Warrior Word - Spring Edition

Spring is here, and just like nature surrounds our community, our WSD Staff and Students have been through many changes.

WSD is wrapping-up spring conferences, starting our school year's 4th quarter, celebrating awards and recognitions, kicking-off spring sports, and headed to enjoy spring break!

Our district has also been working very hard to inform our staff and community about the upcoming EP&O Levy Replacement on April 26, 2022. Levies are for learning and make up the difference between funding from the state and federal government and the actual cost of operating a school district to provide students with a well-rounded education.

This levy is not a new task, it is a renewal levy, and tax rates will not increase for four years. Not only does the Educational Programs & Operations Levy help fund various educational and operational programs and services vital to our student's success. It is also connected with a levy equalization, an apportionment provided by the state that helps property-poor districts like WSD. If WSD passes this levy, it will continue to receive over $3 million per year from Washington State over the next four years.

Please look at the flyers below and our Levy informational webpage for more details.

The EP&O levy is our community investment in our children.

March 30th & 31st will be the dates for Child Find - Developmental Screening: This process is available at WSD for any child 3-5 years old who is not yet enrolled in Kindergarten. The purpose is to ensure that all of our children in our community are receiving the services necessary to be successful.

If you have a child who may need help, please call Fatima Barajas or Claudia Tapia at (509)932-4565 to make your appointment.

The Special Education Department was recently awarded the ADA Equal Access for $100,000, and this grant will fund automatic entry doors to all five school buildings.

We have also been selected by ESD 105 to be the recipients of the WOIS Grant (Workforce Professionals Center). This will give our transition students on IEPs ages 16-21 an opportunity to work with DVR to gain Pre-ETS and work-based learning opportunities. There will be a parent night on March 24 from 5:30-7:30 at WHS to discuss what the program looks like and how your child can qualify to receive these services.

LaDonna Fogle | Special Education Department Director

Here are a couple of program updates happening this spring:

• Summer program planning is in the works between building principals and site coordinators.

• MSSES elementary will focus its summer program on Art and Literacy with focus on the current 4th and 5th grade students.

• MES elementary will continue its focus on Literacy serving the current 1st and 2nd grade students.

• SME building will be serving current 4th and 5th grade students with a focus on social / emotional related enrichment programs.

• We have increased the number of students we will be able to serve in the summer from 90 to 150 students this summer.

• 21st Century program Site coordinators and director are reviewing external evaluation results and are developing 3 improvement goals based on those results.

• Site coordinators will begin promoting and recruiting staff and students for the summer program at all 3 elementary schools.

• Site coordinators will participate in the Professional Learning Spring Symposium on April 19th in person at ESD123 Pasco, Or Virtually on April 21st.

David Orozco

21st Century Program Director

Happy Spring, Warriors!

The photo above was taken on St. Patrick's Day at our ME Kitchen. Yaneli, Chuck, Charlene, and Edelmira celebrated the holiday with our ME Students and Associates. What a fun day! ☘️

On March 11, we welcomed Candy Farias to our Jr. High Kitchen as our newest Food Service Associate. She is an excellent addition to our busiest kitchen!

Matt Hyndman assisted with the installation of our new Hobart Dishwasher in the Jr. High Kitchen on March 16 and will be helping with 2 other planned installations at the SME and MSSE Kitchens over the next week. The shipping of our new Hobart Dishwasher for the HS is delayed until next week, but hopefully, we can get that machine installed later this month.

On March 3 we celebrated our first Wahluke Spirit Event, during which we worked on developing our model for a Department Restart and discussed our Norms. Our second Wahluke Spirit Event is planned for March 18 and our topics include a presentation by Andy Harlow on the EP&O Levy, more discussions on the Department Restart and Norms, what our Department Vision looks like, and the rough draft of our new Associate Evaluations.

If you have any ideas you’d like to share with Jennie, our Director of Child Nutrition, please email her at jnorton@wahluke.net or call her at extension 3492. Thank you for supporting our School Meals Program!

