District News

The district championship Spelling Bee took place today with the top three students from every district school competing for top prize. Winners in the elementary division include first place Owen James, Memorial; second place Jameson Rickards, Newby; and third place Arabelle Wolcott, Columbus. Middle school division winners include Daphne Riddle, Duniway; second place Sierra Savage,…

Families unable to attend this week’s meeting on school safety can access audio files of the meeting and download the materials that were distributed by visiting this page. A follow-up meeting focused on counseling and mental health supports for students and families will be scheduled in the coming weeks. Date TBA.

The McMinnville School Board adopted the 2017-2018 academic calendar at this week’s business meeting. The calendar committee had proposed two options and submitted them for a vote by staff and parents in February.  The option approved includes fall conferences during Thanksgiving week.  Key dates for the year include:                 September 4  – First day of…

Questions and Answers   Q: How will teachers respond if students get up and walk out of class as part of a planned student walkout/protest? Teachers will respond to the situation in the same way they would respond if any other student left class without permission, including recording the student as absent. Students who are…

Three McMinnville School District facilities and a private residence were vandalized over the weekend with graffiti. Police and district administration are investigating the matter.

March 5 – 9 is Classified Employee Appreciation Week. The week celebrates and honors the dedicated support staff who serve our students, schools and district. Classified employees are the secretaries, food service workers, educational assistants, custodians, maintenance workers and others who provide critical services to keep the schools and district operating smoothly. On February 12,…

Teresa Denney, Tech TOSA (Teacher on Special Assignment) for the McMinnville School District, is leading a new initiative at Duniway to give students a real-world intern experience. Dubbed the “tech interns,” sixth-grade students Carter Gibson, Mary McKeegan and Caden Stephens spend seventh period every day working on computer repairs and gathering news for the school…

McMinnville High School is proud to present the spring musical, Little Shop of Horrors. The show is a horror/comedy musical, by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman, about a unfortunate florist shop assistant who raises a plant which feeds on human blood and flesh. The meek flower shop assistant Seymour (played by Noah Miller) pines for co-worker Audrey (played by Anna…

The district calendar committee has presented two calendar options for the 2018-2019 school year. The final calendar will be adopted at the next School Board business meeting on March 12. The committee would like input on which option is preferred. Parents and district employees are invited to participate in a short online survey by clicking…

At last night’s business meeting, the School Board accepted a check for the newly launched “United for Classrooms” initiative. A project of the United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley, the initiative will fund $200 per elementary classroom in the McMinnville School District to help teachers support student needs. The initiative is intended to address the…