Family newsletter – Partial calendar for 2024-25, website update, fireworks, and more!

In today's newsletter ... 

• Partial calendar for 2024-25
• Website and school board portal launch
• Reminders: Back-to-School Fair,  immunization and sports physical clinics, summer meals, and District Office hours

PARTIAL CALENDAR FOR 2024-25 
 
The negotiations teams have reached agreement on a calendar framework for the 2024-25 school year. They are still have working on items that could potentially impact the calendar (Learning Improvement Time dates, conferences, waiver days, grading, etc.). The last student day and any additional calendar details will be finalized through further negotiations. Full details on the calendar will be shared once a complete agreement has been reached, but we wanted to get these dates to you as soon as possible. 

Start of school dates: 

• Sept. 4: First day of school for grades 6 and 9 
• Sept. 4-5: Grades 1-5 family conferences
• Sept. 4-6: Preschool and kindergarten family conferences
• Sept. 5: First day of school for grades 7, 8, 10, 11, and 12
• Sept. 6: First school day for grades 1-5

Breaks:

• Dec. 23-Jan. 3: Winter Break
• Jan. 31: Staff work day - no school for students
• Feb. 17-21: Mid-Winter Break
• April 7-11: Spring Break

These dates will be added to the ParentSquare and website calendars this week. 


NEW WEBSITE AND BOARD PORTAL 

The new website is nearly complete and should publish early this week! We are still working on final touches and updating staff directories, calendars, etc. and that work will continue throughout the summer even after it is published. Thanks for your patience while we complete those elements. We hope you find it easier to navigate and more consistent from school to school. Thanks to the students, families and staff who provided input to make this a more useful website!

Along with the public website transition, we moved all school board-related items into a new board portal, accessible from the new website once published. You can now find the board meeting information, policies, procedures, meeting recordings, public comment requests and more all in one place! 


HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY AND FIREWORKS REMINDER

Happy Independence Day! The July 4 holiday commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, by delegates from the 13 colonies. It is the day we officially celebrate the birth of the United States of America! We wish our families, students, staff and community a safe, fun day of celebration. 

Please remember that fireworks are not allowed on school grounds even during the summer. If you see someone lighting fireworks on school grounds, please notify local law enforcement. Thank you for helping us keep our campuses safe and clean for people to use and enjoy in other ways. 


BACK-TO-SCHOOL FAIR AUG. 23 

The annual back-to-school event is for all grades and all schools in our district and will be held Friday, Aug. 23, from 4-6:30 p.m., at Mariner High School. Families will have the opportunity to visit school tables, learn about district programs, meet community partners in healthcare, education, social support services, receive school supplies (supplies limited to MSD students attending the fair) and more!

With an event this large, we could use some help with a variety of tasks including stuffing school supplies into backpacks before the event, distributing them during the event, directing traffic, checking in other volunteers and more. If you can spare an hour or more, please sign up to help on this online form. Volunteers help make this a hugely successful event for all families!

IMMUNIZATION AND SPORTS PHYSICAL CLINICS 

Now is the time to get students ready for school and sports! Mukilteo School District is partnering with the Community Health Center in South Everett to provide dedicated appointment times for students in our district to receive sports physicals, immunizations and well-child checks this summer. These services are provided at no cost to families. They will bill insurance if available, but families will not receive a bill. 

Contact Community Health Center at 425-835-5227 or sbhc@chcsno.org to schedule an appointment on one of the following days: 

• July 25, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. 
• July 26, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Aug. 29, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

If you are going for a sports physical, please bring the district's required form with you. 
If you have vaccine records from another state or country, please bring them with you. 


 
Meals will be available at no charge for children 18 years of age and younger at the following locations this summer: June 24-July 12 (no service July 4-5): Sno-Isle TECH Skills Center, 9:15-9:45 a.m. (breakfast) and 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. (lunch)
June 25-28: Walter Hall Park soccer camp, 8-9 a.m. (breakfast) and 12-12:30 p.m. (lunch)
July 1-Aug. 1 (Mondays-Thursdays with NO service July 4): Walter Hall Park, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. (lunch only)
July 8-Aug. 1 (Mondays-Thursdays): Challenger Elementary School, 8-8:30 a.m. (breakfast) and 10:20-10:40 a.m. (lunch)
July 8-Aug. 1 (Mondays-Thursdays): Voyager Middle School, 8-8:20 a.m. (breakfast) and 10:20-11:05 a.m. (lunch)

Meals will also be available to students attending the following programs: 

• Boys and Girls Club on West Casino Rd.: June 25-Aug. 25 (Mondays-Thursdays with NO service July 4), 8:30-9 a.m. (breakfast) and 11:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. (lunch)
• Imagine Children's Museum on Wall St. in Everett: July 8-Aug. 29 (Mondays through Thursdays), 9:30-10 a.m. (breakfast) and 12-12:30 p.m. (lunch)

DISTRICT OFFICE SUMMER HOURS
The District Office will be closed this week, July 1-5, as many staff will be on a scheduled furlough that week due to budget reductions. From July 8, through Aug. 9, the District Office will be open 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and closed on Fridays.