Touchet School District

Third to fifth-grade students from Touchet joined other valley students for the annual Walla Walla Symphony Link Up concert. During the event, they enjoyed listening, singing, and dancing with our local orchestra. This year's concert theme was "The Orchestra Rocks," and our students learned that classical music and rock music are very similar.

Touchet School District wants to inform you of a local road closure on Thursday, April 18th from 6 am to 4 pm, in conjunction with the construction of the new community library. This closure will affect access to the school. Hence, if you have conferences scheduled on that day, please note access to the school must be obtained from Hanson Rd instead of Touchet North.

The 1st Annual Touchet Hackathon is scheduled for Friday, April 19th, starting at 11:30 am. In this hackathon, Touchet students will participate in a Lego Robotics competition where they will design and build a robot in a single day. The Touchet Robotics Team invites kids ranging from 3rd grade to 12th grade to create a First Lego League legal robot with them. Anyone from the Touchet community is welcome to watch and offer help. You can also grab some food while you're at it! No prior experience or commitment is needed to participate. In case you're not interested in building robots, there will be other activities too. Students will be creating their AP Computer Science Principles apps or working on video games in Game Lab or Unity.

Redhawk Happenings this week! It's conference week, and we are excited to share what our students have been working on! Baseball action at home on Tuesday!

Are you an experienced business manager looking for your next challenge? Look no further! The Touchet School District is actively seeking a driven and talented professional to join our team as our new business manager. With a commitment to excellence and a passion for education, you'll have the opportunity to make a real impact in the lives of our students and staff. Apply now to take the next step in your career! Please visit www.touchetsd.org/page/employment for more information and to apply!

We want to express our gratitude to everyone who joined us this morning for our Kindergarten Roundup and Child Find event! At Touchet School District, we are always excited to showcase our friendly and inclusive small school community to both local and distant community members. Being a Redhawk means following the 3 R's, which we take great pride in instilling in our students: - Redhawks are responsible - Redhawks are respectful - Redhawks do the right thing We are delighted to share this with you, and we thank you for being a part of our event!

Join us as Mr. Elizondo updates the community on current events happening in the Touchet School District! Coffee with the superintendent tomorrow morning at 7:30 am in the school library! Tomorrows Agenda 1.Testing – SBA – iReady 2. k-12 Enrollment 3. Kinder Find – Today 4. Apollo – Emergency Grant – 5. Small School Modernization Grant in the amount of 6 million dollar to improvise the elementary And don't forget, TK/Kindergarten registration starting at 9:30 am and Child Find from 8-12 tomorrow morning!

Touchet School District has an immediate opening for a custodial position. If you or someone you know may be interested in this position please visit https://www.touchet.k12.wa.us/page/employment to apply!

Can you believe we are already welcoming next year's class of new little Redhawks? Just a friendly reminder that the kindergarten roundup and child find event is taking place tomorrow morning. The Child Find event will be held in the MPR from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm. The registration for TK and Kindergarten is from 9:30 am to 10:30 am in the Resource Room. Don't forget to mark your calendar and let your friends and family know to attend this event.

Redhawk Happenings April 8th-13th! WELCOME BACK! We hope everyone had a wonderful, relaxing spring break and is ready to hit the ground running bright and early tomorrow morning! This week we start the first middle school softball and baseball practices. There is a home doubleheader high school baseball game on Tuesday vs. St. John Endicott/Lacrosse starting at 2 pm and Golf will be playing in Dayton on Tuesday. Don't forget about coffee with the superintendent this Friday morning with Mr. Elizondo starting at 7:30 am. Kindergarten Enrollment/Child Find is this Friday morning! And we are excited to share what Touchet School district has to offer for our incoming students! Please make sure and share the word about our great school!

SEATech 2024 Summer Programs Registration Opens Soon SEATech offers summer classes for 0.5 (point-five) high school credit to current 8th-11th grade students. Don't miss the opportunity to sign up for Crime Scene to Courtroom, Filmmakers Boot Camp, Health, or Introduction to Manufacturing. Registration will open on Monday, April 8 at 4:00 p.m. at https://bit.ly/seatechsummer2024. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd68ZwM7exq8hmX4tMfEK3GQw2r2hB4Y0YwKwREKj4WNtEqMQ/closedform

Look at all these Good Behavior students for March! Demonstrating the three R's of being a RedHawk proudly. RedHawks are Responsible RedHawks are Respectful RedHawks do the Right thing And want to see more of these smiling faces, don't forget about our spring concert tonight at 6pm in the MPR room!

