School safe zones idea on agenda
School safe zones will be back in the spotlight Monday at a joint meeting of McMinnville City Council and the McMinnville School District Board of Directors. Council has discussed, at several meetings, ...
School district starts to look at trimming costs
McMinnville School Board on Monday set a timeline for evaluating Superintendent Debbie Brockett, a process that usually takes place in April. The board also approved her contact, which had already been ...
Pursuit of precision: Mac High culinary prepares for competition
McMinnville High School’s competitive culinary team is cooking up a storm this week in preparation for the ProStart contest on Monday. The cooking team and another team, focusing on restaurant design ...
Mac High robotics teams head to state
Both McMinnville High School robotics teams, Ursa Mechanica and Chronobreak, will compete in the state First Robotics championship tournament this weekend. They will show off the robots they built and ...
Podcast studio unveiled in memory of young video creator Ronan Godfrey
Ronan Godfrey loved making and narrating videos for his YouTube channel, Subterranean Gaming. When he told Make-a-Wish Oregon that he wanted to become a YouTube star, the nonprofit that helps critically ...
Ukraine remains ‘defining challenge’ for the West, Linfield speakers say
Mistakes are being made over the Ukraine-Russia war. The mistakes are in public perception — false assumptions that start with the Russians’ claim that Ukraine sovereignty is itself an invention. This ...
Japanese consul general visits Linfield
Yuzo Yoshioka, consul general from the Japanese consular office in Portland, visited Linfield University’s McMinnville campus Monday to promote Japanese language and culture studies. Linfield is ...
Willamina District names superintendent finalists
Two local educators are among the trio of finalists for the Willamina School District superintendent position. Willamina’s board of directors this week announced the finalists to interview on March ...
‘Ephemeral and scattered’: March 5 event at Linfield celebrates zines
Zines are alive and well. Make a zine, buy a zine, or simply look at a zine at “Zine Extravaganza,” at Linfield University’s Nicholson Library from 4:30 to 6 p.m. on March 5. The library ...
Panel talk, concert focus on Ukraine events, folklore
Feb. 24 marks two years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Thousands of people have died or been displaced, cities destroyed and countless cultural artifacts lost forever. Linfield University will ...
Students will make up snow day
McMinnville and Lafayette students will attend one more day of classes in June because of the snow and ice in January. The weather led to school being canceled Jan. 16 and 17. Steffanie Frost, personnel ...
Mac High robotics teams qualify for state
Both McMinnville High School robotics teams qualified Feb. 4 for the Oregon state FIRST Robotics championship tournament, which will be held March 9-10. Coach Dave Clauson said teams Ursa Mechanica and ...
Mac High students learn by playing the markets
Back in September, McMinnville High School teacher Francesca Morrison asked her students to choose stocks to buy with pretend money. The juniors in her Economics and Personal Finance class picked a variety ...
Strumming fun: With ukuleles, Duniway students learn confidence, music basics
Island sounds drifted from the Duniway Middle School band room as sixth-graders tune up their soprano ukuleles. Teacher Marc Dana projected a song on the screen at the front of the classroom. “This ...
Attendance is a critical factor in learning, so McMinnville schools get creative
Having every student in every class every day would be ideal for learning, McMinnville Superintendent Debbie Brockett said. Students would make steady progress along with their peers and not fall behind ...