The end of our 2022 school year is fast approaching and I am wondering where the time went. This school year, for me, will be remembered as school returning back to normal and fresh new beginnings. We are excited for our 5th graders who will be leaving us for Northwood Middle School. This has been an enjoyable class and Northwood is lucky to receive such a great group of young learners.

Those of you that are returning to Farwell next year, we are excited about having you back and can't wait to open the doors in the fall. Please take time to enjoy your summer break , be safe and GO FALCONS!!

Thank you

Josh

We are happy to announce that Farwell's Field Day is scheduled for Wednesday June 15th. This event will take place in the morning for all grade levels. Mr. Bontrager has been busy planning and organizing this event and we are excited to see all our Falcons enjoy some time outside. We are in need of parent volunteers to make this event a huge success. Please contact the office so we can add your name to our list. We are looking for about 20 volunteers. Can't wait to see you all out there!!!!

Farwell will be hosting our 2022 graduates back to Farwell on Thursday June 9th. This is a long time honored Mead School District tradition, where we have past Farwell alumni return to their elementary school. The event will allow our graduating seniors the opportunity to connect with past teachers, tour the building and enjoy some treats before they walk among the halls to be cheered on by our current students. This is a great tradition and we can't wait to have our graduates back in the building. Congrats Class of 2022!!!!!

Before we conclude this school year, don't forget to stop by the Farwell vestibule to collect those lost items. We will have those items available through the end of the year. We have many nice items and I am sure they are missed.

Below you will see all the great spirit day ideas our ASB came up with for our last full week of school. I am looking forward to seeing our kids walking the halls in their spirit week gear. GO TEAM FARWELL!!!

Monday 6/13 - Crazy Hair Day,

Tuesday 6/14 - Backwards Day,

Wednesday 6/15 - Sports Day,

Thursday 6/16 - Mix - N - Match day,

Friday 6/17 - Anything But A Backpack Day

Monday 6/20 - Hawaiian Day (last day of school)

With the end of the year nearing, please use the link to preorder your yearbook.

Yearbooks are $15 and will be available in June.

Please take some time and click the button below! Mrs. McKenna has assembled a great group of young writers who have an interest in creating a newspaper. They meet during their lunch time to compile the month's stories and to produce the school newspaper. I love sitting down with these great writers for my principal interview each month. They use their love of writing to share all about Farwell. Check out their great work. Thank you, Mrs. McKenna, and your newspaper team!

Field Trips are back!!!!! Third grade has blazed the trail and will be going West Valley Outdoor Learning Center. Our third graders were given opportunities to see live education birds up close and build personal connections to wildlife. What fun time for all involved. I wonder if they got to see Talon our Farwell Falcon there?

The current USDA waiver that has allowed school districts to provide free breakfast and lunch to all students is set to expire at the end of this school year. This means that for the 2022-2023 school year, we will be transitioning back to regular prices for school meals, with free/reduced price meals for qualified families. We realize that will be a shift for all of our families and want to be sure you are aware now. Students with an approved free/reduced meal application on file will continue to be covered under that application through October 13, 2022. Meals are still free for all students through the last day of this school year.

Free/reduced meal applications for the 22-23 school year will be available in Mid-August. If any changes occur to the USDA waiver for the 22-23 school year, we will let you know.

Our last ASB dine out for this school year will be at the Northside Chipotle, on Wednesday, June 15th. Stop on in or drive thru to get a great meal for you or your family. Thank you for supporting Farwell.

Will you have a kindergartner starting this fall, or will your child in any K-12 grade be joining the Mead School District for the first time in the fall? Our online enrollment portal for the 2022-23 school year is now open here: https://www.mead354.org/apps/pages/enrollment

From:

Philip McLean,

Head Wrestling Coach, Mead H.S.

Place:

Mead High School Field House.

When:

JUNE 6-10

Monday- FRIDAY

6:00-7:30 @MEAD FIELD HOUSE

Cost:

$50 for all sessions.

Your son will provide:

Tennis shoes or wrestling shoes,

T-shirt, and a parent’s written permission for participation and coverage by his family’s accident insurance policy.

Camp Philosophy: We believe wrestling has four components to master: technique, strength, conditioning, and mental attitude. Our main emphasis will be on the techniques of wrestling. We will have discussions on motivation, training and look at wrestling from the student/athlete perspective.

Camp will include technique sessions followed by situational wrestling and live wrestling.

