Enjoy your Summer  -  Have Fun  -  Be Safe See You in September ! August WASL retakes offered at Mt. Spokane High School Mead will offer WASL retakes for high school students at Mt. Spokane High School. August 10th - Reading August 11th - Math August 12th - Writing day 1 August 13th - Writing day 2 Students should arrive by 7:30 to check in. Identification is required to take the assessments even if they are a student in the district. The tests take all day, with an hour break for lunch; students are encouraged to bring a lunch and snacks. Pre-registration ended June 26th. If you did not register by then, please call or e-mail Linda Gardner at our district office, 465-6015, or lgardern@mead.k12.wa.us Parents will be asked for their student's SSID number in order to register. This 10-digit number is located on the upper right corner of the WASL results report mailed home this June. 2009 Mead School District Summer Hours Elementary School Offices will be open June 18 - 26th and then August 24th – September 4, 2009,    8:00 am - 3:30 pm.   High School and Middle School Offices will be open June 18 - 26th  and then   August 24th – September 4, 2009,  7:00 am - 12:00 pm and from 1:00 - 3:00 pm. Normal school office hours will resume on the first day of school, Tuesday, September 8, 2009. Mead School District Office Summer Schedule: Monday - Friday, June 22nd through June 26th, 7:00 am - 4:00 pm. Monday - Thursday, June 29th through August 20th, 7:00 am - 5:00 pm.  The district office will be closed on Fridays during the summer.  Monday - Friday, August 24th through September 4th, 7:00 am - 4:00 pm. The Mead School District Office will be closed Thursday, July 2, 2009, in observance of the Fourth of July. Normal business office hours will resume on Tuesday, September 8th, 7:00 - 4:30 pm. Summer Registration: During summer hours, parents can pick-up registration packets for elementary students at the District Office from 8:00 am - 2:00 pm, Monday - Thursday.     The Mead School District has published answers to frequently asked questions in the recent issue of Mead Matters (April 2009), and would like to respond to emerging questions as the state budget cuts become known. We would welcome your questions to the following email address: questions@mead.k12.wa.us  ; As questions from the community come in, we will collect and synthesize them into "frequent questions" and post the answers on the link above. It's Time to Register! Mead Public School Kindergarten And New Student Registration for 2009-2010 Mead's dedicated teaching staff is committed to making your child's first year of school educational and enjoyable. Learning experiences have been designed to ensure that our kindergarten students have a strong foundation in literacy development. Read more... AVID Path Training at MSHS in August AVID Path Training for Eastern Washington will take place at Mt. Spokane High School from August 10-13. Click here for the Avid Training Brochure. FREE Immunizations for Children Is your child fully protected, or behind on immunizations? The Spokane Regional Health District and the Group Health Foundation have partnered to provide free immunizations (a $32-$100 value), to Mead School District children at Immunization Clinics: Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009,   3pm - 6 pm, at Farwell Elementary Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009,   3pm - 6 pm, at Shiloh Hills Elementary If you have other children in your family who need to be immunized, they can get them free too. Parents must be present and must bring all children’s lifetime or doctor provided vaccination records so that required immunizations can be identified. Thanks to the Group Health Foundation, community partners and volunteers, we are able to provide the vaccinations at no-cost, but supply is limited!  If you have any questions or need more information, please call Kristi at (509) 324-1480 or (509) 324-1464.