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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....
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...
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...
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...
$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...
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...
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,...
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 &...
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...
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
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...
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...
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,...
