![Left to right portrait photos of superintendent finalists Michele Suiter, Wesley Benjamin and Jennifer McCallum](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/kalama_school_district_ar/article/image/large_2cca8596-a13a-45c1-ac54-21c369493ac0.png)
March 14, 2024
The Kalama School Board has narrowed its search for the district’s next superintendent down to three finalists. Now, the district is inviting all staff, students, families and co...
![Members of a district committee sitting and talking](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/kalama_school_district_ar/article/image/large_725e79d0-82ee-4b3a-a925-d68ced3d874e.jpeg)
March 13, 2024
Kalama School District is looking to increase parent and community involvement in its schools by inviting members of the public to consider serving on one of several volunteer co...
![Kevin Wright with athletic field in background](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/kalama_school_district_ar/article/image/large_26afb99e-b7bb-40c4-b7d4-9c9feee95bfe.png)
March 12, 2024
Kalama School District Athletic Director Kevin Wright announced this week that he has accepted a new position with Lakes High School in Pierce County, and plans to leave his role...
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March 7, 2024
Kalama Elementary School will open its Kindergarten registration for the 2024-2025 school year on Tuesday, March 19. Families with children who are five years of age by August 3...
![A photo of Beverley Silver speaking to a group of students](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/kalama_school_district_ar/article/image/large_17ca7f25-27a8-406a-aeb3-149e12aac5a2.jpg)
February 22, 2024
Kalama School District recently welcomed two inspiring Holocaust speakers to campus for an engaging conversation with Kalama Middle School and Kalama High School students.
Duri...
![Image of Kalama Middle School with School buses](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/kalama_school_district_ar/article/image/large_7a621832-aeac-4c15-85fb-6b2c76c4b3e0.jpg)
February 13, 2024
Kalama School District seeks to fill a vacancy on its Board after District 1 Director Susan Dennis-Langham tendered her resignation, which was approved by the Board on Monday, Feb...
![KMS students on stage being recognized](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/kalama_school_district_ar/article/image/large_0b704beb-7f7f-402e-9adb-7c55b82c9503.jpg)
February 13, 2024
Earlier this month, in a bid to recognize and celebrate outstanding student achievement, Kalama Middle School teachers and staff organized a school-wide assembly and presented mor...
![Student studying in library](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/kalama_school_district_ar/article/image/large_337b121b-7987-40e3-8317-a7b36c6ae830.png)
February 3, 2024
McPherson & Jacobson , the search firm tasked with recruiting and vetting potential superintendent candidates, is seeking feedback from students, staff and community members about...
![Kalama Elementary School exterior](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/kalama_school_district_ar/article/image/large_f0a48185-1a8a-48fe-86ac-817771d7486a.jpg)
January 25, 2024
The search for Kalama School District’s next superintendent is heating up, with a new community feedback forum scheduled for next month.
Last July , the Kalama School Board sel...
January 25, 2024
Kalama High School is one of several schools across the region preparing to move to a new athletics league after the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) annou...
![Senator Murray greeting Chinook Shoppe staff](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/kalama_school_district_ar/article/image/large_01540d55-6899-45a2-a5f3-cb94ad1deb55.png)
January 23, 2024
Earlier this month, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (WA) stopped by The Chinook Shoppe, Kalama High School’s new student-designed store located inside the Port of Kalama’s Mountain Timb...
January 4, 2024
On the heels of some unforgettable early December performances inside of the Kalama High School Auditorium, feelings of joy, accomplishment and appreciation wash over Drama Direct...
![Students rehearsing "My Fatal Valentine"](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/kalama_school_district_ar/article/image/large_43286a1e-e975-4a55-b6fa-e7b51f4b6769.jpg)
November 14, 2023
The Kalama High School Drama program invites you to attend a production of "My Fatal Valentine," a murder mystery by Elaine Moushey.
The play takes place at a convention of ro...
![KES students playing chess](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/kalama_school_district_ar/article/image/large_747aa7e5-e6ae-414f-bd68-3c73254cbf84.jpg)
November 7, 2023
Pointing to his opponent’s pieces on the chess board in front of him, 4th grader Tucker Casey explains how he won his first match during last week’s Chess Club meeting in the Kala...
October 31, 2023
More than 20 Kalama High School student athletes have earned Central 2B All-League, Honorable Mention or MVP honors for the 2023 fall season.
Student athletes who received hono...
![KHS students celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/kalama_school_district_ar/article/image/large_8e21b57e-16ca-4a6b-9858-92361276a4b0.jpg)
October 16, 2023
Kalama School District students and staff celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month with a special after-school event for students of all ages.
The celebratory event took place on We...
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October 10, 2023
This November, when the doors of the new Mountain Timber Market open at the Port of Kalama, visitors will encounter a variety of vendors and shops, each with their own unique stor...
![Cover image of the KSD wall calendar](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/kalama_school_district_ar/article/image/large_f9a9502f-917b-4dd0-9105-97be16f6739e.png)
September 22, 2023
Kalama School District is excited to share that its inaugural Student Art Wall Calendar & Family Guide will be available to all KSD students and staff members in the coming days a...
![Picture of Terra Pfeiffer](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/kalama_school_district_ar/article/image/large_3351ab1f-f4b4-41da-a651-4ba2c5a186f8.jpg)
August 17, 2023
Kalama School District is pleased to announce that Terra Pfeiffer has been promoted to the position of interim Assistant Principal of Kalama Middle School (KMS) and Kalama High Sc...
![Image of 28 teachers selected to participate in holocaust education fellowship](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/kalama_school_district_ar/article/image/large_b7c5849e-ba58-4355-b04d-9f966dfdc7c7.jpg)
July 25, 2023
Kalama School District teacher Michael Ready was one of just 28 educators from across the country invited by the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous (JFR) to participate in a summ...