REDHAWK HAPPENINGS! March 24th through April 5th! It's the week just before spring break, and various fun Redhawk activities are taking place! To begin with, the spring concert will be conducted, featuring the elementary students performing songs about the Great Outdoors. Mr. Palmer has been working hard, and we believe you will enjoy watching our students sing their hearts out! On Tuesday, we have home Baseball to watch, and Lego Robotics is still meeting on Thursdays! Additionally, don't forget about the School Board Meeting on Thursday night, where you can learn about the current happenings within our district. To finish off the week, we have the beloved FUN RUN, followed by early release and the Spring Carnival on Friday at 6 pm! Bingo will entertain, and you might just win some amazing prizes from local sponsors!

Congratulations to Dallon Huntley for being nominated for Youth of the Year at Walla Walla Exchange Club! Seeing young people being recognized for their hard work and dedication is always inspiring. We are proud of Dallon's hard work and dedication that led him to achieve this significant milestone. His responsible and respectful demeanor, combined with his consistent focus on doing the right thing, has paid off. Once again, congratulations Dallon on this wonderful accomplishment.

We are excited to announce that the annual FUN RUN is just a little over a week away! On Friday, March 29th, at 9:30 am, the elementary students will be participating in the Fun Run. It is an event filled with fun for the students and a great opportunity to raise funds to support our classes throughout their time as a Redhawk. The funds raised will be used to support class field trips, and fun activities, and help grow each year with the class to support their senior trip. Make sure students bring back their pledge sheets on the day of the run! And if you would like to pledge a student, please contact the school for more information!

Big Congrats to Touchet FFA's Future Food Scientists! Our Touchet FFA Middle School Food Products & Processing team competed at the district 6 FFA competition! This brand-new CDE is all about giving students a taste of what FFA is all about in the exciting world of Food Science. By participating, they gain valuable experience that will prepare them to be future FFA champions! We're so proud of their 4th place finish, qualifying them for the Washington State FFA competition at WSU in May! A special shout out to Jaydin Ginter for placing 4th overall and Kaleb Lundberg for taking 10th place in individual honors! Keep up the amazing work! Team members include Emma Niemeyer, Jaydin Ginter, Kaleb Lundberg, Morgan Ambs, and Easton Huntley.

Touchet Golf makes it Premier Debut! The Touchet RedHawk Golf team coached by Veronica Ogden, participated in its first shot gun tournament yesterday at Veterans Memorial golf course! The team consisting of Maddie Short, and Cooper Pumphrey played an excellent 9 hole game improving their swing while learning the etiquette of the sport. Owen Godinez will be joining the team tomorrow for their second tournament of the season at Milton Freewater Municipal Golf Course at 2pm! Let's go RedHawks!

Looking for some fun and excitement in a small town? Come and join us Friday, March 29th, 2024, at 6 pm, for the Touchet spring carnival, brought to you by the class of 2024! We have a variety of carnival games that include the infamous jailhouse, ring toss, cake walk, basketball and football toss, face painting, fish cup (with live goldfish), darts, and more! And if you're feeling lucky, don't miss our annual BINGO festivities with amazing prizes from local businesses for all ages. Bring your family and friends as the Junior class will be hosting a hamburger feed. Come have a blast at the Touchet spring carnival!

REDHAWK HAPPENINGS MARCH 18th-23rd! Spring has sprung which means it's time for our first home baseball game! But not before a little March Madness 3 on 3 action put on by our ASB who is providing Pizza and Shamrock Shakes for the fun event! Second and Third-grade students are getting their last round of swim lessons in, and golf is participating in its first two tournaments this week. Don't forget club/sport and class pictures are on Tuesday! We are finishing up the week with FBLA completing their State Objective testing to move on to the next round of competition. DON'T FORGET, our Touchet Redhawk app keeps you updated on all of this and more with everything happening around the school!

Touchet Driving School! Touchet is pleased to announce that it will be offering driver's education classes during the summer from June 17th to July 31st, 2024. The specific timing of the classes is yet to be determined. This is a comprehensive 5-week course designed to equip 10 students with the knowledge and necessary skills to pass their driving exams with flying colors! The cost of the course will range between $400 and $500. Please note that students will be responsible for their transportation - they will need to be dropped off and picked up. We will accept the first 10 students who sign up for the course.