Brockett Bulletin

Buel's Leadership students helped organize a food drive to replenish the new district food pantry located at the MSD Family Resource Center at 1500 NE Baker Street.

Call or text 971.241.3853 for information about the pantry and other services. For more photos, visit the MSD Facebook page!

Shoutout to MSD School Board chairman, Carson Benner, for organizing community members to fill holiday food boxes for student families in need!

See image below for more local food resources in McMinnville. Check out the MSD Instagram feed for more photos!

MSD is seeking to strengthen relationships and improve operations and is evaluating our communication efforts to consider priorities and needs.

We would appreciate you taking just a few moments to candidly respond to a brief survey. Thank you in advance for your participation!

The Oregon Mayor’s Association is sponsoring student arts contest for students 4th grade and older. Categories include a poster for 4th-5th grade students, an essay for middle school, and a video for high school.

Local winners will be entered into the statewide contest for a chance to win $500 as well as some locally based prizes.

Find out more.

Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) is used in MSD schools to help students develop skills for better behavior.

Oregon parents have an opportunity for free training via The Child Center. Click for more information and upcoming training dates, beginning in January 2023.

There are also specialty trainings for foster and adoptive families and families with children with autism or IDDs (intellectual and developmental disabilities).

Each month during the academic year, students from a different school present a program or activity.

This week’s Busines Meeting featured a demonstration of fifth grade language acceleration practices in Normandy Bernard’s classroom at Buel.

The Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation makes it possible for students in all our schools to undergo free vision screenings at school.

Thank you to the McMinnville Lion’s Club, whose members step up every year to staff the vision screenings at our schools!

Students from Michael Fair and Katie Hubbard’s class took a field trip to Grand Ronde and the Chachalu Museum and Cultural Center last week to wrap up a unit of learning about Native American culture.

Thinking of ways to keep the kids busy over Winter Break? The McMinnville Library has launched the annual Winter Reading Challenge and, in partnership with Parks & Rec, is offering a host of Winter Fun activities.

Check it out!

Librarian Heidi Sumner celebrated the five Duniway students who have checked out the most books since the beginning of school. (From left), Mrs. Sumner, Jacob Spiegelman, Mateo Grimaldo Lopez, Owen Olson, Justice Robinson, Elliott Wolcott and Mrs. Amerson. Congratulations, readers!

Next time ... Patton's top five!

Winter programs returned after a two-year hiatus. Check out Buel's rollicking musical extravaganza presented last week at the McMinnville Community Center. The show was directed by music teacher Debra Chiovaro and filmed by parent Jake Volz.

With school out for more than two weeks, it might be a good time to remind older students about the dangers of counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl.

According to public health and law enforcement agencies, accidental overdoses are on the rise in Oregon. Many of these overdoses are due to fake pills that are sold to young people through social media.

Click for more information.

The season can be joyful – but it can also be stressful.

Click for some tips and techniques from district nurses on how to de-stress the holidays.

Did you know that computer science skills are needed for most jobs, even in the trades, and that learning these skills can help your child find better jobs after high school?

The State of Oregon plans to invest $5 million in federal dollars to provide students access to computer science education opportunities for every public high school student in Oregon by the 2027-2028 school year.

The Oregon Department of Education is hosting engagement sessions for students, families and community members to share their thoughts and ideas about how to implement the plan.

The sessions will be held via Zoom and the registration links are below:

• Tuesday, December 20, 2022 5:30 - 7 p.m. (English)
• Tuesday, January 10, 2023 6 - 7:30 p.m. (Spanish)

If you have family members asking for gift ideas for your children, you might suggest contributions to (or the establishment of) an Oregon College Savings Account!

The tax-deductible donations can be put toward vocational training, trade school, community college or four-year university programs. Find out more here.

Winter Break begins today and runs through Monday, Jan. 2, 2023. Have a great holiday season, and see you on the first day of school for 2023: Tuesday, Jan. 3.

The Brockett Bulletin returns Friday, Jan. 6!

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Phone: 503.565.4000
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