Schools welcome back students
A Soap Lake Middle/High School student walks on the red carpet while cheerleaders and staff cheer on Monday, the first day of school in the Soap Lake School District.
Courtesy photo/Soap Lake School District
Mountain View Elementary School in Quincy, along with other Quincy schools, will begin the school year on Wednesday.
Soap Lake School District employees on Monday, the first day of school for all grade levels in Soap Lake.
COLUMBIA BASIN — Students all over the Columbia Basin will head back to school this week and next. Schools in Grant, Adams and Lincoln counties all open between Aug. 28 and Sept. 6 for K-12.
In Grant County, the Soap Lake School District celebrated its first day back at school Monday by rolling out a literal red carpet for students at Soap Lake Middle/High School.
“As they entered school this morning, we had students, cheerleaders, staff cheering them on as they walked the red carpet into school,” said Soap Lake School District Superintendent Aaron Chavez. “Just a really awesome way to get kids excited about coming back for the school year.”
Chavez said that they had a great first day and credited the school district faculty and staff for their work.
“The kids were super excited,” said Chavez. “I was out there, staff were out there. They were playing soccer today during lunch. We had a great lunch; our lunch ladies, our maintenance custodial crews, secretaries, district office, the teachers, everyone has been working so hard to prepare for the upcoming school year, and I think the parents can tell,” said Chavez.
The Lind-Ritzville School District also had the first day of school for first- through 12th-grade students Monday, according to the district website. The first day of school for kindergarten is Thursday and the first day for preschoolers is Sept. 5.
Later in the week, the Moses Lake School District’s first day of school for first through fifth grades is Wednesday, according to their website. Sixth-grade students at Columbia Middle School and Frontier Middle School will also go back to school Wednesday, as will ninth- and 10th-grade students at Moses Lake High School. Ninth graders at Vanguard Academy will also start Wednesday.
All other sixth through eighth graders in the Moses Lake School District will start school Thursday, as will 11th and 12th graders at the Moses Lake High School and all other students at Vanguard Academy. According to the website, kindergarten will begin Sept. 5 and 6 and Early Learning Preschool will start Sept. 12.
First through 12th graders return to school in the Royal School District on Tuesday and all other students will start school Sept. 5, according to the district’s website.
All students in the Warden School District will be returning to school on Wednesday, according to the district website. Students in the Quincy School District also go back to school on Wednesday, according to the district website. According to the Wahluke School District website, school starts Tuesday for all grades.
In the Ephrata School District, first- through 12th graders return to school Thursday and kindergarten students return Friday stated the district website.
In Adams County, the Othello School District’s first day of school will be Thursday for first- through ninth-grade students, according to the district website. Sept. 1 is the first day for 10th through 12th grades, Sept. 6 is the first for kindergarten and Sept. 12 is the first day for preschool.
The Almira School District’s first day is Sept. 5, according to the district website. The Coulee-Hartline School District website states that its first day of school will be Thursday.
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