Onalaska School District #300

Middle School students studying our nervous system! ~Mrs. Richardson

ONALASKA F.B.L.A. (Future Business Leaders of America) just finished the Southwest Winter Business Leadership Conference at Lower Columbia College February 2, Friday. It's the first time ever that all 100% of Onalaska High School F.B.L.A. members have qualified for the upcoming State Business Leadership Conference in April! Not only did our student Future Business Leaders of America (F.B.L.A.) Chapter members will be on their way to Spokane for the State Business Leadership Conference April 25 -28,2024 competing against nearly 2,000 students throughout the State of Washington, but our Southwest Region had a record high of 366 students competing this year. This was 90 more than last year's registered numbers at Lower Columbia College event. Congratulations to Taylor Babb on 1st place in Job Interview and 4th Joshua Gerbracht. 1st in Introduction to FBLA with Ann Phelps as well as Introduction To Business Presentation 3rd place. Business Ethics in 5th place went to Hall-E Hill with Jupiter Morris. David Locklin received 4th place in Business Law, 3rd in Public Speaking and 6th in Impromptu Speaking. Also Kit Cartwright, Emily Greiner and David Locklon placed 6th in Broadcast Journalism Emily Greiner placed 3rd in Business Communication. In addition, 5th place includes Sales Presentation with Taylor Babb, Hall-E Hill and Jupiter Morris. These members worked hard during weekend workshops led by Ms. Grant and Mr. Lyle Talbot. They plan, study, and prepare their presentations and tests. So proud of our F.B.L.A. students! Congratulations to all who represented Onalaska High School! Be sure to say congratulations to all our State qualifiers and GOOD LUCK AT STATE! ~Shelley Grant

Attached are the up to date brackets for both boys and girls District Basketball. Please note that time is subject to change depending on double up matchups involving both the girls and boys teams from the same school. Everything is post and up to date including scores on the WIAA website and WIAA District 4 website. I would suggest that you download the WIAA app on your phone for up to date results for all post-season events including wrestling. Also remember PostSeason admission to all events: $8 Adults and students without ASB cards $6 Students with ASB and Seniors Dennis Bower, AD

Weather Make Up Days/Calendar Update As you may recall, the district has missed 4 days of school due to a power outage and weather. After carefully considering staff and community input, the Onalaska School District has made the following decisions regarding the weather make up days for the 23/24 school year: (2) days originally scheduled as Mid-Winter break (March 7th and 8th), will now be used as make-up days (1) day will be added to the end of the school year (1) day will submitted in a request to the Superintendent of Public Instruction to be waived This will make the final day of school June 17th, 2024. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. A revised calendar will be posted to our website at www.onysd.wednet.edu

Tonight is Senior Night for the Wrestling team! Meet starts at 5pm. Come support our team!

January is School Board appreciation month. Onalaska students and staff celebrated our board with gifts, treats, and enormous amounts of gratitude. Middle school student, Ferra Gust, decorated HS room 408 with the cards and posters made by her fellow students. During the Board meeting, quilting students Maleah Stewart and Payton Reaves, showed off their beautiful creations from a recent quilting trip to Houston.

The Onalaska School Board honored TwinStar Credit Union with a Certificate of Recognition for their years of supporting Onalaska Schools and staff. Erin McKinnell, the manager of the Onalaska branch, accepted the award.

Lewis County Youth Sports!

All Onalaska Schools are on time today, January 18th. Buses will run on AM and PM Snow Routes.

Due to weather conditions, the School Board Workshop will be held at 4:30PM, January 22nd, in RM 408, before the regular meeting that starts at 6PM.

Due to continued dangerous conditions throughout the District as well as heating issues in 1 of our buildings, Onalaska Schools will be closed today, Wed 1/17 for the safety of our staff and students. All evening activities cancelled as well.

Due to hazardous road conditions, Onalaska schools will be 2 hours late today, Wednesday, January 17th and will dismiss at regular time. There will be no early release. No AM preschool, No out of district transportation. Buses on AM and PM snow routes.

Due to the possibility of additional snow and freezing ice this evening, Mini Cheer camp signups have been rescheduled to Thursday, January 18th from 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm in the high school foyer. Thank you for your patience as we navigate this winter weather safely.

Little Dribblers is canceled for tomorrow, Sat January 13th. The first practice will be January 20th

Good Morning. Due to hazardous conditions Onalaska Schools will be closed today, Friday, January 12th. All evening activities are canceled. As a reminder, Monday is a holiday. We will see you all on Tuesday. Stay safe this weekend Loggers! It is going to be a chilly one!

Due to freezing temperatures and the potential for unsafe conditions in the morning, Onalaska Schools will be 2 hours late tomorrow, Friday, January 12th. No AM Preschool, No out of district transportation and buses on snow routes. To view our bus routes, please refer to the inclement weather bulletin posted on our website.

Good evening, In anticipation of freezing overnight temperatures and icy road conditions in the morning, Onalaska Schools will start 2 hours late Thursday, January 11th. No am preschool and no out of district transportation.

Updated Notice! Due to continued snow and poor driving conditions throughout the district, Onalaska schools will now be closed today, Wednesday, January 10th. All evening activities are cancelled.

Good Morning. Due to snow and icy road conditions, Onalaska schools will start two hours late today, Wednesday, January 10th and will dismiss at regular time. There will be no early release. Buses will run on snow routes and there will be no out of district transport to Morton or Olympic.

Sue Wachter visited Onalaska school and taught our Highly Capable students a painting class. They had such a great time and all learned new skills. Please see some attached photos of our students during the class ~ Casey Peters HiCap Coordinator