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February 18, 2022
This article was last updated on Monday, February 28, 2022.
The governors of Washington, Oregon, and California have announced that, with declining COVID case rates and hospi...
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November 20, 2021
Kalama School District is excited to introduce the community to a new online resource called the “Listening Center.” The idea behind this newly-developed webpage is to help conn...
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August 30, 2021
Free meals will be available to all KSD students learning in person at school this year thanks to a decision by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to extend its Se...
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July 18, 2021
Kalama School District is pleased to announce the return of Chinook Station this fall. The fee-based childcare program will run five days a week, beginning at 6:30 a.m. and endi...
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June 22, 2021
Kalama School District is now accepting registration forms for its full-day kindergarten program at Kalama Elementary School. The program provides young children with the opportun...
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May 24, 2021
Kalama School District is developing plans to return to full-time, in-person learning this fall.
Earlier this month, the Washington state Department of Health (DOH) published ...
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March 26, 2021
During a press conference on Thursday, March 25, Governor Jay Inslee announced that the Washington State Department of Health has officially adopted the CDC’s revised social dista...
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March 12, 2021
Kalama School District has announced an adjusted time for its free meal pick-up service.
Effective Monday, March 22, no-cost grab-and-go meals will be available to all childre...
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March 8, 2021
Kalama School District (KSD) is now accepting registration forms for its full-day kindergarten program at Kalama Elementary School. The program provides young children with the op...
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March 2, 2021
Kalama School District is proud to announce a new KalamaSchools.org experience!
Redesigned with user-friendliness in mind, the improved site offers an array of new features i...
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January 29, 2021
The new Kalama Elementary School officially opened for in-person learning earlier this year – Kalama’s first new school in 66 years!
While the district looks forward to hostin...
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January 28, 2021
With a combined 43 years of teaching experience, Fourth Grade teachers Becky Cooper, Brittni King and Jennifer Thomas are not shy about their passion for teaching students. We cau...
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January 16, 2021
Kalama Elementary’s PTO (Parent Teacher Organization) donated $19,540.20 for the purchase of a swing set for the school’s new playground. The donation was the product of fundraisi...
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September 4, 2020
Update: Beginning Monday, October 26, meal pick-up will be located at the southwest corner of the new elementary school.
The USDA has passed a waiver extending schools’ fr...
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April 30, 2020
Voters in Kalama School District have approved a replacement Educational Programs and Operations (EP&O) levy that will maintain and enhance school programs, operations and service...
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April 27, 2020
KSD Superintendent Eric Nerison is issuing praise and commendation for the quick and decisive action taken by district staff and teachers to create a distance learning strategy an...
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April 13, 2020
Schools may be closed due to COVID-19, but Kalama vocational teacher Cory Torppa has stayed busy teaching by example: He’s been 3D printing face shields for PeaceHealth St. John M...
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April 6, 2020
All schools across the state of Washington, including those in Kalama, have been closed for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year. This closure, announced by Governor Inslee du...