Waitsburg School District

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!

**DW BASKETBALL CANCELLATION** Due to a positive COVID test and the resulting exposure to both Boys and Girls basketball teams, our scheduled DW high school basketball games at Goldendale (Friday, 12/10) and home vs. Granger (Saturday, 12/11) have been cancelled. We will be testing non-symptomatic students on Monday morning (Dec. 13) and are hopeful we will be able to resume the season next week. Please continue to watch dwsports.org for updates.

Hot cocoa with Santa is tomorrow, December 7th from 7:30-8:30am in the MPR. Parents and younger siblings can join for hot cocoa. Photos will be available.

Reminder: Early release @ 12:10 tomorrow (Wednesday, November 24th), and no school Thursday, November 25th and Friday, November 26th.

DW ATHELTICS UPDATE: Due to the power outage last night, our Boys A Squad game vs. Touchet has been rescheduled for TOMORROW, Wednesday, Nov. 17 at 4:00 PM in the Dayton Gym. The B and C Squads may still ride the practice bus to the game to support their teammates but will not be able to practice. https://dwsports.org

Our DW High School and Middle School Basketball teams are in need of people to serve as scorekeepers and managers with all necessary instruction and training provided. This is a great way to get Community Service hours for HS students, or a way you can invest in this generation of athletes and support their involvement in healthy, productive activities. Please contact our Athletic Director at samk@daytonsd.org for more information or to volunteer.

Reminder: No school tomorrow (Thursday, Nov. 11th) in honor of Veterans Day.

Waitsburg Parent-Teacher Conferences start tomorrow! Conferences take place on Tuesday, November 9th from 3:20-7:20 pm, and on Wednesday, November 10th from 3:00-7:00 pm. Students will get out of school at 2:40 pm on Wednesday for our regular early release schedule.

Waitsburg Elementary School's Veterans' Day Program takes place Wednesday, November 10 at 1:00 PM in the High School Gym. Veterans, parents, and community members are invited to attend. Contact our Music Specialist, Ms. Jagelski, at 509-337-6461 with any questions.

DW middle and high school basketball schedules are available online now! Go to dwsports.org and look under MORE > PRINTABLE SCHEDULES. As always, please watch for schedule adjustments as the season begins. Thank you!

The latest edition of WHS' "The Cardinal" student newsletter is online now! Read it at https://bit.ly/3CAq5wE

The first day of middle school boys’ basketball is today, October 27th! If your son is playing boys' basketball this year, please read these important updates from Athletic Director Sam Korslund: https://www.waitsburgsd.org/article/571456