District News

The McMinnville Noon Rotary Club honored its Outstanding Teachers of the Year recipients at a celebratory luncheon today in the Grand Ballroom. The annual awards recognize exceptional educators at each level selected based on a staff vote at each school. Principals presented the award to each teacher.  Winners  include  Ashley Allen, Memorial Kristy Kraemer, Columbus…

Recently, a group which identifies itself as “West Side Iron Workers for Justice Coalition” has picketed the district office and high school protesting a subcontractor who was hired by the district’s general contractor to work on the high school construction contract. The group met with Superintendent Maryalice Russell to express previous safety concerns they had…

Third through fifth grade students from every school in the district traveled to Portland today to participate in a massive concert with the Oregon Symphony. The project was made possible by William Rutherford, an alumnus of McMinnville Schools, and Joan Lamb, in honor of John C. McManus, former McMinnville School District music director. The project…

Due to the elementary schools’ field trip to the Oregon Symphony,  buses on all routes may be delayed about 30 minutes.

McMinnville High School’s ASB Leadership has been named a “Gold Council for Outstanding Achievement” by the Oregon Association of Students Councils. The award was given at the association’s spring conference in Portland last weekend. The Gold Council award recognizes student councils that set high standards for themselves and work to achieve those standards over the…

The McMinnville School District is offering a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) camp from Tuesday – Friday, June 19 – 22  at Evergreen Space Museum. The camp runs from 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. from Tuesday – Thursday, and on Friday (water park field trip) run from 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. The free camp is…

Preschool registration for the 2018-19 school year will be held Thursday, May 10 from 3 – 6:30 p.m. at the District Annex at 1500 NE Baker Street. (Note: families in Lafayette may register at Wascher Elementary on the same date and time.) Sue Buel, Newby, and Wascher Elementary schools offer morning and afternoon sessions of…

The McMinnville Robotics Alliance invites the community to learn about robotics in schools on Monday, May 7 from 6 – 7:30 p.m at Duniway Middle School. The event will cover school programs, invite attendees to program a robot and to watch a robotics competition. Join us!  More info here (Español). 

Students entering the sixth through ninth grades are invited to attend summer seminars on Career/Technical Education (CTE) this summer beginning June 25. The free sessions include hands-on activities and will be held in McMinnville High School’s new Career Technical Center, which was just opened in the Fall of 2017. Sessions include: Using UAVs and GPS…

Six McMinnville High School ProStart students, supervised by Culinary Arts Pathway teacher Krista Carpino, traveled to Coos Bay last weekend to compete in the Oregon Coast Culinary Institute (OCCI)’s annual Invitational.  Junior Colin Salewski (center) won first place in the Baking competition with a sweet twist on strawberry shortcake. Colin won a $4,000 in scholarship….