District News

MHS junior, Eric Armstrong, won first place at the regional English Speaking Union Shakespeare Competition, held at Lewis and Clark College. He was supported by the local McMinnville ESU Branch, acting coach Judith Miller, and MHS Drama Director, Bethany Mason. Through this unique competition, students are encouraged to develop their communication and acting skills, as…

Don’t miss your chance to hear the award-winning MHS choir at two upcoming performances: March 3: The 9th Annual Community Choir Celebration This event will feature choirs from Columbus Elementary School, Patton and Duniway middle schools, McMinnville Women’s Choir, MHS Symphonic Choir, and Linfield Concert Choir. All of the choirs will combine for the  finale.  The…

March 2-6 is Classified Employee Week. This week, we are honoring and recognizing the dedicated support staff who serve our students, schools and district. Classified employees are the “backbone” of the public school system, providing support and working directly with students, staff, parents, volunteers, business partners and community members. Classified employees are secretaries, educational assistants,…

Congratulations to MHS student Brian Barnes, the new Oregon wrestling champion, for winning the 190-weight pound class and to the entire MHS Wrestling team for their fourth-place finish as a team at the state wrestling tournament this past weekend. Thanks to the relentless efforts of Aspen Nelson (2nd place, 113 lbs), Alvaro Flores (3rd place, 106 lbs),…

This is National School Breakfast Week, which recognizes the importance of starting the school day with a nutritious breakfast to help students succeed in school. This year McMinnville schools expects to have served more than 320,000 breakfasts. This year, the District has offered free lunch and breakfast daily to every student as part of a pilot…

A new grant from Wells Fargo and the Portland Trailblazers Foundation will improve learning space for students in the R.I.S.E. program. R.I.S.E. stands for Reaching Individual Students Every Day. It is a behavioral growth program for students with special needs. The Take it to the Court grant  is for $6,000. It will fund outdoor sport courts and…

Noah Miller, a Duniway Middle School eighth grader, has been selected as Oregon’s top middle level youth volunteer in the 2015 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program. As a state honoree, Noah will receive a $1,000 award, an engraved medallion, and an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., for a series of national recognition events in…

It’s not too late to catch the current theatrical production at McMinnville High School. The current show is Harvey, a play about a man and his imaginary rabbit friend, Harvey. The production is directed by MHS drama teacher Bethany Mason.  The play opened last weekend. There are shows tonight, Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m….

Duniway Middle School was represented in the regional compeition of the Oregon Battle of the Books last weekend at Silverton High School. The students, all sixth graders, made it through the first round and were eliminated in the second round of competition.  The team, pictured left to right, includes Joslyn Hui, Dana Vollmer, Kassandra Matthews and Jazmine Jones….

The McMinnville High School Unified Sports Basketball Team won first place at the statewide tournament last Saturday. Unified Sports® is a program that combines approximately equal numbers of Special Olympics athletes and athletes without intellectual disabilities (known as unified partners) on sports teams for training and competition. The team is coached by Colleen Rentz, Charlotte Smail…