The Tucna Times
October 1st, 2026
Important Dates to Remember for October & November
Calendar of Events
- 09/23-10/13 Krispy Kreme Sales: Please support our ASB!
- 10/01-12/07: FFA Christmas Store: Donations accepted (bring items to school)
- 10/0 -10/29, 7:45 AM -8 AM: All School Invited 15 min. Morning Walk
- 10/8, 8:30 AM-11:30 AM Career Showcase (HS Field trip to in Ritzville High School)
- 10/12, 12:30 PM: American Heart Association Elementary School Assembly
- 10/13: ASB planned: Secondary School Pumpkin & Ghost Scavenger Hunt Game Day
- 10/14: ASB planned: Secondary School Black Out Dress-up Day
- 10/16: FBLA Gothic Halloween Party, 6-9 pm for the whole community! Dinner and games!!
- 10/20, 2:15-5:30 PM: Blood Drive
- 10/21, 10 AM -9 PM High School Mass Band Festival in Dayton
- 10/27: 7 PM School Board Meeting
- 10/28 & 10/29: Student-Led Fall Conferences 1/2 Days (12-6 PM on the 28th & 12-3:30 PM on the 29th)
- 10/30: FBLA Scary Night Out: FBLA members and family invited in Kennewick
- 11/10: Veteran's Luncheon
- 11/12: No School Veteran's Day
- 11/21, 10-11 AM Turkey Trot
- 11/25 & 11/26: No School: Thanksgiving Break
- 11/24: 6 PM School Board Meeting
COME PREPARED
COME PREPARED
ACHIEVE GREATNESS
Preschool, K- 1st Tigercats: Celebrating Excellent Attendance
Secondary School
Queen Adaline and King Noah
Queens and Kings honored at Homecoming in Ritzville.
Our 6th grader, Sam, learning how to make cinnamon toast!
Mrs. Buriak teaching Sam how to do math and reading skills through hands-on cooking lessons.
Bus evacuation drill.
Mrs. Drapper's 7th graders doing measurement for real!
Students having fun learning about perimeter and circumference.
High School Band Students Getting to Bowl!
Some students having way too much fun!!
D.E.A.R.
Drop Everything And Read for 15 minutes!
High School Mathematics
Students learning high level math.
FFA Family Game Night
On Friday, September 18, 5 to 8 PM, families were invited to come to school to play an assortment of games. Much fun was had by all!
Secondary English
Freshman digesting tricky vocabulary!
Elementary School Students
Grades K -1: Pick Their Special Pumpkin!
Students chose which pumpkin they wanted to take home. A big thanks to the kind and generous gift from Coyote Ridge Correction Center.
Mr. Anderson's 4th and 5th Grade class doing math.
Using different strategies to learn best on 'Pajama Spirit Week!'
Mrs. Christianson teaching ELA!
Reading skills: comprehension skills taught in small groups.
TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
Thank You, dear Coyote Ridge Correction Center, for the beautiful pumpkins! 🍁🍂
Give Blood: Help Save Life!!
Please read 15-30 mins. per day with your children!!
SHOW KINDNESS
Ritzville County Fair:
Kindness to animals is a great way to learn to be kind to one another.
Hailee doing her favorite thing!
Elsie leading her steer.
What one must do to get the steer ready for the show!
Hayes Sitton guiding his goat.
Learning how to care for animals starts at an early age!
Imagination Library Registration for Ages 0-5
SPORTS
MS Football, HS/MS Cross Country, Varsity Football and Cheer, MS Volleyball
Emma Cordes giving it her best shot!
Our girls playing with the Ritzville Broncos.
Alivia Christianson serving.
Watching the serve!
Elsie Coon and Alivia Christianson enjoying playing volleyball.
The Washtucna 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 employee has been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination: Title IX Coordinator, Civil Rights Coordinator, Staci Gloyn,(509) 646-3211, 730 E Booth Ave. Washtucna, WA 99371 sgloyn@tucna.wednet.edu and Section 504 Compliance Coordinator, Will Christianson, (509) 646-3211, 730 E Booth Ave. Washtucna, WA 99371 wchristianson@tucna.wednet.edu.
