Republic School District #309

CHEER COACH!! We are still seeking a cheerleading coach for the 2024-2025 school year. A job description can be found on our website until the employment open position tab, OR you can call the District Office 509 775-3173 or stop by. Come join our team and help our cheer squad root for our Tiger Teams.

Good Morning, As we prepare for the start of the 24-25 school year, I wanted to let you know that we are planning and organizing an Open House Event to kick things off! On September 3rd, the building will be open for students and parents to meet their teachers, see their classrooms, and ensure all registration information is in and up to date. This will include an Orientation for all 7th—12th grade students. I will send out a schedule of the orientation events when it is complete. In addition, we will host a Back to School Community Fair. Sports physicals, childhood immunizations, and much more will be available! Please plan on attending the Open House on September 3rd from 8 to 2 and the Back to School Community Fair from 10 to 2. Principal Loren Finley

On behalf of Rural Resources: Rural Resources is conducting a survey of Ferry County to gauge the need for a childcare facility. This will inform their team and help them make a decision about how to best include space in the new library/community building. The link to the survey is below. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ferrychildcaresurvey

SUMMER SCHOOL starts Thursday August 1st!! Summer school is open to ALL students grades 1-5. High School students (grades 10-12) needing credit recovery are encouraged to enroll. DATES: August 1st-August 22nd. DAYS: Monday through Thursday from 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM Breakfast and Lunch provided. Please call the District Office to enroll your student. (509) 775-3173

Republic School District is accepting applications for Accounts Payable & Purchasing Coordinator in the District Office. This job is open immediately and open until filled. A full job description can be obtained on our website or by calling the District Office (509) 775-3173. Also: We are still accepting applications for our 0.5 FTE School Counselor position for the 2024-2025 school year.

Due to school construction, tonight's scheduled board meeting location has moved back to the Tiger Cafe in the high school and not the elementary cafeteria.

Reminder...the school district is having water and electrical work done next week, which will result in planned outages and the closure of most of our district buildings. If you cannot get through to the main district phone line or encounter a busy signal while trying to contact the main district office, please email bkersten@republicsd.org and we will get back to you as soon as we can.

The Republic School District and all district buildings located at 30306 E HWY 20 will be closed July 20-28 for electrical and water building improvement work. If you need assistance, please call the district office at 509-775-3173 and leave a detailed message or email accordingly and we will get back to you in a timley manner during this time. Thank you and we look forward to having these much needed repairs/improvements complete by the start of the new school year.

Running start students, please check your email and either register for your classes or respond to Ms. Kidwell. Thank you!

Good Afternoon. Republic School District has three (3) open positions for the 24-25 school year. RYAC Coordinator, Counselor and our newly developed Board approved eSports coaching position. All job descriptions can be found on our website or at the District Office. (509) 775-3173. Happy 4th of July. The District Office will be closed in recognition of the holiday. Have a fabulous weekend.

The Republic School District will be closed Thursday 7/4/2024 in recognition of the July 4th holdiay...Happy Independence Day!

Football practice is canceled for today, Monday the 17th. Please help spread the word!

The Republic School District is closed on Wednesday, June 19th in recognition of Juneteenth Day.

Looking for something to do this evening? Great! C'mon down to the High School gym and catch some summer league basketball! Varsity Girls play Oroville at 5 pm; Varsity Boys at 6pm and JV Boys vs. 6th grade AAU team @ 7 pm. No charge for admission! Just bring your family and your neighbor and c'mon down for basketball action! See you there!

Happy end of our school year we look forward to 2024-2025. We have two positions open. A full-time continuing paraeducator and a 1-year temporary paraeducator. Both job descriptions are located on our website under the employment tab, or by calling the District Office (509) 775-3173. Have a great summer.

📢 Important Back-to-School and Fall Athletics Information! 🏫🏈 The new school year begins on September 4th, and our football season kicks off on August 21st. 🔴 Immunizations, Physicals, and Emergency Care Plans: Due Dates: All required immunizations, physicals, and emergency care plans must be up to date and turned into the school prior to August 21st for football participants and September 4th for all other students. Importance: These documents are crucial for our students' and athletes' safety and well-being. Without them, participation in school and football activities will be interrupted. 📚🏆 Let's make it a great year together! Thank You, Loren Finley K-12 Principal

Last week, 4th, 5th, and 6th graders from Curlew, Keller, and Republic received lessons on safe paddling and boating practices from the Washington State Parks Safe Paddling program. Over 70 students were provided with properly fitted life jackets for use during the upcoming summer months. Additionally, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife visited Curlew Lake and provided fishing poles for the students to use. The students were able to fish off the dock while learning about the basics of safe fishing practices. The ROAR program would like to thank Rob Sendak, Derek Van Dyke, and Alyssa Smith from the Washington State Parks Safe Paddling program, as well as Tyler Bahrenburg from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.

School is out for summer!!! Thank you Republic staff, students, and families for another fantastic school year! Next year's calendar is available on our district website and we want to wish everyone a fun and safe summer break! The school district office will be open M-Th 8:00-4:00 through August!

Miss King's kindergarten class had a farm experience last week during their ROAR Adventure at the K Diamond K Guest Ranch. While at the ranch, the students had the opportunity to pet baby animals, explore a cave, and learn how to milk a cow. The ROAR Program would like to thank Kathy McKay for inviting the students to her ranch and for sharing her experiences of ranch life.

Last week's ROAR Adventure had Mrs. Campbell's and Miss Bushnell's 1st grade classes giving back to their community by planting flowers around town. The 1st grade began growing the flowers in early March and has been learning about the life cycles of plants. The ROAR program would like to thank Mari Jo Olsen for donating potting soil and giving her time to help with this project.