Free college credit for Bearcats
At W. F. West High School students can take challenging college courses and earn college credit without ever leaving the high school campus. Ambitious Bearcats [...]
W. F. West High School sophomore selected to serve on State Board of Education
The State Board of Education has announced Castulo Gonzalez, a sophomore at W. F. West High School in Chehalis, Washington, as a new member of [...]
Engaging thinkers at Orin Smith Elementary
It’s all about staying focused, and staying engaged. Students in Mrs. Sande’s math class are almost always up and moving. It keeps them thinking. Researcher [...]
Author interview and book signing – April 24
Please join us as we interview W. F. West graduate and world famous Madison Avenue advertising executive Barbara Feigin, author of My American Dream: A Journey [...]
Building success in school AND in life
“Why do we have to learn this?” is the question posed to teachers several times a year. Students who lack the trust or patience to [...]
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Building Thinking Classrooms at CMS
Very Proud of our Staff!
The Chehalis School District believes that motivated students, enthusiastic instruction, along with involved parents and community make a winning combination to produce well-educated young people. We are dramatically raising the expectations of future successes for our students by improving & modernizing our instructional practices and creating a school culture that prepares students for careers and post-secondary education after high school. We achieve to:

IMPROVE
Improve
Improve student achievement by increasing the quality of instructional practice, classroom organization, professional development and teaching effectiveness

MODERNIZE
Modernize
Modernize instructional practice, improve modeling for students of the power and leverage of technology, improve internal and external communications, and enhance overall district efficiency through the use of technology.

PREPARE
Prepare
Students exit the Chehalis School District genuinely prepared to succeed in college or a meaningful career by earning a diploma acknowledging this preparedness.