🎭🎬👸🏼 "Princess Who?" auditions will on September 6 and 7 from 2:30-4 p.m. in the Cascade Middle School cafeteria. Plan to attend both auditions to be considered for all parts. Rehearsals will be after school until 4 p.m. with dress rehearsals on October 16-19 until 4:30 p.m., and performances on October 20 and 21. An information packet is available in the office or at tryouts. Contact Ms. Westendorf in room 105 or Mrs. Hansen in room 404 for questions. Parents should be available to pick up students at 4 p.m. 🎭🎬👸🏼
The Sedro-Woolley School District is set to host the second annual "Reading & Resources on the Field" event on August 24 from 6–7:30 p.m. on the field between Cascade Middle School and the Sedro-Woolley Boys & Girls Club. The event aims to provide support to families in the district who struggle to meet basic needs such as school supplies and food.
Attendees will have access to about 400 backpacks stuffed with school supplies from Inspire Church.
There will also be free back-to-school haircuts by Northwest Barber Academy, and a Scholastic book fair hosted by the Evergreen Parent Group where families can purchase affordable books. The Sedro-Woolley Rotary Club is also buying a book worth $5 and under for the first 400 student attendees to ensure every child walks away with at least one book.
The event will also feature a fleet of vehicles that children can visit, including a fire truck, garbage truck, police car and a school bus that is sure to be a hit with first-time bus riders!
Information and resources will be available from several school departments like transportation and food service, along with many local organizations such as Skagit Transit, Helping Hands Food Bank, Volunteers of America, WIC Nutrition Program, and Sedro-Woolley RISE.
Mary Purcell's Parent Group will have concessions available for purchase, and the Sedro-Woolley Boys & Girls Club and Central Skagit Library will have fun activities set up for those in attendance. The library will also have information about signing up for a free library card for your child if they are enrolled in the Sedro-Woolley School District.
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📢 🚌 Attention families of bus riders! 📢 🚌
Please call 360-855-3504 to get your student's route schedule for morning pickup and afternoon drop off. Some in-town routes have changed to group stops, so please call to confirm your child's pickup and drop off locations and times.
If your student is transitioning to Cascade Middle School, there may be different times and bus numbers. Notify transportation of any changes before the first day of school.
Call to remove your student from a bus or to let them off without an adult if this has changed from last school year.
Contact jzimmerman@swsd101.org or tgugel@swsd101.org if unable to call.
Go Cubs! 🐻🚌
📚🎉👨👩👧👦 Cascade Middle School is hosting a Scholastic Book Fair for middle school readers on August 21 and 23 during orientation days! 📚🎉
The school is looking for parent volunteers to help make this event a success. 🙋♀️🙋♂️ If you're interested in volunteering, please email Heather Swenson at hswenson@swsd101.org.
Reminder: Low-cost sports physicals will be provided at the SWHS Field TONIGHT, August 14 from 6–7:30 p.m.
ALL SPORTS WELCOME, INCLUDING CMS ATHLETES! Cost is $20 — all proceeds support SWHS Sports Medicine Program.
Please print and bring updated physical form from Final Forms.
🌞👨👩👧👦 Attention summer school parents: As we are expecting excessive heat on Monday and Tuesday, please send refillable water bottles and dress your child in cool clothing. ☀️
🏈📣 Football and cheer practices begin this week at Sedro-Woolley High School. Please remind your student athletes to pre-hydrate and bring EXTRA water (more than they think they will drink) with them to practices. It's REALLY hot on the turf surface! 💦
🩺🏃♀️ Reduced-cost sports physicals will be available for student athletes from 6-7:30 p.m. at SWHS on Monday. All middle and high school students are welcome to participate. Cost is $20. 💰
🌡️🔥 The National Weather Service recommends taking precautions during excessive heat. Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles. Anyone overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location. Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1. Stay safe and cool! 😎
📚👶🏽📬 Enroll your child for FREE monthly books with Dolly Parton's Imagination Library! 🎉 Visit United Way of Skagit County's website at https://unitedwayskagit.org/dolly-parton-imagination-library/ to sign up any child under the age of 5. In just 6-8 weeks, they will receive their first book in the mail, "The Little Engine that Could" 🚂. Your child will receive a new book every month until they turn 5 years old 🎁. Give your child the gift of reading and imagination with Dolly Parton's Imagination Library! 🌟
Sedro-Woolley School District's Food Service Department is pleased to announce the continuation of free breakfast and lunch meals for ALL students for the upcoming school year. The continuation of free meals is possible through implementation of the United States Department of Agriculture Community Eligibility Provision (CEP). CEP is an option for school districts that have at least 40% of students who directly qualify for free meals through a variety of assistance programs, including Basic Food benefits, Medicaid, TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), McKinney Vento or Migrant programs.
Families that are eligible for free or reduced benefits based on income may complete the 2023-2024 Family Income Survey. This survey allows the District to track income data for families that is used to determine funding levels for a variety of educational programs offered throughout the District. The surveys will be available online (https://www.swsd.k12.wa.us/page/family-income-survey), at your student’s school, or at the Food Service office. Surveys can be returned to the school office or Food Service office at 780 Cook Road, Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284.
Please note that CEP allows the service of one free breakfast and one free lunch daily. If students wish to have more than one meal per day, they will need to have funds added to their food service account online or in the school office, and will be charged accordingly. A second breakfast costs $3.00, and a second lunch costs $4.75. In addition, milk is an a la carte item. When taken by itself, the cost is $0.60. Students can receive a milk for free by ensuring they select a reimbursable “milk meal”, which includes a milk, fruit and vegetable. With this option, students are not required to take the daily entrée.
The Food Service is looking forward to providing free meals again to all students. Any questions about CEP or the Food Service Program can be directed to the Food Service office at 360-855-3515.
