Chiloquin Elementary starts strider bike program

Chiloquin Elementary starts strider bike program

Kindergarteners 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.

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Bringing the pumpkin patch to school

Bringing the pumpkin patch to school

In past years, kindergarteners at Shasta Elementary School visited a local pumpkin patch in October. This year, with COVID-19, that wasn’t possible.

But thanks to pumpkin donations from the Shasta Booster Club, Albertson’s, and Holiday Market, kindergarteners were still able to hunt for a future jack-o'-lantern.

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City Schools to begin offering in person learning for kindergarten and first grade students [UPDATED]

City Schools to begin offering in person learning for kindergarten and first grade students [UPDATED]

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - The Klamath Falls City Schools have announced they will begin in-person learning for kindergarten and first-grade students beginning October 26, 2020. Students will attend two 90-minute sessions per week on either Monday/Tuesday or Thursday/Friday.

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Kindergartners can cook when high schoolers teach

Kindergartners can cook when high schoolers teach

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — Klamath Union’s culinary arts kitchen became a kindergarten classroom Jan. 23, when Mills Elementary teacher Alissa Cruz brought her five- and six-year-olds for a cooking lesson with KU’s Child Development students, taught by Family and Consumer Sciences teacher Rhiannon Kerr.  

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