Students and Families

It is that time of year and we welcome you back to the 2024-2025 school year at WAVA! Welcome to those that are new to the WAVA Family and to are returning families! Our team of staff and teachers have been busy preparing for a wonderful year and have been looking forward to your return! Our WAVA MS and HS Principal Terry Ackerman and his team of Assistant Principals, Mark Lagerquist, Tom Yahraes and Lia Carlile welcome back our 6th to 12th grade students! Our Interim K-5 Principal and Special Programs Administrator Shelley Sears and K-5 Assistant Principal Kala Wofford welcome you back to Elementary School! Our CTE team and Administrator Taylor Kreilmann welcomes you back to Career Prep at WAVA. All of our Admin Team and many teachers and staff are here to support you.

This month please take time to adjust to your schedule. Take a moment on Sunday evenings to look at your schedule for the week and plan for your required classes and work. If you have any questions or need support please always reach out to your teacher, your counselor, and/or student support. You can find contact information on our WAVA Bulletin Board website along with helpful links and videos to get your year started smoothly!

Each month you will receive a newsletter with some updates from our WAVA Team, and also a National Engagement Newsletter with activities, competitions, and events throughout K12. We encourage you and your student to participate in extra curricular events. During our year we will highlight social and emotional learning with our 7 Mindsets, counselors will provide sessions on your calendar around these and you can find more information online.

We always are looking to highlight our students and their unique stories! If you have a story you would like to share with WAVA and our media team, please submit to https://elevate.press/link.

Thank you for choosing WAVA and we look forward to a positive year working with you and your family!

Sincerely,

WAVA Executive Director, Susan Boyer

Important Dates for the 2024-2025 School Year

Aug 26–28, 2024 Back to School Staff Professional Development

Aug 29, 2024 Teacher Classroom Workday

Sept 2, 2024 Labor Day (No School)

Sep 4, 2024 First day of School

Oct 11, 2024 Teacher Professional Development (No School)

Nov 11, 2024 Veterans Day (No School)

Nov 27–28, 2024 Thanksgiving Break (No School)

Nov 29, 2024 WA Native American Day (No School)

Dec 23, 2024–Jan 3, 2025 Winter Break (No School)

Jan 20, 2025 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (No School)

Jan 24, 2025 Last Day of First Semester

Jan 27, 2025 First Day of Second Semester

Feb 17-18, 2025 Presidents’ Day (No School)

March 14, 2025 Teacher Professional Development Day (No School)

April 1–4, 2025 Spring Break (No School)

May 27, 2025 Memorial Day (No School)

June 8, 2025 WAVA Omak High School Graduation

June 18, 2025 Last Day of School

Our WAVA K-5 Team is ready to welcome you! Please visit our K-5 info page and also reach out to your teacher and counselor at any time!

Contact Info:

• Interim K-5 Principal and Special Programs Administrator, Shelley Sears ssears@K12.com, ssears@wava.org
• Assistant K-5 Principal, Kala Woffordkwofford@K12.com, kwofford@wava.org
• K-5 Counselor, Janelle Martinjmartin@wava.org

Our WAVA 6-8th Team and 9th -12th Team is ready to welcome you! Please visit our Info Page online for more information and make sure to connect with your teachers and counselors!

Contact Info:

• Principal, Terry Ackerman, tackerman@K12.com, tackerman@wava.org
• Assistant Principal, Tom Yahraes, tyahraes@K12.com, tyahraes@wava.org
• Assistant Principal, Mark Lagerquist, mlagerquist@wava.org, mlagerquist@K12.com
• Assistant Principal, Lia Carlile, lcarlile@K12.com, lcarlile@wava.org
• Counselors Page

Welcome to our Career and Technical Education at WAVA for grades 7th to 12th! Please reach out with any questions to your teachers, our administrator and or counselors for support and visit our CTE page online.

