At the State 1B/2B Track Meet today in Yakima, Selkirk Ranger Michael Egland 5th place in the Long Jump! Congratulations, Michael!
At the track meet in Yakima yesterday, Jameson Davis ran the 1600 Meter in 4 minutes and 39 seconds, earning him 4th place in the state! Way to go Jameson!!
Selkirk's Track Team is sending 5 exceptional athletes to the state meet in Yakima! A season of dedicated training and hard work has paid off. Congratulations to Michael Egland, Jameson Davis, Tristan VanArsdall, Nathan Rasmussen, and Spencer Duty! Go Rangers!
Selkirk's annual ChildFind Activities & Transition to Kindergarten Screening will be held at the elementary school on Monday June 10th, from 8:30-2:00. See flyer for details!
Selkirk High students had a great time at prom last weekend at Northern Quest! We would like to thank our neighboring district, Cusick, for hosting and inviting us to such a great event!
Did you miss the SHS Metal Shop hanging basket hook sale last Saturday? You are in luck! We still have some hangers available at the school. Stop by and check them out!
Better World Day was a great success this year! Selkirk students spent their day in various locations around our three towns, working hard to beautify and improve our parks, cemeteries, roads, and school grounds. Many of our staff, students, and community members commented on what a great experience the day was. Special thanks to Kelly Flanagan, Kathy Mondich, and Sindy Couch for helping to organize and coordinate projects to make this day possible! It's so nice to give back to our supportive community!
Kindergarten Registration at Selkirk Elementary is open May 20-23. Current Selkirk Elementary TK students will automatically be enrolled in kindergarten. Children 5-years old by August 31 and not currently attending Selkirk Elementary, will need to bring a birth certificate and immunization records to register. We will copy your documents. These documents must be on file prior to the start of school. On June 10, screening for students interested in TK will be available. Children must be 4-years old by August 31 and have participated in screening to be eligible for TK early education program next fall. Please call the elementary office (509-446-4225) to reserve a TK screening spot. You will need to bring your child's birth certificate and immunization records to the screening appointment.
Free Immunization Clinic: On FRIDAY, MAY 10, Northeast Tri-County Health will be at Selkirk Elementary to offer immunizations at no cost to area families. In addition to Selkirk students, homeschool students, and children entering school next year are also invited. To schedule an appointment, please contact Misty Reed, School Nurse (509-446-3505 or mreed@selkirkschools.org). An appointment also insures that NETCHD will have the appropriate vaccine available. A parent/guardian must accompany their child to complete forms before receiving immunizations.
Today is the first day of National Teacher Appreciation week, and Selkirk would like to extend a huge thank you to all our dedicated and hardworking certified staff! The job of a teacher is one of the most important roles there is - teachers shape the students who will become the future adults of the world. From Pre-K through 12th Grade, Selkirk’s teachers give their best every day, providing whatever it takes to make sure every child succeeds in their education. Thank you to all our incomparable educators, Selkirk truly has a reason to celebrate this week!
Selkirk's Metal Shop Class will be selling hand crafted plant hangers at the Selkirk Valley 4H Plant Sale this Saturday, May 4th, at 11:00am. These are perfect Mother's Day Gifts - Come get yours before they're gone!
Selkirk MS/HS is celebrating Better World Day tomorrow 05/02/2024. Please send your student to school with a pair of work gloves and a water bottle. We are looking forward to positively impacting our communities!
Selkirk School District is providing a Birth to 4 “Fun with Outdoor Toys” event on Wednesday, May 1rst, at the elementary school. Bring your child to school at 2:00 for an hour of fun activities.. Each child will take home a free book from Pend Oreille County First Book, and an outdoor toy compliments of Selkirk’s Parents as Teachers program. See you there!
Selkirk students will be helping to beautify our highway tomorrow! Mrs. Cain’s classes will be picking up litter along the highway between the High School and Metaline. Caution signs will be visible, and students will be wearing orange safety vests. Please drive carefully and wave to our amazing students!
Selkirk School District is always considering long-term facilities options, but we are just at the beginning of a new (old) concept. Nothing has been finalized so there is little to share in terms of a public meeting but based on some Facebook speculation, we felt it was important to get out the basic facts, so here they are:
Long-term Facilities is not an agenda item at the March board meeting, but ANYTIME community members have questions I would encourage them to reach out to a source of information: school board members, the superintendent, or other staff. The work to modernize our buildings and build a quality education program has been ongoing for years. Any plan that we move forward with is not something that would happen overnight and there will be plenty of opportunities for everyone to get the facts and share input.
