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!
The PAEMST Award Cycle Application is Now Open! Nominate an Exceptional Secondary Science Teacher Today. The Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching is the nation's highest honor for science educators. This cycle is seeking teachings of math, science, STEM, and computer science who primarily teach 7th - 12th grade. Nominate here: https://paemst.nsf.gov/
Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance is installing gravel on Saturday 9/21 from 8-2 pm on the new and improved Rattlesnake Hill Trail behind IRMS and CHS. If you are a hard worker and have time available for a few hours to help with the trail, they could use the help!
School sports offer many benefits to students, but many students have trouble affording to participate. InvestED is conducting a back-to-school fundraising campaign to help! If you are interested, you can support students at Cascade High School at https://invested.org/campaigns/cascade-high-school-cascade or Icicle River Middle School at https://invested.org/campaigns/icicle-river-middle-school.
Happy first day of school, Cascade students!
IRMS Families,
Our teachers have been working hard all week to prepare for this school year, and we are looking forward to seeing you at our Open House this Monday night, at 5:30 PM!
We will have students' FLEX/Advisory teachers posted in our lobby and schedules available at the FLEX/Advisor teachers' classrooms. You will be able to pick up information in our lobby about pictures, sports, food services, transportation and PTSA...you will also be able to make payments to our office for sports, food services, planners, etc. See you there!
Welcome back, Cascade staff! Thanks for our Kodiak cheerleaders for cheering us on for a great start to the 24-25 school year!
