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,

I heartily invite you to attend our PTA Art Auction on February 9, even if only to participate in the social fellowship with other parents. It is a nice opportunity for our school community to get together.

I am amazed at the impact that the lost snow and ice days have had on our classroom schedules. We normally have our school days packed with activities, whether we are working on state-mandated classroom-based assessments or grade level curriculum projects, while moving students forward on daily curricular growth. It is interesting to see how quickly our ambitious schedules have piled up!

Because of delay, our MAP testing transplanted itself on top of the normal progress objectives we address in late January. We are also working feverishly to catch up on our corrective reading program, PRO. Underlying these important tasks is the need for all of our computers to run efficiently and accurately. The pace promises to transfer well into February.

Thank you for your continued support of Tenino Elementary.

Sincerely,



David Ford, Principal