District looks at school calendar
McMinnville School Board on Monday considered two options for the 2025-26 school calendar. It will choose one at its next business meeting, 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 10. Under both options, school ...
County schools graduate at higher rate than state
Most Yamhill County high school seniors graduated at a higher rate than their counterparts across the state as a whole in 2024-25. The state rate was 81.3%, the second highest rate ever for Oregon. ...
Mac schools expect funding shortfall
A steep increase in PERS costs and declining enrollment have McMinnville School District officials worried about a funding deficit in the coming year. In addition, the district won’t know ...
As school district dials up cell phone enforcement, Mac High students mostly accepting of restrictions
Students weren’t exactly pleased when McMinnville High School leaders announced last fall they were cracking down on the cell phone policy: Phones must be put away during classes, but are allowed ...
Longtime Dayton ag teacher MItch Coleman retires
Mitch Coleman, a fixture in agriculture and FFA programs at Dayton’s high school and junior high for 35 years, was honored Jan. 30 on his retirement from the classroom. “I’ll still get ...
Annual Swingin’ on a Star fundraiser celebrates a source of joy, friends and ‘distraction from reality’
‘Oh, would you like to swing on a star, carry moonbeams home in a jar ….” sang Yalia Becerril as dozens of parents and other music lovers entered the McMinnville Community Center for ...
Schools aim to balance reassurance with reality in climate of deportation worries
Local educators say their students are worried about ICE officials coming to take their friends away. And staff and administrators are worried about how to respond if that were to happen – or if ...
Edible Landscapes highlights ‘Giving Gardens’ program in event last week at Mac High
Surrounded by leaves of artichoke plants, green onions and a variety of salad greens, Edible Landscapes and its partners on Wednesday celebrated starting several “Giving Gardens” in Yamhill ...
Self-portraits to express both outside and inside
Halie Hoffman surrounded her self-portrait with symbols of things she loves: a fox, “my favorite animal,” and a fox paw, a ball python and a kitty eating waffles. Maddie McGlone drew her cat, ...
Local team heads to robotics challenge
The Intel First Lego League Challenge returns 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 18 in Hillsboro. McMinnville’s Team Valiant, from Yamhill County 4-H, will compete in the event at Liberty High School, ...
Duniway students return to theater with UFO-themed interactive comic play
Theater is back at Duniway Middle School. “The Day the Aliens Attacked Fairfield,” by Stephen Frankenfield, runs for two nights, at 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 16, and Friday, Jan. 17, in the commons ...
Education foundation raises money for school enrichment
Tickets are available for “Schools: A Work of Heart,” the second-annual fundraiser for the McMinnville Education Foundation’s support of local students, teachers and schools. The Saturday, ...
Liberal arts right fit for new Linfield leader
Linfield University’s newly named president, Mark Blegan, visited the campus in 2018 with no idea he someday would be applying for the top job. He flew in from Wisconsin to do a review of ...
Mac High plans cosmetology program
McMinnville High School students will be able to take career-tech courses in barbering, hair styling and nails starting in 2025. Cosmetology is the most requested program students want to see ...
Mark Blegen chosen next Linfield president
Dr. Mark Blegen will become the next president of Linfield University. The Board of Trustees announced Thursday that Blegen, currently with Carroll University in Wisconsin, will assume leadership from ...
