Principal's Message
Hello Brilliant Brigadoon Tigers!
As we prepare to start the 2024-2025 school year, I would like to thank all our scholars, families, and staff for their hard work and dedication. We are extremely proud of our community and the strength, growth, and resilience that continues to support our scholars in recent accomplishments such as Battle of the Book Champions, Trophies (2) for the Battle of the Math Brains, Winning our FW District Attendance Cup, and Scholar Demonstrations at both the TAF Luncheon and STEM Expo.
At Brigadoon, we continue our work in nurturing both a child’s academic success as well as their social and emotional development. We are working on building our understanding of Neural Education in order to support our scholars in new ways that supports the way that their brains work in regards to academic challenge and success. We will continue to take time to celebrate coming together in a variety of new ways and continue to work with our scholars and families to ensure a safe and welcoming community for all.
This year, I hope to reinstate the Coffee with the Principal opportunities in the morning following arrival. We will continue to host our Family Advisory meetings on campus as well as on Zoom, in the evenings. I am thinking about mixing in a Lunch with Lopez for an afternoon opportunity so that we can continue to build our unified commitment to each other and our scholars’ success. The variety of time and Zoom versus in-person will accommodate more of our families. Please ensure that your information is current in ParentVue so that you can stay informed and connected.
Federal Way Public Schools offer nutritious meals every school day throughout the school year. For the 2024-2025 school year, breakfast and lunch will be provided to FWPS (Federal Way Public Schools) scholars at no cost regardless of free and reduced eligibility status. Family Income Surveys are replacing the free and reduced applications and will ensure your child’s school qualifies for federal and state funding as determined by parent income levels and will continue to be collected.
Superintendent Dr. Pfeiffer will continue to keep our community informed and up to date through the weekly “Federal Way Public Schools News” newsletter. FWPS will continue to focus on our Strategic Plan and make decisions in alignment with guidance from the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI).
The community partnership and growth has continued to amaze me over the last five years. I am so proud of our amazing partnership that continues to support the learning environments of our scholars! We are and have always been in this together Brigadoon Tigers!
In Proud Partnership,
Mrs. Vicki Lopez