Jennie Norton

Child Nutrition Department Director

After School Study Table

We continue to offer after school study table to all high school students on Wednesdays in the High School Library from 3-5pm.

Saturday Study Table

Saturday Study Table Sessions have started up again! Please encourage students to attend if they need help. If you have any questions feel free to contact GEAR UP Staff at gearup@wahluke.net or (509)932-1908..

Our Wahluke College Ready Roadshow on March 11th was a complete success. It was great seeing our student body and staff all getting involved!

On March 23rd/24th, the engineering class here at WHS will have an amazing opportunity to visit Cascade Systems Technology, the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry and meet with a Panel of Engineers at the Tillamook Creamery, in Oregon.

Attention GEAR UP Students & Families

There is an Eastern Washington University Campus Visit scheduled for April 15, 2022. Students, if you're interested in participating on this field trip, please sign up with Mrs. Tapia or Mrs. Adame in the GEAR UP office located in the library. Only 40 spots available, so act quickly.

Save the Date-April 22, 2022

Outdoor Career Day & College Fair 2022

The Wahluke School District is honored to recognize our teachers that have earned their National Board Certificates: John Ellsworth, Wahluke High School; Jan Bender and Laura Catlin, both of Morris Schott STEAM Elementary; Melissa Dixon and Kristen Erickson, both of Wahluke Jr. High, and Colleen Woods, Mattawa Elementary.

National Board Certification is the most widely respected professional certification program available in education and provides numerous benefits to teachers, students, and schools. It was designed to develop, retain, and recognize accomplished teachers, as well as generate ongoing improvement in schools nationwide.

National Board Certification is achieved by successfully completing a voluntary assessment program made of several components, designed to recognize effective and accomplished teachers who meet high standards based on what teachers should know and be able to do.

We are proud of what these teachers have accomplished in earning their National Board Certificate. This is a long and rigorous process. Congratulations!

Last week, the District celebrated all of our Classified Staff last week during Education Support Professionals Week. Thank you to all of those employees who are involved in nearly every aspect of education - maintaining the school buildings and grounds, keeping school facilities clean and orderly, providing secretarial and clerical assistance, fiscal administration, preparing and serving meals, upgrading and maintaining the technology equipment on campus, providing safe transportation, individualized instruction to students in the classroom, and addressing the health and safety of our students. Thank you for supporting the learning environment and serving as crucial partners in the Wahluke education system.

We would also like to recognize the following classified staff for reaching these milestone years of service during this school year:

25 Years: Verda Ramirez

20 Years: Claudia Tapia

15 Years: Malisa Fox, Angelina Sosa Saldana, Alma Ramirez-Reyes

10 Years: Genoveva Martinez Tlatenchi, Gladis Zamora , Dan Fox, Maria Andrade

5 Years: Adrian Erazo, Winter Stout, Carina Alvarez Barajas, Jaime Jimenez, Gigi Calaway, James Culverwell, Jesus Calzadillas, Adriana Barajas, Maria Juarez Ventura, Natali Ponce, Monica Pozos, Rosalba Quiroz Rincon, Yanet Quiroz, Lino Sanchez Torres, Karena Mendoza, Emilio Valladares, Brenda Hernandez Rosas

Substitutes are wanted and needed in all areas. We are reaching out to our community and asking for interested people to please apply to be a substitute para pro, teacher, bus driver, food service assistant. It would be helpful even if you are willing to substitute for just a short time. Our substitute applications are available on our website at www.wahluke.net , choose the HR channel and job postings. Contact the HR office

If you have questions: (509)932-4565. Working with our students as a

substitute can be a fun and rewarding experience.

Liz Leitz

WSD HR Department Director

First and foremost I want to give a HUGE shoutout to all of the staff who made our first go at ACCESS testing a success. The window officially closes on March 25th, but buildings had 90% of testing done well before that date. Next, stakeholders from across the state will convene in April to set the exit scores for our state. In mid-May we will have access to the scores online and by early-mid June we should have the paper copies to send home to parents with semester 2 report cards.

