The MSD Community Schools Podcast is back for the 2025–2026 school year and we’re starting BIG! Our very first guest is Superintendent Shawn Tiegs who's here to share the inside scoop on the amazing projects completed over the summer, plus fresh updates and exciting news to kick off the year. Don’t miss this chance to get inspired and energized for everything ahead! Just click the link below!

MSD Community Schools Podcast - Superintendent Shawn Tiegs

23 minutes ago, Brian Smith
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Community Schools
ATTN 9th and 10th grade PARENTS: Great Event Happening Tonight!!!! Palouse Pathways is a great way for 9th and 10 graders to learn how to start preparing for college now!!! Come if you can — students and/or parents are welcome!! You can use the QR code to register, but it's fine just to show up. All are welcome!!
about 3 hours ago, Shawn Tiegs
Palouse pathways add
Community in action! Thanks to the hard work and donations of many throughout the community, our MSD Family Resource Hub now has a Book Nook! Students can stop and read or play games while their families are shopping for clothing, toiletries, and school supply needs. Students can even keep the books they read to build their own home library! Thank you to all the volunteers and donors who made this happen! We even see MSD Board members in these pictures hard at work continuing to make a difference in our school community! Please remember, the MSD Family Resource Hub will be open this Saturday, August 16 from 9:00am-1:00pm. There will be clothing, toiletry items, books, and FREE HAIRCUTS given on a first-come, first-served basis!
3 days ago, Brian Smith
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Staff and Parents: We are currently rolling over to a new phone system and are experiencing outages for both inbound and outbound calls throughout the district and specifically at McDonald and Lena and the Support Services office. Our Tech team is working around the clock to get this resolved as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience! -Mr. Tiegs
4 days ago, Shawn Tiegs

Moscow School District Parents and Staff:

Quick note: An initial email sent out had a document entitled “Setting up a Parent Account for PowerSchool” with an INCORRECT link in step one. If you received this document in the mail or via email, the correct link is: https://msd281.powerschool.com/public/

The document on our website has been updated with an accurate link.

Welcome to the 2025-26 school year!! We are so grateful that we are your school of choice! There are so many reasons to be proud of this district and the work that we do!  We have amazing and competent staff and are truly the best district in the entire state when you consider all of the opportunities that we offer students, the ability to welcome all students, and our continued high academic performance and success. I am attaching a short flyer to this email that accents some of the great work that we are doing! In addition, here are FOUR bullet points of recent initiatives that I wanted to share with all of you

1.      We now have Air Conditioning in all Elementary and Middle School classrooms as well as the Original 1938 High School Building on all 3 floors!!!

2.      We have a new website and new and improved communication tools. DO NOT forget to download our District App!!! You don’t want to miss out!       iOS Devices: https://aptg.co/hrkJs9 Android Devices: https://aptg.co/GcpxR0

3.      We are adopting a new district-wide student registration form process to make your life easier during this busy time. This registration platform will be 100% online and WILL make the registration process much easier and quicker. All of the registration forms will be prepopulated, saving you significant time and effort in the registration process and it can be completed now before things get even busier. In order to go through this process, you will need to have access to your students through PowerSchool. All parents will receive or have received a letter in the mail with the information needed to create this parent account. Please do not throw this letter away as it contains important information to use. This process will look different depending on if you have already created an account or not.

o   Many of you in the Middle School and High School may already have created parent accounts, if this is the case you will simply need to log into your existing account and begin completing the required forms.

o   Some who have previously created accounts may need to reset their password if they have forgotten or lost it.

o   Elementary parents and parents who have never created an account will need to create an account or associate their existing account with their child prior to completing the registration form.

o   Once you have an account, you simply need to log in, click on the forms tab, and review and complete the forms in your account. In just a few minutes you will be done for the year! Super Simple!!

4.      Our Administrative and Office staff are back in the buildings now and ready to assist you with any questions or needs and our teachers will be back soon! School starts for our students on Wednesday, August 27th!!! Be on the lookout for school specific communication and updates. We are so excited to see all of you soon!!

Have a great last two weeks of summer! And see you soon!!

