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Olympic bobsledder Carlo Valdes smiled from the screen at the front of Dena Morosin’s fourth-grade classroom, answering thoughtfully as students asked him questions ranging from his favorite position on the bobsled to what he struggled with when he was as student in school.
Read MoreSage Community School Board of Directors will hold a Work Session on Monday, December 17, 2018, from 9:00 am-12:00 pm.
Read MoreThe Klamath County Museum’s 12th annual History Fitness hike has been rescheduled for Saturday, Dec. 8. Registration deadline for the event is Thursday, Dec. 6. The hike was postponed from the past weekend due to weather. The event is designed to encourage outdoor exercise while exploring local history. The hike is free, but a donation is requested to defray expenses.
Read MoreA circle of drummers sang and beat a large drum in the middle of the Shasta Elementary School gym. Dancers, some younger than the students watching and dressed in Native American regalia, took the floor, sharing the flash and fun of contemporary Native American powwow dances.
Read MoreThe students picked up pens. They had 400 notes to write and only 30 minutes to do so.
“If you came to school tomorrow, what message would you like to see on your desk?” asked Caitlin Hulsey, a Henley High School senior.
Read MoreThe presidents of four public colleges and universities in southern Oregon joined forces today to create the Southern Oregon Higher Education Consortium – an alliance aimed at streamlining students’ educational pathways and addressing the region’s specific workforce needs.
Read MoreThe Oregon Institute of Technology, “Oregon Tech,” has launched the Foundational Campaign for the Future to raise $4 million, allowing the university to create strategic investments in projects, programs and people.
Read MoreSamantha Cunningham grabbed the mason jar of heavy cream and shook it hard for 10 seconds before passing it to her classmate.
In about 10 minutes, Cunningham and her Henley Elementary School classmates would have homemade butter and be able to spread it on crackers and taste it.
Read MoreKalista Whisenhunt started into the circle. Her task: Find a different way to sit on the chair than her classmates before her. But before she did, she stopped and turned around, ducking her head.
She only had three seconds.
Read MoreStudents and staff at Peterson Elementary School wore red, white, and blue Friday for a good cause: to help local military members and their families.
For a $5 donation, students and staff could wear the patriotic colors. In all, the 660 students and 40 staff members raised $708 for the 173rd Fighter Wing’s David R. Kingsley Foundation, which provides funds for military families in need.
Read More“Somedays I wanted to give up.” said one of our participants. Hunger is painful, debilitating, affecting health, education, behavior, and lives. Unless you are hungry, you will never know how it feels. Hunger is real. Fatigue, aches, dizziness, nausea, and emptiness are prevalent with hunger. Hunger does not discriminate. Hunger knows no race, religion, age or gender. Hunger is everywhere: developing countries, major cities, rural areas -- everywhere. Henley High School’s goal: ending hunger in Klamath Falls.
Read MoreA suspicious death. Eclectic family members. And more than one will from deceased patriarch Bernard Pallfeather, which is to be read at midnight.
Wisecracking detective Jack Sparks has his work cut out for him: Protecting Heather Pallfeather, while investigating the death of the family’s patriarch -- and determining who is murdering the rest of the family.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS – Students enrolled in Klamath Community College’s emergency medical programs will learn firsthand how to treat patients in a moving vehicle thanks to an ambulance that was generously donated by Basin Volunteer Ambulance Service (BVAS).
Read MoreCHILOQUIN - Sahalie Crain stands unsmiling in the middle of the Chiloquin Junior-Senior High School gymnasium holding a handmade sign stating “Won’t Make It.”
Hannah Schroeder is on a bridge in town holding another sign: “Drop Out.” Lani Jackson stands near the railroad tracks. Her sign has one handwritten word: “Trouble.”
The signs held by the Chiloquin Junior-Senior High School students – three of 12 in a video created by the school’s leadership class last spring -- represent stereotypes and perceptions of Chiloquin youth. Today, those students are ripping the stereotypes to shreds.
Read MoreFirst-time undergraduate enrollment at the Oregon Institute of Technology, “Oregon Tech,” for fall 2018 grew 9 percent in new freshmen over fall 2017, and both of its campuses in Klamath Falls and Portland-Metro also grew since last year. Enrollment of students continuing their education at Oregon Tech remained stable, verifying the positive impact of Oregon Tech’s expanded retention efforts.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS – Community members in Klamath Falls and surrounding areas are invited to attend a joint open house hosted Klamath Community College and Southern Oregon University to learn how to become a licensed teacher without leaving Klamath Falls.
Read MoreOregon Institute of Technology, “Oregon Tech,” began a new tradition as it awarded the first-ever Oregon Tech Ambassador Award to former faculty member, John Lund, Ph.D. Dr. Lund was not only applauded for the length of his tenure, but for his continued engagement and ambassadorship, even after retirement from Oregon Tech. In recognition of his continued dedication and perennial ambassadorship for the university, the award was presented to Dr. Lund at an annual length of service event held by the university Oct. 18.
Read MoreAt Shasta Elementary School, the countdown was done over the intercom. Students throughout the school were ready to simultaneously bite into their Oregon-grown apples Tuesday as part of the first-ever Crunch at Once event.
“Three, two, one … crunch!”
Read MoreTaking turns, second-graders from Ferguson Elementary School carefully filled their test tubes with water and mud from an outdoor wetlands classroom at Mazama High School. Their next step: Look at the water and mud under a microscope.
Read MoreLost River students win OSP’s SafeOregon PSA video contest
Even though she was just acting, it was hard for Katelyn Dever to act like a bully. “It felt so wrong,” the Lost River senior said as she recalled slamming classmate Mariah Manzo into a locker, pushing her down to the floor and kicking her. Her actions were part of a scene in an award-winning video she and three classmates produced to bring awareness to the impact of bullying.
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