March 1st we had a district-wide Migrant PAC meeting where parents were deeply engaged with our strategic plan and connecting with each other after all this time apart. March 23rd there will be a Migrant night for parents of elementary school students at the WHS commons. We are looking forward to a fun time of math games with ESD 105. In April the WJH migrant program will be hosting La Chispa, a bilingual leadership event, for our students. We are excited to be back to offering these in-person events for students and families.

As a result of our program review, the M2 department will be conducting an evaluation of our English Language Development services across the district. We will have an event later this spring for parent input as well as sending out a survey to district staff and meeting with a group of stakeholders in person. If you would like to be a part of this team, please let Norma Ramirez know.

Bethany Martínez

Multilingual & Multicultural Services Director

We finished open gym basketball and volleyball. Basketball was better than expected as 35-40 students would consistently show up for open gym. Volleyball was successful and 60 students got to learn the game.

One problem we encountered was not being able to have more students participate in volleyball because of gym space. We held our volleyball at ME.

We are now starting dodgeball and have two sessions for 45 students participating. The kids are enjoying coming in and playing games the entire time rather taking time learning.

They are running around laughing and having a good time. We will be starting T-Ball, baseball, softball after spring break. We want to run this session until school gets out.

Joe Wirtzberger

Intramural Sports Director

Howdy Y'all!

As seasons and weather started to change from Fall to Winter so have athletics here at Wahluke School District! The Wahluke Junior High (WJH) basketball season concluded right before winter break began, and they had a tremendous season for all four (4) teams! The coaches did an excellent job of coaching up the student-athletes with mixing in a lot of competitiveness and fun! The other two sports that have started for WJHS after winter break were Girls Basketball and Co-Ed Wrestling. Although no competitions have occurred yet, the numbers for the girls basketball team is a whopping 64 girls (4 teams) and 17 co-ed wrestlers. First competitions will begin in the upcoming weeks for both programs!

As for the Wahluke High School (WHS) winter athletics each sport is now in the thick of league play. Although there have been some challenges due to the postponement and rescheduling of games due to COVID-19 precautions, weather, and transportation as well the season is still rolling along slowly and steadily! There are a total of five (5) programs in winter sports this year! Cheer (8 student-athletes), Girls Basketball (32 student-athletes & 3 teams), Boys Basketball (36 student-athletes & 3 teams), Girls Wrestling (13 student-athletes) and Boys Wrestling (25 student-athletes). There have been so many positives within each program as the season has gone on and truly is a testament to our coaches who put in countless amount of hours and hard work to see the success in our student-athletes, but also our student-athlete's drive and passion for all the sports they truly do care and love to participate in! Below are just a few photos of the season thus far!

Next up is High School spring athletics starting up on Monday, February 28th 2022 and registrations for those sports (Baseball, Golf, Boys Soccer, Tennis, Track & Field, and Softball). Junior high sports will start on Monday, March 28th 2022 and their registration will open up for those sports (Baseball, Boys Soccer, Softball and Track & Field) on Monday, February 28th 2022.

#GoWarriors

Jackson Haak

WSD Athletic Director & Title IX Coordinator

Education Programs:

• Lions Quest Classes: In Junior High, every day serving 6th and 7th Graders
• Strengthening Families: Every Thursdays each week for 7 weeks
• SPORT Prevention and Wellness Interventions: Working on collaboration with Joe Wirtzberger for after school intramurals- would love to do this for any groups interested. One time intervention and a follow up. Date set ALL Track kids April 14th. Team meal and intervention in JH cafeteria.

• Hope Squad: Meeting regularly after school with JH and HS kids QPR Training: Junior High on Thursday March 17th.

