Training athletes: Silverton High adopts ‘whole body’ philosophy

July 2010 Posted in School, Sports | No Comments »

By Kristine Thomas Summer athletic clinics Silverton High School 1456 Pine St. For students in sixth – 12th grade Friday, Aug. 13 8:30 - 10 a.m., Speed and Efficiency 11 a.m.- 12:30 p.m., Injury Prevention and Vulnerability Testing Saturday, Aug. 14 8:30 -10 a.m., Power Development 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ...

Driven: Wrestler Izaak Tobin excels

July 2010 Posted in People, School, Sports | No Comments »

By Cambria Roth Izaak Tobin is not your average incoming sophomore in high school. Six days of the week, he drives an hour and a half to practice in Hillsboro and on days off, he runs. His work ethic is taking him ...

Striving for excellence: Silverton High valedictorians and salutatorians reflect on high school and the future

June 2010 Posted in People, School | No Comments »

By Kristine Thomas Some of them are perfectionists. The majority are procrastinators. Some are quiet and some eager to speak. The areas they plan to major in college vary from film studies to Biblical studies and engineering to premed. Some struggle with the ...

Goal met: JFK seniors celebrate

June 2010 Posted in People, School | No Comments »

By Kristine Thomas Technically, they are both valedictorians, John F. Kennedy High School seniors Marissa Donohue and Alex Morrissey said. Officially, Donohue is the valedictorian and Morrissey is the salutatorian for the JFK Class of 2010. “On the day they looked at the ...

Balancing act: School districts adjust strategy to meet funding shortfall

June 2010 Posted in News, School | No Comments »

By Kristine Thomas Mount Angel Schools Superintendent Bob Young and Silver Falls School District Superintendent Craig Roessler frequently hear rumblings of financial storms about to create havoc on their school districts. But Young and Roessler were caught off-guard when the state ...

Athletes wrap up seasons

June 2010 Posted in School, Sports | No Comments »

By Cambria Roth Silverton Track The Silverton High Schools boys and girls track and field teams both won the Mid-Willamette Conference district and dual championships. Qualifying for the state meet in Eugene in May were Jordan Sinn in the 400 and 4x400 ...

Roasting Roessler: Pre-retirement account of skis, skunks, ‘n’ trunks

June 2010 Posted in People, School | No Comments »

By Dixon Bledsoe After 35 years as an educator, Craig Roessler is about done with “finals” in his “senior” year. Retirement is close at hand. The personable and highly-respected educator has, according to most who know him, made the dean’s list ...

New ways, new rates: ‘Non-graduates’ jump under ‘co-hort’ formula

June 2010 Posted in School | No Comments »

By Kristine Thomas When Silverton High School Vice Principal Dandy Parsons reviewed Class of 2009 data, she found 21 of 302 seniors didn’t complete their education, resulting in an 87.1 percent graduation rate. But the new official method for calculating graduation percentages ...

91 years of memories: Saying good-bye to Monitor School

June 2010 Posted in Arts, Culture & History, School | No Comments »

By Steve Ritchie Peggy Glaede's personal history is so intertwined with Monitor School that the school's impending closure makes her feel like she is "losing a relative or close friend." Silver Falls School District will close Monitor School at the end of ...

Swing shift: Team aims for state

May 2010 Posted in School, Sports | No Comments »

By Cambria Roth Struggling with early season losses and feeling as if they lacked cohesiveness, the Silverton High School softball team didn’t begin the season in its groove. “We were faced with a really big challenge being number two when we ...

Butte Creek ‘giving fair’: Small change… big changes

May 2010 Posted in School | No Comments »

By Kristine Thomas Grace Hawkins didn’t believe it was possible for one person to change the world when she began her International Studies class at Butte Creek Elementary School this spring. An eighth-grade student, Hawkins’ perspective shifted as she researched social entrepreneurs ...

Joe Cartwright: Finding a new way to serve in Wisconsin

May 2010 Posted in People, School | No Comments »

By Vince Teresi What makes a great teacher? Mount Angel’s Joe Cartwright is searching for the answer. A graduate of John F. Kennedy High School and Stanford University, Cartwright is serving as a member of the national Teach For America corps. He is ...

Spring Week: Students raise money to benefit Medical Teams International

May 2010 Posted in School | No Comments »

By Jordan Dooley Since the inception of Silverton High School’s “Spring Week” it has become a much anticipated tradition for high school students and the community alike. This year from Friday, May 14 through Friday, May 21 the campus will be filled ...

