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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Even a cloud burst couldn’t dampen the smiles of the nearly 700 graduating high school seniors parading down Main Street today for the eighth annual Klamath Promise Graduation Sensation.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Ross Ragland Theater will be beginning their second series of youth summer theater camps for ages 10-18 starting Monday, July 25, and will run until August 12. Youth will be engaging with the theater Monday thru Friday from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM.
Read MoreSALEM, Ore. - Governor Kate Brown announced today that the Oregon Health Authority will be revising its guidance for outdoor sports, as well as the exemption for college athletics.
Read MoreDue to rising COVID-19 case rates, ALL Klamath County students, including K-3 and students in rural schools, will return to comprehensive distance learning on Monday, Nov. 30.
Read MoreTo start grades K-3 in person we must have 21 or fewer new COVID-19 cases per week for 3 consecutive weeks in Klamath County. We also must have a 5% or less positivity rate on COVID-19 tests in the county for those weeks to qualify.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Dr. Hillyer will retire after, completing 11 years with Klamath Falls City Schools providing a consistent vision that has resulted in many positive impacts. He laid the groundwork by setting clear direction and tone while elevating the importance of academic achievement.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Not all of Kingsley Field is quiet on a “down day” after a busy drill weekend. The base’s science classrooms saw plenty of action March 9, when Mrs. Dahm’s fifth-grade class at Pelican Elementary School began Starbase, a Department of Defense program that engages youth with science, technology, engineering and math.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - The half cent coin no longer exists, and there are arguments for eliminating the penny. But such small amounts of cash are adding up to big changes in the Klamath Falls City Schools thanks to business owners David and Najat Daibes.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - What makes America great? As our country faces daunting political divisions and social challenges, it is refreshing to hear answers to that question, which was the topic of the 2019-2020 Voice of Democracy national audio-essay competition for high school students, sponsored annually by the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW).
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — Thanks to funds provided by Oregon Ballot Measure 98 and the federal Every Student Succeeds Success Act, 50 new Chromebook laptops with cellular internet connection have been purchased by the Klamath Falls City Schools and soon will be available for short- or long-term check-out from Klamath Union’s media center.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — Three local leaders in education banded together last week to share the importance of educational partnerships in setting high school students up for success.
Read MoreStarting next fall, Klamath County high school students interested in business will be able to take dual high school and college credit courses and participate in an accelerated pathway to a college degree.
A memorandum of understanding for a new program, Diploma to Degree: Jump Into Business, was signed Wednesday by Oregon Tech President Dr. Nagi Naganathan, Klamath County School District Superintendent Glen Szymoniak, and Klamath Falls City Schools Superintendent Dr. Paul Hillyer.
Read MoreAn Oregon law -- known as open enrollment -- that allowed students to easily transfer between school districts has expired. Klamath County students can still request a transfer between districts using interdistrict transfer policies between the Klamath County School District and Klamath Falls City Schools.
Read More550 Fourth grade students from all corners of the Klamath Basin attended the 2019 Farm Expo held Wednesday and Thursday at the Klamath County Event Center. Since the 1970’s, students have had an opportunity for hands on learning about many different aspects of Klamath Basin Agriculture, including; 4-H, FFA, potato farming, cattle ranching, goats, irrigation, timber, grain, hay, dairy, bees and many more.
Read MoreKlamath Falls, Ore. – Ella Redkey Municipal Pool received a grant from Sky Lakes Medical Center to provide funding for the Everyone Swims program for the next three years.
The Everyone Swims program give all third graders from Klamath Fall and Klamath County a week’s with of swim lessons at no cost to student or family. The program includes five, 30-minute swim lessons where students develop skills, build confidence and have fun with their peers in the water.
Read MoreA special group of Klamath County Sheriff’s Office volunteers, known as MVPs, have taken on reducing speeding throughout Klamath County by stationing radar trailers in known speeding hot-spots. Radar trailers alert approaching drivers of their speed of travel and flash when it’s over the posted limit for that particular roadway.
Read MoreOn May 17 students from across the Klamath Falls City Schools will head into the community to give back by window washing, cleaning up parks, landscaping businesses and landmarks, beautifying trails, and running a Red Cross blood drive.
Read MoreOn May 17 the Klamath Falls City Schools and Blue Zones Project Klamath Falls are hosting the fifth annual Give Back Day.
This five-year point marks a significant milestone for Give Back Day. The Klamath Falls City Schools started Give Back Day in 2014 as a way to show the community how much students care. In total, students and staff have contributed 17,000 hours of community service. And 12,000 students have learned the value of giving back to their community.
Read MoreMore than 960 local elementary students will learn all about agriculture at the annual Klamath County Farm Expo, coming up next week.
Read MoreStudents 2nd through 6th grade from Conger, Pelican and Roosevelt Elementary were able to visit the Ross Ragland Theater last Wednesday. Where Professor Smart, Dr. Knowitall and the Let's Go Science Show to entertain and educate science principals.
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