Community Outreach:

• Developing parent group: Please let us know if you’re interested Drug Take Back Event in April Working with partners in Yakima valley for advertising and a local PSA : Social Media video with local voices- DBHR Key Leader Event in Moses Lake with County/Regional partners *Invitation Only Purchased stand up drug awareness banners for parent/T conferences Promotion: Newsletters, social media tool kits, digital sign Website calendar updates: https://wahlukecommunitycoalition.org/

Grant work:

• DFC Progress Report was accepted and approved this week

• Continuance application due April 15th DFC

• APR Submission

SAP Services:

• Screening and Treatment for SUD and Suicide

• Narcan Training (virtual) Monday 21st 6-7 open for community/staff and parents: Narcan Training

• NOTE: Community Coordinator Lino Sanchez has moved to High School and shares office with SAP; Oscar Herrera
  

Spring begins on Sunday this year, the earth tilts enough for us to be in the sun’s path again. And National Agriculture Day is on the 22nd.

Students are preparing for state competitions in FBLA, SkillsUSA, and TSA. It is pretty sweet to have students able to participate in their respective Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) events now.

The Junior High TSA students are currently at State competition in SeaTac.

The High School FBLA and SkillsUSA competitions are later in April. One of the high school CBTech students is going to state SkillsUSA with her CBTech team to compete in Commercial Baking.

Aerospace Joint Apprenticeship Committee representative Heather Collins came by last week to talk with students about the AJAC opportunities for Wahuke juniors and seniors. She spoke with six classes, and will return again with more information. AJAC has expanded beyond the Aerospace industry and now includes apprenticeship programs (youth and adult) in Agriculture, Manufacturing, and Transportation industries in Benton, Grant, and Yakima counties. More to come.

Textiles and Apparel students went on a field trip to JoAnne Fabrics for sewing supplies. Cielo reported that the students were self-sufficient, and also had a particular staff who was very kind to the students.

The Greenhouses are full. Jonathan has turned the elementary greenhouse into a living classroom. Ken and Savannah have plants on all worktables, and are getting ready for the annual Mother’s Day Plant sale.

FFA students will be working on the fencing around the barn to ensure the security for goats this season.

We’re preparing for Outdoor Careers day which is on Friday, 22 April. Outdoor and field-going professionals will be on site to talk with 7 - 12 grade students. More to come.

Betty Palmer

CTE Department Director

Welcome to SPRING! A lot is happening here at Wahluke School District. As Safety and Security department we are still staying busy. We completed our facility walkthrough in order to place our security cameras throughout our campus. Hopefully this will help in monitoring our campus a little easier and will replace a very old system and bring us up to speed with better technology.

Our Event Staff goes from Winter sports events to Spring events. They will be busy with Track, Baseball,Softball and Soccer. Event Staff has gone through a couple trainings and now will go through the Right Response training held after hours at the WHS Library. The Safety and Security Department will partner with the Washington State Penitentiary in order to work on our beatification project. We will be taking down all our old signs from around the campus and WSP will remake them in their sign shop.

The Safety and Security Department will also hold their first Safety and Wellness night for parents to be held at WHS commons.

GO WARRIORS!

JJ Calzadillas

Safety & Security Coordinator

Multi-Tiered System of Support - Behavior (MTSS-B): MTSS-B is working on reviewing our Self assessment check in of the DSFI and improving the areas that are in need of more attention. We just finished training all admin on our full teired system that has been created and is being used district wideWe will be conducting our mid year walk throughs to help our Coaches see areas of strength and areas of need for growth of their Tier 1 systems. We are continuing the work of adoption of an SEL curriculum. We got to share our work with our new data tracking system to the national COIN grant group!! We are brainstorming a future family night that highlights some of the MTSS - B work.

Nursing Department: Has been working on updated the COVID-19 guidelines and continuing to monitor the numbers in the schools. As well was working on scanning documents into Treeno and catching up on all the work that got put on the back burner due to COVID-19. The nursing programs is also Working on the District Assessment - due in to ESD 105 by April 1st to then send to OSPI Mattawa Clinic came and did about 111 dental screens for our elementary kids on March 7th and 8th - CBHA will be here on March 21st to do the second screening for those they saw in October. Getting closer to having tele-health setup for all of our schools, allowing us to have students 'seen' by doctors without having to leave school.

