2908 113th Ave Ne

Lake Stevens, Wa 98258

(425) 335 -1515

Summer Office Hours:

• 8.19.24-8.31.24 9:00am-2:00pm
  (Closed for Lunch 12:00-1:00pm)

Main Office Hours: *Beginning 9.3.24

• M-Th 7:30am-3:30pm Fri 7:30pm-2:30pm

As we prepare to embark on another new school year, we're excited to reconnect and continue our shared journey toward success. In this edition of Message in a Bottle, you'll find essential dates and details to help smoothly transition from summer to the school year ahead. We encourage you to stay informed and actively participate in our monthly newsletters, where we'll share the latest positive events and important updates from our campus.

As your principal, I’m thrilled to once again welcome the buzz of energy and excitement that fills our hallways and classrooms. Whether your student is stepping into high school for the first time or is a seasoned Viking returning for another year, these are truly exhilarating times filled with new challenges and experiences. We encourage every student to seize the opportunities ahead by connecting through one of the 4A’s: Academics, Arts, Activities, and Athletics. Let’s make this year one of growth and connection.

We're grateful for your continued partnership in your student's success. Message in a Bottle is our monthly communication designed to proactively and comprehensively keep students and families informed. MIB will be sent out by the first Friday of each month, helping to ensure you stay well-informed while minimizing the number of emails in your inbox.

Thank you for your support, and here's to a fantastic new school year!

Principal Ivelia

To guarantee you receive all communications, please verify that your email, phone number, and other contact information are up-to-date in Skyward. If you need to make any changes, please complete THIS survey and we will make the updates. NOTE: primary address changes may require verification.

THE VIKING WAY - The Viking Way is to be Respectful, Responsible and Ready. We welcome and honor our diversity and are committed to creating a culture of dignity. I am grateful for our team’s devotion to ensuring LSHS is a vibrant, inclusive and welcoming learning community. I wholeheartedly believe that the real strength of Lake Stevens’ schools lies in the collective talents of exceptionally well-trained and dedicated faculty/staff coupled with such strong student and family partnerships. Our staff care for each other and our students while they build positive relationships that support academic and social growth.

For more details about how the Viking Way is lived out in everyday actions within our learning community, click on the button below to review the LSHS Student Handbook. It is currently being updated to reflect the 24-25 school year.

Vikings don't forget to purchase your Chromebook Insurance Protection Plans, LSHS Yearbooks (reminder we sold out last year) and your ASB through the Online Purchasing System

For more information check out the following links:

• LSSD Student Chromebook Information
• Why Purchase your Associated Student Body Card?

Our LSHS Connections night will take place on Tuesday, Sept 3. 4:30-6:30- Save the Date, Click below for more information

We are pleased to announce the addition of a sixth counselor to our counseling department at LSHS. This new position will enhance our ability to provide comprehensive support to our students, ensuring their academic, social, and emotional needs are met.

We are excited to welcome Juli Keith to our team. Ms. Keith joins us from from Northlake Middle School. Please join us in welcoming Ms. Keith to LSHS!

• Ms. Sarah Bowman*: A- Cod
• Ms. Emily Chilson: Coe - G
• Ms. Amy Wiklund: H- Le
• Ms. Juli Keith: Lf - Pac
• Mr. Tzel Hernandez: Pad - Smi
• Ms. Stephanie Lewis: Smj - Z

*While Ms. Bowman is out on maternity leave, we are excited to have Ms. Nadine Leach continue to sub for Ms. Bowman from September 2024 through -December 2024. Ms. Bowman will return in January 2025.

We do not have a school supply list. Your child's teachers will share what is needed. What we do require is something to write on, something to write with, and something to keep schoolwork in.

Welcome to your Senior Year, Class of 2025! We will be updating the Class of 2025 Tab on the LSHS Website, please check back once school starts.

We do have Information Senior Yearbook Portraits, click below.

While we know our students are more successful when they are present, occasionally appointments and absences during the school day cannot be avoided. Please report your child's attendance so they are able to make up their missing work through one of the following:

Electronically through Skyward

1. Login to Skyward via Family Access
2. Click on Attendance (under the General Information Tab on the left side of screen)
3. Click on Absence Requests
4. Click on Add Notification and enter the appropriate information. Be sure to choose a reason for the absence.

An email will be sent to you confirming the notification AND when the notification has been approved.

