Moses Lake School District

10/30/2026

ELECTION DAY REMINDER

Tuesday, November 3, is Election Day in Washington State.

Voters are reminded to review their ballots and return them by the applicable deadline.

If you have not already mailed your ballot, the Washington Secretary of State recommends returning your ballot to an official ballot drop box to avoid potential postal processing delays.

10/29/2026

COLLABORATING TOGETHER | FOCUS ON EDUCATION

Every year, the district partners with the North Central Educational Service District on its Focus on Education campaign. The campaign showcases and promotes student voices within our schools.

Today, four students from Moses Lake School District were interviewed by the ESD as part of this campaign. These interviews will be turned in to advertisements that will run throughout the month of November.

Our students proudly represented Moses Lake High School, Vanguard Academy, Digital Learning Center and CBTech.

Look for the ads in November from the ESD and on the MLSD communication platforms.

10/29/2026

TEACHING AND LEARNING | VANGUARD ACADEMY

Creativity is alive and well at Vanguard Academy.

During a recent visit, Superintendent Lewis had a chance to see how students are exploring their talents, developing new skills and expressing themselves through music and the arts.

We also stopped in to see some of the incredible work happening in fabric arts. From creative designs to carefully crafted projects, students are turning their ideas into something they can actually hold in their hands.

Students were also busy working on a planning to write project and determining what topic they would choose to build their argument statements around.

There is plenty of creativity to celebrate in Moses Lake!

10/28/2026

TEACHING & LEARNING | LEARNING IN ACTION - PENINSULA ELEMENTARY

From the gym to the classroom, there was plenty of learning happening today at Peninsula Elementary!

Superintendent Lewis stopped by PE, where students were learning and demonstrating proper overhand throwing techniques. Through a fun, interactive game, students put those skills to work while participating in different levels of physical activity, building coordination and staying active.

From there, we followed the second graders to Mrs. Watson's classroom, where students have been working on their writing skills, with a special focus on using descriptive words to bring their stories to life. The class started off with a student-led reminder of the classroom expectations.

One by one, students eagerly shared their favorite journal entries with Superintendent Lewis, reading their stories aloud and showing off the artwork they created to go along with their writing. It was a wonderful opportunity to see their growing confidence as writers, storytellers and illustrators!

A big thank you to the students and staff at Peninsula Elementary for welcoming us into their classrooms and sharing what they've been learning.

Great things are happening in Moses Lake classrooms every day. Come see for yourself!

10/27/2026

TEACHING & LEARNING | PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

Students at Frontier Middle School have been working on their informative essays. Check out the work being done in Mrs. Frey's class.

10/27/2026

MLSD's Facilities Advisory Committee met last night to discuss the ongoing plans for Elementary 12, which will be built on the North Elementary site. Led by Scott West, executive director of safety & well-being, the committee reviewed plans to host "listen and learn" sessions for the community and stakeholders.

Next steps include further planning for these sessions and visits to other elementary schools with 500+ enrollments within the region to further learn about operational structures. Elementary 12 will combine the current Larson Heights and North elementary schools to form a single entity for the north side of Moses Lake.

10/26/2026

Last week, we held our second town hall of the school year. This town hall focused on safety. School safety is a broad subject covering both physical safety, which includes the facilities, transportation and routes to school, and social and emotional safety, which covers bullying, harassment and intimidation.

Our safety and well-being team presented a lot of valuable information along with providing resources available on these topics. We heard a lot of great questions from those in attendance. So, what's next? In the coming weeks, you will see and informational campaign focused on educating our community on some of the resources available to them and students, like the StopIt app. The work on safety never ends within the district. We will also continue to showcase the work being done by our maintenance department to ensure we have safe learning environments for our students and staff.

Our town halls are a great opportunity for the community to come together and ask questions and hear from those within the district directly involved in the work being done. We wish to thank those that were able to join us, and we hope that more will choose to participate in the future.

10/26/2026

SAFETY AND WELL-BEING

Last week, maintenance crews were at Columbia Middle School replacing an HVAC unit that had reached the end of its useful life. The unit had been failing, and replacement parts were no longer available to keep it running.

What makes this worth sharing is that this particular unit serves just one classroom. Columbia Middle School has approximately 75 of these units throughout the building, each requiring regular maintenance and repairs to keep them operating. The constant state of repairs is not sustainable in the long-term.

This is a good example of some of the challenges we face as our school buildings continue to age.

Across the district, our maintenance team works every day to keep our buildings safe, operational, and ready for students and staff. Much of that work happens behind the scenes, from routine maintenance to major repairs and equipment replacements like this one.

As our buildings get older, that work becomes more challenging. Equipment wears out, replacement parts become harder to find, and systems that have served our schools for years eventually need to be replaced.

Our schools have served this community for many years, and we want to continue serving our students well into the future. But constant repairs to an aging facility are not sustainable into the future. This and many other conversations are part of the discussions happening with the long-range facility planning committee.

10/20/2026

The community is invited to an open house at CBTech on October 27th from 5-7pm.

We would love for you to join us! Spread the word.