Star Students Shine on Their First Field Trip! 🌟
Our Star Program students had an unforgettable day at Kip's Gymnastics! This special outing, inspired by a thoughtful suggestion from one of our staff members, was all about giving students a chance to enjoy jumping, racing, and helping one another on the trampolines.
For one third-grade student, it was extra special—it was his first-ever bus ride! He eagerly watched the world pass by through the window both to and from Kip's. 🚌✨
After all the fun, students shared a lunch together in a designated area, showing great teamwork by lining up when it was time to head back.
🎉 Exciting day for our students! 🎉 Today, they had the incredible opportunity to explore the Job Corps program, getting an inside look at potential career paths! 👷♂️🔧
They toured the welding and masonry programs, watched skilled instructors in action, and got hands-on experience . They also had a chance to check out the dorms and commissary, gaining insight into what life would be like if they joined the program. 🛠️🧱
These experiences are helping our students see the many possibilities that lie ahead after graduation.
The Kettle Falls School District Regular School Board Meeting will be held on Monday, October 28 , 2024, at 7:00 p.m., in the Kettle Falls School District Board Room. Please use the following link to live stream the meeting. Thank you! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNdtgzZnLsN-9ZIlyY1rbxg
Spirit Week at the ELC was an absolute blast! From wacky hair to Bulldogs colors, most of our students and staff joined in, showing their love and commitment to the Kettle Falls School District. At the ELC, we work hard to build a strong sense of community and belonging from the earliest ages, and fostering school spirit is one way we do that. Spirit Week provided the perfect opportunity! It wrapped up with the Homecoming parade, which passed right by our little school. Michael Olsen and Julie Peterson joined us to watch and collect candy for our young students, who stood eagerly behind the fence. Several high school students made sure our littles didn’t miss out, bringing treats right to them. It was such a wonderful way for our youngest students to feel part of this special community event!
Join us for the Homecoming Parade! 🚗🎺🎉
📅 Date: October 11th
⏰ Time: Parade starts at 3:20 PM
📍 Location: Down Meyers Street
Come out and support our teams, students, and community! Don't miss the fun and spirit of Homecoming! 🎓💙🎉
🍽️👏 High School Principal Keith Wells Serving Lunch! 👏🍽️
Principal Keith Wells took some time to connect with students by serving lunch in the cafeteria! 🙌 His hands-on approach and dedication to our school community shine through in everything he does. Thank you, Mr. Wells, for making our students' day a little brighter! 🏫
🌾🎉 October is National Farm to School Month! 🎉🌾
Today, we celebrated with another day of fresh, local produce! 🍐🌶️ Thanks to CasaCano Farms, our students enjoyed crisp, flavorful peppers and sweet, juicy pears. Supporting our local farms not only brings delicious, healthy food to our school but also helps our community thrive. 🍽️👩🌾
🌱 Farm-to-School Freshness! 🌱
Our Elementary School is excited to partner with CasaCano Farms to serve fresh, locally-grown veggies in our school lunches! 🥕🥦 The kids are loving the farm-to-table experience, and we're proud to support healthy eating habits straight from our community. 🍅🥬
Everything we do at the ELC is a learning opportunity. From rules to social interactions to creativity and learning about our class pet and how to take care of him, we are ALWAYS learning.
📅 Save the Date: October 2nd is Taste Washington Day! 🍎
Did you know Washington is the nation’s top apple producer? Let’s celebrate by making some noise (literally!) with a big, loud CRUNCH in honor of our amazing local farms! We’re excited to partner with Cliffside Orchard to bring fresh apples to all our students. 🍏🎉
Join us as we support local farms and enjoy the delicious fruits of their labor! Don’t forget to mark your calendars and get ready to crunch with us!
#TasteWADay #WAfarmtoschool #WashingtonAppleCrunch #SupportLocalFarms
We are so excited to kick off the first week of school and welcome both our ECEAP, DPS and new Room 2 students to the building! It’s wonderful to see all the new faces and familiar smiles as we start this journey together. This year will be filled with learning, exploration, and plenty of fun as we build relationships, grow new skills, and make lasting memories. We can’t wait to see all the amazing things your children will achieve!
