Rotary stages ‘May Madness’ alumni basketball
You watched them dazzle the crowds playing basketball for Silverton High School over the decades. The question now is now, do they still “got game?”
Silverton students win essay contest
By Cambria Roth Five of Silverton High School’s English Language Learners and Migrant Education students earned recognition at the 19th annual Cesar Chavez Leadership Conference in Portland this spring. The students spent a week exploring the legacy of Cesar Chavez, the son of a migrant farm worker who founded the union of farm workers. Along with learning of his dedication […]
SHS girls basketball starts new legacy
By Cambria Roth With a first-year coach, Garron Lamoreau, this was supposed to be a rebuilding year for the Silverton High School girls’ basketball team. Instead, the team proved it could succeed with determination, heart and unity. “These girls didn’t even worry about stats, they had such great chemistry that it never came up,” Lamoreau said. “They liked each other […]
Pine Street progress: Visitors tour high school construction site
By Kristine Thomas While touring Silverton High School’s Pine Street campus construction site Principal Jodi Drescher was amazed at what she saw. The work on 600-seat theater, the expanded media center and the classrooms all delighted her. But what excited her most about the additions to the now freshmen-only campus is that all Silverton High School students will be under […]
SHS marching band takes to the field
By Cambria Roth For the first time since 1999, Silverton High School’s marching band performed at halftime at a football game. Sophomore Joel Stevens is the reason the marching band program has returned to Silverton High School. Stevens is a drum major and plays the saxophone, guitar, bassoon, flute and piano. “The school puts a lot of money into athletics […]
New students offered new ‘Connections’
By Cambria Roth Finding your way through the halls of Silverton High School filled with 1,200 people you don’t know can be intimidating for new students. Now there is a place for new students to go so they do not feel so lost in the crowd. All foreign exchange and transfer students are welcome to Connections every Wednesday in the […]
Classic comedy: SHS presents madcap mayhem
You Can’t Take It with You A Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman comedy Silverton High School Theater 802 Schlador St. 7 p.m. Nov. 7, 8, 13, 14 and 15 and 2 p.m. Nov. 9 Tickets: Students and senior citizens $3 and adults $5, available at the door. By Kathy Cook Hunter You Can’t Take It with You, a madcap […]
SHS Homecoming
By Cambria Roth Silverton High School students invite the community to celebrate the 2008 Homecoming from Oct. 21 to 24. Students are eager to celebrate a week of festivities, including the Homecoming Dance with a Hollywood theme and dress-up days as cowboys, Hollywood stars, animals from movies and black and orange. Students in grades kindergarten through sixth grade are invited […]
‘Treats’ for SACA: Watch for SHS students
Silverton High School students trick-or-treating on Halloween night are hoping they don’t get any candy. Instead, they are setting their sights on something with a little more nutritional substance – nonperishable food such as canned fruits and vegetables, soups, beans, tomato sauce, rice and pasta. Seniors Garrison Schmidt and Christi Zollner invite high school students to meet at 5 p.m. […]
New rules stress safety: Football game attendees face changes
By Kristine Thomas
No student bags, purses or backpacks.
No bringing in outside beverage containers.
No leaving the football stadium and returning.
Those are the new rules, beginning this fall, for students attending Silverton High School football games.
District adds early release days
In the past, the Silver Falls School District had three teacher in-service days where students in kindergarten through eighth grade didn’t attend school so their teachers could have a professional planning day. At Silverton High School, students had late start days so their teachers could have time for professional development. This year, students at all grade levels will have 12 […]
SHS Construction on schedule
Things definitely don’t look the same as they did in June at the Pine Street Campus of Silverton High School. Construction workers have been busy preparing the athletic fields to be planted this fall and the steel frames are in place for the new two-story classroom wing while work has begun on the new gym, 500-seat auditorium and library. Silver […]
Juvenile crime an issue of attitude
By Matt Day
In her 10th year of work with Silverton Youth Peer Court, Cynthia Schaeffer is noticing a trend she’s never seen before.
Theft is up from last year. Between January and May of 2008, 33 percent of peer court cases were theft-related, up 10 percent from the same period in 2007. But theft fluctuates year to year, and she isn’t worried about the jump in cases.
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