Welcome to Tenino Elementary School, home of Tenino the Tiger!

Welcome to Tenino Elementary School, home of a community of third, fourth, and fifth grade students learning, growing, and mastering a host of basic skills in preparation for life. We take pride in the excitement and passion that we infuse into the learning process.

We are becoming experts in understanding the connection between improvement on the Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) and the daily activities in the classroom. Preliminary data reflects a correlation between MAP and the state assessment called the Measure of Student Progress (MSP). There is a sustained effort to continue to explore academic interventions to address gaps in student learning.

Organization of the school day supports an uninterrupted morning with specialists in the afternoon providing physical education and general music.

Please feel free to visit our Staff page to contact your child’s teacher or specialists or the Contact Us page for our address or phone number. We look forward to hearing from you.

Dear Parents and Students,

Of great importance to us is the upcoming PTA art auction scheduled for Thursday, February 9. We encourage you to mark this special occasion on your calendar. Please join us for an evening of entertainment, showcasing student work, and the opportunity for some great savings on wonderful baskets and events. Our PTA has worked hard to bring you another fabulous evening. There is something for everyone! I look forward to seeing you at our annual celebration event. Thank you for your support.

The snow and ice storm came as a hardship for everyone, and we are certainly glad to have it behind us!

The staff and the students were great at dealing with the added complication of having no Internet the day we started back to school. Our hats are off to the tech specialists who were able to resolve the server issues and get us back online.

We are rescheduling our MAP testing to begin on January 30; however, we are moving forward with testing some classes beforehand if the teacher feels they are ready.

Although I have not heard a final word from the superintendent and the school board, I would encourage you to mark March 30 and May 25 as snow makeup days. We will still need to make up two additional days.

Thank you for your continued support of Tenino Elementary.

Sincerely,



David Ford, Principal