North Mason School District Calendar 2026-2027

North Mason School District centers on Belfair and the lower Hood Canal, serving families from wooded rural roads and growing residential areas near the Skokomish River. Belfair and Sand Hill elementary schools feed Hawkins Middle School and North Mason High School. The Bulldog secondary community brings those early-grade groups together, while James A. Taylor High School provides an adaptable route for students who need a different timetable or credit plan.

Career and technical education reflects both local work and regional opportunity. Eighth-graders can visit Health Careers, Culinary, Boat Building and Woodworking, and Agriculture classrooms before choosing high-school courses. Students also encounter FCCLA, applied geometry, work-based learning and trade events. A natural-resource pathway has taken marine biology students to Minter Creek Hatchery to study salmon production, placing Hood Canal-area environmental work inside career preparation.

The district publicly acknowledges that its schools stand in the ancestral homelands of the Twana people and recognizes the continuing presence of the Skokomish Tribe. Music, theater, athletics and service create shared events across Belfair. James A. Taylor's alternative, evening and HomeLink arrangements help students remain connected to a local diploma when a conventional day no longer fits. North Mason combines one common feeder, practical learning tied to land and water, and several ways to continue through graduation.