The Kettle Falls High School FCCLA is hosting a community blood drive at the high school on, Friday, September 27, 2024. The bus will be at the high school from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. to receive blood donations. If you would like to donate blood, you can sign up online at https://www.vitalant.org/.
Welcome Emily!!
My name is Emily Marroquin and I am excited to join the team at Kettle Falls Elementary. My passion for education began as a teenager and has carried me through the past six years as a private tutor for homeschooling families. This year I'm expanding my horizons by joining the Kettle Falls School District as a paraeducator. I had the opportunity to finish out the last two weeks of this past school year, and was immediately welcomed by both students and staff as if I'd always worked there. I'm looking forward to being part of the positive, inclusive atmosphere and learning alongside the students as we head into the next school year!
My name is Cylie Richards. I am from Kennewick WA, and did my student teaching at Hanford High School. I will be teaching high school physical education this year and I am super excited to get started and get to know the students and the community in Kettle Falls.
I'm Ms. Chadwick. I am from Bellingham and did my student teaching at Nooksack Valley High School just North of Bellingham and about 15 minutes South of the border. While there I taught metal art, natural resource ecology, and advanced floral. I also trained two FFA Greenhands teams and helped train several other teams. I graduated from Washington State University in May with a degree in Agricultural Education.
I am very excited to be working at Kettle Falls High School. For one thing I have connections to the area from my grandmother who grew up in Colville and she has friends who have worked in the Kettle Falls School District in the past. I talked to them and was told that it is a great place to work. However, I am most excited because of the subjects I get to teach. I will be teaching small gas engines, welding, biology, and forestry. I wanted to work in a school where the students were excited to learn a variety of things. I believe that career and technical education is a wonderful stepping stone where students can explore the real life value of concepts learned in subjects such as math, english, and science. I am excited to get to work here and hope to be able to provide classes that students find interesting and applicable.
I look forward to meeting you in person!
My name is Molly John. I will be joining the Kettle Falls team as the new lead ECEAP teacher at the Early Learning Center. I am beyond excited and grateful to be taking on this role.
I am currently working on my Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education. I have been working in education for almost 3 years now. Working with kids is truly my passion. I love being able to watch them learn and grow!
When I am not at school I spend a lot of my free time tending to all of my animals and soaking up the beautiful PNW. I love to hike and spend time on the water.
I am so excited for this school year to start!!Thank you KFSD for being so kind and welcoming!
Meet one of our new Bus Drivers!!
My name is Robyn (Michael) Nutt. I grew up in the Kettle Falls area and graduated from Kettle Falls High School. After living in many places, I was ready to come home. I am excited to work for the school where I grew up and to once again be part of this community.
New Elementary Special Education Teacher!
Hi, my name is Ursula Christianson. I have worked in special education since 2004, mostly in Arizona. I began as a paraprofessional and earned my masters in Special Education at Grand Canyon University. I took a 5 year break from teaching, working with some of the best families ever at early head start in the area. Thanks to KFSD, I will be teaching students again in your STAR program!
My husband and I live in Inchelium and have 5 grown children, 1 in heaven and 10 grandchildren between the 2 of us. I look forward to working with students, parents and staff in Kettle Falls.
📚 Meet One of Our New Teachers!! 📚
Hello, my name is Allie Usher. I graduated from Kettle Falls HS in 2015 as a 12 year senior! I attended Washington State University where I earned a Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Education, I later attended WGU where I earned my Masters in Secondary Biological Science education. This will be my 5th year teaching and I am so excited to be back in my hometown! My husband and I have two kids and we are excited to be raising them in such an amazing community! I look forward to growing the FFA program at the High School where I will be teaching Chemistry, Animal Science, Horticulture and Honors Biology!
Early mornings at the ELC consist of reading, sensory bins and a variety of other activities while we wait for the rest of our friends and teachers.
