Happening This Month
Welcome to April 2023. This month we know our students and staff have been working hard and are looking forward to Spring Break! Share with us what you have planned or photos from your break on our school padlet. We have several National Months to recognize incuding, Autism Acceptance Month, Stress Awareness Month, Earth Month, Arab Heritage Month and Alcohol Awareness. Our Counselors will have SEL sessions and activities throughout the month for students. We are getting ready for Spring Testing season and are pleased welcome Alyson Kerley as our WAVA Assessment Coordinator. Mrs. Kerley joins us at a busy time and we welcome her to the WAVA family. We have had several successes throughout the school with outings and field trips, Esports placing in first place titles, CTSO students going to Nationals, FBLA planning a visit to JA Finance Park in May, Spelling Bee finalists moving on to Regionals, Senior Days coming up. Graduation planning and more!
We are proud of our students encourage you to push yourself through the end of the school year. This month is 7 Mindset Attitude is Gratitude. Think of ways you can show your gratitude through every day actions. https://www.7mindsets.com We hope you have a wonderful month of April, thank you for choosing WAVA.
Sincerely,
WAVA Executive Director, Susan Boyer
04/03: Check the Outing List for outings happening this week and throughout the year
04/03: Community Game Night: qr code below
04/03-04/07: Spring Break for WAVA
04/04: Learn more about CTE at WAVA
04/04: Elementary School Regional Spelling Bee West Coast 5pm link
04/05: MS Regional Spelling Bee West Coast 5pm link
04/06: HS Regional Spelling Bee West Coast 5pm link
04/07: Good Friday
04/09: Easter
04/10: WAVA 2023-24 Info Session, Learn more about WAVA
04/11: National Acceptance and Awareness Recognition
04/12: Join a Club Week, click a link and pop-in to any club
04/14: Re-Register: Save your place for 23-24 if you have not aleady!
04/17: Project Elevate Day, Share a special story with our Stride Media Team
04/19: Graduation Planning: Check email and Bulletin for reminders
04/20: National Competitions: link (project innovation, student council, photo)
04/21: Earth Day: share your way to help the Earth on the padlet
04/24: MS Assembly: 1pm on class connect
04/26: HS Assembly: 8:30am on class connect
04/26: Creative Hair Spirit Day, share to the padlet
04/27: WAVA Wiggle with Walle Dance Party: 9am link
04/30: End of photography/art challenge: link
05/19: Senior Day, save the date
Follow our Stride Student Instagram Channel! @stridestudent
We are so excited to announce we have a Stride Student Engagement Instagram Channel! You can find us @stridestudent
Have an idea for a Facebook Live interview?
Follow us on FB and check out some of the FB Live sessions we have!
Join Learning Coach Community for WAVA on the K12 App or OLS, Social Sessions every Tuesday on Zoom. Download the K12 app, log in using your Learning Coach credentials and join the National LC Community. #learningcoachlife
Learn more at www.learningcoachlife.com
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WAVA Spelling Bee Congrats!! Way to go and Congrats to our Top 3 Students across WAVA and to all of our WAVA Participants and congrats to Ilyannie Gonzalez moving onto Regionals! ES Bee Top 3: Ilyannie Gonzalez, Jason Paul Motupalli and Justus Tang-Ciskowsk MS Bee Top 3: Angus Gilbert, Nawal Filly, Syed Maaz Ali HS Bee Top 3: Jamison Harris, Joshua Shewman, Sequoya Thompson | Continued Food Drive for Spring Thank you for helping us to contribute to stocking the shelves at food banks across our state. We are thankful and the communities across our state are thankful. We will continue to offer this virtual giving option, if you would like to contribute online to Northwest Harvest. | Join us for those ages 12 and up for Community Nights Join us for Gaming Nights with Community Fall Guys! Save the date for April 3rd for an open play gaming night. Students ages 12 and up, staff and parents are welcome to play. Just use the qr code to enter and get started! |
WAVA Spelling Bee Congrats!!
