District News

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….

Memorial Elementary fifth grade student Owen James and Duniway Middle School eighth grader Daphne Riddle won first place in their divisions in the Yamhill County Spelling Bee. The students advanced through the school bee, the district bee and now the county bee.  They will represent Yamhill County in the elementary and middle school divisions at…

McMinnville High School AP art students kick off their annual showcase with a free reception on Wednesday, April 18 from 6 – 7 p.m. at Linfield College’s Lou Gallery. The show will run for a week, through April 25, 1 at the college gallery, which is located here. The gallery is open from 8 –…

McMinnville High School teacher Susanne Sayles has been named Outstanding Young Educator by McMinnville’s Distinguished Service Awards. The designation will be officially bestowed at tonight’s banquet at the McMinnville Ballroom. The event runs from 6 – 9 p.m.  Tickets are $40 per person or $320 for a table of eight. Contact Cassie Sollars at 971.241.0153…

Up and coming writers schools across the district have been named winners in the  25th annual Paper Gardens Celebration. Chosen from either prose (fiction or nonfiction) or poetry (traditional, Haiku, free verse or place) 33 McMinnville School District student entries, and two teacher entries, won recognition in 14 different prose or poetry categories. Winners, along…

The McMinnville School District and the Hispanic PTA are hosting the Latino Community Resource Fair on Saturday, April 28 from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. at Duniway Middle School. The event features representatives from local service agencies including the county health department, Youth and Family Services, Head Start, Lutheran Community Services, McMinnville police department, McMinnville…

Over spring break, students who are a part of the McMinnville Drama Program at McMinnville High School and Patton Middle School visited New York City. While there, students and parents participated in four full days of theater-related activities including: An audition workshop taught by Broadway professionals Touring Theatres around Times Square A tour of Radio…