Phone Call

Call Tiffany or Ginger Reid at (425)335-1570 or the Main Office at (425) 335-1515. Mornings are often very busy in the attendance and main offices, if you get our voicemail, please leave us a message. Be sure to include your name, your student's first and last name, and your message about your student's absence.

Email: LSHS_attendance@lkstevens.wednet.edu

The Lake Stevens High School Purple and Gold Booster Club. This 501(c)3 non profit club is made up of community members and supports all of the LSHS 4A's - Academics, Athletics, Activities, Arts. This group supports specifically student activities, academic achievement, athletics, student recognition, music and arts, our LSHS Hall of Fame, and much more. See our website for more information on how to donate.

President- Jessica Hartman

Vice President - Taylor Mclaren

Co-Treasurers - Heather Liffrig & Addie Posey

The Club is always looking for new members or volunteers at the various P&G Events. If interested please reach out.

Invest ED provides funding that supports the efforts of secondary schools throughout Washington state. They partner with 652 schools (including Lake Stevens High School) and assist 23,240 students with small amounts of short term, item-specific, need based funding. Lake Stevens High School uses the funding to assist with course fees, cap/gown packages, and other small funding requirements.

Its mission is to provide immediate help for students in need. The goal is to encourage students to stay in school, return to school, or get involved within their learning community.

InvestED is a 501 (3) organization tax ID# 23-718970. Contact Melissa Dee, Bookkeeper and LSHS InvestED Coordinator to learn how you can help.

Last month we shared the news that our school board approved a resolution to place a bond on the November 2024 ballot. We thought it might be helpful to share the history of the district’s past bonds. In the last 20 years, our community has approved two bond measures. One approved in 2005, which is set to expire in 2025, and another in 2016, which is set to expire in 2037.

Our Board of Directors is committed to fiscal responsibility, and always aims to keep the cost to taxpayers as low as possible. With the repayment of the 2005 bond complete next year, the proposed 2024 bond replaces that cost with just a slight increase to taxpayers.

The 2005 bond funded the building of Cavelero Mid High School; the modernization of Hillcrest, Mt. Pilchuck and Sunnycrest Elementary Schools; and facilities improvements at Lake Stevens High School, including the new stadium.

The 2016 bond allowed us to build a new elementary school and Early Learning Center, modernize and expand Lake Stevens High School, and provide updates to safety and security, and infrastructure systems at all schools.

If approved, the 2024 bond would help ensure our elementary schools have balanced capacity by funding modernizations and expansions at two schools and building a new elementary school. It also addresses modernizations at Lake Stevens Middle School and funds safety improvements throughout the district.

Learn more about the 2024 bond projects, and check out the FAQs.

Kelly Guilfoil is the NWESD 2025 Regional Teacher of the Year! In their letters of support, Ms. Guilfoil's students and coworkers talk about her incredible success at student engagement and her unwavering dedication to student success. Learn more about this incredible honor.

Superintendent

Dr. Mary Templeton

Board of Directors

Mari Taylor, President • David Iseminger, Vice President • Paul Lund, Director

Vildan Kirby, Co-Legislative Representative • Dr. Nina Kim Hanson, Co-Legislative Representative

In accordance with RCW 49.60, the Lake Stevens School District does not discriminate in employment and schools. The Lake Stevens School District provides Equal Educational and Employment Opportunity without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, sex, handicap/disability, sexual orientation including gender expression or identity, creed, religion, age, veteran or military status, use of a trained dog to guide or service animal by a person with a disability, and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and designated youth groups. The district complies with all applicable state and federal laws and regulations to include, but not limited to, Title IX, Title VI of the Civil Rights Acts, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, RCW 49.60 “The Law Against Discrimination,” and RCW 28A.640 “Sex Equity,” and covers, but is not limited to, all district programs, courses, activities, including extracurricular activities, services, access to facilities, etc. Inquiries regarding compliance procedures should be directed to Lake Stevens School District, 12309 22nd St. NE, Lake Stevens, WA 98258, Attention: Title IX and Civil Rights Coordinator, John Balmer, (425) 335-1500, John_Balmer@lkstevens.wednet.edu or ADA Compliance Coordinator and Section 504 Compliance Coordinator, Miriam Tencate, (425) 335-1500, Miriam_Tencate@lkstevens.wednet.edu.

Photos used in this document are by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-ND