Waitsburg School District

Waitsburg 6th-11th grade students will be completing their iReady Winter Diagnostic tests on January 31, February 1 and February 2 from 8:30-11:40 AM. Find more details at https://www.waitsburgsd.org/article/632653

Reminder: No school this Monday, January 17th - Martin Luther King Jr. Day

ATHLETICS UPDATE: The DW Basketball game vs. Warden scheduled for Friday, January 14th has been cancelled and will not be rescheduled. We are still scheduled to host Tri-Cities Prep on Saturday, Jan. 15 with Boys JV starting at 4:30.

You're invited! Join Waitsburg Superintendent Mark Pickel for Coffee with the Superintendent this Friday, January 14th from 10:00-11:00 AM in the FACS room at Waitsburg High School.

JAN. 11 ATHLETICS UPDATE: Tonight's DW Girls Varsity game at River View has been canceled due to not having enough eligible players available. The game will not be made up and will go down as a forfeit. Both Boys JV and Varsity are still to be played as scheduled and there is no change to the bus departure/dismissal times.

Waitsburg Schools are running on time today, Friday, January 7, 2022.

Waitsburg Schools are closed today, Thursday, January 6, 2022.

Waitsburg School District will be on a 2-hour delay today, January 6, 2022 due to the current weather conditions.

Update for Wednesday, January 5th: After another review of road conditions and a look at the current and in-coming weather we have decided to cancel school for today.

Waitsburg School District is on a 2 hour delay today, Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Waitsburg on a 2 hour delay this morning, Tuesday, January 4, 2022. No AM Preschool.

Waitsburg School District is closed today due to inclement weather.

Waitsburg School District is looking for parents and community members interested in helping us develop our district strategic plan! ​You’re invited to join our Strategic Planning Summit on January 18th from 5:00-8:00 PM in the Waitsburg Elementary School library. (A meal will be provided.) If you are interested in participating, please contact Superintendent Mark Pickel by January 14th at 509-337-6301 or mpickel@waitsburgsd.org.

The DW Athletic Combine Committee will be meeting on Monday, January 3rd at 6:30 PM in the Dayton HS library. These meetings are not subject to the Open Public Meetings Act and so are closed to the general public; however, if you would like to have your comments/questions added to the agenda, you may contact Athletic Director Sam Korslund at samk@daytonsd.org. You can also contact your Community Representative or School Board Representative to the Committee: DAYTON Community Rep: Jeremy Trump (thetrumpsters@gmail.com) School Board Rep: Jeff McCowen (jeffreym@daytonsd.org) WAITSBURG Community Rep: Charlie Barron (charlie@wwelectric.com) School Board Rep: Sarah Boudrieau (sboudrieau@waitsburgsd.org) You can also go to dwsports.org for more information on the Combine Committee including the Bylaws governing the Committee and for future notice of meetings. All actions taken by the Committee will also be reported monthly to each school board.

December 16 basketball change: Due to weather concerns, tonight's game times have been moved up. Girls Varsity will play at 4:30 PM followed by boys varsity at 6:00 PM. All Dayton players and cheerleaders will ride the practice bus to Waitsburg.

Waitsburg School District will be on time today.

CORRECTION: The Varsity Basketball Games will be on December 28 and 29, which are TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY of that week.

- 2 More Varsity Basketball Games - We were able to add 2 games at the Granger tournament for Boys Varsity and Girls Varsity to make up for the games we lost last weekend due to COVID. The schedule is updated on dwsports.org as follows: Wednesday, Dec 28: Boys Varsity vs. Granger JV at 1:30; Girls Varsity vs. Ki-Be at 3:00 Bus Departures: 10 AM Dayton, 10:15 Waitsburg DW will be wearing White Uniforms for these games Thursday, Dec 29: Boys Varsity vs. Mabton JV at 1:30; Girls Varsity vs. Wahluke at 3:00 Bus Departures: 10 AM Dayton, 10:15 Waitsburg DW will be wearing Black Uniforms for these games

** DW Basketball game vs. Tri-Cities Prep today! (Dec. 14) ** Purchase your TCP Basketball Tickets in advance at https://gofan.co/app/school/WA71784 At all Tri-Cities Prep games this year, fans can purchase GoFan tickets online or through the app. Just one ticket per person gets you into all the games for that night. Preschool age and under are free, and K-12 is $4.00. Please make sure to watch for changes on the dwsports.org website to access the latest printable schedules! (Look under the More tab > Printable Schedules)

• MS boys basketball closes out this week with a slew of games December 15th - In Richland at Liberty Christian beginning at 4 pm December 16th - In Dayton beginning at 4 pm vs DeSales December 18th - In Burbank beginning at 3 pm • HS games will be resuming this week December 14th - At TC Prep beginning at 4:30 pm December 16th - In Waitsburg beginning at 4:30 pm vs Colfax December 18th - In Burbank beginning at 4:30 vs Columbia-Burbank For our game at Tri-Cities Prep tomorrow, they have asked all visiting parents and fans be aware of the following: GET YOUR TICKETS AT GOFAN - At all games this year at Tri-Cities Prep we are offering our fans to purchase GoFan tickets online/on their app. Below is our GoFan link where your fans can easily purchase their tickets in advance. If you are familiar with GoFan then you know the advantages, but not having to deal with having and/or exchanging cash and long lines are the biggest benefits for the fans. All they have to do is walk in and show the redeemed ticket(s) on their phone. Please feel free to forward this to provide your fans our link to take advantage of this option if they want to. Just one ticket per person gets them into all the games on the night. Please remember that Preschool age and under are free and K-12 are $4.00. Ticket Prices: Adults: $5.00 Students/K-12: $4.00 Senior Citizens: $4.00 PreSchool and younger: Free *Please refrain from bringing food into our gymnasium. We are not allowing food/eating in our gymnasium this year. All food needs to be consumed in the concession hallway where bistro and round tables are set up throughout the hallway. Thank you!