LMS News

• 8th Grade Ceremony and Celebration

• Laurin MS Summer Hours/ Dates Closed for Summer

• 2025 Stormwater Partners Students for Clean Water Video Contest

• LMS 2024/25 Yearbook

• Art Corner

  • Artist of the Week

District News

• Opportunities to review potential new high school SEL curriculum

• End of School year Schedule

• Skyward Upgrade Coming

• Summer/Fall Checklist

• New FirstView bus app launching this month

• Summer Academy returns for students in grades K through 8

• Community Education summer camps expand to five days a week

• June School Luncch Menus

• Enroll now for kindergarten next fall

• Boundary exceptions for 2025-26 school year

• Common Apps for Teachers

• Care Solace: Your link to mental health support

• Russian, Ukrainian and Spanish translation and interpretation services

• Employee Recognition Award

• Looking for something to do?

LMS Key Dates

When: June 11th

• 8:30 am to 11:00 am Ceremony (Families are invited)

• 11:30 am to 2:00 pm Celebration (Party for 8th grade students only/Parent Permssion Required)

Where: LMS Gym

Parent Permission Slip for Celebration

Thursday, June 12th and Friday, June 13th – 7:30 – 3:30pm

Monday June 16th through Wednesday, June 18th 7:30 am to 3:30 pm

Thursday, June 19th: Closed for Juneteenth

 Closed for the summer June 23rd through August 1st

 Office reopens August 4th 7:30 am – 11:30am

Congratulations to our Laurin 7th grade students who submitted videos and won!

Protecting Water in our Community

1st Place: Help to Keep Our Water Clean

Bella Aguirre, Dani Scheuble and Lady Camarena Contreras 

1st Place: Save Water, Don’t Litter

Emma King and Emily Lapin

 Honorable Mention: Small Actions, Big Impact

Roopjot Kaur and Callie Johnson 

Congratulations to 5th  Savanah Castro 

Laurin’s Artist of the Week!

Battle Ground Public Schools is considering new curriculum for social and emotional learning that would be used starting next school year, and eventually affect all high school students in the district. We believe that input from families and community members is essential to the process of adopting this new curriculum.

Over the past year, the district has reviewed different curricula and narrowed the options to one finalist, Wayfinder, that will be presented to the school board for their consideration. Now you have an opportunity to be involved:

• Review all of the lessons

• See the teaching materials

• Ask questions

• Provide feedback that will help inform the school board’s decision. The first reading of the proposed curriculum will be during the board of directors meeting on July 28, 2025. Get meeting information.

How to participate

Everyone is welcome, even if they do not currently have a child enrolled in a Battle Ground school.

• Virtual review on Tuesday, June 10, at 6 p.m. Join the Zoom meeting. Due to copyright restrictions, this meeting will not be recorded.

• Community review night Thursday, June 12, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at CASEE A  (11104 N.E. 149th St., Brush Prairie, WA 98606). Drop in anytime, no RSVP required.

• By appointment June 2-June 22. To make an appointment, please email projectaware@battlegroundps.org or call Assistant Director of Project AWARE Erick Suksdorf at 360-885-5440.

• View limited samples online. The full lessons and teaching materials can be viewed only during the review night or by appointment due to copyright restrictions.

After you have reviewed the curriculum, we invite you to provide your feedback by June 22.

Why this curriculum matters

The proposed curriculum would build on the social-emotional learning already in place for primary and middle school students since 2023. It aims to support high schoolers with essential life skills such as kindness, respect, communication, collaboration, self-confidence and adaptability. Past surveys of BGPS students, parents/guardians and staff members have pointed to the need for schools to teach character education and a variety of social and emotional skills.
If approved, the items would be purchased using funds from a grant that the district received in 2023.

The end of the 2024-25 school year is just around the corner. The final day of school for all buildings will be Wednesday, June 11. There will be early dismissal for most students on June 10 and 11. Please check the district website for the full end-of-year schedule and information on high school graduation ceremonies.

Battle Ground Public Schools will be transitioning to a newer version of Skyward - Family Access this summer. While we anticipate minimal disruption for parents, there are a few dates you should be aware of:

• Sunday, July 6 - Last day to enroll a new student prior to the switch

• July 7 - Aug. 3 - Family Access offline for parents and guardians

• Monday, Aug. 4 - New system rollout begins

• Monday, Aug. 11 (tentative)- Online enrollment resumes

NOTE: If you do not complete the online enrollment process prior to Skyward being taken offline on July 6, you will need to start the process from the beginning again when enrollment resumes. 

Please watch for additional information over the summer and thank you for your patience.

Our summer and back-to-school checklist was sent to families at the end of May. It contains important information about summer meals and camps, at-home learning, credit recovery opportunities and much more. You’ll also find details about preparing for the upcoming school year. This information will also be available on the district website.