 

Shawn Tiegs

Superintendent

Moscow School District

6 days ago, Shawn Tiegs
Why Moscow?
Save the date and please share! Our MSD Family Resource Hub will be open this Saturday, August 16 from 9:00am-1:00pm! The Family Resource Hub has free clothing, toiletries, and books for any family in need. We will also be providing free haircuts on a first come, first served basis!

The Family Resource Hub is located at Russell Elementary (119 N Adams St, Moscow, ID 83843). We hope to see you!
6 days ago, Brian Smith
Family Resource Hub
Tomorrow, Thursday, August 7 is the first day of the Moscow Kiwanis Stuff the Bus event! Make your way to Staples this Thursday, Friday, or Saturday to donate and help make sure every student has what is needed to thrive this school year! Thank you!
12 days ago, Brian Smith
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❤️🖤❤️🖤Our Administrators are down in Boise this week attending the annual Idaho Association of School Administrators! This is a great chance for professional development and building professional connections as the new school year begins. We have the BEST administrators in the state! These gals and guys are GREAT!❤️🖤❤️🖤 We are so excited for the coming year🤗🤗
12 days ago, Shawn Tiegs
MSD admin team
🎉 Congrats to Mr. Colin Briggs (Lena Whitmore) on being named and recognized as the 2025 SHAPE Idaho Elementary PE Teacher of the Year! 🏆 Your passion for health & physical education shines, inspiring students & all of Moscow and beyond!!!!Keep leading the way! 💪 #SHAPEAmerica #TeacherOfTheYear #IdahoPE
15 days ago, Shawn Tiegs
Mr Briggs SHAPE Idaho teacher of the year award
Lots of MSD educators participating in the Vandals Early Literacy Summit at the University of Idaho this week!! Our teachers are constantly learning and improving!!
about 1 month ago, Shawn Tiegs
Elementary Teachers learning at VELS
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Huge shout out to our summer Grounds crew, Michael, Max, and Jim! Cranking out the work in the hot sun to make the District shine!! You guys are the best!❤️🌞🥵
about 2 months ago, Shawn Tiegs
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Attention Kindergarten Parents: Welcome to the Moscow School District, If you have not registered please know that you can register for kindergarten any time!! Kindergarten Registration Moscow School District #281 Registration for the 2025-2026 school year is happening at your local elementary school! You can register online or in person. Contact your local school or visit their website for more information. Lena Whitmore Elementary (208) 882-2621 Lena Whitmore Elementary A. B. Mcdonald Elementary (208) 882-0228 A. B. Mcdonald Elementary West Park Elementary (208) 882-2714 West Park Elementary Important Things to Know: Child must be 5 years old on/before Sept. 1, 2025 per Idaho Code 33-201 You must reside in the zone for the school for which you are registering If unsure of your school zone, contact the Superintendent’s Office at (208) 892-1139 Documents Needed for Registration: Current Immunization Record Certified Birth Certificate Proof of current/physical address — no post office box
about 2 months ago, Shawn Tiegs
Kindergarten Registration
This is a great opportunity for any Youth interested in Football!
2 months ago, Shawn Tiegs
Bear Youth Football camp Flyer
Congrats class of 2025!!
2 months ago, Shawn Tiegs
Graduates of class of 2025
When Mrs. Summers insists on being the pitcher and head Umpire, these Cubs just let her join in the fun! One more day, CUBS!
2 months ago, Moscow School District 281
last day of school at Moscow Middle School
last day of school at Moscow Middle School
last day of school at Moscow Middle School
🐯The last day of school is always so special! It’s when we get to let loose, have fun, and let each one of our students know how proud we are of them, how much we love them, and celebrate their individual triumphs through the year. Today’s field day was AMAZING!!! - Beautiful weather, an outdoor picnic lunch, water relays, popsicles, snowplow painting, bubbles, parachute games, sack races, bouncy ball races, an obstacle course, and sidewalk chalk provided a stellar finish for our wildcats! 🌞Now get out there and soak up the summer, boys & girls!!!❤️
2 months ago, Moscow School District 281
last day of school at West Park Elementary
last day of school at West Park Elementary
last day of school at West Park Elementary
last day of school at West Park Elementary
Ladies and Gentlemen… the Paradise Creek Class of 2025!!! Go do amazing things!!🧡🐦‍🔥
2 months ago, Moscow School District 281
Class of 2025
Class of 2025