Sentinel Tech School: The ST Program is currently serving 31 Students in Grades 9-12. Sentinel Tech students have been coming in and taking the STAMP Test to earn their 2 required Foreign Language credits, and up to 2 elective credits. Participating Seniors earned 2 credits by completing Senior Core Cohort Classes of ELA and Social Studies with me. Students have begun coming to work in person more regularly, and in person learning hours are expected to expand after Spring Break. One Senior is on pace to graduate in March!

Counselors: The counseling team is working on developing their recommendations for a District Comprehensive School Counseling Program to comply with SB 5030. This law requires school districts to develop and implement a written plan for a comprehensive school counseling program by the beginning of the 2022-23 school year. We are excited to put this plan in place, and thereby bring our counseling program into better alignment with national best practices.

DJ Garza

Director of Student Support Services

The Department of Teaching and Learning has been busy gathering and uploading evidence for the final submission of our Consolidated Program Review (CPR) to OSPI.

The WSD Highly Capable Interdisciplinary Team has been busy preparing for our testing window and setting up site visits at a few local schools to visit their highly capable programs.

WSD has been receiving samples of curriculum for our Social Studies pilot. Our adoption team will gather after spring break to begin piloting materials in their classrooms.

Staff Shoutout - Jonathan Betz - Jonathan has been a great addition to our team. I had the pleasure of joining him and Mrs. Hirai’s 5th grade class for a lesson in our Learning Greenhouse. Thanks for all you do for our students and staff Mr. Betz!

Amy Marlow

Director of Teaching & Learning

April is School Library Month. We are excited to spend the month highlighting the amazing work happening in all our libraries and start the next step in the process of updating all of the libraries in our district.

As of this month, all of our new books have arrived and they are ready to go on the shelves. We are finishing up our work weeding the elementary libraries, and ordered our genre stickers to officially transition all our libraries into genrefied libraries.

The task of completely overhauling the Junior High library is schedule to start during Spring Break. The plan is to weed and box up the old books and put all of the new books on the shelves by the time students return. If we are successful students will be able to start checking out books from the library for the first time in over five years. The Junior High Library Design committee have met multiple times to discuss our plans change the layout and look of the library. We are first looking to paint the library, and we’ve narrowed it down to four palette choices. The final four choices will send those choices out to all staff and students to get their opinion.

The C3 Hub is planning a Maker night event on April 27th. Students will have the opportunity to try out various materials in the library’s maker-space to celebrate the end of this year’s testing season. We’ll be partnering with the NCW libraries to host this night.

Angelica Spreen

Technology Integration TOSA

The new WHS portables are complete, minus some whiteboards waiting to arrive, and teachers are in them. The Migrant portable is moving along and they should be able to move in by the end of March. The new preschool portable will arrive on site April 18th. The new filter station for our irrigation system is installed and done and we are ready to start watering.

We have put in some work on our baseball and softball fields this spring getting them into shape and have plans to make them even better this summer. The junior high baseball field has been redone and now is set up for junior high and high school games. It will require some more work over time but it's playable for this spring.

We have a long list of things to accomplish over spring break which include finishing our playground material and painting in our parking lots. Looking forward to spring and eventually summer.

Matt Hyndman

Maintenance Department Director

Spring is here and MSSE is ready for a fun, productive March and April season! MSSE staff and students are excited to work hard and make learning fun for the last few months of the 2021-2022 school year! MSSE is bringin back the FUN!

This Month we have been planning some great, fun rewards for our students who earn PBIS points for showing Citizenship, Teamwork, Grit, Respect, Trust and Caring in our school Community! Mister Lednum our PBIS coordinator, has been offering games, movies, dance parties, and Making SLIME as some of our extra rewards for good behavior. Keep up the good work students!

We are also back all together with our HERO REWARD assemblies. Our Students all practiced our House Chants and sat together in their Houses to cheer on our award recipients this month! Students are recognized for hard work, effort and a caring attitude! Great Job Heroes!

