District News

This week is National School Volunteer Week. Thank you, volunteers, for your service to our schools and our students! McMinnville schools benefit from tremendous dedication and hours of service from hundreds of school volunteers. Volunteers work with students, chaperone field trips, organize school and class events, assist with supplemental fundraising activities, help prepare materials for…

MHS Principal Kris Olsen is the latest administrator in the District to win statewide honors for outstanding leadership. He was named Oregon High School Principal of the Year this morning in a surprise announcement during a staff meeting.  The award is sponsored by the Oregon Association of Secondary School Administrators. It recognizes outstanding principals who…

The Grandhaven Elementary School choir presented their final concert of the school year on Tuesday, April 21. The choir was joined by the Rose City Mixed Quartet, a four-member group that has been performing together for 20 years.  The students sang a variety of pieces that demonstrated their educational growth throughout the year, beginning with…

Eighth graders from Patton and Duniway middle schools visited McMinnville High School’s Engineering & Aerospace Sciences Academy (EASA) on April 22. The students, who are interested in applying for EASA, spent the morning at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, where EASA is located. “This is the biggest turnout we’ve ever had,” said Sean Burke,…

McMinnville FFA Members competed in two different state FFA competitions last week. On Friday, Alec DeMarco, Hayly Clouse and Kaylyn Clevenger placed third as a team in the state Nursery/Landscape contest. Members competed in landscape problem solving, landscape plant identification, test, team activity, outdoor pest, diseases and tools identification. Individually, Hayly placed seventh and Alec placed…

Daphne Riddle and Jason Kiff (top, right) have qualified to complete in the Statewide Spelling Championship at the Oregon State Fair on Sept. 5, 2015. Daphne will represent Yamhill County in the Division I category (Grades 1-5) and Jason will represent Yamhill County in the Division III category (Grades 9-12).  Both Daphne and Jason scored…

McMinnville School District has been recognized for high standards in government and financial reporting by the Association of School Business Officials. The district received the Award of Financial Reporting Achievement for its 2013-14 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. The award is the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting. In…

Fifty-eight students from McMinnville High School participated in the annual Model United Nations conference in Eugene in April. Throughout the year students study current global issues. At the Model U.N. conference, they represent a country. Their participation includes studying the perspective of the country that they represent in this mock U.N. At the conference, committees…

The important contribution that teachers make to students is recognized officially this week as part of Teacher Appreciation Week. Join students, parents, community members and staff in thanking a teacher for all they do every day. The official school board proclamation reads: WHEREAS, today’s teachers mold our future citizens through their guidance and education, and…

As a regional Shakespeare competition winner, MHS junior Eric Armstrong  earned a chance to compete against 57 students from around the country in the English-Speaking Union National Shakespeare Competition at Lincoln Center Theater in New York on April 27.  Armstrong performed a sonnet and a monologue at the 32nd annual competition. All of the student…