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SMS Student Activity Hour

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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Arts Center

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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Ronda Smith

Sherwood Principals Appreciate Staff

January 13, 2023/in District Site News, Sherwood School News /by rthornburg
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Kevin Headings

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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Shelby Spriet

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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SMS Fisheries Trip

Sunridge Middle School Fisheries Field Trip

December 19, 2022/in District Site News, Sunridge News /by rthornburg

Earlier this fall, about 40 students at Sunridge Middle School went on a field trip to learn about fish management in eastern Oregon. The students are enrolled in the Fisheries and Wildlife elective class taught by Science Teacher Matt Baty.

The class traveled to Three Mile Falls Dam on the Umatilla River, near Umatilla. The students were able to tour the facility and watch the fall spawning process. According to Baty, while in the fish trap, they viewed Chinook and Coho salmon as well as steelhead coming in. Staff at the dam, including Clinton Case, explained how the trap works and guided the class through the experience. “The students got to see and touch some of the biggest fish I’ve ever seen come out of the Umatilla River,” Baty said.

The students then explored the spawning part of the facility, where the staff was spawning Coho salmon and checking for any diseases. Baty said it was great because the students got front-row seats to the entire process, and everyone at the facility came by to talk with the students about the why of what they were doing.

During the last part of the tour, the group saw the runs that hold the salmon and how that operates. “The entire tour was great, and I plan on a spring tour at either this dam or McNary Dam for semester two during the Chinook run,” Baty said.

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Washington Elementary

Washington Elementary Celebrates Native American Heritage Month

December 16, 2022/in District Site News, Washington School News /by rthornburg

The gym of Washington Elementary School was filled with Native American drumming, dancing and applause from students during the school’s Native American Heritage month celebration event on Friday, November 18, 2022.

The Nixyáawii Golden Eagles performed drumming for students & staff while dozens of Washington students joined the dance floor.

Fred Hill, Sr., Umatilla Language Teacher, and Mentor, spoke to the students about Native American culture, rites of passage for tribal youth, styles of the dances, and the different regalia. “We really appreciate this invitation to be here to share our culture, songs, and dance,” Hill said.

Washington Principal Coree Terjeson said “Recognizing & celebrating culture in our school is a critical experience for all of our Wildcats. A big shout-out goes to our Title VI staff and Mr. Heinrich from Nixyáawii for coordinating this event at Washington!”

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Letter to Families – Illness and Staying Home

December 9, 2022/in District Site News, News - District & All Schools /by rthornburg

December 9, 2022

Dear Pendleton School District Families and Guardians –

There is a lot of illness going around our community and our schools.  We hope your family is staying well, and we wish you the best.  However, if your student is displaying symptoms of illness, please keep them home until they are better.  To see the different symptoms of the illnesses going around, see the attached list.

PLEASE KEEP ILL STUDENTS OUT OF SCHOOL

Thank you,

Kevin Headings
Superintendent
Pendleton School District

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Hang Up and Drive

Pendleton High School Hang Up and Drive Assembly

December 5, 2022/in District Site News, High Schools News /by rthornburg

Most people, including teenagers, are aware that distracted driving is dangerous and that we shouldn’t do it.

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