
Enjoy your winter break!


Thank you to Cascade Medical Center for adopting one of our families for the holidays!


Cascade School District will be on a 2-hour delay today, December 18. Morning preschool is canceled.

Due to the weather conditions, we are canceling after school and evening activities today, December 17.

CSD is preparing for a Holiday Shop and Go event for families in need on December 12th. This event is made possible by the NCW Toy Drive by Les Schwab. If you would like to participate, there are collection boxes placed around town where you can donate toys. Local locations are: The Community Cupboard, Dan's Market, Leavenworth Public Library, LOGE,. and the Peshastin Public Library. Thanks to our amazing communities for their support!

School bus route 3 (in the Plain area) is running about 30 minutes late this morning.

Check out this great article in the Leavenworth Echo about the bilingual middle school leadership workshop La Chispa held this week at Cascade High School. http://ward.staging.communityq.com/stories/la-chispa-bilingual-workshop-inspires-latino-middle-schoolers-across-the-region,102023

Welcome La Chispa & the Association of Washington Student Leaders to Cascade School District! Bienvenidos!


Thank you, Veterans!


Congratulations to Icicle River Middle School, which was honored as part of the Washington State Recognition Program by the State Board of Education. Check out their video about regional honorees at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpwsevyI8I8&list=PLSmSZchUG6M1vak6ZqZAwt3Vl_n-COBcH&index=8.

Recently, the Washington State School Directors’ Association (WSSDA) announced that the Cascade School Board is once again a Board of Distinction for 2024 (https://wssda.org/2024/11/wssda-recognizes-record-number-of-boards-of-distinction/).
The Cascade School Board includes Trey Ising (Chair), Cyndi Garza (Vice Chair), Judy Derpack, and Dr. Mike Worden.


Drivers, now that it is darker in the mornings, please be extra careful to watch for children on foot or on bicycles on their way to school in the morning. Thanks for keeping kids safe!

ATTENTION IRMS PARENTS: Boys basketball, and Girls Wrestling practices start on Monday 10/28.



Come support our young artists! Art in the Park donates a booth to our high school and middle school students each Spring & Fall. Items price from $5-$30. Lots of different treasurers in different media- ceramics, fabrics, graphics, cards, photography. See you there!


This is National School Lunch Week! Let's thank all of the hard working food services employees for doing a great job of providing breakfasts and lunches to our students every day!



Thank you to the City of Leavenworth, the USDA, and Winton Manufacturing for supporting the Cascade School District composting program! We compost in grades kindergarten through 12th grade in a Bearwise manner.


The Numerica Performing Arts Center is offering free access to students to some performances this school year. Evening performances are intended for one student and a guardian or two students 16 years and older. Students and guardians can apply for tickets for the following performances: January 23, 2025, at 7:30PM - Jazz at Lincoln Center presents New Orleans Songbook, and February 23, 2025, at 7:30 PM - National Geographic Live (Speaker Series). To apply for tickets, see: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc-_bynk0HuK1W3jzW3EXbrUpD9o7iNuMYE_LPUks-H6cm5BQ/viewform.

Alpine Lakes and IRMS students went on a joint field trip to the Leavenworth Fish Hatchery, learned a lot, and had a great time! Thank you, Leavenworth Fish Hatchery and CSD teachers and staff!


CHS and IRMS Fall Choir Concerts @ CHS Auditorium, Thurs, Oct 17th, 6:30 pm. We would love to see you there.

October is Principal Appreciation Month! This is a time when we recognize the essential role that principals play in making schools great. Thank you to our Cascade principals Emily, Kenny, Mike, Annika, and James! We appreciate you!
