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About Our District

Welcome to Yelm Community Schools

District Offices

Mission

Communities Dedicated to Learning and Achievement
 

Vision

Yelm Community Schools is a welcoming, safe, student-centered, and collaborative learning environment. In partnership with parents, students, and community leaders, YCS staff members are dedicated to helping all students meet performance expectations and achieve their full learning potential.

At a Glance

YCS Students 2023-24: 5,768
YCS Teachers 2022-23: 347
Average years of teacher experience 2022-23: 11.3 
Teachers approved to teach out of endorsement: 3.7%

For more information about staff, visit the OSPI website.

Contact Information

Physical Address:
107 First Street North, Yelm, WA 98597
Mailing Address:
PO Box 476, Yelm, WA 98597
P: 360.458.1900
F:  360.458.6178

Office Hours & Holiday Closures

Regular Office Hours: 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Closed for the following holidays:
Labor Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving (Thurs. & Fri.), Christmas Eve & Day, New Year's Eve & Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day

Yelm Community Schools is an amazing place for students to learn, grow and find success.  In 2024-25 we will continue to push forward in positive ways to serve students, families and staff.  Throughout our district this year you will see references to the Science of Hope. The science is not about being wishful or optimistic.  It is based in research that concludes that high hope people believe four foundational things:
 
  • The future will be better than the present
  • We have the power to make it so
  • There are multiple paths to our goals
  • All of the paths will have obstacles
We firmly believe that schools, working together with families, will achieve great things.  Student achievement results have increased each year of our Strategic Plan, and we are determined to accelerate that trend.  Yelm Community Schools will be exemplary across all achievement measures.
  
Great things are happening all throughout our district!  Please take time to view our district and school websites.  They are terrific sources of information. Also, please attend some of the many positive events at our schools this year.  You will be pleased.
 

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