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.
Thank you, Veterans!
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!
The Wenatchee River Institute (WRI) has heard that there is community interest for an After School Program at WRI! They will run a pilot program in December and January. The program will be based on the WRI campus and spend as much time outdoors as possible. Please complete a short survey to help them develop a pilot program that will best meet community needs. Registration for a December program will open in mid-November. See: https://forms.microsoft.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=OsJkmTQUaUmzRWOdqYKti1x43nfPz2RDilsBzM0Y-ZlUMEkyUlRTWDBMR1hNTU1ST1UxUENKS1c3WC4u&blm_aid=3549185
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.
Congratulations to Amber Zimmerman, art instructor at PD and Alpine Lakes! Her work has been selected by the Washington Art Education Association for a juried art exhibition called Crossroads of Creativity at Gallery One in Ellensburg. Congrats to Ms. Zimmerman, and thanks again to the Icicle Creek Center for the Arts for bringing someone so talented to CSD!
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!
Happy first day of school, Cascade students!
Welcome back, Cascade staff! Thanks for our Kodiak cheerleaders for cheering us on for a great start to the 24-25 school year!
Welcome back, teachers!
Annual PD All Class Picnic
Peshastin-Dryden Graduates from1957-1983 &
Dryden Graduates before 1957
August 17th, 2024
11am-3pm
Peshastin Elementary School, covered area behind the school.
*Please bring your favorite dish to share. Water, coffee and table service provided.
CSD leadership work & planning continues at an administrator's retreat today at Mountain Springs Lodge. Thanks again to the Lion’s Foundation for supporting this work!
