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Page 12 — Shelton—Mason County Journal — Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023 Upgraded bathrooms, flag football at Mary M. Knight By Gordon Weeks gordon@masoncounty com The Mary M. Knight School District on Aug. 30 opened‘ its doors to 170 students in kindergarten through high school. The school in Matlock has 18 teachers. The second-graders are the largest class with 21 students. Kennedy Fieldstad is the new kinder- garten teacher, and Deanna Niles is the new third'grade teacher. Josie Dewey has switched from teaching kindergarten to educating fifth-graders. Josh Stoney, the assistant principal last school year, is the new principal. Tom Kerr is athletic director and dean of students. “We ‘want our students to grow through the school year academically and socially,” said Superintendent Matt Mallery, who is beginning his fifth year at the post. Over the summer, workers remodeled the four student bathrooms in the el~ ementary school, including new flooring and faucets. The bathrooms were con— structed in the 1960s. “A couple had a lot of dry rot in the sub Mallery said. floor,” Mallory said. The district bought a new van and is purchasing a second’electric school bus, courtesy of a $525,000 Department of Ecology grant. In summer 2024, the dis- trict will use a modernization grant to re— place all the windows at the high school, Turnout for the football team was more than double from last fall. New this school year is co-ed flag football open to students in grades five through seven. That means there will be times tackle football is going on one side of the field, flag football on the other. “It will be a good way to grow the pro- gram,” Mallery said. ‘ The district plans to buy a porta- ble, which it hopes is on the campus by Christmas, he said. The school board this fall will start talking about putting a replacement levy on the ballot, perhaps in February, Mallery said. The first quarter ends Oct. 31, and winter break is Dec. 20—Jan. 1. Spring break is April 1-5, graduation, is sched- uled for June 8, and June 11 is the tenta- tive last day of the school year. Left, Evan Michael of Andy Johnson C0. General Con- tractors on Aug. 24 works on a bathroom in Mary M. Knight Elementary School. All four bathrooms in the building are being upgraded for the school year, which began Aug. 30. Right, Mary M. Knight in- structor Kristine Barratt, who teaches English and visual arts, decorates her classroom Aug 24. Journal photos by Gordon Weeks Unlocking the ~ stairs at uaatei Join us in-person starting Friday, September 15, 2023 at 7:00 pm. PDT , ‘reievantseminarsorg SHELTON SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 210 W. Shelton Valley Road . Shelton . WA. 360—426-2776 ‘th ' # Needs Volunteers! ‘ Gotowwwo sterfest.or ‘ to Sign up. Hanan Mercia Special! ' 50% oflC one unit for two months for NEW move—ins.