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Will your child be 5 years old on or before Sept. 1? If so, it’s time to register for kindergarten. Klamath County School District elementary schools have scheduled kindergarten roundup dates in May to welcome new kindergarteners and provide a chance for parents to register their child for the 2023-24 school year.
Read MoreWill your child be five years old by Sept. 1, 2022? If so, it’s time for kindergarten!
Read MoreKindergarteners at Chiloquin Elementary straddled their new striders and pushed off, lifting their feet from the ground as the bikes shot forward. The students last week began learning to ride thanks to $5,000 in donations from Chiloquin Community Builders and Ninja Mountain Bike Performance, which were used to purchase a fleet of 30 strider bikes through the All Kids Bike program.
Read MoreGroundbreaking for a $1.3 million project that enhances and redesigns outdoor space at Chiloquin Elementary School could happen as soon as October. Thanks to community collaboration and support, organizers of the Chiloquin Green Schoolyard project have nearly all the funds necessary to build a new outdoor space that incorporates a playground area…
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - “Next week, for the first time in more than a year, most Klamath County School District students will begin returning to our classrooms full-time, five days a week,” said a newsletter sent to KCSD parents Wednesday evening.
Read MoreU.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley on Tuesday awarded a flag that flew over U.S. Capitol to Chiloquin Elementary School and its staff for their work last fall helping students, families, and the community after a quickly spreading wildfire forced the evacuation of more than 600 homes in the area.
Read MoreThe Oregon Department of Education today (Oct. 30) announced new metrics that at this time could allow Klamath County School District to bring more students back for in-person instruction, including students in its larger and suburban schools.
Read MoreIt has been more than six months since Madelyn Cory was sitting in a classroom at Bonanza Junior/Senior High School. “It was March 12,” the Bonanza junior recalled Tuesday (Sept. 8), her first day back in a brick-and-mortar classroom since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down schools statewide last spring. “I am so very glad to be back. Six months is too long.”
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - In a letter written to Klamath County School District families, KCSD Superintendent, Glen Szymoniak announces options for county schools this fall. “There is not a one size fits all answer for the district,” said Szymoniak.
Read MoreThe Klamath County School District has scheduled a series of community forums for parents who are interested in finding out more about their school’s reopening plan for the 2020-21 school year.
Read MoreKLAMATH COUNTY - The Klamath County School District is offering a free meal program for students 18 years old and younger from Monday, March 16 through Wednesday, March 18.
Read MoreCHILOQUIN, Ore. - The Klamath County School District is closing Chiloquin Elementary School Thursday, Feb. 13 and Friday, Feb. 14 to help prevent the spread of influenza. The school is scheduled to reopen Tuesday, Feb. 18. (All public schools are closed Monday in observance of President’s Day.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore - The first of 14 Play2Learn nights for families with children preparing for kindergarten will be from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6 at Peterson Elementary School.
Read MoreSchools in the Klamath County School District, with the help of community organizations and generous anonymous donors, were able this holiday season to provide hundreds of pounds of food and more than 200 holiday meal baskets as well as gifts, specialty items, and new clothing for area families.
Read MoreWant to see students smile? Bring them 100 boxes of cheese and pepperoni pizzas for lunch.
That’s exactly what students at Chiloquin Elementary School got for lunch on Tuesday. On Monday, they had an unexpected day off from school so kitchen maintenance issues could be resolved. The next day, school leaders wanted to make sure lunch was special for students.
Read MoreKlamath County School District elementary schools will host kindergarten roundups this month for families of incoming kindergartners.
During roundups, parents are introduced to the school, the teachers, and the routines, and they register their student for kindergarten. Students also get a chance to see their school and meet teachers.
Read MoreThe Klamath County School District, in collaboration with Klamath County Public Health, is closing Chiloquin Elementary School Wednesday, Feb. 13 through Friday, Feb. 15 to help prevent the spread of a viral illness. The school is scheduled to reopen Tuesday, Feb. 19. (All public schools are closed Monday in observance of President’s Day.)
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 MoreSchools throughout the Klamath County School District will be participating in “give back” activities this week, including food and clothing drives, clean-up activities, thank-you letters to community businesses, leaders and organizations, pet food drives for the Humane Society among other activities.
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