• CTE Administrator, Taylor Kreilmann, tkreilmann@K12.com, tkreilmann@wava.org
• FBLA HS: Lisa Greer lgreer@wava.org
• FBLA MS: Felicia Kern fkern@wava.org
• TSA: Carrie Pedersen cpedersen@wava.org
• HOSA: Kristin Courtney kcourtney@wava.org
• FCCLA: Sarah Layton slayton@wava.org
• SkillsUSA: Brian Boyd bboyd@wava.org

We are here to support you and your students throughout the year!

Counselors often help students:

• Maintain academic standards and set goals for academic success.

• Develop skills to improve organization, study habits, and time management.

• Work through personal problems that may affect academics or relationships.

• Improve social skills.

• Cope with school or community-related violence, accidents, and trauma.

• Identify interests, strengths, and aptitudes through assessment

WAVA Student Support Contacts Include:

• Heather Bennett, Student Support Administrator, hbennett@K12.com

• Kathy Swartz, Student Resource Coordinator, kswartz@K12.com

• HS/MS Questions: Terry Ackerman, WAVA 6-12 Principal

• ES Questions: Shelley Sears, WAVA Special Programs Administrator

• ES Questions: Kala Lougheed, WAVA Assistant Principal

Special Programs Team:

Check out the Special Programs Page on the WAVA Bulletin

*Who do I contact for support in Special Programs?

If you have questions or concerns about the diverse needs of your learner, please contact -

• Shelley Sears, ssears@K12.com --Special Programs Administrator, 504, LAP Program, Highly Capable Program and Multilinguistic Learner Program

• Sarah Lewman, slewman@omaksd.org, Omak Special Education Director

At WAVA we want to connect with students and believe that all student can succeed. In addition to connection in the classroom through academics, student support, class connect sessions and learning platforms students can connect on their own time for community engagement. We offer Clubs that meet weekly, competitions, online socializing through the K12 Zone, and Learning Coach Chats. You can participate in a WAVA Club anytime, just visit the below link for clubs on the WAVA Bulletin Board Oct-May and jump into a link to participate! You can also find K12 clubs and competitions through your OLS announcements! Our K12 Zone is open M-F, 12-4pm and accessible through your OLS.

WAVA Clubs will be on the WAVA Bulletin at https://www.wavabulletinboard.com/esports-and-clubs. Clubs begin in October and meet weekly through May. We have an award winning Esports Team for ages 13 and up, and an award winning Robotics Team for grades 4-12. See below for our list of WAVA Clubs, days, times and links.

If interested in a WAVA Club Visit WAVA Bulletin Board Oct-May to join in on the links

If interested in joining our Esports League Team, complete this form by 09/15

If interested in participating in our Robotics Team please wait for info to go out in Oct/Nov

K12 Competitions and Clubs: https://www.k12.com/stride-competitions/

K12 Students Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/k12.student/

Follow our website and social sites for the most updated news!

WAVA Bulletin Board

WAVA Facebook

WAVA Instagram

WAVA YouTube

Each year K12 offers competitions throughout the year! Compete in Innovation, Photography, Baking, Art, Robotics, and our Esports Team. Students can compete and make it to a National Level with prizes, trips and more. Check the monthly offerings and participate!! https://www.k12.com/stride-competitions/

WAVA Graduation for our Class of 2025 is June 8th, 2025. We are looking forward to celebrating our Class of 2025! For grad planning visit our grad planning page throughout the year! https://www.wavabulletinboard.com/graduation-planning

Make sure to bookmark our WAVA Bulletin Board website and the Clubs Page for the monthly updates! You can find information on our WAVA Clubs that meet each week including the days, times and links. You can also find out information on National Clubs with Stride and how to access these through the OLS Announcements and Social Engagement Newsletters.

We have monthly outings at WAVA! Every Friday 12-2pm we have rotating outings at various park locations throughout WA State. We also have outings that teachers host throughout the year like library days, museum visit, tours and more! Be sure to check out Outings link and join in on the fun! These are optional and not required! If you don't see an outing in your area you can always request one with your teacher or post one to the Learning Coach Community.

