District News

McMinnville High School junior Colton Nielsen today wrapped up a fundraiser for the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The synagogue was the site of a horrific mass shooting on October 27, 2018. While some students wrote letters of condolence to Tree of Life congregants, Colton decided to do more. Every morning for the…

Seven musicians from Patton and eight from Duniway middle schools have been selected to participate in the Oregon Music Educators Association District 14 Honor Band and Honor Choir.  Patton’s music director is Joseph Demianew and Duniway’s is Marc Dana. In January, the students will travel to West Linn to rehearse with 8th graders from schools…

The McMinnnville High School (MHS) will launch its first-ever Holiday Bazaar to highlight the skills being developed in the Career Technical Education (CTE) programs. The bazaar will run from Monday, Dec. 10 through Wednesday, Dec. 12 from 5 to 8 p.m. in the new Career Technical Center and the MHS main entrance. All items at…

The annual Santa Claus Project, spearheaded by McMinnville’s Noon Rotary, took place on Friday, December 7.  Six students from every elementary school in the district were chosen to participate in a holiday shopping trip for clothes, toys and gifts for their families. Each student brought along a shopping list, including sizes for shoes and clothing….

Expanded after-school clubs and enrichment programs launched this fall as part of a recently awarded $2.4 million five-year grant. The first lineup of elementary sessions wraps up Thursday, Dec. 6, and the second lineup begins in January.   The first sessions for middle and high schools run through Thursday, Jan. 30, 2019. The next sessions will…

The McMinnville School District (MSD) will join an international event next week called an “Hour of Code.” Created to coincide with Computer Science Education Week, this year celebrated December 3 – 7, the event is a one-hour introduction to computer science.  The Hour of Code is designed to demystify computer coding, to show that anybody…

McMinnville High School (MHS) Junior Finn Reuter has been elected to serve a one-year term as on the Executive Board of the Oregon Association of Student Councils (OASC). Finn delivered a speech in front of 1,500 students from 100 Oregon high school who attended the annual OASC Fall conference this month in Seaside. Also as…

McMinnville School District parents are invited to SIP Night on Monday, Nov. 26 beginning at 6 p.m. at McMinnville High School (MHS). The event, which includes four 30-minute sessions, includes two presentations by every school on a different topic. Sample topics include: “Show Up and Succeed” – MHS staff presents a session on the “Attendance…

Congratulations to district staff for winning the grant funds for the following projects. The McMinnville Education Foundation (MEF) has announced its annual mini-grant recipients with nearly $25,000 in 36 projects funded. Teachers and staff at all levels were allowed to request grant funds up to $1,000 to augment educational opportunities such as field trips, classroom…

Joel Ruden, sixth grade student at Patton Middle School, has been named to the 2019 Oregon Music Education Association (OMEA) Middle School All-State Mixed Choir.  Joel, who submitted a recording of himself singing as part of the audition process, is one of 110 musicians who were selected out of several hundred students from around the…