Lastly, students all participated in a St. Patrick's Day FUN RUN this last week! Students dressed up and celebrated the coming of spring, and our ability to exercise together outside again! It was a lot of fun and smiles all around. Can't wait for more days like that - MSSE Rocks!

Karl Edie Morris Schott STEAM

Elementary Principal

Saddle Mountain Elementary continues to focus on improving our students' reading and math abilities through intentional reading and math instructional strategies, curriculum, and small group instruction.

Leprechaun Traps: Thank you to the parents and students of our TK - 2 grade classrooms for making leprechaun traps for St. Patrick’s Day! We had 101 traps submitted and on display in the library. We are really surprised that we did not catch a leprechaun this week with so many creative traps in our building…maybe next year

WIDA Access Assessment: SME is in the final stage of completing the WIDA ACCESS assessment for Kinder - 5th grade students. This is an English Language Proficiency Test for Migrant students (students whose main language at home is Spanish). They continue to take this assessment every year until they reach a proficient level. Once they receive a proficient score they are no longer required to take the assessment. The assessment includes the areas of reading, listening, speaking, and writing.

Parent/Teacher Conferences: Teachers will be contacting you to arrange the date and time of your conference. March 30 & 31 evening conferences from 3:45-7:15 PM and April 1 from 7:30-11:00 AM. SME student schedule for March 30-April 1: 11:30 AM -12:15 PM lunch and recess; 12:15-3:00 PM class time. We are looking forward to seeing you during the conference week!

SME Music Update: With a return to school for all students, music classes resumed their normal rhythms at Saddle Mountain Elementary (SME). Since the beginning of December, one could hear the cacophony of sounds emanating from the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students’ recorders. As the months have progressed, the students have been working to master the different notes and playing together. With songs like “Walk Like a Mummy, “AAA,” and “Glue Blues” students have been able to solidify their knowledge of the different notes while learning about different styles of music. Students have also had the opportunity to participate in Recorder Karate and Recorder Karate 2 as a supplement to regular instruction. Of the 241 students in grades 3-5, 78 students have attempted their first belt by playing “Hot Cross Buns.” Five students have mastered the 9 initial songs in Recorder Karate and gone on to the 9 additional songs in Recorder Karate 2. One student has completed all 18 songs and has begun learning additional repertoire to perform for assemblies. Students at SME are demonstrating safe behaviors with their recorders, cleaning them after use and following expectations about storing and using the instruments. Students are respectful of the collective efforts involved in music performance by taking responsibility for learning new information, practicing difficult concepts, and persisting. Students are also demonstrating responsibility by bringing their instruments daily to class, practicing at home, and keeping track of their music. Despite the unique challenges posed by COVID over the last two years, SME students are persistent in following the Warrior Code and continuing to learn and grow.

Saddle Mountain Elementary will be hosting a math family night for students and parents on Thursday, April 14 from 5:00-7:00 PM. There will be a variety of grade level math games and activities offered. More information will be given to parents and students as the event is finalized.

Robotics: Saddle Mountain Elementary had all eight 21st Century VEX IQ Competitive Robotics teams qualify for last Saturday's Washington State Elementary VEX IQ Robotics Championship Tournament in Ellensburg at Mt Stuart Elementary School.

Teamwork Alliance (2 teams work together to a combined score): Here are the results from the 32 teams that were represented. Saddle Mountain Elementary had 4 of the 8 teams make the finals in the Teamwork Alliance.

What is next? We will be reflecting on missed opportunities and how to correct them. We have already acknowledged that the teams that out scored us were using robots that could "pitch-in the high goal" and so we will be rebuilding robots to reflect this while journaling the process.

We will scrimmage with Morris Schott sometime in May before the World VEX IQ tournament on May 10. At the World tournament the new 2022-23 VEX IQ Game will be released and we will begin the Engineering Design Process again.

Planning: We will begin planning for the Summer JumpStart and 2022-23 season for League. Ellensburg and Sunnyside have expressed interest.

