Parents and families, Dufur School is asking that you complete your student's registration for the 2024/2025 school year by August 1st if possible. To do so, please visit the following link :https://dufuror.sites.thrillshare.com/page/student-registration
Thank you for your help!
Don't miss out on the Reptile Man and his Reptiles today at 1:00 pm in the upper gym at the Dufur School.
The Dufur School Community Library is excited to welcome Rich Ritchey and his Reptiles. He will be here Tuesday July 23rd at 1:00 pm. We will be meeting in the upper gym.
The Dufur School Based Health Center will be offering appointments for sports physicals on July 29th and August 1st. Appointments are available from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm on both days. Please call 541-386-2304 or use the QR code on the flyer on our website to schedule an appointment for your athlete!
Here is the link to the upcoming school year's Student Supply List! https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/726/Dufur_School_District/4596023/Supply_List_2024.pdf
Dufur School student registration in now open for returning K-12 students and new in-district students. Please use your ParentVue account to complete the registration or use the link on our website to register new students. We ask that you complete the registration as soon as possible, but no later than August 1st, so we are able to assess class sizes and make final staffing decisions. We are pleased to announce that Dufur School has once again qualified for the Community Eligibility Provision, which allows us to provide free lunch and breakfast for all enrolled students. No free and reduced applications are necessary, and you should only see charges when your child has seconds .
Due to the fire camp the summer library program provided by the Museum of Natural and Summer Library Cultural History for Tuesday July 16th has been cancelled. The Maupin Library will be hosting the Journey Under The Sea program at 3:30 pm on Tuesday July 16th, You are welcome to join them for this exciting learning opportunity.
Dufur School Community Librarian
541-467-2588
sarah.tierney@dufur.k12.or.us
Join us today in the Library at 1:00 pm. for Eric Herman and His Puppy Dogs music program. You can enjoy the entertainment and cool off in the air conditioning!
Don't forget about the Summer Library Program at Dufur School!
Middle school Summer School students spent some time learning about forensic sciences. They completed labs in Chromatography and learned how to analyze ink samples and fingerprinting. They also worked together to solve crimes using clues from their classmates and evidence collected!
"As the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) and ODE announced earlier this month, the Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) is a new grocery benefits program that starts this summer. It helps families buy food for their school-aged children during the summer when school is out. Families will get $120 for each eligible child. They will receive the benefits in one payment on an Oregon EBT card.
Families that have SNAP, TANF or OHP don’t need to apply. Summer EBT food benefits will be added to their Oregon EBT card automatically. Families will get a letter for each eligible child by mail or email when their benefits have been sent.
Families that do not have SNAP, TANF or OHP and may be eligible will need to apply. Children are likely to qualify if they go to schools with free or reduced-price meal programs and live in households that meet income requirements for those programs. Families can go to sebt.oregon.gov to check if their child may be eligible. They can also sign up to get a notification by text or email when it’s time to fill out and submit the application."
Don't forget to order your 2023/2024 high school yearbook! See the attached flyer for directions.
Thank you to all who came to the school plant sale and supported the Dufur Greenhouse students. We sold nearly all of the various plants that the students planted and grew, rocks they painted and even a few bags of seeds they harvested. We had face painting, rock painting, seed planting and even a petting zoo!
There are some amazing artists in the Dufur middle school! The following students recently won these art contests with their superior artwork:
6th Grader Miranda Schreiber - her rooster poster was only 1 of 13 winners (out of over 1,400 entries!) selected to be in the Oregon Agriculture in the Classroom's 2024-25 Calendar, AND she won a $50 cash prize!
6th Grader Daisy Proctor and 8th Grader Alma Compo - 1st Place winners in the Wasco Co. Soil & Water Conservation District Stewardship Poster Contest (both won in their age category). The theme was "May the Forest Be With You Always". They each won a $25 cash prize and their posters will continue on to the State poster contest, to be awarded in the fall. Stay tuned!
Mrs. Miller’s 2nd grade wrapped up the year with their annual week long classroom camp out! They read camp stories, learned about animal tracks, made solar ovens, melted s'mores and even went on a nature hike to release their frogs that they had raised from tadpoles
To wrap up the year, the 3rd Grade and a couple HS Health Science students visited Oregon Veterans Home! We joined the residents for many rounds of BINGO before heading to Sorosis Park. Thank you to OVH residents and staff for allowing our students to have such a fun visit!
Beginning in October, Mrs. Gratiot's 4th grade class and Mrs. Mead's 5th grade class participated in a "Food Truck Challenge" in Health class. The challenge was to create a viable food truck business with a nutritionally sound menu. We studied "My Plate" to learn about eating balanced and nutritious meals and studied food truck businesses; from creating a business plan to picking a truck design and a menu. All the kids did such a great job and got really creative with their ideas! What a great way to end the year!
Happy last day of school from the Blue Bus!
Mrs. Mead, Mrs. Gratiot, Mrs. Huffman, and Mrs. Welk would like to warmly thank the Wasco Lodge Masonic Funds at Adventist Health Columbia Gorge Foundation for awarding them each with the Wasco Lodge Masons Grant. They are excited to use these funds to further support their students and enhance their educational experience
Congratulations to the newest Dufur alumni, the Class of 2024!