Family first: Football coach leads by example

April 2010 Posted in School | No Comments »

By Dixon Bledsoe Silverton High School’s new head football coach John Mannion is first and foremost a family man. He and his wife, Inga, who have been married 19 years, are the parents of Sean, 18; Katie, 15; Megan, 11, and Brian, ...

Morrissey chosen president of Oregon FFA Chapter

April 2010 Posted in School | No Comments »

By Vince Teresi With the musical theme of “Superman” and dressed in a red cape, Alex Morrissey made a dramatic entrance during the electoral competition at the FFA State Convention in Corvallis. Kennedy High’s student body president was one of 26 ...

Miller Church: Pioneer family set aside land for chapel and cemetery

April 2010 Posted in Arts, Culture & History, Other, School | No Comments »

By Margot Miller Are you still celebrating Oregon’s 150th birthday? Those responsible for the upkeep of the historic Miller Church and Cemetery on Highway 213 just north of Silverton have been working hard to commemorate this historic time in the state’s ...

Photo Gallery: Silverton Basketball at State Championship

March 2010 Posted in Photo Gallery, School, Sports | No Comments »

The Silverton High School boys basket-ball team advanced to the state tourn-ament for the first time since 1969. The Foxes earned third place in the OSAA Class 5A state tournament defeating Crescent Valley 47-31; losing to ultimate state champion Jefferson ...

Photo Gallery: Silverton vs. Sherwood

March 2010 Posted in Photo Gallery, School, Sports | No Comments »

The Silverton boys basketball team defeated Sherwood 55-47 March 6 at home. The Foxes next head to Eugene to face Pendleton 1:30 p.m. March 11 at the University of Oregon's Mac Court. Photos by Mike Whitmore [gallery=15]

Courting a championship: SHS team at the top of the league

March 2010 Posted in School, Sports | No Comments »

By Cambria Roth The Silverton High School boys basketball team feels it has something special this season. And what the team is accomplishing on the court has fans ecstatic. As of press time on Feb. 24, the boys’ basketball team was ranked fourth ...

Safe passage: State awards grant for Robert Frost School walk, bike routes

March 2010 Posted in News, School | No Comments »

By Jay Shenai Thanks to more than a quarter of a million dollars in federal grant money, students walking and biking to Robert Frost Elementary School should see some improvements on their route next fall. In January, the City of Silverton was ...

Silver Falls School District honors employees

February 2010 Posted in News, School | No Comments »

Six Silver Falls School District employees will be recognized as Employees of the Year at the First Citizen banquet Feb. 20. Honorees include: Katie Tolmachoff, Middle School Classified Employee. She is an educational assistant at Mark Twain Middle School. Mike Craig, High ...

Monitor Elementary: Boundaries shifted

February 2010 Posted in News, School | No Comments »

By Kristine Thomas The closure of Monitor Elementary School this June will result in new students for both Scotts Mills and Butte Creek schools in the fall of 2010. Kindergarteners through fifth grade students will attend Scotts Mills Elementary, while sixth ...

In ‘Earnest’: Wilde comedy takes satirical slant to serious social subjects

February 2010 Posted in Arts, Culture & History, School | No Comments »

By Brenna Wiegand The Importance of Being Earnest Runs two weekends: Friday and Saturday, Feb. 26 - 27, 7 p.m.; Matinee Sunday, Feb. 28, 2 p.m., also Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 4 - 6, 7 p.m. Silverton High School Auditorium, 1456 Pine St.; 503-873-6331, ext. 3778 Admission: ...

Benefit helps teens travel

February 2010 Posted in School | No Comments »

Dinner, auction Immanuel Lutheran Church, 303 N. First St., Silverton Saturday, Feb. 6. Doors open at 6 p.m., dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. followed by an oral auction at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 and include lasagna dinner and dessert. Drawing tickets for a Traeger barbecue ...

JFK team gets conference awards

January 2010 Posted in School, Sports | No Comments »

Recipients of the 2009 Tri-River Conference football honors are: First Team: Derek Barth, defensive and running back; Nick Theimer, offensive line and linebacker; Justin Humphreys, offensive line; Dylan Barth, defensive line; Nikitta Sharabarin, punter.  Second Team: Derek Traeger, quarterback and ...
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