YCS Athletics & Activities

03/28/2025

Busy 2 weeks for YHS Athletes. Please stay in contact with your coaches as the weather has been playing HAVOC with schedules.

03/26/2025

UPDATE NO JOKING ALL HOME EVENTS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. DUE TO WEATHER ISSUES. 3/26/25
Tennis at Silas is still on per SHS AD.

03/17/2025

Big Week Ahead! Come on Sunshine!

03/06/2025

Let the Games Begin! Spring Sports are underway.

02/28/2025

SPRING IS HERE! WARM WEATHER AND SUNSHINE...COMING SOON. Register today. Get Outside and enjoy.

YHS is now using a new platform “Final Forms” for all of our sports registrations!

https://yelm-wa.finalforms.com/

Parents, if you have not used Final Forms, please create an account to register your student: https://yelm-wa.finalforms.com/

02/18/2025

Just a Reminder. Hope to see you tomorrow in the Main Gym.

02/04/2025

02/04/2025

YHS is now using a new platform “Final Forms” for all of our sports registrations!

https://yelm-wa.finalforms.com/

Parents, if you have not used Final Forms, please create an account to register your student: https://yelm-wa.finalforms.com/

01/19/2025

Are students required to learn Comprehensive Sexual Health Education (CSHE)?

No. Families can opt students out of all or some of CSHE instruction. At YCS, this instruction has always been optional. State law requires us to teach Comprehensive Sexual Health at various grade levels.

⭐However, the school board takes a very narrow approach and believes that families should determine what and how their students should be taught in regards to CSHE.⭐

Remember:

✅ Families are invited each year to review the curriculum materials.

✅ Families can choose to opt students out of all or some of CSHE instruction. In Yelm Communities Schools, this instruction has always been optional.

Visit our website (https://www.ycs.wednet.edu/academics/comprehensive-sexual-health-education) for more details on grade levels topics and learning standards.

01/11/2025

✅Check out commonly asked questions at ycs.wednet.edu/levy and the links associated with the responses.

Q: Where are all the lottery dollars that were supposed to fund education?

A: We wanted to share some resources (links) that help explain how the state funds education, but it is a very complex formula that the legislature manages.

⭐“Washington’s Lottery: Where the Money Goes”

⭐WA Government - House of Representatives - K12 Education Facts

⭐WA Department of Revenue - Funding Education

⭐Initiative 728 - Approved in 2000 shifting lottery funds into Student Achievement Fund and the Education Construction Fund

⭐Opportunities Pathway Account

⭐According to the Washington Association of School Administrators (WASA), the percentage of Washington state's budget allocated to K-12 education has decreased over the years.

"Washington ranks well below the national average for investment in K-12 education as a percentage of Gross State Product (the state’s output) at 3.11%.

As Washington State’s operating budget has increased, the percentage dedicated to funding K-12 education has not kept up. Five years ago, about 52.4% of the state’s general fund budget was dedicated to K-12 education. Now, it’s down to about 43.1%, even though it is the state’s constitutional responsibility to provide adequate funding to support basic education services." (Source:OSPI)

01/11/2025

IMPORTANT: Pierce County will Run Yelm Levy Ballot Election

Thurston County Elections Office notified the district that they are unable to run the election due to relocating their facility. Officials have collaborated with Pierce County to mail out and process the ballots for the February 11 election.

Important Information for Registered Voters in Thurston County:

1️⃣Pierce County will mail ballots to all registered votes in the district's boundaries
2️⃣Inside will be the Thurston County Voter Pamphlet information which is also available on our website
3️⃣Ballots can be returned by mail or in the following Ballot Drop Boxes by 8pm on Feb 11

✅Lackamas Elementary - 16240 Bald Hill Rd. SE; Yelm, WA 98597
✅Nisqually Tribal Building - 4820 She Nah Num Dr. SE; Olympia, WA 98513
✅Rainier City Hall - 102 Rochester St W, Rainier, WA 98576
✅Yelm District Office - 110 1st St. NE; Yelm, WA 98597

We have full confidence in this partnership between the counties. A benefit of this change is that Pierce County has other ballot measures so this saves on election costs.

01/11/2025

January 10, 2025 S t a y i n f o r m e d b y v i s i t i n g o u r w e b s i t e ! Stay informed by visiting our website!

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11/13/2024

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11/13/2024

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