May 10, 2022 – Please note revision to last day of school in Paragraph #2 – May 11, 2022
Dear Community Members,
It won’t be long and we will be into the “home stretch” of the 2021-2022 school year. As you might imagine, many seniors are counting the days until their milestone event is upon us. The Toutle Lake Class of 2022 will be participating in their High School Graduation Ceremony at 4pm on Saturday, June 11, in the Ducks gymnasium.
For the rest of our students, June 17th (with a 12:30pm release) will be the last day of school. We petitioned OSPI to waive one of our missed days and they have granted our request. We will post a revised 21-22 school calendar to our website very soon.
We have been negotiating the 2022-23 school calendar with our employees for several weeks now. It is our sincere hope that we can present the calendar to our school board on Tuesday, May 24th, for its approval. If we can, we will get it posted to our district website right after that.
As most of you are aware, the District is in process of hiring three new school administrators to its ranks. Angela Allen, out of Battle Ground, will be our new Superintendent; and Greggery Teel, out of White Pass, will be our new Elementary Principal. The District plans to interview this week for its Secondary Principal position, with approval hopefully being completed at the Board’s May 24th school board meeting.
In the meantime, we hope you will finish the year with the same degree of support for our students and staff as you have the rest of the year. Thanks for being you!
Sincerely,
Bob Garrett
Superintendent
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Dear Community Members:
This week (May 2-6) has been proclaimed to be Staff and Teachers Appreciation Week! One of my first observations when I arrived in the District a little over three years ago, was how appreciated the staff was by the Toutle community members.
And now after the last two years of dealing with COVID-19, that appreciation is even more deserving! I have been so impressed by the compassion and dedication exhibited by our staff to the students of our district. The Toutle Lake School District staff and teachers are truly going to extra mile to help our students achieve to their fullest.
Please join me in expressing your appreciation to our staff and teachers!