District News

On Wednesday, April 10, the McMinnville High School (MHS) Drama Department and Theatre Club present the fifth annual Talent Night Showcase. Doors of the MHS Douglas Anderson Auditorium will open at 6:30, and the show starts at 7 p.m. The showcase features musicians, actors, singers, and spoken word from the MHS student body. Admission is…

Incoming kindergartners for the 2019-20 school year are invited to register on Thursday, May 2, 2019 at their neighborhood school between 3 and 6:30 p.m. Children who are five years old on or before September 1, 2019 are eligible to enroll in the McMinnville School District’s kindergarten program. Parents can begin the registration process online….

McMinnville students will make up school days lost due to inclement weather on Friday, June 14 and Monday, June 17, 2019. For an updated printable calendar, click here  (Spanish).

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…