District News

The 2017-18 school year officially launched yesterday morning with the annual Welcome Back event that highlights prior year successes and looks to the year ahead. This year’s program motif was “You’re a Shining Star” and mixed motivation, inspiration and humor to showcase the idea that the purpose of education is to enable all of us…

The McMinnville School District’s summer music camp wraps up this Friday with a group recital in the MHS auditorium beginning at noon. The four-day camp, open to area students from third through 12th grade, featured  a range of musical experiences including choir and workshops in brass, woodwinds, strings, percussion, voice, guitar, ukulele or musical theater….

More than 55 middle school students attended a STEM camp at Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum last week. The four-day camp is designed to improve science, technology, engineering and math skills through hands-on projects. In honor of the Great American Eclipse, new sessions featured an eclipse unit, as well as a new math-based unit on…

Registered kindergartners at all McMinnville School District’s elementary schools are invited to attend a four-day orientation camp to help them transition to a new learning environment. All district schools will offer the camps Tuesday through Friday, August 22 – 25. Camps run from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and include free breakfast and lunch. The camps…

Due to the expected influx of eclipse watchers, the McMinnville School District will close all buildings and facilities from Friday, August 18, at dusk to Monday, August 21, at noon. District policy remains in effect for weekend use of school properties.  Linfield College is sponsoring an eclipse viewing event for the public. For other information state-wide…

Rona Aspholm, an art teacher at Duniway Middle School, was selected as one of only 53 participants of the 2017 National Gallery of Art Teacher Institute on Art of the Renaissance held in Washington, D.C., in July of 2017. The six-day seminar brought together teachers of art, English, history, math, and related subjects from 22…

Parents and guardians can electronically begin the enrollment process by completing the district’s standard registration form online for returning secondary students or any new-to-district student.  Completing the online form will expedite the process that must be completed at the home school.  Families with more than one student will have the added benefit of copying basic…

Sue Buel, long-time educator and advocate for public education, will be memorialized at her namesake school, Sue Buel Elementary, on Friday, July 7 at 10 a.m. Mrs. Buel began teaching fifth and sixth grades at Memorial Elementary in 1949 and later moved to McMinnville High School to teach English. She was a two-term member of…

McMinnville School District (MSD)’s Hispanic PTA, the first all-Latino PTA in Oregon, was named an OnPoint Community Builder and awarded $1,000. The winners were recognized at a reception at Meriwether’s restaurant in Portland as part of the Educators of the Year announcement, which was broadcast on Live! At 7 with KGW. Pictured (from left) Tanya…

With the Independence Day holiday approaching, many families will be spending time around the water. Students in the McMinnville School District learn survival swim techniques during the school year, but there are still risks around the water. The Safe Kids Worldwide project offers a range of information and tips about water safety, including A child…