As of press time on Feb. 24, the boys’ basketball team was ranked fourth in state in the 5A Coaches Boys Basketball Poll and was in first place in the Mid-Willamette standings. The team’s league record is 12-1 and 21-2 overall. It will compete in the state playoffs, with first and second round games scheduled the first week of March and the state tournament March 11-13.
When Silverton community members gather in The Oregon Garden pavilion on Saturday, March 13, they will not only celebrate Silverton High School Athletic Department’s rich past, they will help to pave the way for its future.
To his friends, he is Elmer. At Silverton High, he is St. Elmo. While he may wear different hats, Elmer Valkenaar is consistently an eager supporter of the Silverton community. The community is equally enthusiastic about him.
Steaming teenagers emerge dripping wet from the chlorinated depths and rush over to a pile of terry cloth, quickly robing themselves to defend against the 26 degree temperature. Despite the similarities to a scene from sci-fi film, it is a familiar scenario for Silverton High School swim team members and coaches.
The music cues, the spotlight shines, and the Silverton High School Dance team takes the floor. With focus and style they execute a carefully choreographed routine.
Interviewed by Cambria Roth
JFK principal Troy Stoops had a major problem to solve last spring. He was having a tough time filling a full-time position for the next year. The open slot combined teaching agriculture and science and required certification in both.
Silverton High School Project Graduation – a parents organization raising money for the all-night drug and alcohol-free Graduation Party – is planning several fundraising events, including: Pizza night on Monday, Nov. 30, 4 to 7 p.m. with 25 percent of proceeds from food purchases from Silverton Figaro’s going to support the graduation party.
Silverton High School sophomore Morgan Anderson took 24th place at the OSAA 5A State Cross Country Meet with a time of 20 minutes and 25 seconds, earning her an All-State Honorable Mention.
Using scientific principles and investigative skills, members of the Silverton FFA Chapter competed at the National FFA agronomy career development event during the 82nd National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 21–24.
The Silverton High School volleyball program benefits this fall from two first-year coaches, both recent SHS grads. Justine Mosher (SHS ’08) coaches the freshmen team; Staci Fisher (SHS ’04) guides the junior varsity team. Both Mosher and Fisher assist Head Coach Kirsten Barnes with the varsity team, which was ranked fourth in the state at the season’s midpoint.
Rebecca Merrell, Lindsey Kariker, Hannah Roth and Jason Pallister stand on the sidelines, watching the Silverton High School football team fight for a win. Roth fetches water for the exhausted players, Merrell keeps track of the offensive stats, while Pallister records defense and Kariker wraps ankles and helps with anything medical.
Cob webs and spiders dangling from the ceilings and dragons looming in the shadows will greet students in Silverton High School halls during homecoming week, Oct. 19-24.
There isn’t anything like it in Silverton. Coming in at more than 200,000 square feet, Silverton High School’s new Pine Street campus is the largest structure in the city. With technology integrated into classrooms, a new media center and theater, it is one of the most technologically advanced buildings in Silverton.
Silverton High School seniors Sierra Druley and Hallie Day were two of 65 students selected from applicants from across the United States to attend the Oregon Shakespeare Festival 2009 Summer Seminar in August. The Summer Seminar is a rigorous two-week program designed for students who have completed their junior year. Students stay on the campus at Southern Oregon University. They […]
In the spring of 2003, Fred George formed a team of 8-year-old girls called ‘The Emeralds’ for the Silver Falls Soccer Club.
Silverton High School senior Hannah Deede began to be recruited for volleyball by Gonzaga University during her junior year.
The rules have been changed for students participating on athletic teams at Silverton High School. “These are different times for kids. Times have changed, and there are so many more challenges, distractions and things for kids to do, right or wrong, so basically, our athletic department policies have to keep up with the times in representing the kids’ best interest,” said Greg Kaatz, assistant vice principal and athletic director for Silverton High School.
Mark Jorgenson has been hired as the new Silverton High School boys soccer coach.
There are some people who just don’t like being told they can’t do something. It really doesn’t matter what the task is or how big – they’re bound to tackle it just to show it can be done.
By Kristine Thomas As a mother, Jodi Drescher knows there is no way to recapture a moment in her children’s life – once it’s gone, it’s gone. As the principal of Silverton High School she has frequently reminded her colleagues to put their families first. It’s time, she wrote in an email to colleagues, to listen to her own advice. […]
Ivan Alagoz – Chemeketa Scholars Jordan Albrich – Academic Honors Dipola-Health Occupations, SHS Alumni Assoc., Mabel Almquist, Chemeketa Scholars, West Coast Bank, Damian Altamirano – Chemeketa CAMP Jacob Anderson – Academic Honors Dipola-World Languages, Salutatorian, Mabel Almquist, Chemeketa Scholars Ana Arce – Chemeketa CAMP Alice Atsma – Academic Honors Diploma, Dairy Women James Barnes – Mabel Almquist, Brent Strohmeyer Jason Beutler – Academic Honors Diploma-Health Occupations, SAT/National Merit Scholarship Letter […]
Silverton High School Graduating Class of 2009 Photographs by Hallie Day
Kevin Palmer, Scott Gragg, Mary Purdy and Mary Steers are a handful of the athletes participating in the Silverton Rotary Club’s May Madness Alumni Basketball Extravaganza. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. May 19 at the Silverton High School Schlador Street Campus. Tickets are $5. The event is a fundraiser for the Silverton Rotary. The club provides scholarships to graduating […]
By Cambria Roth The Silverton High School Speech and Debate team won its second consecutive state championship with an outstanding performance at the OSAA 5A Speech State Championship. Senior Diana Cater and sophomore Haley Karlson will compete at the National Forensic League Tournament in Birmingham, Ala. Cater was the state champion in both Oratory and Expository speaking and quarter finalist […]