New FirstView bus app launching this month

First Student, the district’s student transportation provider, has launched a new version of their FirstView bus tracking app. Please be aware that the older FirstView app will be disabled after mid-May.

The updated app will allow parents and guardians to securely monitor their child‘s daily trips, view near real-time bus locations, view updates or delay notifications and set up family members or caregivers to also receive trip alerts, plus much more. Please be aware that the code to access the parent side of the app is changing. It will be K1Q0K for the updated app. 

More details are available on the district website.

Battle Ground Community Education will be offering a variety of summer camp opportunities five days a week! Pick from a selection of half-day camps, day camps or weekly camps. Activities include QuickStart sports camps, dance and cheer camps and workshops, SHAPE NW theme camps and the Prairie High School volleyball camp. Get more details and sign up on the BGCE website.

June school breakfast and lunch menus are  available via Nutrislice and the district website. Meal expenses can be paid through InTouch Receipting.

All families with in-district or out-of-district boundary exceptions (choice transfers) for the 2024-2025 school year need to reapply for the 2025-26 school year.

Please note a change to Choice Transfers for 2024-25 and beyond. Battle Ground Public Schools has switched from paper forms to an online application through the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. 

Applications for out-of-district student Choice Transfers in 2025-26 will be accepted starting at 7 a.m. on May 1. Applications submitted prior to that date will be denied, and the family will need to submit a new application after May 1. Applications will be processed in the order in which they are received.

More information about this process and forms are on the district website.

Any child who will be 5 years old by Aug. 31, 2025, is eligible to enroll in kindergarten this fall. Enroll now to make sure your child can attend kindergarten orientation in the spring.

NEW: LINK TO YOUTUBE VIDEO THAT YOU CAN EMBED IN YOUR NEWSLETTER

The Battle Ground High School Geometry in Construction class is offering picnic tables ($250 per table) and can make more tables upon request. They can also deliver tables if needed. Proceeds will go back into the program to buy more materials and supplies for future projects. If you are interested in placing an order or have questions, please contact math teacher Bradley Scott at scott.bradley@battlegroundps.org.

Battle Ground Public School teachers use a wide variety of applications in the classroom, for content delivery, assignments and assessments. Apps, like PDF creator Kami, interactive video platform Edpuzzle, WeVideo, Pear Deck slide presenter and more. The apps help boost engagement and highlight different ways students can show what they know and do, and offer different ways to interact with content and respond to prompts. Learn more.

Battle Ground Public Schools has partnered with Care Solace to support the well-being of students and their immediate family members. Care Solace is a complimentary and confidential care coordination service that can help any student and/or their immediate family members quickly find mental health or substance use treatment options matched to their needs, regardless of insurance or circumstance. If you would like to use Care Solace to help you find a provider:

• Call 888-515-0595 (available 24/7/365 in any language).

• Visit www.caresolace.com/battlegroundps and either search on your own or select “Book appointment” for assistance by video chat, email or phone.

Услуги по устному и письменному переводу на русский и украинский языки 360-885-5433

Servicios de Traducción e Interpretación en Español 360-885-5431

Be sure to check out our Community Events page for fun ideas of things to do throughout the local community. Nonprofit organizations looking to share their own upcoming events are welcome to submit a flyer to be included. Flyers are posted on the community events webpage and printed at relevant schools on their community bulletin boards. The BGPS community flyer checklist provides information about what is required for flyer submission.

6/10 & 6/11 Early Release - School is out at 11:40 am

6/11 8:30 am - 11:00 am 8th Grade Ceremony

6/11 11:30 - 2 8th Grade Celebration (Party)

6/11 Last Day of School

June 12th - June 13th Office Hours – 7:30 – 3:30pm

June 16th to June 18th Office Hours 7:30 am to 3:30 pm

Thursday, June 19th: Closed for Juneteenth

Friday, June 20th: Closed

 Closed for the summer June 23rd through August 1st

 Office reopens August 4th 7:30 am – 11:30am

The Battle Ground Public Schools is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, honorably discharged veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. Information about the district’s nondiscrimination and sex-based discrimination policies and grievance procedures are located on the district’s website at https://www.battlegroundps.org/notice-of-nondiscrimination/. The following employees have been designated to receive and respond to questions and complaints of alleged discrimination:

Title IX Coordinator: Tom Adams, Director of Student Services, Battle Ground Public Schools, PO Box 200, Battle Ground, WA 98604, adams.tom@battlegroundps.org, 360.885.5415

and/or U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR).   Title IX inquiries may also be referred to the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/index.html 

Civil Rights Compliance Coordinator/Section 504/ADA Coordinator: Michelle Reinhardt, Executive Director of Human Resources, Battle Ground Public Schools, PO Box 200, Battle Ground, WA 98604, reinhardt.michelle@battlegroundps.org. 360.885.5481