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High school Drama Club to stage dark drama, Ibsen's 'A Doll's House'
Drama students at Sweet Home High School hit the stage this weekend for three performances of "A Doll's House." The first performance is on Friday, May 27 at 7 p.m., with subsequent shows on Saturday,...
Carnival back at Oak Heights
Oak Heights School held its first Carnival in 2½ years Saturday, May 21. Principal Todd Barrett said the event, aimed at raising money for improvements the school playground, drew the largest...
School district names ESPY winners for May
Sweet Home School District named its ESPY Award winners for May at the May 9 School Board meeting. In front, from left, in the first photo from the meeting, are Sailor Burr, third grade, Hawthorne...
Sweet Home School District Clothing Closet reopens
The Sweet Home School District Clothing Closet reopened May 4 at River of Life Fellowship, 1658 Long St., for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began in the spring of 2020. Hours are 1 to...
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Wet May Week
The May Week Track Meet competition on Friday afternoon, May 6, brings out self-sacrificial spirit and a lot of showers as Sweet Home High School juniors, on ground, from left, Trenton Smith, Mars...
School district faces challenges in 2022-23 budget
By Benny Westcott Of The New Era The Sweet Home School District's 2022-23 proposed budget was released for public review and a budget message from Acting Supt. Terry Martin was delivered to district...
School board grants Supt. Lisa Riggs furlough
Sweet Home School District Supt. Lisa Riggs will take a leave of absence for the remainder of the school year for "personal" reasons, School Board members agreed Monday night, May 2, following a...
Sweet Home Junior High announces Quarter 3 Honor Roll (April 27, 2022)
SEVENTH GRADE 4.00: Xander Blom, Ryker Burr, Khrystoffer Domingo, Kellen Hartsook, Austyn Hogan, Brittany Lippert, Micah Matney, Landon Murry, Lexi Rundell, Olivia Saveskie, Miu Simmons, Nate Swanson, Gavin Tyler and Victoria Victor. 3.50-3.99: Maile...
Visitors attempt to attend teacher's appeal hearing
About a dozen people attempted to enter the Sweet Home School District office Wednesday afternoon, April 13, to attend an appeal hearing for Tina Tressel. Tressel was terminated Nov. 8, 2021, after...
Sweet Home students to pursue tech-ed degrees at Linn-Benton
Five Sweet Home students signed letters of intent April 14 to pursue technical education degrees at Linn-Benton Community College, during the National Coalition of Certification Centers (NC3) Letter of Intent Signing Day. The virtual signing day...
Steppin' up at the forestry competition
In this photo, Tristan Lemmer, left, and Alex Miller compete in the crosscut event during Sweet Home High School Forestry Club's invitational competition Saturday morning. Dom Freeman, center, oils,...
District announces April ESPY award winners
April ESPY award winners: Foster School: Mitchell Cockrell and Piper Smith, kindergarten. Hawthorne School: Sidney Turpen, second grade; and Brooke Doyle, fourth grade. Oak Heights School: Zeplin Berg and and Alexus Bernardi, sixth grade. Sweet Home...
District teachers seeing silver linings during 'tough' year
By Benny Westcott Of The New Era Sweet Home teachers have demonstrated resilience during a difficult school year, School Board members heard from certified representative Steve Thorpe Monday evening, April 11. “I tell my wrestlers that how you resp...
Winners named in My Healthy Sweet Home poster contest
Some talented young artists got a chance to practice their craft while also conveying important health messages in a poster contest at Sweet Home High School. The winners of the My Healthy Sweet Home...
OSU names Honor Roll
Names of students who have made the Scholastic Honor Roll Winter 2022 have been announced by Oregon State University. To be on the Honor Roll, students must earn a B-plus (3.50) or better and carry at least 12 graded hours of course work. Students...
High school, COMP-NW students collaborate in program
Juniors and seniors in Michelle Snyder's anatomy and physiology class at Sweet Home High School have been learning not just from their teacher but from other students like themselves – ones,...
School Disrict honors March 2022 ESPY Winners
Foster School: Mickey Russell and Bella Walls, first grade. Hawthorne School: Paisley Grabeel*, second grade; and Ava Padua*, sixth grade. Holley School: Hensley Haigh, first grade Oak Heights: Arash Hemedanizadeh, first grade; and Bryce Barber,...
Blue-Collar Career Fair
Fifty-five juniors and seniors at Sweet Home High School attended a March 16 High School Career Fair at the former Wells Fargo building. Represented businesses included Knife River, Albany's Palm...
Mask mandate end brings 'newness' to school life
Sweet Home High School wasted no time in getting back to pre-pandemic programming on Monday, March 14, the first school day in Oregon since the state's long-held mask mandate was lifted on March 12....
In-person graduation ceremonies return to OSU
Oregon State University’s campuses in Corvallis and Bend will hold in-person commencement ceremonies this year, the university has announced. The Corvallis ceremony will take place at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 11, at Reser Stadium. The...
Sweet Home at Oregon Logging Conference
Sweet Home high-schoolers partook in the 84th annual Oregon Logging Conference last week at the Lane County Convention Center and Fairgrounds in Eugene. In the first photo, Dom Freeman and Madi Seavy...
High School announces First Semester Honor Roll
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,...
Sweet Home School District February ESPY Award Winners
Foster School: Violet Wilson and Blake Bellon, second grade. Oak Heights School: Abigail Meek, third grade; and Jaxson Hutson, kindergarten. Hawthorne School: Abby Banker and Willow Hart, first grade; and Nathan Uhlry, second grade. Holley School:...
Principal: Grad rate worrisome
Sweet Home High School Principal Ralph Brown told School Board members, at their monthly meeting Monday, Feb. 14, that the percentage of freshmen on track to graduate worries him “greatly.” Brown said that the percentage of ninth-graders on...
Scholarships available for students pursuing health care
The Lebanon Community Hospital Foundation is accepting scholarship application programs for east Linn County students pursuing careers in health care. Scholarships are available for medical, nursing and nursing education students as well as students...
