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All McMinnville elementary schools, and Patton Middle School, will offer free breakfast and lunch to children this summer. Any child, ages one through 18, can receive a federally funded free meal at any participating school from June 15—August 20. Elementary school sites serve breakfast from 8:30—9:30 a.m. and lunch is served from 11:15 a.m.—12:30 p.m….

Rising third graders start summer school today.  The five-week sessions are held at every elementary school in the district, running from June 22 – July 2 and August 3 – 20, from 9 a.m. until noon.  Breakfast and lunch are offered at every site. The free Step Up to Third Grade summer program is designed…

Karin Nichols, cafeteria manager at Buel Elementary  and Cindi Hiatt-Henry, director of Nutrition Services, were honored at the national School Nutrition Association (SNA) conference held in Salt Lake City this week. Nichols was recognized for winning Oregon Manager of the Year Award, which commends a cafeteria manager who has demonstrated dedication and ingenuity to improve…

McMinnville High School (MHS) students Jamie Graham (pictured) and Patrick Johnson are leveraging their technical expertise into paid internships this summer.  The programming skills acquired through the Computer Science pathway at MHS, as well as the hands-on application of those skills in MHS’s Engineering & Aerospace Sciences Academy (EASA) pathway, provided the pair with the…

Tanner Morton (pictured) took all the available courses in the Fire & Emergency Services career pathway at McMinnville High School (MHS) before graduating.  In July, he was hired by the Amity Fire District as an EMT. “I’m working on my pre-requisites to become a paramedic,” he said. Morton said he came into the pathway with…

McMinnville High School students search for summer jobs and explore career fields in various ways, including attending events like the Women in Trades Career Fair. Before school let out, 11 McMinnville High School (MHS) students took a field trip to Portland to participate in a hands-on event, which is intended to offer girls a first-hand look…

Adam Israel has been working in the pro shop at the Michelbook Country Club for about a month.  As a recent McMinnville High School (MHS) graduate who received a Marketing Pathway endorsement, Israel is getting real-life experience in his chosen field of study.  “I would definitely recommend the Business Pathway,” he said.  “There are so…

A team from McMinnville High School’s Engineering & Aerospace Sciences Academy (EASA) witnessed the SpaceX rocket explosion at Cape Canaveral yesterday morning.  Students, mentors and a teacher from EASA traveled to Florida to see a student nanolab project lift off to the International Space Station, where it was supposed to collect data about how metals…

Graduating with an endorsement in Culinary Arts gave Raychel Johnson an advantage in getting hired at one of McMinnville’s newest dining establishments, the 1882 Grille, a restaurant in the Kaos project. “I sent in my application for Kaos,” she said. “The [hiring manager] saw ProStart on my application and was interested that children in high…

Summer school at Patton is more than a learning experience for middle school students.  Recent McMinnville High School (MHS) graduates who earned an endorsement in the Education Pathway have a chance to learn, too. (Pictured, from left) Erin Allison, Mariah DeMarco, Sam Hensley and Daniel Robertson were hired to help teach students during summer school. …