Spartan Update

The office will be open from 7am-3pm, closed June 19th for the Juneteenth holiday. SHS will be closed starting June 26th and will reopen on August 17th. Please see the District Office hours below for summer needs.

While schools will be closed during the summer, all other district offices will be open with some operating on a modified schedule. All buildings are closed for Juneteenth (June 19) and Labor Day (Sept. 7).

Central Office

• June 22-July 31: 7:30 am-4 pm, Monday-Thursday (closed Fridays)

• Aug. 3: Regular hours resume, 7:30 am-4 pm, Monday-Friday

Transportation

• June 22-Aug. 31: 7 am-3:30 pm, Monday-Friday

• Sept. 1: Regular schedule resumes, 7:30 am-4 pm, Monday-Friday

Child Nutrition

• June 22-Aug. 21: 7 am-3:30 pm, Monday-Friday

• Aug. 24: Regular hours resume, 7:30 am-4 pm, Monday-Friday

Maintenance & Operations

• Regular hours: 7:30 am-4 pm, Monday-Friday

Athletics & Facilities Scheduling

• June 22-Aug. 21: 7 am-3:30 pm, Monday-Friday

• Aug. 24: Regular hours resume, 7:30 am-4 pm, Monday-Friday

Sumner-Bonney Lake Family Resource Center

• Now through June 30: 8 am-4 pm, Monday-Friday

• July: 8 am-5 pm, Monday-Thursday (closed Fridays); Closed July 21-31

• August: Back to regular schedule, 8 am-4 pm, Monday-Friday

• Typically closed for lunch, Noon-1 pm

Final Forms for fall athletics will open up on August 1st. ( https://sumner-wa.finalforms.com )

Football starts: August 19th

Rest of Fall sports start: August 24th

The district is offering free hot lunch for all children 18 years and younger throughout the summer at Daffodil Valley Elementary. The lunches must be enjoyed inside the school building.

Details:

• June 22 - Aug. 13, Monday through Thursday

• 11:30 am to 12:30 pm

• Daffodil Valley Elementary (1509 Valley Ave., in Sumner)

For more information, call the district’s Child Nutrition Services at (253) 891-6450.

Summer food benefits

SUN Bucks (Summer EBT) is a federal program that provides qualified students with $120 to purchase groceries while school is out this summer. Learn more about SUN Bucks and how to apply.

In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877‐8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English. To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD‐ 3027) found online at: http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632‐9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by: mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20250‐9410; fax: (202) 690‐7442; or email: program.intake@usda.gov. This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

We appreciate the advance planning families do to prepare for the upcoming school year. Here’s a list of key dates for 2026-27. Please stay tuned for the more detailed calendar mailing in August.

We hope you enjoy your summer and see you back in September for the first day of school:

• Sept. 1

Note: There is no school Sept. 4 and Sept. 7.

The District utilizes ParentSquare for its robocalls, emails, text messages and more!

Here are just a few key ParentSquare features we’re especially excited for:

• One tool for all communication formats

• Supports 106 languages with real-time, two-way translation

• Families choose communication format (text, email, voice calls) and timing (immediate or digest)

Please make sure your contact information is up-to-date in Skyward Family Access. With text messaging a family-preferred communication format, be sure to include your cell phone number in the primary phone field.

The Sumner-Bonney Lake School District and staff care about the well-being and academic achievement of each student. We know that daily attendance is one of the most powerful predictors of school success and on-time graduation. Our goal is to have every student at school on time, every day.

State law for mandatory attendance, called the Becca Bill, requires children from age 8 to 17 to attend a public school, private school or a district-approved home school program. Children who are 6 or 7 years old are not required to be enrolled in school. However, if parents enroll their 6 or 7 year old, the student must attend full time. And, school districts are required, under RCW 28.225.020 and RCW 28A.225.030 to take a series of actions when students accrue absences.

Also by law, we notify parents/guardians when their student is absent. If a student reaches a certain number of unexcused absences the school will contact parents/guardians to create a plan to support good attendance. Find information about excuse and unexcused absences, tardies and attendance procedures in the district’s Student & Family Information Guide and Policy 3122 Excused and Unexcused Absences.