Aberdeen Schools

The 25th Aberdeen Rotary Business Week concluded Friday with the annual trade show in the gym at Aberdeen High School. Each year, the junior class is divided into "companies" and each company conceives a product and marketing plan -- and at the end of the week they compete for investors in a high-energy trade show in the gym.

Co-Superintendent Lynn Green, who is also the career and technical education director for the district, said that 25 years is both a long time and a short time when it comes to Business Week. "It is so gratifying to see former students who are now business leaders in our community come back as advisors or judges," she said. "On the other hand, it always feels like just yesterday they were our students!"

Business Week would not be possible without support from the community. Many thanks to this year's sponsors:

• Aberdeen Rotary
• Greater Grays Harbor, Inc.
• Jodesha Broadcasting
• Jostens
• Grays Harbor County
• Harbor Pacific Bottling
• Oly Pen Real Estate
• Grays Harbor College
• YMCA of Grays Harbor
• Quigg & Co. Real Estate
• Sierra Pacific Foundation
• Grays Harbor Youth Works
• Grays Harbor Community Foundation
• First Security Bank
• Peak Credit Union
• Weyerhaeuser
• Timberland Bank
• Ingram, Zelasko & Goodwin
• Quinault Indian Nation
• Great Northwest Federal Credit Union

There is always room for more community participation. Reach out to Superintendent Green at (360) 538-2039 or at lgreen@asd5.org to learn more about being a community or business volunteer next year.

The next regular meeting of the School Board is at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 21, at the Harbor Learning Center, 300 N. Williams St.

Those who attend regular meetings are welcome to sign up at the meeting to provide public comment on agenda items. Written public comment for the record can also be submitted up to noon the day of the meeting by writing to schoolboard@asd5.org. Comments or concerns not on the agenda can be brought to the attention of the district by contacting the Superintendents' Office or by contacting individual board members.

Keeping our youth safe online is a priority. Check out the resources gathered by the Harbor Strong coalition to help in this effort.

A.J. West Elementary School

• Office Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
• (360) 538-2130 / Principal Nani Villarreal

Central Park Elementary School

• Office Hours: 8:15 a.m. - 4 p.m.
• (360) 538-2170 / Principal Ruth Erwin-Svoboda

McDermoth Elementary School

• Office Hours: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
• (360) 538-2120 / Principal Mindi Hammill

Robert Gray Elementary School

• Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
• (360) 538-2140 / Principal Daniel Olson

Stevens Elementary School

• Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
• (360) 538-2150 / Principal Tosha Love

Harbor Learning Center

• Office Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.
• (360) 538-2180 / Principal Lisa Griebel

Miller Junior High School

• Office Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
• (360) 538-2100 / Principal John Meers

Aberdeen High School

• Office Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
• (360) 538-2040 General / Principal Aaron Roiko
• (360) 538-2060 Attendance Line

• Co-Superintendent Lynn Green, lgreen@asd5.org
  Co-Superintendent Traci Sandstrom, tsandstrom@asd5.org

• Business Office, Elyssa Louderback, elouderback@asd5.org
• Human Resources, Christi Clinkingbeard, cclinkingbeard@asd5.org
• Special Education, Stefanie Lamont, slamont@asd5.org
  
• Career & Technical Education, Lynn Green, lgreen@asd5.org
• Teaching, Learning & Technology, Traci Sandstrom, tsandstrom@asd5.org
• Food Services, Jaime Matisons, jmatisons@asd5.org

Columbia Wellness, a behavioral health agency serving Grays Harbor and Cowlitz counties, has launched a Youth and Family Mobile Crisis Team on Grays Harbor. A PowerPoint presentation explaining Columbia Wellness and how you can access services in a crisis is posted on the ASD5 website. Visit the Columbia Wellness site here.

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The Aberdeen School District does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination: Christi Clinkingbeard, Title IX Coordinator and Civil rights Compliance Coordinator, 216 North G St., Aberdeen, WA 98520; (360) 538-2222; cclinkingbeard@asd5.org; Stefanie Lamont, Section 504/ADA Coordinator, 216 North G St., Aberdeen, WA 98520; (360) 538-2017; slamont@asd5.org.