School board adds Mac High graduation requirements
Starting with the Class of 2026, McMinnville High School students will need to complete a half credit of civics; the following year, they also will be required to take half a credit of personal ...
School assemblies honor veterans
Several schools are planning assemblies to honor local veterans. They include: - Dayton High School will host its annual Veterans Day assembly at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6, in the gym, located in a separate ...
Linfield president candidates visit campus
Linfield University has narrowed its presidential search from 87 candidates to four finalists who will participate in upcoming forums with the Linfield community. Linfield organized a 16-member search ...
Mac High marching band to play Thursday
McMinnville High School’s marching band will perform for the public Thursday, Nov. 7, at Wortman Stadium on the school campus. The free performance will start at 7 p.m. If weather is inclement, ...
Changes to graduation requirements on Mac School Board agenda
McMinnville School Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 4. The board will hear first reading of proposed changes to policies about graduation requirements, admission of foreign exchange students ...
Trippy mural design takes shape on Linfield campus
The community’s newest outdoor artwork seems to deal a kind of “Alice in Wonderland” hand but goes deeper than that. “Roots of the Heart,” is the title of the changeable ...
Mac school board will allow members to attend virtually
Oregon law requires school boards and other public bodies to offer the public a chance to participate in meetings remotely, via Zoom or other technology. In many cases, board or council members also can ...
For school board chair, fun is a welcome bonus
As Grandhaven Elementary School first-graders searched for the perfect pumpkin, McMinnville School Board Chairman Jason Bizon pointed out big squash here, little ones there and other appealing orange gourds. “I ...
Former Newberg deputy superintendent files suit
Former Newberg School District Deputy Superintendent Scott Linenberg filed a lawsuit this month against his former employer, seeking a judgment of $535,310.40. The lawsuit, filed by Portland attorney ...
Earth to ISS: Carlton Observatory, Evergreen help students talk to astronaut aboard space station
Since it was daylight and rain clouds were graying the skies, none of the dozens of students and adults gathered behind the Evergreen Space Museum Friday could see the International Space Station as it ...
Documentary looks at a newspaper’s challenges
A documentary to be screened in McMinnville gives an up-close and personal look at the challenges facing newspaper publishers in the 21st century. The film “For the Record,” showing at 7 p.m. ...
Student to connect with space station
A student will set up a link with the International Space Station and talk with astronaut Sunita Williams Friday from the Carlton Observatory at Evergreen on the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum campus. Zeke ...
Mac High to retain challenged book titles
The McMinnville School Board on Monday upheld the recommendation of the district’s challenged materials committee to keep seven challenged books at the Mac High school library. Vice Chair Abbie ...
Teacher with reach: Amity’s Stearns presented $50,000 prize for career education, tech guidance
Amity High School students lined up Tuesday to greet Career-Technical Education teacher John Stearns with a little of the caring he’s been showing to them over the years. They applauded ...
District offers support after student’s suicide
McMinnville School District students and staff, along with community members, are reeling from the death by suicide of a female sophomore who died Wednesday in her home. Mikalynn Jayde Morris was a sophomore ...