ES Bee Top 3:
Ilyannie Gonzalez, Jason Paul Motupalli and Justus Tang-Ciskowsk
MS Bee Top 3:
Angus Gilbert, Nawal Filly, Syed Maaz Ali
HS Bee Top 3:
Jamison Harris, Joshua Shewman, Sequoya Thompson
Continued Food Drive for Spring
Join us for those ages 12 and up for Community Nights
Counselors at WAVA
Graduation Planning Class of 2023
Graduation Reminders:
- An RSVP for the event has been created, please complete the following form prior to May 5th: https://forms.office.com/r/tjqt6aSm2A
- Graduation is June 11th, 2023, Ceremony begins at 1pm, Students arrive by 11am (details to come on where to go and meet)
- Location: Tacoma Convention Center 1500 Commerce St, Tacoma, WA
- Drinks and Dessert to Follow
- Grad Gown/Cap Color Black, Tassel Color Black or Teal, Stole Color Teal, Grad Cap/Gown/Stole are required to walk in the ceremony and can be purchased at: https://tinyurl.com/wavagradpackage or at a vendor of your choice
- Share your Grad Photos to https://tinyurl.com/wavagrads
- Share your Grad Slide to be included in Grad Video: https://share.vidday.com/e/g-u2dk9b
- Slides and information can also be found: https://www.wavabulletinboard.com/graduation-specialist-info
- Do you have a unique story about graduating or plans for your future? Share to the Stride K12 PR team for a chance to be shared out in local and national news
- Visiting Info: https://tacomaconventioncenter.org/visitor-information-center
- May 19th, we will have a Senior Celebration Day at locations across Washington, if interested please complete this form: https://forms.office.com/r/M3UkY1Dgbc
- Questions: hchamberlain@K12.com, your counselor or teacher
Welcome to Student Engagement Opportunities
Newsletter and National Contest Winner News.
WAVA Clubs Schedule and Info
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WAVA ASB for HS and MS ASB is getting ready for a great year with our MS Advisor Ms.Nogaki and HS Advisor Mr. Guy Simpson. Grades 6-12 can participate in this student leadership club. If you are interested and have questions, email gsimpson@wava.org or mnogaki@wava.org | Check out the Photography and Art ChallengesCalling all students, K12/Stride offers Art and Photography challenges and we are ready for you! Check out the current challenge and prizes and submit your work today: https://www.smore.com/h4p1j-april-2023-national-news | 7 Mindsets We Are Connected Social and Emotional Learning, SEL, is important to WAVA. We look forward to continued focus on 7 Mindsets and incorporating this into our school, staff, lessons and student support. You can learn more about 7 Mindsets and ways to use this at home. |
WAVA ASB for HS and MS
Check out the Photography and Art Challenges
Calling all students, K12/Stride offers Art and Photography challenges and we are ready for you! Check out the current challenge and prizes and submit your work today: https://www.smore.com/h4p1j-april-2023-national-news
7 Mindsets We Are Connected
Stride Tutoring
Testing and Assessment Update
Welcome to WAVA Alyson Kerley as our WAVA Assessment Coordinator.
Alyson graduated with a bachelor's degree in history from Texas A&M University, and is currently pursuing her master’s degree in online education from Southern New Hampshire University. She has worked in education for 7 years, starting her career as a brick & mortar teacher in middle school and growing into an administrative role in online education with Stride. Her passion for education extends beyond her professional life. She is an avid reader, a curious learner, and is constantly seeking new opportunities to expand her knowledge and skills. She firmly believe that education is the key to unlocking one's full potential and is committed to sharing this belief with others. When not working, you can find Alyson gardening or hanging around the homestead with her husband, 2 children, 1 dog, 25 chickens, 6 goats, 4 sheep – and the list continues to grow.
Washington students in grades 3-8 and 10 take in-person state assessments in English/Language Arts and Mathematics. Students in grades 5, 8, and 11 also take an in-person exam in Science. Students in Grades 11 and 12 who have not previously passed the ELA and Math exams are also allowed to attempt them again to meet graduation assessment pathway requirements. WAVA will administer the spring tests between April 24 and May 19, 2023.
