Community Connections F o r o u r c h i l d r e n , o u r c o m m u n i t y , o u r w o r l d , o u r f u t u r e

July 2017

Our essential foundations

High Expectations and Continuous Progress

Involvement and Engagement with School District Community

Stewardship and Planning

Parents, Guardians and Community Members,

Attending graduation ceremonies is one of my favorite aspects of being a superinten-dent. I know how much time and effort families have put into supporting each of our graduates, and I enjoy watching the joy and excitement as we celebrate this important accomplishment.

As a school district, one of our primary goals is to ensure our students graduate with the ability to follow their hopes and dreams. Whether these dreams include entering the work force, joining the military, attending a two or four-year college, or pursuing additional training or a technical school is up to the individual student and his or her family. However, our collective responsibility as a school system is to ensure our graduates have as many options available to them as possible, so that they can make choices which align with their individual plans and goals.

July 1 marked my one-year anniversary as superintendent of Cheney Public Schools. During this year I have had the chance to get to know our communities, families and school system. I feel so very fortunate to have the opportunity to lead our schools as we have phenomenal community support, wonderful employees who work hard and truly care about children, and outstanding students and families. As we prepare for the start of the 2017-2018 school year, my commitment to each of you is that we will build upon our current successes and continue to analyze our individual and collective practices in order to make Cheney Public Schools the best school system possible.

I am looking forward to the start of another school year (on August 30) and the oppor-tunity to continue to prepare all students for success and ultimately graduation. Until then, my hope is that every student and family has a restful and fun summer! As al-ways, if you have any questions about any aspect of our school system, please feel free to contact me at rroettger@cheneysd.org or at 509-559-4502. For our children, our community, our world, our future ~

Robert W. Roettger Superintendent

Important dates:

July 12

School Board

Meeting

5:30 p.m.

Cheney High

School

Aug. 14

Elementary

Student

Registration

Begins at Schools

August 16

School Board

Meeting

5:30 p.m.

Cheney High

School

July Character Trait GENEROSITY: Unselfish giving

and sharing of

resources, time

and talents with

others

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Congratulations

to all of our

graduates!

Cheney Public Schools does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, economic status, pregnancy, familial status, marital status, disability, or the use of a trained guide dog or service animal, and pro-vides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination.

Title IX/Chapter 28A.640 Officer/ Civil Rights Compliance Coordinator/ADA Coordinator Sean Dotson, Associate Superintendent Cheney School District, 12414 S. Andrus Rd. Cheney, WA 99004 Phone: (509) 559-4550

Section 504 Coordinator Kristi Thurston, Director, Student Support Services Cheney School District, 12414 S. Andrus Rd. Cheney, WA 99004 Phone: (509) 559-4507

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Three Springs graduation

First to graduate in the district were Three Springs High School seniors. We could not be prouder, and now they are off to their next adventure!

New faces in the district this fall

CHS graduation night at EWU

Commencement for Cheney High School graduates took place at Eastern Washington University. The stands were packed with families and friends who celebrated their ac-complishments. One of the very meaningful moments hap-pened when all former graduates from Cheney High were asked to stand. There were so many who came before!

Capstone student graduates

Cheney High School Capstone students graduated on June 6 in a ceremony very well attended by friends and families. What a celebration! Congratulations to these wonderful young people on their accomplishment!

Anna Campbell, CHS Asst. Principal

Stacy Delcour, CHS Asst. Principal

Anne Wolfley, Director, Teaching & Learning

Carla Hudson, Betz Elementary Principal

We are very pleased to introduce you to some new administra-tive team members for the 2017-18 school year.

We hope you will join us in welcoming them to the district. Please see the website for more in-formation about each of them.