Salish Middle School

05/28/2026

Let's Catch Up!

So much good to share!

We recognized and celebrated our office professionals Janelle, Roxanne, Erin and Victoria, our assistant principal Mr. Egrubay, all of our paraeducators and cooked pizzas for our teachers. Thank you for all you do for our community.

Our 7th graders went to the Nisqually Tribal Center. Students got to learn about a variety of topics from beading and medicine pouch making, to land and water management, and how the tribal government system works. It was an awesome collaboration between our district and the Nisqually community.

Mr. Thomas has been taking his students on engaging horticulture field trips this year and continues to search for ways to get students out of the building learning about all manner of topics in horticulture. This latest field trip was to learn about tulips at Envision.

We even had a few teachers take a group of students to Italy over Spring Break!

Ms. Lane welcomed a team from TCSO to teach her students about different capacities and programs within their department. It was a beautiful day with many hands on opportunities for students to learn about law enforcement and forensics.

We took our AVID students to the University of Washington campus for a college tour. It was wonderful to hear their questions and see them in awe of the campus and what college life may hold for them some day.

We completed state testing!

We did a McTeacher's night to raise funds for our ASB at McDonald's last Wednesday! Mr. Crane said it was great to reconnect with his old college roommate (Grimace), but even more great to raise money for our student activities.

Mrs. Rumbaugh and Ms. Aimoto put together an awesome mock trial in class. Students presented for the prosecution and defense and a jury of adults got to decide the verdict.

We celebrated our HSLS athletes as they returned from the day of champions where they competed in track and field events and represented Salish!

So much good happening here in Raven Nation!!

03/26/2026

03/20/2026

Ravens, come out tonight @ 4:30 to watch our students 3-on-3 basketball tournament at our very own school!

Following that @ 7pm watch some of our very own staff battle it out in the Hero Hoops Classic! Proceeds go to the scholarship fund for Parks' summer playground pals program.

Concessions available!

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03/10/2026

We have had so many good things happening this last month
-Minute to win it assemblies - passing on the trophies: The Raise a Racket trophy to Ms. Coulson's 6th grade advisory, The Legion of Broom to Mr. Simon's 7th grade adv and the Golden Cup to Ms. Power's 8th grade advisory!
-Some students took a visit to the local pop up Black History Museum to learn more about the significant contributions made by African Americans to the history of the US
-Battle of the book CHAMPIONS! - Aria, Clayton and Amy represented Salish. As a team, they became experts on 8 books and answered more correct answers about those 8 books than any other team
-National School Counselors Week- Thank you to Ms. Abel, Mrs. Tyrrell, Ms. Reed and Ms. Carol for all you do for students and staff!
-No Tardy Party- If you had zero tardies for all of 2nd quarter you were called for a cookie and some free time to hangout, play games and listen to music.

03/02/2026

Thank you Sheriff Sanders for visiting Raven Nation and partnering with us. We appreciate all you do!

02/23/2026

Hey Ravens if you are planning to attend Ridge next year check out their 8th grade family night March 16th.

Also if you are interested in playing football the first team meeting for all players and parents is coming up Feb. 26.

02/02/2026

Welcome back Ravens. As we start second semester we wanted to remind you that it is a fresh start. If there are habits you want to create or improve on now is the time!
Creating a night time and morning routine as well as setting aside dedicated time for homework can help ease some of your stress!

We Got This! 💙💚

05/30/2025

May was a busy month for our Ravens!

-Started the month off strong with teacher appreciation week where teachers received an extra planning period, custom pizzas cooked by some very professional chefs, a sandwich bar provided by donations from parents and families and a wheel of prizes to win! Thank you to all who helped make this week a good one and thank you to our teachers for all you do!

-The first Salish Middle School FBLA Community Bike Ride! 🚲 18 people including 2 officers from Lacey pd, started at Salish and went to Tolmie State Park, a total of 10 miles on their bikes. Thank you to all who participated!

-A successful Day of Champions occurred where more than 400 students in special education from across the district participated in physical events, from an obstacle course to soccer goal-kicking, even beach ball turf bowling. Check out our annual tunnel to welcome them back! So proud of you all!

- The Horticulture class had an on the water experience as they got to do water quality testing, observe different types of large wildlife, use scientific equipment to find and observe microscopic organisms, and learn more about water quality in our local Sound. What an incredible experience

-Ravens Way breakfast where students are nominated by staff for their impact in the classrooms and contributions to our school

-We rounded out May with incredible turnout for our 6th grade information night where families came to learn about what to expect in middle school. Excited for all our future Ravens!

This month was FULL of very impactful and important moments for our Ravens on top of completing state testing. We are so proud of our students, staff and families and how they show up for one another everyday.

05/12/2025

At the end of April our AVID students went on a college visit to the University of Washington. Go Huskies!! They were able to learn about college, campus life, living in a dorm, classes you can take (most popular on campus is intro to dinosaurs 🦖), the library, and so much more. They even learned that UW campus is bigger than Disneyland!
Our students were able to see there is no limit to what they are capable of achieving. Thank you to our AVID teacher Ms. Beith for showing kids what is possible.

05/01/2025

Happy Principals Day to this wonderful Dream Team. Thank you for all you do for our staff, students and community. You two are truly incredible!! We hit the lottery having you two at the wheel!!