WAVA offers 30 testing sites across the state to ensure that you will not have to travel more than one hour to attend any required exams. The attached 2022-2023 Family State Testing Guide contains a list of all the cities where we have testing sites in Appendix D. If have any conflicts with your assigned site, this list can help you determine if another site may be more convenient for you.
Before we can schedule students for testing, the first step is to confirm that you are assigned to a testing site that is reasonable based on where you live. This is your opportunity to review the location we plan on scheduling your testing, and either lock it in or request a change based on your needs.
On Friday, December 2nd, emails will begin to go out from tntesting@wava.org asking you to review and confirm your assigned spring testing site. Please take a moment to review your site and confirm it. Use the list in Appendix D of the 2022-2023 Family State Testing Guide to review other locations if needed. Select Agree if the site is fine. If you need to request a change, select Do Not Agree and add a note listing your preferred location or change request. Your comments will be reviewed and we will work with you to make sure you are assigned at an appropriate site.
Please save a copy of the attached 2022-2023 Family State Testing Guide. This manual is for your reference and contains a lot of helpful information about how state testing is scheduled and provided at our school.
WAVA Office and Enrollment
Enrollment and Registration Contact Us Information:
For all records requests we want all emails going to recordsrequest@wava.org
For all transcript requests: : WAVA Transcript Request Form
General Enrollment Questions: enrollment@wava.org
General Registrar (non records or transcript) questions: registrar@wava.org
We have a new eFax number as well: 253.964.1143
Contact WAVA:
WAVA Office: 253.591.6888
Enrollment/Program Inquiries: 866.548.9444
WAVA General Info: info@wava.org
WAVA Clubs: clubs@wava.org
K12, Powered by Stride Clubs: clubs@K12.com
Student Support Helpful Resources
Ms. Giske, Operations Manager
Ms. Leateota, Assistant Operations Manager
Ms. Andoy, Office Manager
We are WAVA, We are ONE
What's Important at WAVA?
At WAVA, students come first. We partner with families to provide a free and excellent public eduction that meets the needs of the whole child.
At WAVA, learning is our focus. We empower one another to become life-long learners through innovation and inspiration. We plan for success.
At WAVA, community is valued. We seek to positively impact our community through partnership, offerings, and collaboration.
At WAVA, cultures are respected. We celebrate diversity and commit ourselves to positive and meaningful teamwork.
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Omak Statement of Non-discrimination
Omak School District does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination: Civil Rights Coordinator and Title IX Coordinator: Brittney Richter, (509) 826-7687, brichter@omaksd.org or WAVA Family Resource Coordinator: Kathy Swartz, (253) 682-7906, kaswartz@k12.com; and Section 504 Coordinator: John Holcomb, (509) 826-8342, johnholcomb@omaksd.org , P.O. Box 833, Omak, WA 98841 or WAVA 504 Coordinator, Scott VanGerpen, (253) 591-6888 svangerpen@wava.org
El Distrito Escolar de Omak no discrimina en ningún programa o actividad por motivos de sexo, raza, credo, religión, color, nacionalidad, edad, estado militar o veterano, orientación sexual, expresión de género o identidad, incapacidad o el uso de un perro entrenado o un animal guía o de servicio, y proporciona el mismo acceso a los Boy Scouts y otros grupos de jóvenes que sean designados. Los siguientes empleados han sido designados para estar a cargo de preguntas y quejas de presunta discriminación: Coordinadora de Derechos Civiles y Coordinador del Título IX: Brittney Richter, (509) 826-7687, brichter@omaksd.org; Coordinador de recursos familiares, Kathy Swartz, (253) 682-7906, kaswartz@k12.com; y el Coordinador de la sección 504: John Holcomb, (509) 826-8342, johnholcomb@omaksd.org, P.O. Box 833, Omak, WA 98841 or WAVA Coordinador de la sección 504, Scott VanGerpen, (253) 591-6888 svangerpen@wava.org.
