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 By Benny Westcott    News    May 31, 2023 

Vals, sal lead SHHS Class of 2023

Four valedictorians and one salutatorian will lead the Sweet Home High School Class of 2023 graduation exercises, scheduled from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, June 9, at Husky Field, 1012 22nd Ave....

 
 News    May 31, 2023 

Sweet Home FFA enjoys spring bounty

By Annabelle Morris Sweet Home FFA Member The Sweet Home chapter of Future Farmers of America has accomplished and seen a lot over the last few months. First, we attended the March 16-19 Oregon FFA...

 

Auction and More at Oak Heights

It was fun and games Saturday evening, May 20, at Oak Heights as the school PTC put on its annual carnival and auction, which provides funds for school needs and activities....

 

Learning About Birds and Trees

Kate McMichael, right, of the Eugene chapter of Oregon Women in Timber, teaches Riley Allison, left, and Callen Barter, center, as well as other Hawthorne Elementary School students, about natural...

 

May ESPY Winners

ESPY Award winners for May, honored at the May 8 School Board meeting, are, from left, Delton O'Neal, sixth grade, Hawthorne; Mason Lopez, senior, Sweet Home High School; Everleigh Higholt, fourth...

 

Hawthorne wins attendance

Schools Supt. Terry Martin, left, congratulates Aaron Huff, interim principal at Hawthorne School, which won the trophy for best attendance during the month of April. Hawthorne's attendance...

 
 By Benny Westcott    News    May 17, 2023

Holley fifth-grader wins contest for student library-card design

Holley Elementary School fifth-grader Aubree Hegge was shocked to learn she'd won a contest to design a new student library card for the Sweet Home Public Library, beating out 24 other entries with...

 
 By Benny Westcott    News    May 10, 2023

Schools, city develop plan after Foster shooting affair

Sweet Home city and school district officials have come up with a plan to improve communication following an incident in which the public was kept in the dark for more than a month after a neighbor of...

 
 By Benny Westcott    News    May 10, 2023

$65 million budget for schools moves to board

A $65,236,782 spending plan for Sweet Home’s schools, nearly $10 million dollars more than the current year’s adopted budget of $55,584,273, was approved Monday, May 8, by Budget Committee members. Committee members, who on this day were...

 
 News    May 3, 2023

STEM Day at Foster

Teacher Sarah Harkin, left, supervises as children (and parents) build contraptions for an egg drop competition Thursday evening, April 27, at Foster School. The event included math games, an...

 
 News    May 3, 2023

Late teacher Sue Walling remembered

Education veteran Sue Walling died last fall after teaching 19 years at Foster Elementary School. Walling retired from Foster in 2017 but was still a substitute teacher there through December of...

 

Sweet Home Junior High Honor Roll (April 26, 2023)

8TH GRADE 4.00 – Heaven Leigh Ader, Xander Blom, Mailey Brewer, Ryker Burr, Kandance Mae Claunch, Marshall Ray Anthony Dixon, Khrystoffer Domingo, Brittany Lippert, Landon Robert Murry, Eddie Newell, Olivia Grace Saveskie, Isaiah Jacob Liam Scofiel...

 

District April 2023 ESPY Award Winners

These students were recipients of the Sweet Home School District's ESPY Award, presented at the School Board's April 10 meeting. From left are: Sawyer Billington, kindergarten, Holley; Audrey Davis,...

 

Sweet Home High School Honor Roll (April 19, 2023)

Following are Sweet Home HIgh School students who have been announced by the school as having made the First Semester Honor Roll for 2021-22. Students on Honor Roll must have taken at least four letter graded classes (A-C). Students who receive a D,...

 
 By Jennifer Moody    News    April 19, 2023

Sweet Home, Lebanon theater groups collaborate for musical

LAFTA was looking to regroup as a performing arts organization after its founder moved away. SHOCASE wanted to do a musical but wasn't sure how. It just made sense, said spokespeople for the two...

 

'Sword' on stage at Boys & Girls Club

Actors from the Traveling Lantern Theatre Company of Portland entertain children and adults alike, left, with their rendition of "The Sword in the Stone" at the Sweet Home branch of the Boys &...

 
 By Benny Westcott    News    April 12, 2023

Oak Heights School to see renovations

School District Business Manager Kevin Strong announced at the Monday, April 10, school board meeting that a major Oak Heights Elementary School upgrade is planned next summer. The improvements will c...

 
 By Benny Westcott    News    April 12, 2023

Manley to leave school district

Sweet Home High School natural resources and forestry teacher Blake Manley, who founded the popular YouTube series "Manley Jobs," is leaving the Sweet Home School District at the end of the school yea... Full story

 
 By Sarah Brown    News    April 12, 2023

Former area school teachers to launch Lake Town Academy

Two former school teachers are collaborating on a faith-based private school for the Sweet Home and Lebanon area. Ashley Knight, of Sweet Home, and Molly Haselip, of Lebanon, will be holding parent...

 
 By Scott Swanson    News    March 29, 2023

Students explore futures at job fair

High school students clustered around tables at the Sweet Home Boys and Girls Club Thursday morning, March 23, looking for jobs. Well, checking out the landscape, at least. Approximately 80 Sweet...

 

Forestry Club takes second at Waldport

Lexi Devlin competes in hose lay Saturday, as Sweet Home's Forestry Club made a trip to Waldport, where it placed second overall. Coach Blake Manley said only seven competitors were able to make the...

 
 By Scott Swanson    News    March 22, 2023

LBCC to see fall tuition increase

Faced with an expected shortfall in state funding, Linn-Benton Community College officials announced last week that students will likely experience a nearly 7% tuition increase in the fall, and that the college will cut two academic programs and...

 

Ten candidates vie for school board

Ten candidates are running for the six open seats on the Sweet Home School Board in the May 16 special district election, with the closure of the filing period last week. The Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District has three open seats, for which two...

 

March 2023 ESPY Award Winners

Students honored with ESPY Awards at the March School Board meeting include, from left, Harlee Bellon, kindergarten, Foster; Annabelle Mengore, fourth grade, Holley; Kianna Furst, seventh grade,...

 

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