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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - This summer, children can enjoy lunches at no charge through the Summer Food Service Program, a federally funded nutrition program open to all youth ages 1-18 years.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - When eighth-grader Claire Earnest created a book for her kindergarten buddy at Peterson Elementary School, she incorporated Kaitlynn Allison’s favorite things as well as hands-on activities that would help the soon-to-be first-grader – letters, numbers, shoe tying, and braiding.
Read MoreWill your child be five years old by Sept. 1, 2022? If so, it’s time for kindergarten!
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Due to staffing shortages, Peterson Elementary School and Stearns Elementary School in Klamath Falls will be temporarily closed this week, said the Klamath County School District.
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 MoreIntroducing elementary students to the world of science can take many forms, like making a baking soda volcano, constructing popsicle-stick bridges for a competition, or of course …dissecting bovine eyeballs.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Ferguson Elementary School kindergarten teachers Mariah Campbell and Lori Nealy were more than ready Saturday morning as they waited for their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Campbell and Nealy both have been teaching in person since September when the Klamath County School District opened classrooms to its youngest students.
Read MoreBONANZA, Ore. – It’s below freezing outside as Bonanza Junior/Senior High School Principal Jordan Osborn loads a truck with boxes of food and wrapped gifts for families in the Bonanza, Gearhart, Bly, and Sprague River areas.
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 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 MoreFifth-grade teacher Stephanie Hull opened the doors to her Peterson Elementary School classroom this week to provide Japanese students a taste of school in America.
Hull and several other Klamath County School District teachers volunteered to offer lessons ranging from English, science and technology to agriculture, art, P.E. and math to the nine students from Kagoshima, a city in southern Japan.
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 MoreFourth-grader Mikayla-Rose Mitchell smiled as she picked up a new Junie B. Jones book, debating whether it would be the one she takes home for her personal library.
She was joined by hundreds of her classmates Thursday during Peterson Elementary School’s Family Literacy Night. After doing science and literacy activities with their families, students and their younger siblings crowded around tables full of new books – each child could pick one to take home and keep.
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 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 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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