SCHOOL NEWS

Featured Staff:

Gerardo Hernandez School Resource Officer

With Mt Adams School District Since 2015.

If a book were written about my life the title would be:

“Life of Gerardo”

What I want to be when I grow up:

Police Officer

One thing you might not know about me is:

I have a very high level of hon-

esty and respect for others. I really

value these, and hold them to a high

standard.

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White Swan students saving a life in the patient simulator.

Aiming for Medical School

There is a new partnership between OUR SCHOOL and Pacific North-west University! Through this exciting new program 45 students from White Swan High School and Mount Adams Middle School are getting real life, hands on experience at the prestigious medical school. Kids attend along side medical students, who serve as their mentors. The goal of the program is to teach that all things are possible, but it be-gins with a dream… Our students are dreaming bigger than ever before thanks to these kinds of experiences.

White Swan High School & Mount Adams Middle School March 2015

Joey Castilleja, Principal

Rachel Leslie, Vice Principal

David Blakney, Dean of Students

Students Leading a Lesson in Engineering Class using an

interactive “Smart Board”

Featured Student

Christian Clark, 11th Grader

Describe yourself in three words

Nice, Caring, Respectful

If you could visit with anyone

for one hour, who would you

choose?

All my friends!

I dream that someday I will…

Live in a nice big house

Christian also plays right field on

the Varsity Cougar Baseball Team.

Christian Clark, 11th Grader

Building Climate and Culture!

March

Words of the Month:

Fairness

Pina’tma’áakt

Justicia

Last Fall over 65% of our students’ families

responded to a comprehensive needs as-

sessment survey. Shortly after that our

students were afforded the same oppor-

tunity through a Student Perception Sur-

vey.

The information was then reviewed by our

administrators. They collectively agreed to

make a big push to listen closely and ad-

dress what our community and students

are saying.

What stood out for us was a general con-

cern for safety, climate, and culture. Stu-

dents and adults agree that a calm, safe school is what everyone

wants. With this information in mind new ideas are being explored

and implemented!

In the recent weeks a new method was rolled out known as Positive

Behavior, Intervention, Supports (PBIS). This is an approach that is

built on 1) Making Good Decisions, 2) Solving Problems, and 3) Show-

ing Respect.

Knowledge Bowl 2015

This year the White Swan Knowledge Bowl team ended a great season with a narrow defeat at regionals against Easton High School, with a final competition score of 64 to 68. The team traveled to the University of Washington on February 28th for the annual Orca Bowl ocean sciences competition, where they beat Soap Lake and nar-rowly lost to Friday Har-bor.

This year’s team was comprised of Katie Dick, Brandi Hopsen, Faith Huffman, Gladdys Palma, Salvador Guzman, Antho-ny Perez, Tre Deleon, and Tarell Manjarrez.

Believe in Me

Above is a special moment in our school. Coach Jim Powers and Gladdy Palma

celebrate Gladdys’ State Championship win! On the first day of practice Coach

Powers and principal Castilleja were standing back taking an inventory of our

wrestlers. One stood out as being extraordinarily focused on her practice time.

When Mr. Castilleja commented on this Coach Powers says “That’s Gladdys…

she will take first in State this year.”

Anyone that has been around wresting knows that what Coach Powers had said

was extremely bold. Turns out he was 100% right!

The same day Gladdys took the state championship Coach Powers found out he

had been chosen as the State 2B “Coach of the Year”. This too, was a feather in

White Swan’s Cap!

The real lesson here is not only that hard work pays off. This is a prime example

of what is possible when students and adults in our school believe in each other.

Ask any student about Coach Power’s award, and they will say that the right man

was chosen. Ask anyone on the team, and they will reaffirm that they knew

Gladdys would do it all along!

“It’s amazing what can happen when students and adults in our school believe in

each other.”

-Principal Castilleja

Contact Us

Give us a call for more

information about becom-

ing a volunteer in our

schools!

Mt. Adams School District

551 Signal Peak RD

White Swan, WA 98952

(509) 874-8601

Visit us on the web at

www.masd209.org

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Dream Makers are Standing Tall! Dream Makers are at it again! This month they took a stand by campaigning for

“drawing a line between youth and alcohol use”. Their campaign was well re-

ceived by students and staff.

So, if you were wondering what all the cars honking was about last week, this

explains it!

Mount Adams School District

P.O. Box 578

White Swan, WA 98952

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Be the change you want to see… Volunteer at Mount Adams!