Board member’s school visits severely limited
McMinnville School Board member Larry Vollmer has been banned from visiting schools without a specific invitation. Superintendent Debbie Brockett sent an email Feb. 24 to Vollmer, a board member since ...
McMinnville schools to start ’25-’26 year after Labor Day
Classes for the 2025-26 school year will begin Sept. 2, the day after Labor Day, the McMinnville School Board decided Monday. The after-Labor Day start was the choice of about 76% of families and staff ...
Linfield University hosts physicist Schekman for Nobel Symposium
The Oregon Nobel Laureate Symposium returns to Linfield University’s McMinnville and Portland campuses April 10-11. The two-day program includes several events featuring Dr. Randy W. Schekman, ...
'Yes, Chef!': Dayton students prep for first culinary competition
Dayton High School will enter the statewide ProStart cooking competition Monday for the first time ever. “Yes, Chef!” students told teacher Krista Carpino when she told them DHS would take ...
Students learn about welding and other fields in ‘Blue Collar’ tour
Students interested in the trades – welding, fabrication, mechanical work, construction, electrical installation, etc. – crowded into McMinnville High School’s Career Technical Center ...
Photo Gallery: Science Fest expands, electrifies
Plasma ball entertains and educates at Saturday’s Science Fest, hosted by Carlton Observatory at Evergreen Aviation Museum. Participants placed lightbulbs, foil, coins, and other conductors against the glass, filled with gases and a high-voltage electrode. This affects the current’s flow through filament, creating colorful tendrils of light.
Along the Street: Hayward announces move to Carlton
Hayward restaurant owner Kari Shaughnessy has announced the restaurant will move this summer from McMinnville to the former Earth and Sea location on North Kutch Street in Carlton. The brick building is ...
Stopping by: Good day, every day
Inspiring kids by example, first-year teacher sees results are often ‘mágico’
Mac school board to meet March 10
McMinnville School Board members will consider approving a calendar for the 2025-26 school year when they meet Monday, March 10, in the district office at 800 N.E. Lafayette Avenue. A Zoom link is available ...
This weekend’s annual wine and food extravaganza benefits St. James students
In the preschool room at St. James School, Cade Coussens and Fernanda Curiel build things with rectangles and triangles made from translucent plastic atop a light table. “We made smoothies,” ...
Mac High Ursa Mechanica team earns robotics honor
The robotics team Ursa Mechanica from McMinnville High School won the Connect Award at the Feb. 22-23 Oregon FIRST Tech Challenge Spark Invitational Tournament, in Philomath. Thirty-four teams, grades ...
Sheridan students to play benefit b-ball game
The third annual Keegan Stewart Memorial Scholarship basketball game returns to the Sheridan High School gym at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 27. Male and female students have formed teams and will compete ...
School board filing deadline March 20
Candidates for local school boards have until March 20 to file for the May 20 election. For any of the seven school districts in the county, candidates must file at the Yamhill County Clerk’s Office ...
Mac High students spell and sing their way through comedy
McMinnville High School students will perform a musical, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” Friday, Feb. 28, through Saturday, March 8, in the high school auditorium. The comedy ...
Students ‘play’ stock market
With $5,000 in pretend money to invest in the market, McMinnville High School junior Luis Minero did some research into the type of stocks that might increase in value. “Companies that make rockets ...
