Photo Gallery: Silverton vs. Sherwood
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.
Courting a championship: SHS team at the top of the league
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.
Safe passage: State awards grant for Robert Frost School walk, bike routes
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.
Silver Falls School District honors employees
Six Silver Falls School District employees will be recognized as Employees of the Year at the First Citizen banquet Feb. 20.
Monitor Elementary: Boundaries shifted
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.
In ‘Earnest’: Wilde comedy takes satirical slant to serious social subjects
The Importance of Being Earnest, a play written in 1894 by Oscar Wilde, opens the last weekend in February. It is Silverton High School Theater Department’s second play in the new school auditorium, but the theater has already hosted several community events.
Benefit helps teens travel
Seeing a Broadway play, visiting the Statue of Liberty, walking through Arlington Cemetery, touching the Vietnam Memorial – these are the goals of group of Mark Twain Middle School students planning a trip to the East Coast in June.
JFK team gets conference awards
Recipients of the 2009 Tri-River Conference football have been named.
The house that Trojans built
Mt. Angel’s Kennedy Trojans finished the 2009 season as second in the state for 2A football, but their dream season was not over. They made another dream come true. Five members of the team accompanied by coach and Spanish teacher David Stavros and his wife, Gina, went to Lima, Peru over Christmas break to dedicate a home for a family that was built with money the team raised earlier this year.
Frigid temperatures, fast times: Aqua Foxes aim for success
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.
Dancing divas: SHS girls find friendship, fitness part of teams’ benefits
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.
Away from home: Exchange students talk about holiday traditions
Interviewed by Cambria Roth
Kennedy High football: Trojans take secon place in state 2-A
The 2009 schedule posters displayed in many Mt. Angel businesses labeled the Kennedy High School football team as “Bigger, Stronger, Faster.” The team certainly lived up to that standard.
Sharing resources: JFK students join in SHS career and tech programs
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.
SHS Project Graduation plans fundraisers
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.
Anderson earns cross country recognition
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.
Donohue, Morrissey named finalists
Marissa Donohue and Alex Morrissey were recently selected as state finalists in Wendy’s High School Heisman Awards program.
Kennedy High fall sports All State honors named
The OSAA recently announced winners of the Dairy Farmers of Oregon Academic All State honors for fall sports. Kennedy High School Boys Cross Country team came in first place in the 1A/2A/3A division with a team GPA of 3.74.
Silverton FFA student a national champion
Carson States of the Silverton FFA Chapter was named the 2009 National FFA Champion in Extemporaneous Public Speaking during the 82nd National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 21–24. He is the first FFA member from the state of Oregon to win this honor in the National FFA Career Development Event.
Cross country: JFK places high
The Kennedy Cross Country teams concluded a successful season at the OSAA State Meet on Nov. 7. The Kennedy boys finished in 11th place and the girls took 9th.
New superintendent: Bellando to replace Roessler July 1
Robert Frost Elementary School Principal Beth Davisson was the first to call Andy Bellando boss, but she certainly won’t be the last.
SHS FFA competes at national agronomy event in Indianapolis
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.
Therkelsen named DAR Good Citizen
Anna Therkelsen was recently selected as John F. Kennedy High School’s Daughter of the American Revolution Good Citizen. This program and scholarship contest is sponsored locally by the Belle Passi Chapter DAR. Initially, the high school staff nominates seniors based on dependability, service, leadership and patriotism. From the list of nominees, the seniors vote. Because their vote resulted in a […]
Photo Gallery: Food drive – Community contributes to SACA
Volunteers carried, sorted and stacked donations during the Oct. 17 food drive for
Silverton Area Community Aid.
Mosher and Fisher: SHS grads return as the school’s volleyball coaches
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.
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