Philip McLean

Head Wrestling coach, Mead H.S.

3x State AA Champion 1983-84-85

High School All-American

NJCAA All-American

SWAB’s Junior Male Athlete, 1985

College experience: North Idaho JC; Fresno State Univ

GSLCoachYear‘96,’99,’09,’12, ’13,’17

2013, 2017 WIAA 4A Coach of the Year

1996,’12,‘17Region IV Coach of Year,

1999 SWAB’s Coach of the year

1998, 2019 4th @Team State Champ

‘99 Team State Champions

’11 3RD @ Team State Championships

’12 2nd @ Team State Championships

’13 5th @ Team State Championships

’17 3RD @ Team State Championships

’18 2nd @ Team State Championships

‘19 4th Team State Championships

‘20 4TH TEAM STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

‘22 TEAM STATE CHAMPIONS

Tyler McLean-

WA State Champ

Simon Fraser University,

2X All-American

NCAA All American

Jeremy Golding

3x WA State Champ,NJCAA All-American

Purdue University

Chase Tebbets

3x WA State Champ,

HS All-American

Wrestling @ Little Rock, NCAA

PANTHER WRESTLING CAMP REGISTRATION

Grades 1-12

JUNE 6-10

Monday- FRIDAY

6:00-7:30 @MEAD FIELD HOUSE

REGISTRATION:

All wrestlers please register through Family ID. Mead School District students can register and pay online through Mead High school family ID. Non-Mead students can register through Family ID, but will have to pay on the first day of camp.

We will take registration and payments on the first day of camp.

FAMILY ID:

https://www.familyid.com/organizations/mead-high-school

Please, do not hesitate to call me for more information at school Cell: 509-344-9616

Special Guests
Ryan Derosch

3X STATE CHAMP@Riverside HS

Cal Poly University

NCAA All-American

Kevin Roberts

WA State Champion

University of Oregon

NCAA All-American

Staff:TBA…Chase Tebbets, Phil McLean, Kevin Roberts, Ryan Derosch, Troy Hughes, Pat Whitcomb, Tyler McLean, Jeremy Golding, Tony Umbach, Mitch Whetzel, Keith Marion,NIC Wrestlers?

Please feel free to join our next PTO meeting on June 7th @ 6:30 at Farwell Elementary. We look forward to seeing you there.

Happy June, Parents!

It's hard to believe the school year is coming to a close, and it's time to prepare the care plans for the 2022-2023 school year already! If your student has a current care plan (diabetes, asthma, anaphylaxis, cardiac, etc) with us, you should receive your student's 22-23 school year care plan in the mail by the end of this week. If you don't receive it by 06/10/2022, please send me an email at cate.armstrong@mead354.org to let me know so I can get another one out to you ASAP.

Thank you for your continued support in helping us follow the current illness guidelines, which can be found HERE . We are still providing free rapid COVID testing at school for students. This is a drive up test at Farwell anytime between 9:15am - 2:45pm. Pull up in the loop, call the front desk, and they will send me or my health aide out to do the swab. If your student has already had a COVID test with us this year, no need to register again. If they have not had a rapid test this year, please register HERE before arriving. We are also still offering PCR testing for all household members before 12:45pm by registering HERE .

If you perform a COVID test at home, we are now accepting home tests. Please fill out the required attestation form and return it to me before your student returns to school. This can either be emailed to cate.armstrong@mead354.org , or dropped off in person at the office.

Please remember that if the first test was done less than 48 hours into symptoms, a 2nd test is required 24 hours later.

As a friendly reminder, you can order twice a month now from Say Yes COVID test for up to 10 home tests a month, shipped directly to you. We also have a limited supply of home tests we can provide you with, if you are out.

If your student is testing negative for COVID, but has a persistent cough and/or fever, please know that there are recent confirmed cases of influenza A at school, as well as whooping cough (pertussis) in the community. We recommend getting your student evaluated by their pediatrician if they are having persistent symptoms.

Please feel free to reach out with any questions. We appreciate your partnership in keeping our students safe and healthy!

Sincerely,

Cate Armstrong, LPN

If your child will be absent, please call our attendance line daily at 465-6584. Reminder, if your child is not feeling well please do not send them to school.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Email: josh.vancleef@mead354.org

Address: 13005 N Crestline

Spokane, WA

99208

Phone Number: 1(509)465 - 6500