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Hockinson School District guides students toward post-graduate success
Over 600 Hockinson School District students and family members gathered at Hockinson High School for the Launching Futures College and Career Fair on Thursday, May 16. The event was part of a broader ...
Area high school athletes earn all-league honors for spring sports season
Area high school athletes were named to Greater St. Helens and Trico all-league teams for their individual successes this spring. The 4A and 3A Greater St. Helens league results include only
Hockinson science teacher reaches state finals for national teaching award
Renae Skar, a fourth grade H ockinson Heights Elementary School science teacher, is one of four state finalists for the 2024 Presidential Award of Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching
Readers respond: PPS alienates community support
As a Portland Public Schools supporter, and as parent of two PPS students, I am dumbstruck and heartbroken by the PPS board decision to dissolve individual school-run foundations in favor of a district-run foundation, (“Parent fundraising to staff their own child’s school in Portland is off the table. What comes next is uncertain”). Our school is now left without the ability to make up for gross underfunding.
School notes: Athey Idol, Pride LO and more
Lake Oswego Lake Oswego graduations Lake Oswego High School graduation is Tuesday, June 11 at PSU Viking Pavilion. Lakeridge High School graduation is Friday, June 7 at Rolling Hills Community Church. Donate your old musical instruments Do you have an...
Sunset socials studies teacher runner up for OnPoint Educator of the Year
A Sunset High School teacher has been named a runner up in OnPoint Community Credit Union’s Educator of the Year awards. Andrew Gunsul, who teaches freshmen and sophomore social studies classes at the high school, was one of four teachers in Oregon to become a runner up in the annual awards ceremony held on May 23. As a finalist in the 9-12th category, he will join three other finalists in...
Jesuit again reigns supreme, claims state lacrosse title with 12-9 win over Lake Oswego
During the 2024 Oregon Girls Lacrosse Association (OGLA) state championship game, Lake Oswego students, parents and siblings were clad in all-white. The Lakers’ fans donned matching T-shirts that read “Ring Tour 2024” across the chest, with a long list of schools down the back. Still uncrossed at the bottom of the list was Jesuit, marked in red ink and double-circled. ...
First Meeting of Transportation Committee Statewide Tour to be at Portland Community College
The co-chairs of the Joint Committee on Transportation announced that Portland Community College will be the venue for the first meeting of the Transportation Safety and Sustainability Outreach Tour. “We are excited to start hearing directly from Oregonians across the state about how we can maintain a safe, stable, and...
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