Prescott School District - Education ... Your Path to the Future

Several Prescott students participated yesterday in the first of three Audio Engineering Workshops with Rodney Outlaw of WWCC. Our own artist-in-residence Tia Kramer coordinated the opportunity with Rodney. Students from Rodney's Audio Engineering class acted as instructors and taught Prescott students how to use state-of-the-art sound equipment. The Tigers learned how to use hyper-sensitive microphones along with sound mixing software. The workshops will culminate in an audio project entitled "The Voice of Our River". Gordon Hartwig, Alan Figueroa, Valeria Osorio, Valentina Garcia, Andrea Balbuena, Laura Dib, and Jenifer Roman will be recording on the Touchet River next Wednesday.

YONDR Survey This survey is for parents/families of students in grades 6-12 about the use of Yondr cell phone locking pouches. If you are on a computer and need to take the survey in Spanish, right click to the side of the form and it will give you the option to translate. Esta encuesta está dirigida a padres y familias de estudiantes de 6.º a 12.º grado sobre el uso de las fundas de seguridad para celulares Yondr. Si está usando una computadora y necesita responder la encuesta en español, haga clic derecho al costado del formulario para traducirlo. https://forms.gle/7oaPbwg48htzAQgu9

GRRR!!! Great news, Tigers - Last night, at our April board meeting, our Directors announced that Jeff Foertsch will be our new Superintendent, replacing our current Superintendent, Justin Bradford, who will be taking over the Executive Director of Special Education position at ESD 123 starting July 1st. Mr. Foertsch is a long-time employee of the Prescott school district who has immense experience as a leader and educator. He brings dedication, determination and calm to this role, and is an outstanding choice to lead our district through its current challenges and beyond. Welcome, Mr. Foertsch!!! GRRR!!!

Applications for the Prescott Memorial Scholarship are now available. Email Mr Foertsch at the school, jfoertsch@prescottsd.org, for an application. Applications are due on Thursday, May 15th, 8 am. Applications are open to all 2025 graduating seniors of Prescott High School and all Alumni of Prescott School District.

SBA testing starts April 29th. Please be sure students get plenty of rest to start the day ready to go. We will be testing Tuesdays and Thursdays for three weeks. Grades 3-8 and 10 take the SBA state test in Math and ELA. Grades 5, 8, and 11 also take a Science test.

Prescott Tigers: There will be no school on Friday, May 9, 2025. We had two extra days in our calendar in May for snow makeup, and we only used 1 day. There will be no school on Friday, May 9. Mr Foertsch

The High School band got to go spend the afternoon with the EWU Director of Band, Dr. Goodwin!! They also got to watch the University's top Wind Band practice!

YONDR Survey This survey is for parents/families of students in grades 6-12 about the use of Yondr cell phone locking pouches. If you are on a computer and need to take the survey in Spanish, right click to the side of the form and it will give you the option to translate. Esta encuesta está dirigida a padres y familias de estudiantes de 6.º a 12.º grado sobre el uso de las fundas de seguridad para celulares Yondr. Si está usando una computadora y necesita responder la encuesta en español, haga clic derecho al costado del formulario para traducirlo. https://forms.gle/7oaPbwg48htzAQgu9

Prescott Students experienced WWCC's Try-A-Trade Event on April 23rd. Students tried their hands at welding, audio engineering, cosmetology, criminology, and health care to name a few. It was a great opportunity to see what some of WWCC's programs were like.

Our thanks to Adrianna Mitalas, Epidemiologist with the Walla Walla County Department of Health for hosting Jackie Cardenas and Irma Serratos this morning. Adrianna shared what she does for public health and introduced Jackie and Irma to several of her colleagues in the department. Jackie and Irma were impressed with the range and scope of what Adrianna and her co-workers do for the Walla Walla community.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Board of Directors of Prescott School District No. 402-37, Walla Walla and Columbia Counties, Washington, will hold their REGULAR MONTHLY BOARD meeting on Thursday, 24 April 2025 at 207 S. A Street, Prescott, WA 99348. The meeting is being called to discuss and act upon regular monthly school business. The meeting will follow the guidelines of a Regular Board Session. To ensure compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act (Chapter 42.30, RCW), the Board will treat the meeting on 24 April 2025 as a regular meeting and provides notice as required by law. • The Board Meeting will be in the Special Education Room in the High School Wing. Zoom Link to attend meetings virtually - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89745261398?pwd=kArw0XrWeF3IRYQiYtW7jJBehrlALa.1 • Or call: 1.253.205.0468; Meeting ID: 897 4526 1398; Passcode: 109993 Agenda - https://prescottk12wa-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/jbradford_prescottsd_org/EenrRYM64DFKmgSGiGxigCUBtrHFTQlaLElr-pdKY-HpVA?e=1c1sW6

