SMS Student Activity Hour
January 27, 2023 /in District Site News, Sunridge News /by rthornburg
The staff at Sunridge Middle School are always looking for ways to motivate students to grow academically while having a little fun along the way.
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PELC Field Trip to the Arts Center
January 19, 2023 /in District Site News, Early Learning Center News /by rthornburg
PELC students see and make art.
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Sherwood Principals Appreciate Staff
January 13, 2023 /in District Site News, Sherwood School News /by rthornburg
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Message from Superintendent Headings – January 12, 2023
January 12, 2023 /in News - District & All Schools /by rthornburg
1/12/2023 @ 10:45 am
This morning across the street from McKay Elementary School a power pole "transformer" blew and set off the fire alarms at the school. Students were safely evacuated and the fire department was dispatched. The building was checked inside and out by the fire department and once deemed safe, students were allowed back into the school and will continue with classes.
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Pendleton High School Holiday Season Wrap-Up
January 9, 2023 /in District Site News, High Schools News /by rthornburg
PHS students found several ways to give back to their community during the recent holiday season.
Last month, an annual tradition they completed was PHS Adopt-a-Child, where PHS teams/groups/staff "adopt" a child to provide holiday gifts through Salvation Army in Pendleton. In December, PHS adopted 45 children, an "outstanding effort by our students and staff," said Stu Clem, PHS Leadership Advisor.
Also, during the holiday season, all district schools — elementary, middle, and high — participated in the Canned Food Drive, with students collecting hundreds of non-perishable food items for local families.
Finally, PHS Leadership hosted their annual Little Bucks Day on December 15th. The purpose of this half-day event is to give back to the Pendleton community and provide a fun day with various activities for some Little Bucks, pre-elementary children, with Big Bucks (PHS students) as role models. The Little Bucks are children of PHS staff members and friends.
There were 20 participants in Little Bucks Day this year. According to Advisor Clem, "We have had about ten former Big Bucks in our leadership class bring their own Little Bucks to this event the last three to five years." Clem thanked PHS student Grace Pitner, who he said was an amazing chairperson of the Little Bucks committee. "It was the best Little Bucks Day we have had!" Clem said.
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McKay Creek Elementary Learning Fun in December
January 5, 2023 /in District Site News, McKay Creek School News /by rthornburg
Learning Fun in December at McKay Creek Elementary
During December, several McKay students' classes embarked on fun learning units and projects to celebrate the holiday season and winter.
The two 1st Grade classes worked on creating a calendar to give to their parents – each calendar featured 12 pieces of amazing art (one for each month) created by the individual student. Wendy Phillips, 1st Grade Teacher, said, "Our Christmas Calendar project is 12 months of amazing art wrapped into one special gift. This has been a traditional project at McKay for many years, and it's been great this year to continue this tradition."
First graders also began their Reindeer Unit. Phillips said some of the interesting things they have learned together are:
Caribou means "snow shoveler"
Arctic Tundra has permafrost; the climate is never warm enough to melt the frozen ground
Moss, lichen, shrubs, and short grasses grow in the tundra
One animal adaptation there is hollow fur to help them float
Animals have huge nostrils to warm air before breathing
Cow, bull, and calf communicate through snorts and grunts
Second graders in Shelby Spriet's classroom were busy with their "Around the World" unit during December. Spriet said the class "flew" to Australia, England, France, China, and Israel. They also will be going to Germany and Russia.
To make the world traveler experience as authentic as possible, Spriet dresses up as a pilot, and the class watches a video of an airplane taking off. Then they go to "baggage claim" each day to grab their "luggage," and they have passports where students place country stamps each time they travel to a new country.
"The kids love it! When we go to each country, we learn about the holidays they celebrate this time of year and how they celebrate. We learn the foods they eat and the traditions they have," Spriet said.
McKay's two fifth-grade classes, taught by Linzie Noble and Cathy Walters, got into the holiday spirit by creating multimedia pictures of tree boughs with watercolor ornaments.
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