District News

Eleven career technical education (CTE) students from McMinnville High School traveled to Camp Withycombe in Clackamas this weekend to compete in the SkillsUSA Oregon State Leadership and Skills Conference. For the first time, MHS had students place in the competition, including a state championship for senior Iris Armenta, who won first place in the welding…

Brother and sister Thomas Scholer (8th grade) and Sarah Scholer (5th grade) won the district spelling bee today in the middle and elementary school divisions. They will move forward to represent the McMinnville School District in the county spelling bee later in the spring. In the elementary division, the top three placers are Sarah Scholer,…

The McMinnville School Board adopted the 2019-2020 academic calendar at this week’s business meeting. The calendar committee had proposed two options and submitted them for a survey vote by staff and parents in February.  The option approved includes moving fall conferences to October.  Key dates for the year include:                 September 3 – First day of…

Last week’s parent presentation at McMinnville High School was recorded as a screencast and is available by clicking the link below. 3/12/19

In honor of Alter Wiener, Patton Middle School Drama is presenting the production “And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank” by James Still. The play is a unique multimedia theatrical experience that combines videotaped interviews with Holocaust survivors Ed Silverberg and Eva Schloss, with live actors recreating scenes from their…

The McMinnville School District has formed a committee to assess current boundaries for the district’s six elementary and middle schools. The committee will address the issues of school capacity and possible enrollment shifts that could result from new housing developments in McMinnville. “We formed this committee to examine our existing boundaries,” said Dr. Maryalice Russell,…

Fifth grade Memorial student Oscar Marksbury Page has been named a state-wide winner in the Oregon Blue Book 2019-20 essay contest.  He will be recognized at an event at the Oregon Capitol on Tuesday, March 19, in Salem. The contest theme was “Celebrating Oregon’s Local Festivals,” and Oscar’s piece and illustration describe the annual “Alien…

McMinnville High School AP Visual Arts students will display their work at a Student Showcase scheduled to run from Tuesday, Feb. 26 through March 31.  The Showcase will be held at Ten Oaks Gallery in McMinnville.  The show will kick off with an opening reception on Thursday, Feb. 28 at 6 p.m.  Artists whose work…

James Tenesaca DeMaster, fifth grade Memorial student, and Opal Primozich, eighth grade Duniway student, have been named winners in the annual American History essay contest sponsored by the Yamhill chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). This year’s essay explored the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment in June 1919,…

The McMinnville School District’s elementary Science Experiences program wrapped up a new session this week at Linfield College.  The sessions covered principles and forms of light and sound energy, activities aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards. “One of the goals of the Science Experiences program is to expose students to different places in our…