2024-25 Prescott 6-12 Honor Roll Pictures

YONDR Survey This survey is for parents/families of students in grades 6-12 about the use of Yondr cell phone locking pouches. If you are on a computer and need to take the survey in Spanish, right click to the side of the form and it will give you the option to translate. Esta encuesta está dirigida a padres y familias de estudiantes de 6.º a 12.º grado sobre el uso de las fundas de seguridad para celulares Yondr. Si está usando una computadora y necesita responder la encuesta en español, haga clic derecho al costado del formulario para traducirlo. https://forms.gle/7oaPbwg48htzAQgu9

Applications for the Prescott Memorial Scholarship are now available. Email Mr Foertsch at the school, jfoertsch@prescottsd.org, for an application. Applications are due on Thursday, May 15th, 8 am. Applications are open to all 2025 graduating seniors of Prescott High School and all Alumni of Prescott School District.

3rd Quarter Honor Roll 24-25 Grades 6-12 All A or B grades GRRReat Job Tiger 12th Gael Ortega Laura Lelis Ayleen Ortega David Roma Rafael Angel Joanna Hernandez 11th Jenifer Roman 10th Valeria Osorio Viri Palacios Jose Palazuelos Andrea Balbuean Edgar Escalante Jose Garcia Valentina Garcia 9th Juca Beckman Jackie Cardenas Andrea Eulloqui Gordon Hartwig Kenya Quiroz AJ Souza 8th Jimena Arce Ian Campos Addi Chabre Harmony Heemsah Edith Quiroz Sirah Sosa 7th Daniel Aguirre Kolton Dufur Alejandro Madrigal Mauricio Vazquez 6th Miguel Cortez Carson Davis Estephania Eulloqui Clayton Hartwig Leslie Hartwig Danny Sanchez Jason Stueckle

Prescott Families: Here is an opportunity to sign up for free swim lessons this summer at the Prescott Pool brought to you by the YMCA of Walla. There are two tasks to sign up. Please follow this link for instructions, AND fill out the attached form.

On Monday, April 14th several Prescott students spent the morning job shadowing health care professionals at Providence/St. Mary's Hospital in Walla Walla. Jose Garcia worked as a Surgical Nurse. Irma Serratos gained experience as a Physical Therapist. Ariana Quiroz spent time in Labor and Delivery. Juri Udave and Yesi Eulloqui helped in Imaging with MRI's, CT Scans, and X-rays, and Ana Campos spent time in the hospital lab. The experience was designed to reinforce their desire to pursue careers in health care or determine that it was not a good fit for them. We want to thank Selena Duran, Prescott Class of 2015, and St. Mary's RN for visiting with us during lunch and answering student questions.

We are searching for a Business Manager for our school. Please review the job description and let us know if you have any questions!

Thank you to Fred Sweet and Jeff Van Dyke of Nelson Irrigation for hosting us yesterday. Students, Gael Ortega, Diego Vazquez, Laura Dib, Valeria Iglesias, and Jose Garcia were treated to a tour of Nelson's facilities. Nelson is a world leader in irrigation technology and equipment manufacturing. The students observed industry application of math principles, engineering concepts, robotic technology, and automated welding techniques. The visit allowed these students interested in pursuing careers in robotics, engineering, and computer science to interact with professionals in those fields.

A BIG Prescott thank you goes out to Priscilla Meza, 2024 WSU grad and current UW doctoral candidate in Physical Therapy, for sharing her inspiring story with our juniors and seniors!