The Ranger TECH CTE program and Mrs. Egeland's construction class was featured in the April Ruralite magazine. There is a copy of the magazine in the school lobby for community members to read if they don't receive Ruralite at home.
April marks the Month of the Military Child (MOMC), a time dedicated to recognizing and celebrating the resilience, sacrifices, and contributions of military-connected children. Did you know Oregon’s schools serve approximately 3,100 military-connected students spread across 115 of the 197 school districts? Their impact is felt in nearly all communities in Oregon.
The life of a military child is a unique blend of adventures and challenges. It's important to acknowledge their service to our country as part of a military family. Let's celebrate their bravery, pride, and strength together. Join us in honoring the incredible children who play a vital role in our nation's military families and in Oregon’s school communities, not just during April, but all year long.
Our first grade students joined many across the country today viewing the solar eclipse!
Check out Mrs. Huffman’s second grade animal habitat dioramas. Chad’s hammerhead shark, Hailey’s harp seal and Mirabelle’s rabbit were voted as the top three favorites. Thank you students and staff for voting!
Dufur Parents and Guardians. A reminder to please join Dufur School and SafeSpace Coordinator, Amanda Holste for a Zoom meeting tomorrow night, Tuesday, April 9th. Amanda will be sharing information and answering any questions on the curriculums that will be shared with Dufur students during the months of April and May. • 5:00pm - 5:20pm - Elementary Parents • 5:20pm - 5:40pm - Middle School Parents • 5:40pm - 6:00 pm - High School Parents Zoom Meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84794999155?pwd=05Cg4BXSYltO21bdMUU1J5IkSDODro.1
The Dufur School Based Health Center is almost a reality. The site prep is being completed, and the building will arrive this week!
As a final push for funding, the Ranger Prided Education Foundation is sponsoring a Brick Campaign. Bricks sold will be used in a new courtyard connecting the School Based Health Center with the school, and will showcase the community support for the health and wellbeing of Dufur School students, now and in the future.
Visit the Ranger Pride Education Foundation for more information, and order your brick now!
Mrs. Gibson Kindergarten class spent a class period in the woodshop this week working with the high school students making porcupines.
Golf in Pendleton tomorrow (Friday 4/5) has been cancelled due to weather conditions.
Parents of Dufur School Spring Sports Athletes:
Shortt Photography will be taking pictures of Dufur Jr. High & High School Spring Sports athletes on Monday April 8th.
If you would like to order photos of your athlete, you can use the QR code below or link below.
Link:
https://www.teamphotonetwork.com/track/e.aspx?2287843-81008-FC5016F05A
Just enter your athletes name as you would like it to appear on their photos as well as their team (Jr. High Track & Field). The site will then take you through the ordering process.
Orders placed on, or before, April 9th will be dropped at the School for distribution and there is no charge for shipping. Orders placed after April 9th will be charged shipping, but will be mailed directly to your residence.
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to give me a call or shoot me an e-mail.
Pat Shortt
Pat36331@gmail.com
541-993-1550
Don't forget that today is the end of the third quarter. Tomorrow (Friday, April 5th), is a staff grading day and school is NOT in session for students.
The 19th annual Ranger Walk-a-thon is scheduled for Friday April 19th on Henderson Field from 1-3 pm. This is for student participants K-8th grade with assistance from our high-school students counting laps and helping with the day of the event. Our donation site is LIVE and you can find the link here:
https://go.dojiggy.io/rangerwalkathon2024
We are using the same on-line platform as last year and donating is very easy so please share away! Pledges for laps can be made up to the event time on Friday April 19th, the donation site will be open until May 1st. Cash, check, and credit cards are accepted. If you have issues with the on-line platform you can also make a donation in the front office.
Proceeds from the annual Ranger Walk-a-thon support our students, teachers and classrooms with enrichment activities, field trips and supplies. Please consider supporting our students and pledging today, your generosity and continued support is appreciated.
Olsen Meanus III and Charles Compo were recently recognized by the Yakama Nation Tribal Council on Health, Employment, Welfare, Recreation and Youth Activities, for their roles in the success of the 2023/24 Ranger Boys Basketball Team. Congratulations to Olsen and Charles! GO RANGERS!
Why does attendance matter? Students who are at school regularly have been shown to reach higher academic levels than students who do not attend regularly. This relationship between achievement and attendance may be apparent early in a child's schooling.
Everyone is welcome at the paint party on April 10th in Celilo Village to celebrate the new Little Free Library being placed there! See flyer for details.
Parents and Community members! Please join us on Thursday, April 18th for a training hosted by SafeSpace Children's Advocacy Center. Pizza at 5:00 pm, training at 5:30 pm. Childcare will be provided. You can scan the QR code on the flyer to RSVP.
Beginning April 24th and running through the month of May, Dufur will be hosting SafeSpace Prevention Coordinator Amanda Holste in a variety of ways to support Dufur students, staff, parents and community members around. Please check out more information on their website at https://www.safespacecac.org/school-based-education
Please join Prevention Coordinator Amanda Holste on Tuesday, April 9th for a Parent Curriculum Informational Zoom
• 5:00pm - 5:20pm - Elementary Parents
• 5:20pm - 5:40pm - Middle School Parents
• 5:40pm - 6:00 pm - High School Parents Join Zoom Meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84794999155?pwd=05Cg4BXSYltO21bdMUU1J5IkSDODro.1
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, which recognizes the importance of families and communities working together to prevent child abuse and neglect. Dufur School is lucky to have a partnership with SafeSpace Children's Advocacy Center of the Gorge, whose mission is to reduce trauma to child victims of abuse through multidisciplinary evaluation and advocacy in a safe and healing environment.
SafeSpace also provides evidence based, trauma informed child abuse prevention training to any and all youth serving adults and their organizations. Their aim is that through child abuse prevention education they will not only equip our community members to be able to identify and respond appropriately when identifying child abuse, but that they might also curb the tides of child abuse occurring in our community and abroad.
Happy April! Here is the link for the Dufur School April Newsletter: https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/726/Dufur_School_District/4136153/24_April_news.pdf
The WIN Room Bookmark Contest had 20 entries.
The winning bookmarks for each grade level will be copied & given to students!
The final performance of this year's Missoula Children's Theatre production "Beauty Lou and the Country Beast" is this evening at 6:00 pm. Admission is $5 for adults, and children are free. If you are unable to attend, here is a link where you can watch it on-line: https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/dufur-high-school-dufur-or/evt5ee441c27b