Republic School District #309

Dear Republic Families, Kids Heart Challenge is kicking off on THURSDAY with a fun-filled assembly by the American Heart Association! Together, we’ll empower our students to have happy and healthy hearts and brains, while raising lifesaving donations to help others with special hearts. Help our school meet our goal by following these steps: 1: Sign up TODAY at http://www2.heart.org/goto/Republic or by downloading the free AHA Schools App for Apple or Android 2: SEND 10 emails/texts to friends & family asking for a donation! 3: Start Finn’s Mission to learn Hands-Only CPR & raise lifesaving donations to help special hearts ❤ Students who register before our kick-off will get a special shoutout in the assembly! Thank you for supporting our school and the American Heart Association!

Here is this week in Tiger Sports! Today- Home Varsity Baseball and Varsity Softball at 1 pm & 3 pm Wednesday- Home Junior Varsity Baseball and Softball at 1 pm & 3 pm Wednesday- High School Track & Field to Chewelah . Meet starts at 3:30 pm Friday- Home Junior Varsity Softball at 2 pm and 4 pm Saturday- High School Track & Field to Colville. Meet starts at 10 am Saturday- Home Varsity Baseball and Softball at Noon and 2 pm

Good Morning!! We hope that you all had an extraordinary Spring Break. This week, we will host our Studen-Led Conferences for all High school/Middle School students. Don't hesitate to get in touch with your student's Advisory Teacher (See your Advisor Below). 7th Grade - Mr. Cromwell and Ms. Clark 8th Grade - Mrs. Finley and Mr. Thompson 9th Grade - Mrs. Cromwell and Mr. Antos 10th Grade - Mr. Theckston and Mr. McRae (Mr. McRae will be out for a few days.) 11th Grade - Ms. Bremner and Mr. Ducker 12thr Grade - Mr. Heinen and Mr. Corbin If you call the school, please ask to be put through to your student's advisor. The best way to contact them is via email. (Emails are provided below). Mr. Cromwell - bwcromwell@republicsd.org Ms. Clark - kclark@republicsd.org Mrs. Finley - tfinley@republicsd.org Mr. Thompson - dthompson@republicsd.org Mrs. Cromwell - scromwell@republicsd.org Mr. Antos - rantos@republicsd.org Mr. Theckston - ntheckston@republicsd.org Mr. McRae - mmcrae@republicsd.org Ms. Bremner - jbremner@republicsd.org Mr. Ducker - bducker@republicsd.org Mr. Heinen - dheinen@republicsd.org Mr. Corbin - scorbin@republicsd.org Conferences can be scheduled for Thursday afternoon and all day Friday. Elementary teachers will schedule conferences based on NEED or Parent Requests. If you have questions or concerns, please get in touch with Mr. Finley at 509-775-3713. Thank you! Loren Finley

We hope all our staff, students, and families had a wonderful Spring Break! This week we have student/parent/teacher conferences with Thursday being an early release for students at 11:30 and Friday there will be no school for students. Please reach out directly to your school's office if you have any questions regarding your student's conference schedule.

Mrs. Starr's 2nd-grade class continued their learning about soil and erosion with a trip to the Ferry County Conservation District greenhouse. The students learned about the qualities of good soil for planting flowers and experimented with different erosion control methods to prevent their popsicle stick "city" from being washed away by a "rain storm". Afterward, Rochelle Osborne and Naomi Hulse from the Ferry County Weed Board taught the students how to identify certain types of plants using Tootsie Pops. Following lunch in the greenhouse, Bill Chamberlin joined the adventure to share his love of birds as the students walked the conservation district property.

Please remember that Spring Break is next week and that there will be no school 4/1-4/5. The school district office will be open 4/2-4/4. School resumes 4/8 and have a wonderful break!

This will be an all day event for all 7th-12th graders. We are excited to welcome guest speaker Demarco Fomby!

Here are the latest updated Softball and Baseball schedules. Goooo Tigers!

High School Spring Formal is coming up! Spring Formal will be held on April 13th, at the Ferry County Fairgrounds exhibit hall (upstairs). The ball will be held from 8-11 pm. Cost is $10 per person.

Republic Elementary students had the privilege of visiting Stonerose this week. Students and parents learned about the incredible geological history that occurred millions of years ago in Ferry County. They learned the technique to split the rocks and how scientists use critical thinking skills to identify different fossil remains. Mrs. Sage's 3rd-grade class will end their ROAR adventures in May with a trip to the fossil dig site.

Kindergarten did it again! Hooray for Ms. King's kindergarten class for winning Tiger Pride Friday for two weeks in a row! #CommunitiesInSchools

K-8 Science News! We are grateful to the Curlew School District for hosting an exceptional Science Fair! Our students have achieved outstanding results, and we are immensely proud of them. Moments like these remind us of the particular community we're a part of here at Republic Schools. The hard work of our students, backed by the incredible support from our teachers and parents, really does make all the difference. Let's continue to cheer on our young scientists, nurturing their curiosity and watching them soar. #RepublicSchoolsPride #YoungScientists #ScienceFairStars

Games cancelled! Due to the weather forecast of snow and rain; Saturday's home Baseball and Softball games have been cancelled. The games will be rescheduled soon. Stay tuned and GOOOO TIGERS!

WIAA Athlete of the week named! RHS Sophomore, David Jackson, started the track season with a bang at the team’s first track meet in Colville on March 15th. Jackson placed 1st in the 100 meters with a time of 12:06 and placed 1st again in the 200 meters with a time of 24:27. Jackson is currently ranked 2nd in the 1B for Washington in the 200 meters. Keep up the good work David!

Good afternoon, the Bear bus and the Rabbit bus will have to run a combined route today. Unfortunately that puts the students on the Rabbit bus one hour later than usual. Thank you for your patience.

Great news!! Junior High Track and Field will start Monday the 25th! Practice will be from 3-4 pm Monday-Thurs and 1:30 to 2:30 on Fridays. Coach Thorton is excited to welcome the previous athletes back as well as the new 6th graders who will be joining the team! If your student has not registered on FamilyID yet this school year, please take a moment and do so. Here is the link: https://students.arbitersports.com/organizations/17428/programs Email Dena with any questions at: dfletcher@republicsd.org

Here is a glance at this week in Sports & Activities! Friday, 3/22, Knowledge Bowl send off to State! Students and staff will start the send off at the school at 12:45 pm followed by a parade in town. Let's line the streets and wish them well as they head off to compete at State! Saturday, 3/23, Knowledge Bowl at 8 am at Wenatchee High School. Saturday , 3/23, Home Softball & Baseball doubleheader vs. Wellpinit at 12 pm and 2 pm Saturday, 3/23, Track and Field travel to Ephrata. Bus leaves at 6 am and meet starts at 10:30 am Good luck Tigers!

Monday morning March 18th, the Rabbit bus will be running 1 hour late this morning.

Congratulations to the Republic Archery Club for their outstanding performance at the Washington State Archery in the School Tournament in Kennewick. The tournament drew hundreds of students from across the state, and each of our archers performed at their very best. We're extremely proud of how they represented our school and community. A special congratulations goes to Trey Cromwell, who qualified for the National Archery Tournament in Salt Lake City. This marks the second year in a row that Trey has qualified, and he will be competing in the tournament in April.

Tiger Pride goes to "KINDERGARTEN" this week! Congratulations! GO TIGERS! #communitiesinschools