to receive prizes at the prize assembly in November. NEW THIS YEAR!! All students who participate will receive an “Around the World in Otter Days” notebook and pen set with the Otter Walk theme logo. The first prize level (for getting $75 dollars in sponsors) is a T-shirt with this year’s gorgeous Otter Walk theme logo. In-class parties are given to the class who walks the most laps, the class with greatest participation, and the first class to turn in all pledge forms.

Parents can join in the fun by walking with their kids, shopping at The Otter Shop, volunteering, and signing up for activities hosted by teachers and parents on the Bid Boards. We will even be raffling off an iPad2!!

When the kids take a break from walking, they can look for the Apron 'Prize' Lady, have their faces painted and hair braided or sprayed, refresh with a Dads’ Club milk shake or sit and enjoy the live music. Delicious breakfast, lunch and snacks are available at our food concessions throughout the day.

We can all have delicious breakfast, lunch, and snacks at our food concessions throughout the day.

Come hang out with friends and get to know others while helping your school. Don't forget to wear comfy shoes, bring sunscreen and a water bottle for your child, and don’t forget the cash, check, and credit card. Join us for a great day walking, signing up for bid board events, enjoying live entertainment, eating and connecting with your community at the 2011 Otter Walk on October 15th from 8-4. Thanks! Otter Walk Co-chairs Jill Broadhurst or Lauren Disston