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![Yakima School Board Honored as 2025 Board of Distinction]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1762536556/yakimaschoolsorg/xxqciay0gez4t2ghzw0q/YSD-BoardofDistinction.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1762536556/yakimaschoolsorg/xxqciay0gez4t2ghzw0q/YSD-BoardofDistinction.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1762536556/yakimaschoolsorg/xxqciay0gez4t2ghzw0q/YSD-BoardofDistinction.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1762536556/yakimaschoolsorg/xxqciay0gez4t2ghzw0q/YSD-BoardofDistinction.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1762536556/yakimaschoolsorg/xxqciay0gez4t2ghzw0q/YSD-BoardofDistinction.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1762536556/yakimaschoolsorg/xxqciay0gez4t2ghzw0q/YSD-BoardofDistinction.jpg","width":2200}])
The Yakima School District Board of Directors has been named a 2025 Board of Distinction by WSSDA.
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Thanks to the RAVE Foundation, students from Hoover and Garfield enjoyed a thrilling Seattle Sounders game!
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Adams Elementary received a generous donation from United Way to support the cost of school supplies for students.
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Yakima School District celebrated Taste of Washington Day with a District-wide "Apple Crunch."
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Students from Eisenhower and Davis High Schools recognized in Unleashed Awards for outstanding work.
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In the spring, Omar Santoy earned the Washington State Non-Nurse School Nurse Administrator of the Year Award.
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To help welcome kindergarteners this school year, Yakima School District gave away "Welcome Kits."
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On July 31, Eisenhower High School’s National Honor Society (NHS) hosted its 22nd blood drive.
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On August 20, Garfield teachers and staff visited homes to welcome students to the new school year.
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On August 14, The Yakima Rotary Club organized and packed school supplies for McClure students.
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