Oct 9, 2023

Big Smiles Coming to Chehalis Schools

2023-10-06T12:01:32-07:00October 9th, 2023|Chehalis Middle School, Chehalis School District, James W. Lintott Elementary, Orin C. Smith Elementary, Uncategorized, W.F. West High School|

Did you know that more than 51 million school hours are lost by students each school year because of poor dental health? To help, Big Smiles Washington is bringing in-school dental clinics to the Chehalis School District. Parents can sign their students up for dental care at a mobile clinic that will be offered at [...]

Mar 2, 2023

Two-tiered transportation schedule likely to continue

2023-03-02T13:54:50-08:00March 2nd, 2023|Chehalis Middle School, Chehalis School District, James W. Lintott Elementary, Orin C. Smith Elementary, W.F. West High School|

Nearly three years have passed since schools across the country sent students and staff home and closed their doors. The pandemic caused a major disruption in the educational system, and thankfully, classrooms are looking more “normal” than they have in years.  But a closer look at the entire system reveals a lingering disruption. The Chehalis [...]

Feb 7, 2023

Your Voice Matters: Common thoughts among parents and staff

2023-02-09T15:40:26-08:00February 7th, 2023|Chehalis Middle School, Chehalis School District, James W. Lintott Elementary, Orin C. Smith Elementary, W.F. West High School|

What’s working well in the Chehalis School District and what can we improve? These questions were asked of parents in the fall. In fact, anyone could respond to these questions. They were posed in an online conversation using the engagement tool called Thoughtexchange. Nearly eleven thousand ratings were made of the 212 comments shared by [...]

Feb 4, 2022

Superintendent Message

2022-02-04T09:15:47-08:00February 4th, 2022|Chehalis Middle School, Chehalis School District, Green Hill Academic School, James W. Lintott Elementary, Lewis County Alternative School, Orin C. Smith Elementary, W.F. West High School|

A Message from the Superintendent: K-12 District-wide Mathematics Improvement Our staff continues to rise to the challenges we are all facing with an attitude of resilience, creativity, and determination. Although this is not a normal year, we press on to identify areas of focus that we can work on to ensure we remain leaders [...]

Jan 28, 2022

UPDATED: New links for The Washington State Board of Health Survey

2022-01-31T11:03:09-08:00January 28th, 2022|Chehalis Middle School, Chehalis School District, James W. Lintott Elementary, Orin C. Smith Elementary, W.F. West High School|

State-Wide Survey DEADLINE: Feb. 2The English language survey form we shared with you earlier stopped accepting submissions Friday afternoon because it reached its maximum capacity. In response, the Board of Health has added a link at the top of the original survey form, which directs people to a new form.Here is a direct link to [...]

Aug 16, 2021

New School Bell Schedules as a Result of Bus Driver Shortage

2021-08-26T14:49:46-07:00August 16th, 2021|Chehalis Middle School, Chehalis School District, James W. Lintott Elementary, Orin C. Smith Elementary, Uncategorized, W.F. West High School|

New Bell Schedule James Lintott Elementary: Start Time: 8:50 a.m. - End Time: 3:20 p.m. Orin Smith Elementary: Start Time: 8:50 a.m. - End Time: 3:20 p.m. Chehalis Middle School: Start Time: 7:50 a.m. - End Time: 2:20 p.m. W.F. West High School: Start Time: 7:40 a.m. - End Time: 2:10 p.m. Background [...]

Feb 19, 2021

Thoughts from School Board Director J Vander Stoep

2021-03-19T12:04:41-07:00February 19th, 2021|Chehalis Middle School, Chehalis School District, CTE, Green Hill Academic School, James W. Lintott Elementary|

I used to think that vocational education, now called CTE, was a separate pathway for Chehalis students who were not going to college. Growing up I heard adults, including sometimes teachers and counselors, say that certain students were not "college material." Over the past few years I've listened to experts in CTE, read studies and [...]