Specifically, we have worked hard over the past 10 years to leverage grants, Seattle City Light impact fees, and state-matching money to create an opportunity for our community to upgrade our buildings that would NOT require a new tax or bond. That is a pretty amazing option and unheard of as generally a tax bond is required to build a building! Every other district around us (and across the state) has relied on taxes to build school buildings, but that would NOT be the case for Selkirk!!
The most efficient use of our funds for modernizing our campuses includes consolidating our students on the high school campus. All of the other Panorama B-sized school districts except one are located on a consolidated campus so we have lots of examples of how this can be done well! In past explorations of this idea, the plans to move the elementary to the Selkirk High School campus have always included an elementary wing separate from high school. We would continue with that idea, but a single campus would maximize safety, security, health, and educational opportunities!
In April the board will interview architect firms and task the firm with drawing plans by August that would include many of the details we need, but within the budget of funds we have collected. We do not want to design something so extravagant that it would exceed our budget. Once the architects start, they would meet with staff to gather education specifications (to build classrooms that meet teachers’ needs) and then there would be community meetings to provide information, answer questions, and gather feedback on the conceptual plan with the goal of staying within the budget we have created with grants, impact fees, and state-match. By August, we would know if this was even a real possibility for our community. If it is, then there would still be a full year of finalizing plans. The timeline would be something like breaking ground in summer 2026 and finishing in 2028 if this were to happen. This is a long-term concept but requires some exploration up front. It is also amazing that we might be able to provide a modernized high school with new classrooms spaces for TK-5 (around $31 million dollars total) with NO NEW TAX!
Rest assured we will keep everyone posted via newsletters and Facebook whenever there is a public meeting on the planning project. In the meantime, however, just reach out with questions, but remember details have not been finalized because this is just the exploration stage! I do have faith in our staff, school board, and community that if we move forward with this plan, we will create an amazing space for kids to learn and grow!
Nancy Lotze
Superintendent
Selkirk School District
Selkirk is offering an informational Zoom meeting regarding the Running Start program and Dual-Credit possibilities for students in the Sophomore and Junior classes! The meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 20th, at 6:30pm. For full details see the attached flyer. To register for the meeting, please follow this link: https://ccs-spokane.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pfu-qqDIjGNI1Icqy3Nwr856Clv8jKLwq
Today is the last day of classified staff appreciation week! Selkirk would like to express gratitude for all our hard working and dedicated classified staff who keep the district running! Thank you to our secretaries, bus drivers and transportation director, para-educators, maintenance and custodial crews, our technology director, our safety officer, our kitchen crews, and everyone else who helps make this district as amazing as it is. Classified staff are celebrated all week long with special food and gifts in the staff rooms of both buildings. We wouldn’t have a school without them!
The Selkirk Theatre Arts program will be presenting its spring plays at the Cutter Theatre this Saturday! Performances are at 2pm & 7pm. Selkirk’s talented actors and actresses have been working hard and practicing late to bring their characters to life in two comedic tales. The middle school play, “The Ever After”, features a cheesy talk show host who invites traditional fairy tale characters to reconcile their differences on live television. Can Snow White and the Evil Queen be friends? Come find out! In the high school play, “The Search for Delicious”, the cast recreates a mythical medieval kingdom in the midst of a fierce disagreement over the most “delicious” food. Follow the crazy adventures of the cast as they attempt to define delicious and avoid a civil war. Don’t miss these hilarious performances! See you Saturday!
Hello Rangers and Ranger Fans!
Many of you have been enjoying the Selkirk app for its convenient access to school information and the alerts it provides. We would like you to know that our app has received an upgrade, and the programmer has instructed us to let our users know that they will need to delete and reinstall the app for notifications to work properly. Please do so at your earliest convenience so you don’t miss anything!
For those of you who haven’t yet taken advantage of the Selkirk School District app, now is a great time to get onboard! Our app is easy to navigate, and provides current news, sports and event schedules, dining menus, and much more! The app also gives you timely notifications of important news and alerts so you are always up-to-date. The app is available for Apple and Android devices, and can be located in the App Store or Play Store by searching for Selkirk School District.
Rural Resources is offering a Youth Employment & Training Program on March 13th at Selkirk High School. If you are between the ages of 16 and 24, and need help getting a job, you may benefit from this program. See flyer for details!
