Ms. Kathy Langley has been selected as the Fern Ridge School District’s May Employee of the Month!
Ms. Langley came to the district in August of 1999 and has been a Social Studies teacher at Elmira High School ever since. Ms. Langley notes that the favorite things about her job are interacting with the students. She says there is no such thing as a “boring teenager” and goes on to mention that she enjoys seeing them succeed as well as their huge smiles on graduation night.
Ms. Langley has done too many things here at EHS to mention them all. At the urging of a student, she started the Key Club here at EHS and was their advisor for 6 years. The club focused on care packages for soldiers, school kits for a community in Africa, Easter baskets for kids at the Eugene Relief Nursery, as well as several local projects here in our community. Ms Langely currently serves on the School Safety Committee, Site Council and the District Calendar Committee. Ms. Langley was also one of the founding teachers of the annual AP debates between the Democrats (Juniors) and Republicans (Seniors) that is held every November here at EHS.
In her free time Ms. Langley likes likes to spend time with her family, reading a good book, and she also enjoys photography. The Fern Ridge School District and Elmira High School are lucky to have Ms. Langley here to serve our students. Thank you for all you do Ms. Langley!
Visit the link below for information regarding Cheer tryouts at EHS.
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Today is the day we recognize the many secretaries around the Fern Ridge School District. School secretaries are one of the foundations of our schools. We are lucky that in Fern Ridge we have many outstanding employees in this crucial role! Please join me in recognizing them today, and thanking them for the work they do each day on behalf of teachers, principals, staff, students and parents!
A public meeting of the Budget Committee of the Fern Ridge School District 28J, Lane County, State of Oregon, to discuss the budget for the fiscal year July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019, will be held at the District Administration Office at 88834 Territorial Rd in Elmira, Oregon. The meeting will take place on Monday, May 14, 2018 at 6:30 PM. The purpose of the meeting is to receive the budget message and to receive comments from the public on the budget. This is a public meeting where deliberation of the Budget Committee will take place. Any person may appear at the meeting and discuss the proposed programs with the Budget Committee. A copy of the budget document may be inspected or obtained on or after May 9, 2018 at the District Administration Office, between the hours of 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM.
Just a reminder that there is no school on Friday, April 20th.
Elementary Schools will be holding Parent/Teacher Conferences.
Fern Ridge Middle School and Elmira High School will have a Teacher Workday.
Students – Enjoy the three day weekend!
Congratulations to the 2017-2018 Fern Ridge School District Distinguished Service Award Recipients!
Distinguished Volunteer:
Sherry Cooper
Distinguished Classified Employee:
Pam Zellers, Elmira Elementary
Distinguished Educator:
Kyle Moeller, Veneta Elementary
Distinguished Administrator/Confidential Employee:
Greg Baker, District Office
Distinguished Future First Citizen:
Millie Carpenter, Elmira High School
Distinguished Emerging First Citizen:
Riley Chambers, Elmira High School
Distinguished Community Builder:
Beau Admire, Elmira High School
Please join us at Applegate Elementary School on Thursday, April 19th at 7:00 pm and help us celebrate our FRSD award winners
See the flyer below for information regarding purchasing some Vegetable Garden Starters at the Greenhouse run by the EHS Interact club!
This past Saturday, April 7th, the EHS OBOB team traveled to Chemeketa Community College in Salem, Oregon for the High School section of the state OBOB Tournament. The tournament began with “pool play” among the 15 schools that would be competing for the state title.
Elmira started out by by beating Alliance Charter School (from Oregon City) by a score of 45-25. Next up was Adrian, located south of Ontario, and EHS won by a score of 33-8. The third pool play battle was against Triad School (a private K-12 school in Klamath Falls) and again EHS won, this time by a score of 45-25. The final battle was against Imbler (a school near LaGrande) and EHS again prevailed by a score of 50-20. Coming out of pool play EHS was seeded number one with a total of 168 points scored.
The next section of the tournament was an 8 team seeded bracket. EHS matched up against the 8 seed, Imbler, and won by a score of 45-10. In the final 4 / semi-final round, EHS faced Estacada. The Final score was EHS 50, Estacada 20 and EHS was onto the Championship match that contains twice as many questions as the prior rounds.
In the Championship match, EHS faced Lebanon. While the match went back and forth, with both teams having the lead at some point, EHS went on a late run to win by a score of 68-52. This is the first OBOB championship trophy for EHS, a testament to years of work and practice put in by the members of our team and their coaches. A big congratulations to their coach and advisor, Sherry Cooper, as well as the team members: Josiah Lorenz, Emily Eagle Eye, Jessica Woods and Kelly Hoffman! Go Falcons!
Reminder that Friday, April 6th, is a no-school day in the Fern Ridge School District. It is a District wide grading day.
Mr. Ryan Chambers has been selected as Fern Ridge School District’s April Employee of the Month!
Mr. Chambers came to the district in August of 2014 as a counselor at the Fern Ridge Middle School and has been an invaluable asset to the our district ever since. He says that a favorite part of his job is helping kids and the fact that he never knows what the day is going to bring.
In addition to serving the student at FRMS as a counselor, Mr. Chambers is also adviser to the school leadership class and the chair of the middle school’s Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports Committee. He also spends his time coaching track at the middle school and soccer at the high school.
Traveling, attending live musical concerts and starting a record collection are a few ways he enjoys spending his free time. Mr. Chambers also loves to read with his favorite book of all time being The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. He is married to the talented Jennifer Chambers who is a local author as well as a substitute instructional assistant for the school district. Their three amazing kids all attend school at Fern Ridge with Keira at Veneta Elementary, Quinn at Fern Ridge Middle School and Riley at Elmira High School.
Mr. Chamber enriches the lives of students everyday at the middle school. Thank you for all you do Mr. Chambers!