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Congratulations to Dufur Student Alessandra M. for her 1st place JV conference finish. She will be off to Eugene next week as the alternate to the district champs at state cross country. The boy's team also qualified so Dufur's Zeb S. will be going to the state as well.
Here is the link to the Dufur School November Newsletter! https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/726/Dufur_School_District/4990553/24_November_news.pdf
Dufur will be hosting a middle school robotics tournament on Saturday, December 14th for robotics teams around the state! In order to make this tournament work, we need volunteers of all types: concessions, checking-in, scorers, referees, judges, and more. If you are willing to help, please contact Jody Weaver by email at jody.weaver@dufur.k12.or.us or by calling her at the school: 541-467-2509 ext. 244. Thank you for helping our robotics program be a success.
Mr. Talley and Mrs. Mead’s 5th grade classes traveled to The Dalles Mountain Ranch recently to learn about local ecology. The field trip was part of their participation in the SECRETS Science program from Gorge Ecology and The Discovery Center.
Dufur Families! Today is the final day of our 1st quarter for elementary students and the mid-term of 1st semester for mid and high school students. Tomorrow is a staff in-service, so school will not be in session for students! We will see them again on Monday. Have a great weekend!
Mr. Colasuonno, the Dufur School Dean of Students, will be presenting a monthly award for the K-12 Student of the Month. This award symbolizes what it means to be a Ranger: positive, encouraging, striving for excellence, team-oriented and an overall productive member of our student body. Congratulations to the October Student of the Month, Brianna Pearson-Cornford!
Dufur FFA is having a Hazelnut Fundraiser. Sales will go through November 20th. Ask a member of the FFA is you are interested in purchasing some!
Free early childhood screening will take place at the Dufur School Library on Monday, November 4th. Screening will be for children birth to the age of 5, and be from 10:30 am to 2 pm.
Veterans, veteran families, and community members, please join Dufur School for our annual Veterans Day assembly next week. Refreshments will be provided after the program. Please note that due to construction in the lower gym, this year's event will be in the upper gym.
Good luck to Rangers Ale and Zeb at the Tri-Valley Conference Cross Country Championships on October 30th. They run with The Dalles Riverhawks as part of a cooperative.
The window for submissions will close in four days on October 29th. The Dufur School District is seeking input from its students, staff, parents, and community members as part of the search for a new Superintendent. This survey aims to gather insights into the desired qualities and qualifications of the new Superintendent and identify strengths and areas for growth within the district. The feedback collected will assist the search and planning consultant in creating a candidate profile and search materials.
Please complete each question thoughtfully. You may navigate back to previous pages to review or modify your answers, but once you submit the survey, you will not be able to make changes.
If you hold multiple roles within the district, you may either list all your roles in the "Other (please specify)" comment box and complete the survey once, or take the survey separately for each role.
The school board will review the overall survey results when developing the Superintendent profile.
Survey Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DufurExecSearch2024-25
Thank you for your participation.
Mrs. Welk and Ms. Ford took their classes to the Packard pumpkin patch today! They all had so much fun! Mrs.Welk —1st grade and Ms.Ford—3rd grade
Due to unforeseen scheduling conflicts, the Sub Fair has been rescheduled to Wednesday, October 30th at 6 p.m. See updated flyer for details.
The League of Women Voters of Oregon is sponsoring a high school federal and state mock election. Students across the state are making their choices, and teachers will report the results to the LWV of Oregon to be shared after the election. All DHS students had the opportunity to look at the Oregon voters pamphlet and then vote during their classes with Mrs. Anderson. To celebrate their participation in this mock election, students made "I Voted" stickers to wear throughout the day. (The seniors were shy and most didn't want to be in the picture.)
Don't forget that the blood drive is today in the upper gym! We are going to start earlier than previously advertised, so there are now appointments available as soon as 9 a.m. Walk ins are also welcome!
https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/donation-time
The fourth graders have been reading about famous inventors and inventions in our reading curriculum. They have also gotten the chance to be inventors themselves! They had to create a way to get garbage from their desk to the garbage can two feet away with a variety of material such as cardboard, toilet paper rolls, paper clips, pipe cleaners, and tape. We also discussed what we can learn from our failures. They did such a great job!
All of the elementary students went on walking field trips to enjoy the festivities at Mr. and Mrs. Skiles' home! Everyone had a great time playing, decorating pumpkins, listening to a read aloud, and snacking on treats. Thanks for the wonderful time and fun memories, Mr. and Mrs. Skiles!
Any parents or community members that would like to be a substitute for Dufur School District are invited to attend the district's Sub Fair next Thursday, October 24th in the cafeteria at 6 p.m. The Sub Fair will go over responsibilities of several different school employees, as well as provide training and sub employment paperwork. Dinner will be provided to participants. If you would like to attend, please email kwhitley@dufur.k12.or.us
Parents, Advantage Dental will be here on October 24th and 25th. Permission forms have been sent home with students. Please return your forms to the school indicating whether or not you would like your child to participate. Thanks!