Mark your calendars for the Dufur School winter music program on December 8th! The Class of 2026 will be offering professional pictures with Santa Claus before, during, and after the program. We can't wait to see Santa since he has spent the last couple of years staying healthy at the North Pole!
MyDay Friday Activities: Mrs. Bales' first grade class invited their families to a Thanksgiving presentation where they sang Thanksgiving songs, talked about what they were thankful for, and enjoyed some pumpkin pie.
MyDay Friday activities: The Health Sciences high school CTE class learned how to do sutures.
MyDay Friday Fun: The middle schoolers got to make turkey rockets and Christmas ornaments. The high school welding class also built Christmas ornaments.
MyDay Friday Fun: an artist in residence did a large collaborative pastels project with grades 4-9. In addition, the high school students in Mrs. Anderson's art class made food murals for the cafeteria.
The first grade got to practice yoga today during MyDay Friday activities!
Dufur School successfully completed a lock down drill today in partnership with Oregon State Police and the Wasco County Sheriff's Department. Afterwards all students attended a school safety assembly with Sheriff Magill. Oregon schools are required to complete one fire drill every month of a school year and two lock down drills within a school year.
The Dufur School District has declared the following surplus property.
1. Blodgett Convection Oven
2. Lang Grill.
Both are available to view at Dufur School from 8 am - 4 pm daily. The district will be accepting sealed bids through December 16th. Please send bids to the school, attention Jack Henderson, Superintendent.
Dufur School will be recognizing the fall season middle school and high school athletes at the December 5th Board of Directors meeting in the Dufur School Cafeteria at 6:00 p.m. Athletes and parents please mark your calendars to attend!
Enrollment for the Oregon Health Plan is now open until January 15th. Please see the attached flyers for more information!
The Dufur FFA Chapter Christmas Tree sale is back! Trees will be for sale on November 26th & 27th. See the flyer for all the details!
For Veterans Day, the Ranger Pride Education Foundation made it possible for us to have banners with veteran's photos made. They are on display outside of the school entrance for the month of November. Our goal is to keep adding to our collection of banners. Veterans can contact the school office, or email beverson@dufur.k12.or.us to share photos with us for next year!
There is still time to register for the Internet Safety Presentation being held at the Dufur School cafeteria this Thursday, Nov. 17th. Dinner and childcare will be provided. Dinner @ 5:00pm with presentation to follow from 5:30pm-7:00pm.
If you have a child in your life that has electronic devices, this training is for you! This training was created by the San Diego Police Foundation and provides CRITICAL and USEFUL information. It is a step by step (and App by App) walkthrough of how to keep kids safe online.
Use the link below to register today!! Looking forward to seeing you there!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeJAYPOc8pgydx9SFoT4jHuAJFEUuzg3k8mwqWYc7DgqMLqUQ/viewform
Please feel free to email tiffany.kenslow@dufur.k12.or.us with any questions!
Congrats to Dufur Senior Tora Jo Timinski on signing with the Northwest Nazarene Nighthawks to play golf! Go Tora Jo!!
All of Dufur School participated in our assembly honoring our veterans today. The ASB and NHS hosted the assembly. Many people contributed to make it a great event. The FCS class helped with refreshments, students and community members performed patriotic songs, and elementary students presented hand-made cards to the veterans. Mr. Mobley and Mr. Slusher were our guest speakers. Mrs. Kortge and the Ranger Pride Education Foundation coordinated decorations and banners, and Mrs. Anderson took great photographs! We would like to say to our veterans "Thank you for your service."
A huge thank you to Wasco Electric for their electrical safety demonstration to elementary students.
Today we are honoring our United States Veterans in an assembly at 9:15 am.
At tonight's Title One Reading Craftivity Night, Dufur families learned about the eight strands of reading by crafting Scarborough's Reading Ropes.
Dufur Parents and Caregivers! If you have a child in your life that has electronic devices, this training is for you! This training was created by the San Diego Police Foundation and provides CRITICAL and USEFUL information. It is a step by step (and App by App) walkthrough of how to keep kids safe online. Please join us next Thursday, Nov. 17th at the Dufur School Cafeteria. Dinner and childcare will be provided. Text RSVP to our trainer, Amanda Holste from SafeSpace at 541.399.0015 or call the school at 541.467.2509. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Tomorrow, November 8th, is Picture Retake Day. If you missed our original photo day, you can use the code on the attached flyer to order photos. Please make sure that your child knows that they should have their picture taken on Tuesday. Also if you are unhappy with your original photos, they can be retaken. Please be sure to send the photos back to return to the photographer. Photos will be taken first thing in the morning, and they should be completed by 10 am. Please call the office if you have questions!