Sedro-Woolley School District has been working on installing more energy-efficient equipment and making buildings smarter. With the installation of condensing boilers, high-efficiency furnaces, and custom direct digital controls (DDCs), the school is poised to save more than 44,000 therms annually.
The district received a total incentive of $116,280 from the Cascade Natural Gas (CNGC) Commercial and Industrial Energy Efficiency program to offset the cost of the facility upgrades paid for by Capital Levy funds. Sedro-Woolley voters approved the six-year levy in 2020. $2.5 million is being collected annually to fix a long list of projects to prolong the life of our buildings. Receiving the incentive from CNGC will allow the capital levy funding to be used for lower-priority projects that may have not otherwise been possible because of increased costs.
https://www.cngc.com/energy-efficiency/energy-saving-tips/sedro-woolley-school-district-increases-efficiencies-and-experiences-improved-equipment-performance-at-a-lower-cost/
The Sedro-Woolley RISE Coalition (https://www.swsd.k12.wa.us/page/rise-rallying-to-inspire-safe-environments) is collecting feedback from adults in the Sedro-Woolley community about youth substance use, mental health and other related topics.
The information families provide helps inform and improve prevention programs for youth. The survey only takes 2-3 minutes and is completely anonymous. The coalition needs at least 150 surveys, so please try to help!
ONLINE SURVEY ENGLISH
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SKSEWOEN2023
ONLINE SURVEY SPANISH
https://es.surveymonkey.com/r/SKSEWOSP2023
Ballots for the primary election are due by 8 p.m. TODAY, August 1. Sedro-Woolley's ballot box is located at the Sedro-Woolley Post Office (in the alley between Eastern Ave and Metcalf), 111 Woodworth Street.
Other ballot box locations can be found on the Skagit County auditor's website: https://www.skagitcounty.net/Departments/AuditorElections/dropboxes.htm
We're thrilled to announce the new app for Sedro-Woolley!
It's everything Sedro-Woolley, in your pocket.
Download for Android: https://bit.ly/44ni0cx
Download for iPhone: https://apple.co/3pG1BRD
Please click the links below for 2023-2024 school supply lists.
Big Lake Elementary School: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c_18eLtfXhCn7C0mhkw6_4dSr0MNUY6p/view?usp=drive_link
Central Elementary School: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U4PXfPQ9oFePKhfcnXufVXvEfiMkrRaq/view?usp=drive_link
Clear Lake Elementary School: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bighDKLnttl_GGijPfIdRw8PO1lkI7Mw/view?usp=drive_link
Evergreen Elementary School: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TVUlR_enonfK04_xczuyYcB1k1zJjR2Z/view?usp=drive_link
Lyman Elementary School: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Meedm3yi9-c7rj4FMntXTBuiN_1pqn_9/view?usp=drive_link
Mary Purcell Elementary School: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jeNgPHiDUpoMLa8MTrjcrGyRcw0xlwYE/view?usp=drive_link
Samish Elementary School: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QvfPPGiCNaHrBmX4TD2FWI2-LnJ_vMfV/view?usp=drive_link
*Please note elementary schools will release their class lists at 4 p.m. August 30 (Mary Purcell and Central will have their lists available at their open houses on August 29). All others will be posted at the main entrance of each building if there is more than one class in a grade level.
Cascade Middle School: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RI0gZ5dt_Bq3UCWjmZ43RH_McqkxUmiz/view?usp=drive_link
Sedro-Woolley High School: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NaRfT9lwSYkzsDOGxkdENYet_K-diITI/view?usp=drive_link
*State Street High School and Good Beginnings Preschool will communicate directly with families about necessary supplies.
Donating extra school supplies: We have had some families want to know the best way to donate extra school supplies. The easiest way is to just buy extra supplies that are on the lists, put them in a bag and label the bag as “extra”. If you’re donating extra tissue paper or sanitizing wipes, you could just send the extra and the teachers will know it’s for them to use throughout the year. Please keep in mind that teachers have parents buy these supplies now for the entire school year because they know they’re on sale in the summer and easier to find. For anyone wanting to know what to donate at the secondary level, pencils are the #1 item students request from staff. You could send extra pencils with your student and have them donate them to the teacher of their choice. This will be extremely appreciated!
Summer Food Service Program meals are available at no charge for those 18 and younger.
M– F until August 18 at CMS. Breakfast: 9–9:30 a.m. Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
M–Th until August 17at Mary Purcell. Breakfast: 9–9:30 a.m. Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Clear Lake Elementary School will host an open house for families on August 31 from 4:30–6 p.m. Families can meet teachers, tour the school and leave supplies in their classrooms!
Samish Elementary School will host an open house and ice cream social for families on August 30 from 6-7:30 p.m. Families can meet teachers and tour the school.
Cascade Middle School will host an open house on Wednesday, Aug. 30 from 4:30–6 p.m. Families can meet teachers and tour the school!
Reminder: 7th grade orientation is on Aug. 21; 8th grade is on Aug. 23. Pick up schedules, pay for fees/ASB cards and get school photos taken.
Evergreen Elementary School will host an open house for families on August 30 from 6–7:30 p.m. Families can meet teachers, tour the school and leave supplies in their classrooms!
Mary Purcell Elementary School will host an open house on Tuesday, August 29 from 6:15–7:15 p.m. Families can meet teachers, tour the school and leave school supplies in their student's classrooms (a bonus for all those students who ride the bus on the first day of school!).
Central Elementary School will host an open house on Tuesday, August 29 from 5–6 p.m. Families can meet teachers, tour the school and leave school supplies in their student's classrooms (a bonus for all those students who ride the bus on the first day of school!).
