Sent to RG for Sunday edition on Mother’s Day… sadly the reporter only put in one of the great accomplishments- wanted to make sure you had access to them- this is, of course, not all of them… but a great sample. Enjoy….
School District Kudos –
With board vice- chair- Twinkle Ann Morton
Just wanted to print a few of the many things our students excel at… impressive range of things and I have only scratched the surface. Enjoy reading of their many accomplishments.
Elmira High School received ranking in national publication
Elmira High School is a “bronze medal” school this year according to the USA Today rankings. Last year, EHS won the “silver medal”. This foregrounds our high graduation rates. The Four Year Cohort Graduation Rate has the State Average at 73.8% while Elmira High School recorded an 89.83% rate which is well above the state average. Similarly, the Five Year Cohort Graduation Rate shows the State Average to be 76.49%, and Elmira High School’s average is 88.35%.
Fern Ridge Elementary Schools Perform Well in OBOB at state
The Fern Ridge School District sent several teams to the OBOB competition. On the elementary level both Veneta and Elmira schools performed very well. Congratulations to the Veneta team who made it to the “Sweet Sixteen” standing. The team consists of Jake Bondurant, Jacob Janeczko, Alexys Kallio, and Bailey Cedarleaf. Jake and Alexys are fourth graders and Bailey and Jacob are 5th graders. They were coached by Jake’s father Nate Bondurant. The Elmira team made it to the “Elite Eight” battling it out during overtime rounds, and the members are called “The No Mercy (Sisters) Return”. Their names are Grace Vestal, Nancy Coffman, Gracie Storey, Kelly Torres and Lucy Mitchem. With thanks to Alisa Johnson for coaching them. Nice job to everyone who read, participated and tried their best. All of you made us proud!
Fern Ridge Middle School Wins OBOB at State
The OBOB team consisted of three 8th graders from last year’s team and one 6th graders (Josiah Lorenz, Emily Eagle-Eye, Jessica Woods, and Zola Walker). The kids put in a lot of hard work along with their coach Sherry Cooper.
Fern Ridge Middle School at Brain Bowl at LCC
Fern Ridge Middle School competed in their first Lane County Brain Bowl today. They did great! They got third out of 17 teams. There were some incredibly smart middle schoolers in that room. Everyone would like to thank Angie Pebworth and Jason Alansky for organizing and coaching the team. Middle School Brain Bowl competition involves students in grades 6 to 8 in games similar to athletic competitions offered at this level. Questions are read in major areas of learning and the team member buzzes in when he or she knows the answer. The participants in this event were Maddie Alansky, Emily Eagle Eye, Josiah Lorenz, Reign Luxembourger, Ian Miller, and Megan Porter.
Elmira High School OBOB in Fern Ridge District
The team won the first round in the Terrific 12 split bracket but then lost in the Elite 8 second round, which sadly was a sudden elimination match. The participants are Finn King, Celeste Ossowski, Cooper Barnes, Jessica Coone, and Jessica Yost. Everyone put in a great deal of work and thanks goes out to their coach Sherry Cooper and Forrest Cooper for his help at the competition.
Veneta Elementary Earth Day Fair
Our Earth Day Fair was a huge success again this year. We increased the time by one hour and were able to have all of VES students and some Elmira Elementary School students attend. At another event, we had our Third Quarter Award ceremonies where we gave out 118 class awards, 117 outstanding citizen awards, and 11 perfect attendance awards.
Fern Ridge Family Resource Center
Fern Ridge School District now has a Family Resource Center! Located at Veneta Elementary School, the Family Resource Center will provide services to all families in the district with a focus on families with children birth to five years old. As it gets going, the center will feature information for families on community resources, parent education workshops, and activities for small children. The goal for the center is to help build literacy skills in small children and help families make the transition to kindergarten. The Family Resource Center is made possible by a grant from Lane Kids.
Our Family Resource Coordinator is Angi Trent who has been on the job for a short time, but she already has big plans for the Family Resource Center. Plans included a play date on March 9th which featured sensory play with shaving cream and a visit from a local police officer. It was a big hit with kids and families alike. Stay tuned for more events in the works.
For more information on the Fern Ridge Family Resource Center contact Angi at 541-935-8225 ext. 418.