Butler Acres Elementary School

We are excited to announce our district will be implementing a soft start for kindergarten students beginning this fall. Because these children have not been in school yet, this p...

Join us on Saturday, August 14, to see your new school: Lexington Elementary! The Ribbon Cutting is at 9:00 AM with a building tour immediately following, and tours every half ...

Registration is open! Need to make up credits? Feel like more class time is needed? Or just looking for enrichment options? Kelso School District’s Summer School options have som...

The Spring 2021 Hilander Highlights is out! The quarterly newsletter focuses on the new Lexington Elementary. Read it online here . Or view the printable pdf here .

Spring Break Meal Kits will be available to families on Monday April 5th from 4:00pm-5:15pm. Registration is required for these 7 day kits, so mark your calendar to sign up March ...

The health and well-being of our students and staff have always been our top priority. Throughout this pandemic, we have been committed to strictly adhering to safety precautions...

Happy National School Counseling Week! School counselors are an essential part of our district. They work to maximize student success and promote access and equity for all studen...

There is a Japanese proverb that says, “One kind word can warm three winter months.” Now seems like a pretty good time to test this theory out. We’d like to put a little go...

Kelso School District and Longview Public Schools developed a joint awareness campaign to encourage people to practice safety protocols to get (and keep) students in school in-per...

Shout out to our fabulous Blue Jays, and all students in grades 3-5, for entering their second week of attending in-person 2 days a week! You can see from this video they are di...

Starting the week of January 11 our 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students will start attending in-person 2 Days a Week! If your child has been attending on a Monday or Tuesday, sta...

The NEW Wallace Elementary is completed! Join us for a Virtual Ribbon Cutting and Tour of this state-of-the-art school. Streamed live on Facebook @KelsoSchools. Wednesday, De...

Our Lexington Elementary School leadership team is hard at work to develop the new Lexington Elementary School vision, mission, and beliefs. Thanks to a committed Leadership Team,...

Mrs. Hadaller's Carrolls Elementary 2nd/3rd grade class shares what makes them smile. Take a look at the Facebook photo album (bit.ly/smile-carrolls ) and we bet you'll smille, t...

Three Kelso students got up early to be on the KGW Sunrise newscast to talk about Halloween and show off their costumes. Fifth grader Brynn (Beacon Hill) and third graders Tori a...

Results from the October 2020 survey show learning and engagement have improved this fall for both remote and hybrid students, but sense of well-being varies between the two group...

Updated information from Cowlitz County (as of 10/12/20), noting the spike in COVID cases was short-lived, allows us to begin hybrid learning for grades 3-5 on October 26 . Pleas...

We celebrated two amazing people at the board meeting last night. Jana Clarke and Linda Clary are both retiring from the Kelso Public Schools Foundation after a collective 57 yea...

Due to high COVID-19 activity, hybrid instruction for grades 3 - 5 will now start on Oct. 19 instead of Oct. 5 (revised schedule for 3-5 will be shared soon). K-2 hybrid cont...

As we enter hybrid learning with some students coming to school in-person, it's important to keep children home if they are feeling ill or exhibit symptoms of COVID-19. Please r...