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Meet Freshmen of the Year: Grace Gardner and Kyler Bondesen
					Kyler Bondesen and Grace Gardner have been selected as this year’s Freshmen of the Year. Grace, 15, is…				
			
			June 24, 2025
School Board chair says good-bye, district budget approved
					The Sweet Home School Board officially approved the district’s roughly $68.8 million budget for 2025-26 at its monthly…				
			
			June 17, 2025
Local sixth-graders head for Junior High
					Hawthorne and Oak Heights elementary schools both held sixth-grade progression ceremonies on Thursday, June 12, as did Foster.…				
			
			June 17, 2025
Tigers finish school year with some fun
					Jeffrey Gardner, above, waves his team’s flag during Sweet Home Junior High’s annual Tiger Olympics held on Husky…				
			
			June 17, 2025
Promotion ceremony sends Tigers on their way
					Departees from Sweet Home Junior High awaited their moment in the sun during the Eighth Grade Promotion Ceremony…				
			
			June 17, 2025
Oak Heights crowns chess champ
					Oak Heights Principal Todd Barrett, above left, tests his skills against the school’s chess champion, sixth-grader Miguel Estrada,…				
			
			June 17, 2025
Graduates celebrate end of high school chapter
					By Satina Tolman For The New Era Under a flawless blue sky and a light, cooling breeze, the…				
			
			June 10, 2025
Outdoor School opens up new horizons for sixth-graders, others
					By Satina Tolman For The New Era This week, 139 sixth-graders from Sweet Home School District left behind…				
			
			June 3, 2025
District elementary kids get taste of track at All School meet
					Above, Bristol McCutcheon of Holley clears the bar in the high jump. Retired Sweet Home track coach Billy…				
			
			June 3, 2025
SHHS FFA honors top performers, names officers
					By Keeghan Gittins For The New Era Sweet Home’s Future Farmers of America chapter celebrated its annual awards…				
			
			May 27, 2025
Hawthorne sixth-graders show off their moves
					Sixth-graders from Hawthorne compete in their annual dance competition Thursday evening, May 22, in the Sweet Home Junior…				
			
			May 27, 2025
Schools’ 2025-26 budget includes $49.5 million in projected spending
					Sweet Home School Board members on Monday, May 12, approved a budget totaling $68.8 million for the 2025-26…				
			
			May 20, 2025
School Board hears how activities keep kids invigorated, connected
					Certified union president Steve Thorpe, a math teacher and wrestling coach at Sweet Home High School frequently delivers…				
			
			May 20, 2025
PEO Chapter DD announces scholarship recipients
					The Philanthropic Education Organization (P.E.O.) Chapter DD has announced this year’s scholarship recipients. Luka Ogden received a Marguerite…				
			
			May 13, 2025
Photo Gallery: May Week Fun
					Sweet Home Veterans Club Honor Guard members lead Sweet Home High School students down Long Street Friday afternoon,…				
			
			May 13, 2025
Students get special introduction to CTE at SHHS
					Students from a variety of area schools got a chance to try a variety of technical skills Thursday,…				
			
			May 13, 2025
School Board OKs hiring of new principal for Foster School
					Sweet Home School Board members approved the hiring of a new principal for Foster School, among other assorted…				
			
			April 22, 2025
LBCC Honor Roll
					The following students at Linn-Benton Community College earned a grade point average of 3.5 or higher for 12…				
			
			April 15, 2025
Sweet Home getting $319,150 from state Common School Fund
					Oregon’s K-12 public schools will receive a record $76.8 million from the Common School Fund in 2025, state…				
			
			March 18, 2025
School Board approves funding application for district’s ‘success’ programs
					Sweet Home School Board members on March 10 approved an Integrated Guidance Initiative for the district that will…				
			
			March 18, 2025
 
			 
												 
												 
												 
												 
						 
						 
						 
						 
						 
						 
						 
						 
						 
						 
						 
						 
						 
						 
						 
						 
						