Principal’s Message

As we finish up the first full week of full days, I’m reminded of how special it is to work at such an amazing school. We have an incredibly supportive community that is highly involved. We always love having volunteers by the school and support from all of our families. A special quality of our school is that we are here for each other. If you have time to drop by or want to get involved, start with reaching out to your child’s teacher to see how you can support. Additionally, we’d love to have you get involved with our PTA.
Lastly, we spent all of last year telling stories about our teachers for our community to see the hard work that our students and teachers engage in each and every day. Additionally, we have some pretty amazing teachers at our school who are dedicated to their craft – we like to celebrate them. For this year, in accordance with our strategic plan, we would like to find ways to increase two-way communication. With that, we’d love to hear from you to know more about what you would like to hear about at our school.
Please take this very, very brief survey (it’s one question!) to share what types of things you would like to know more about within our school community.

Best,
Tyler Dockins, Principal

General Information
 Every Friday – Late Arrival

Every Friday school will start 1 hour late.  Students may be dropped off at 9:50am and need to be in class by 10:00 A.M.  Buses will pick up student one hour later than on our regularly scheduled days.

Developmental Preschool 
Our preschool classes will begin next week.  
September 18 – First day of afternoon class
September 19 – First day of morning class

Report CardsIf you did not receive your student’s report card from last school year, please stop by the office no later than October 1st to claim them.  We will be shredding unclaimed report cards on October 1st. As always, you can access your child’s grades on Skyward.

Trojan TrotMark your calendars! The Trojan Trot date has been set for October 6th. More details to come from your IRE PTA!

Around The Campus
Housing Choice Voucher 
Section 8 wait list is opening for applications. The wait list will open to accept applications on September 18th at 10:00 A.M. and stay open until September 22nd at 10:00 A.M. 400 households will be randomly selected by lottery for placement onto the HCV waiting list. Pre-applications must be submitted online at https://bellinghamhousing.org/ In-person application assistance is available upon request, please call 360-676-6887 ext:2

Thriving Futures! 

Connecting our Commitments Superintendent Engagement

Wednesday, September 27

5:30-6:30 P.M.
IRE Library Foyer
Our Superintendent, Dr. James Everett, will be available for questions and comments or just stop by and say “hi”.

ConnectED – Opt Out Form

Meridian School District and Whatcom County Library System have a partnership called ConnectED which gives K – 12 students access to the best educational resources and learning materials in our libraries and on the Internet.

Click here for for more information and the opt out form. If you choose for your student to opt out, please complete the form and send it to the school’s office.

Meridian Spirit Wear 2023Your online orders are due by midnight, Saturday, September 30

To order:

1) Visit www.ShopAdvantageSports.com

2) Click on Meridian Fan Wear to shop!

3) When you’re ready, click on VIEW CART to review your order  and check out.

4) Choose Pick Up at Advantage Sports – Lynden, WA (you  will still be asked to enter your shipping address).  Your school’s representative has arranged to pick up all orders  together to be distributed at your school.

5) You must pay with a credit card at check out.

*No credit card? Call or email us to order (see contact info below).

All orders will be processed TOGETHER after the due date. Please  note that all Meridian apparel is made-to-order, and is therefore  not returnable or exchangeable. Please call Advantage  Sports prior to ordering if you have any questions!

Advantage Sports | advantage.sports@frontier.com 360.318.8669 | 210 Nooksack Ave. | Lynden | M-F 10-5