Our team at WAVA is here to support you! If you need support with onboarding, student services and resources, FLEX and more, please reach out!

Student Support Administrator, Heather Bennett, hbennett@K12.com, hbennett@wava.org

Student Resources, Kathy Swartz, kaswartz@K12.com

Check it out! We are excited to offer Stride Tutoring to provide resources and tools in support to our Middle School and High School Age students. This service will be available to students through our Stride OLS offerings.

Meet our WAVA Testing Coordinator

Alyson Kerley, akerley@K12.com, akerley@wava.org

At WAVA we have Testing and Assessments throughout the year for our students. Testing is in-person at various locations across WA state. We do our best to make the experience as seamless as possible and positive for all students and families. Our team communicates regularly and provides information for all of your planning needs! If you ever have any questions or concerns with testing and assessments please reach out to our Testing Coordinator!

WAVA 2024-2025 Academic Calendar

Enrollment and Registration Contact Us Information:

• ​For all records requests we want all emails going to recordsrequest@wava.org

• For all transcript requests: : WAVA Transcript Request Form

• General Enrollment Questions: enrollment@wava.org

• General Registrar (non records or transcript) questions: registrar@wava.org

• We have a new eFax number as well: 253.964.1143

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Contact WAVA:

• WAVA Office: 253.591.6888

• Enrollment/Program Inquiries: 866.548.9444

• WAVA General Info: info@wava.org

• WAVA Clubs: Clubs Page

• K12, Powered by Stride Clubs: clubs@K12.com

• Student Support Helpful Resources

• Community Engagement and Family Engagement with K12/WAVA Hailey Chamberlain hchamberlain@K12.com

• MS/HS Principal: Terry Ackerman, tackerman@K12.com

• ES Principal: Shelley Sears, ssears@K12.com, Asst Principal Kala Wofford kwofford@wava.org

• Special Programs, Shelley Sears, ssears@K12.cosmouracadeboyer@k12.comm ​

• Student Support and FLEX, Heather Bennett, hbennett@K12.com

• Executive Director Susan Boyer, smouracadeboyer@k12.com

• CTE Support, tkreilmann@K12.com

• Office Support, landroy@K12.com

Do you have a Success Story you would like to share? Please share your story to: Project Elevate

What's Important at WAVA?

At WAVA, students come first. We partner with families to provide a free and excellent public eduction that meets the needs of the whole child.

At WAVA, learning is our focus. We empower one another to become life-long learners through innovation and inspiration. We plan for success.

At WAVA, community is valued. We seek to positively impact our community through partnership, offerings, and collaboration.

At WAVA, cultures are respected. We celebrate diversity and commit ourselves to positive and meaningful teamwork.

You know that your kids have something special inside them. We know it too. Washington Virtual Academies (WAVA) and K12 ignite the minds of children like yours to bring learning and innate possibility alive. Together, we are helping Washington students in grades K-12 reach their true, personal potential.

Email: info@wava.org
Website: www,wavabulletinboard.com
Location: 2601 S 35th St Suite 100 Tacoma, WA 98409
Phone: (253) 591-6888
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WAVAESLC/
Twitter: @K12_WAVA

Omak School District does not discriminate in any programs
or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national
origin, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression
or identity, disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal
and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups.
The following employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints
of alleged discrimination: Civil Rights Coordinator and Title IX Coordinator:
Brittney Richter, (509)826.7687, brichter@omaksd.org or WAVA
Family Resource Coordinator: Kathy Swartz, (253)682.7906, kaswartz@k12.com,
P.O. Box 833, Omak, WA 98841, Omak's Special Education Director is Sarah
Lewman, slewman@omaksd.org, WAVA 504 Coordinator, Multilinguistic Learner Point
of Contact, Highly Capable point of Contact and LAP Contact is Shelley Sears,
ssears@K12.com