Rusty Rae/News-Register##Sheila Lenker leaves a legacy in Bear Hugs, where students learn skills for careers, as well as raising their own families. Lenker advocated for the program and wrote a grant request in the late 1980s for the funds that got it started.

Bear Hugs, while not immediately embraced, is a proven success story

In conjunction with other Oregon home ec teachers in the late 1980s, Sheila Lenker also wrote a grant for child care and parenting classes. McMinnville High School was one of only two schools awarded ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Kanisha Lizama laughs with her aunt, Marcilyn Welson, as family members adorn her after the ceremony with flowers, food, a bonnet of money, and other gifts, including symbols of her Pacific Islander heritage.

'All different, all beautiful': Mac High graduates 476 students

Members of McMinnville High School’s Class of 2023 marched into Wortman Stadium Friday night attired in identical red graduation gowns. But those who looked closely saw that each senior ...

Starla Pointer/News-Register##McMinnville School District classified employees, and one canine supporter, rally with signs in front of the District Office, on Lafayette Avenue Wednesday, as a school bus drives by.

School employees rally for higher wages

McMinnville classified school employees rallied Tuesday afternoon in front of the district office to “show we are serious about better wages,” said Tonya Mantle, president of the local chapter ...

Sheridan High graduates 45 seniors Saturday

Sheridan High School will graduate 45 seniors at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 3, at Bill Chrisman Memorial Field. Kaihdan Trombla is the class valedictorian and Lilly Barnes is the salutatorian. Randy Rorrer, ...

Mac High to celebrate grads Friday

Members of McMinnville High School’s Class of 2023 will receive diplomas Friday, June 9, in Wortman Stadium on the school campus. The ticket-only ceremony will start at 7 p.m. Principal Amy Fast ...

Kirby Neumann-Rea/News-Register##Lindsey Burns, left, and Tanner Coulter answer questions about their beer at the patio tasting and judging at Linfield’s Graf Hall.

Linfield students pour a tasty final exam

A unique final exam took place outside Graf Hall on Tuesday, May 23. This one included community participation for the 26 students enrolled in the chemistry course “Art and Science of Beer.” ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Members of the Linfield University class of 2023, many wearing customized mortarboards and other celebratory accoutrements, line up en route to the dais to accept their diplomas. Their classmates, family and friends filled the rest of Oak Grove lawn, with Pioneer Hall rising in the background.

Linfield bids farewell to Class of ‘23

Linfield University presented diplomas Sunday to 400 of the 570 graduates in the class of 2023. Among undergraduates were 305 from the Linfield-Good Samaritan School of Nursing, 182 from the College of ...

Starla Pointer/News-Register##Sailor Houston, a fourth grader at Columbus, sparked the effort to rename her school back when she was starting second grade.

Committee to suggest new names for Columbus Elementary

Columbus Elementary School will get a new name by the 2024-25 academic year, a committee that’s been studying the moniker for more than a year has decided. But the new name of the southwest ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Confetti flies to help the 2023 Willamina High School senior class celebrate graduation Saturday afternoon.

Draper’s graduation return a welcome sight in Willamina

Shawn Draper tried convincing the 2023 Willamina High School graduation class and the standing room crowd that packed the gymnasium for Saturday afternoon’s 110th commencement that he was ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Katie Martinez shows off her graduation stole, which she received Saturday to wear during commencement.

With stoles of many colors, Linfield celebrates all grads

Katie Martinez smiled with pride when a friend placed the lavender-with-rainbow-stripes stole over her shoulders during a ceremony Saturday at Linfield University. She planned to wear the banner ...

Local schools announce graduation dates

About 1,500 Yamhill County high school students will be graduated over the next three weeks, in addition to hundreds of Linfield University undergraduates and master’s degree candidates. Willamina ...

Willamina will graduate 65 seniors

Willamina High School will graduate 65 seniors at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 27, in the high school gymnasium. Hallee Hughes is this year’s valedictorian. She will attend the University of Nevada-Reno ...

Sheridan High School hosts Art Conspiracy classes

Sheridan High School will host the Art Conspiracy summer arts program Tuesday, June 20, through Thursday, June 29. A performance and exhibition will conclude the activities on Friday, June 30. Yamhill ...

Neurosurgeon to speak at LInfield graduation

Neurosurgeon Dr. Seth Oliveria, who graduated from Linfield University in 2001, will return to his alma mater Sunday, May 28, to speak to the Class of 2023. He will address parents, alumni and faculty ...

In brief: Renaming school; run/walk for water

Meeting will look at new names for school Community members will meet Monday, May 22, to discuss possible new names for Columbus Elementary School. The public session will start at 4 p.m. in the school ...

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