By Stephen Floyd There aren’t a lot of mild opinions about plans to rebuild Silverton Middle School through a proposed facilities bond for the Silver Falls School District. Supporters of the $138 million bond describe the 1938 wing of the middle school as beyond saving and say it could have collapsed in on itself years ago. Opponents argue the $75 […]
I recently learned something rather astounding – if you ask for ghost stories, prepare for an onslaught. Houses, storefronts, restaurants, nursing homes – and apparently nearly every school in area – all come with a ghost story or two attached. And many of them took place in… bathrooms? Which prompts the question – why bathrooms? Because – and I don’t […]
By James Day It’s been quite a couple of years for girls basketball at Mark Twain Middle School. The Mark Twain eighth-grade girls basketball team finished an undefeated season Jan 17. The Vikings were 11-0 in regular-season games and 6-0 in the jamboree. “The team had 10 girls who were tough players and defense was the strength of the team,” […]
There’s a new golden cup at Mark Twain Middle School that has sparked an interest and enthusiasm in science for students.
Mark Twain Middle School Principal Dandy Stevens said when the school was built in the 1950s, students sat in rows and listened to a lecture from their teacher while taking notes.
What do exploring a community college campus, optical illusions, laws of gravity, spending quality time with friends and nails and a cinderblock have in common?
Dandy Parsons is looking forward to working with middle school students again. “My first four years of teaching was in middle school,” Parsons said. “They have tremendous enthusiasm and the emotional and social development at this point in their lives is really amazing.”
Mark Twain Middle School art teacher Shana Chandler couldn’t have been more pleased with how her students did in their first art show.
After 31 years as an educator, Mark Twain Middle School Principal Les Keele has decided it’s time to retire. He was a classroom teacher for 25 years and an administrator for six years, including three years at Mark Twain Middle School.
By Katie Tolmachoff Char Strunk, secretary at Mark Twain Middle School, is retiring after nearly 30 years of service in education, 20 of them with the Silver Falls School District. At times, Strunk jested, the workplace has felt like a three-ring circus. Perhaps that explains her enormous collection of elephants of various size, texture and shape surrounding her desk, hanging […]