Wahluke Proud: We are very proud of our boys and girls teams! The students are enthusiastic to continue the journey and we were very well represented by parents making the trip to Ellensburg.

Thank you for your support in making this happen!

Saddle Mountain Elementary

Kurt Hoffman, Principal and Niki Swanson, Assistant Principal

Mattawa Elementary students continue to grow and learn together. Mattawa Elementary Staff started the school year by letting our students know that we believe in them and now our students are sharing out loud with staff & admin that they believe in themselves and are working hard.

Not only am I proud of our students as they continue to grow and learn but I am also very proud of the work, effort, and dedication that all staff are putting forth as we grow and learn to grow together.

Mattawa Elementary would like to Thank All our paras, food service, custodians, maintenance, and bus driver staff for your service and dedication to our district, school, students, and staff! You are appreciated!

As part of the growth and development there have been a few opportunities for professional development this 2022 year some of those opportunities have been attending the PLC Summit institute, attending for counselors the WSCA Conference, and for secretaries the WASWUG Conference.

The school year is moving quickly we are just a week away from conferences followed by spring break. Spring 2022 Parent-Teacher Conferences March 30-April 1.

Before we spotlight some of our successes we would like to encourage you to continue helping us with our Mission, Vision, & Belief by encouraging our students to read at home and working with us side by side when possible.

Mission: Empower students to be successful by providing opportunities to develop resilience in their growth and development and live by the warrior code.

Vision: All Mattawa Elementary students will develop and master -- literacy skills, knowledge, and character to be successful learners.

We will achieve this through:

• Quality instruction in every classroom

• Articulated, aligned curriculum and assessments across the system

• 21st-century teaching, learning, and teacher/student efficacy

Belief: In everything we do, we will:

• Focus on learning, growth, collaboration, results, and continuous improvement

• Ensure data-driven decisions

• Provide equity of opportunities and resources

• Communicate with and engage students, families, staff, and community

In the coming weeks after spring break, we will be doing our spring Dibels, Reading & Math iReady Testing, our Smarter Balance Assessment (SBA grades 3-5). Please encourage our students to put forth their best effort and let our students know we believe in them. They can do it!

#Belief! In our students, in ourselves, and in each other(linked 🔗) #Together We Are Better!

Mattawa Elementary School
Art Lopez, Principal

Anthony Voelker, Assistant Principal

WJH is excited to announce that we will be having a Student Showcase on May 24th inviting families and community members to come and view student learning in Band, Art, Science and more! Details will be coming soon. We hope you are able to join us!

We completed WIDA testing this week and believe it or not our 8th graders are working on registration for next year at the high school! They are nervous but excited for the next big step in their educational journey. Staff and students are preparing for conferences at the end of the month by setting MAP goals in ELA, Math and Science. We are also excited about AVID returning in full swing next year and are busy planning for our AVID students in the 2022-23 school year.

We sent 11 WJHS students to compete and represent the Wahluke School District in Atlanta, GA. at the Ron Clark Academy Amazing Shake! They all did a great job and have returned with excitement and a lot of ideas about things we can do at Wahluke Junior High to make the learning experience effective and exciting. More to come!

Spring sports start on March 28th with boys soccer, fastpitch, baseball and track. Come and cheer on the Warriors!

Wahluke Junior High

Amy Johnson, Principal

John Muchlinski, Assistant Principal

District Calendar

• MARCH 30-31st April 1st: Parent-Teacher Conferences | Spring
• APRIL 4-8: Spring Break - No School
• April 11: Late Start
• April 18: Late Start
• April 22: Early Release
• April 25: Late Start
• May 2: No School
• May 9: Late Start
• May 16: Late Start
• May 20: K-12 Early Release

Please make sure to share! WSD is grateful for all the support we get from our Wahluke Families, Community Members, and stakeholders. We are excited for what Spring has in store for our students, staff and community.

Thank you! Please visit our District website and communication channels for more information.

Email: information@whaluk.net
Website: https://www.wahluke.net/
Phone: (509)932-4562