To check in on the Regional OBOB (Oregon Battle of the Books) competition throughout the day on April 9 and April 16, visit https://tinyurl.com/RegionalsOBOB. Please share the link with friends and family members who may want to check the results throughout the competition of our Siuslaw students who are participating in each event. Siuslaw Elementary School and Siuslaw Middle School students are competing April 9. Our Siuslaw High School students compete on April 16.
April is School Library Month and this week, April 3 through 9, is National Library Week. School Library Month is the American Association of School Librarians' celebration of school librarians and school libraries. Here at Siuslaw High School we wish to acknowledge our District Teacher Librarian Jennifer McKenzie and our Library Aide Elizabeth Wheeler. We appreciate all you do for our students and staff! Thanks as well to Andreus Dunn who assists our library staff daily.
Students from Siuslaw School District are participating in Regional Oregon Battle of the Books Regional Tournaments on Saturday, April 9 and Saturday, April 16.  Siuslaw Elementary School students (McKenna Jones, Chloe Bilbrey, Afton Linton, Macie Moore, and Maren Hughes, alternate) and Siuslaw Middle School students (Abigail Jones, Seamus Burke, Vanessa Nobles, Darrell 'Gage' Mills, and Braylon Evans) are participating April 9. Siuslaw High School students (Jane Wilks, Berkley Tregoning, Daniel Gorbett, Lillie Leland, and Darcy Edman, alternate) are participating April 16.    We thank our school coaches at each site! Siuslaw Elementary School coaches are Greg Jorgenson and Kassy Keppol.  Siuslaw Middle School coaches are Kelly Dotson, Hilary Roach, and Ryan Roach. Siuslaw High School coaches are Kelly Joslin and Melanie Goeddel.
Eighth-grade students and families are invited to Siuslaw High School for an Open House for incoming ninth graders on Thursday, April 7. We will have two welcome sessions. The first session starts at 6:30 p.m. and the second starts at 7 p.m. These are repeated events intended to accommodate as many schedules as possible. We will review next steps in getting students registered for classes and offer tours of the building.
A PUBLIC MEETING OF THE Budget Committee of the Siuslaw School District, Lane County, State of Oregon, will be held to discuss the budget for the fiscal year July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023.   The meeting will take at Siuslaw Middle School on April 13, 2022 at 6:00 p.m.  Future meeting dates are April 27, 2022 (public input), May 11, 2022 (finalize budget), and June 8, 2022 (budget adoption).
You are joyfully invited to celebrate the artistic talents of the youth in our community from Siuslaw Middle and High Schools at the 2022 Fresh Impressions Exhibition Show currently at the Florence Events Center through April 19. The Awards & Artists Reception is Wednesday, March 30 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. and is open to the community. If you have any questions or accessibility issues, please contact the Florence Events Center at 541-997-1994 or visit EventCenter.org.   Thank you to the artists for submitting their work and being a part of this traditional event in our community. A special thank you to F.A.C.E., the FEC Gallery Committee, Kim Pickell, Lauren Suveges, Frames of Florence, BeauxArts Fine Art Materials, Kiwanis Club of Florence, Committee of Random Acts of Kindness, and the various and important sponsors for making this event possible.   The images included in this posting include two images from students at Siuslaw Middle School (Aleria Mendolia, top left, and Henlee Burns, bottom right) and two images from students at Siuslaw High School (Jackie Davis, bottom left, and Faith Lumadue, top right).
A pesticide application is scheduled for/was performed at the following times and locations: 3/24/2022 - 8:00AM - 12:00PM at the high, middle and elementary school campuses.
The Siuslaw Track and Field is hosting their First Annual Florence Street Vault event for high school pole vaulters on Wednesday, March 23 at noon on Bay Street between Maple and Laurel streets. The runway and pit will be open for warmup by 11 a.m. Thank you to our sponsors: Nike, Stitch & Sole, and the Zolezzi Insurance Agency.
All Latino/a-identifying high school students are invited to the 18th annual Raices Unidas Youth Conference which will be held virtually on Friday, April 15 from 12 to 2 p.m. Students can register by visiting tinyurl.com/VirtualRUYC.  This year's RUYC will be a two-hour virtual event for Latinx-identifying high school students across the State of Oregon to learn about a world of Latinx academia that embraces principles rooted in social justice.   The theme this year is "Tu Eres Tu Fuego," which aims to spark a discussion about healing and perseverance after the experiences of trauma, loss, and fear in our community brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Parent Teacher Conferences are scheduled for Thursday and Friday, March 10 and 11.  If you have questions about conferences, contact your child's school.   Siuslaw Elementary School: 541-997-4163 Siuslaw Middle School: 541-997-8241 Siuslaw High School: 541-997-3448 Students do not have school on these two days.
A pesticide application is scheduled for/was performed at the following times and locations: 3/102022 - 8:00AM at the softball, JV baseball & varsity baseball, and stadium fields.
ODE released an update to the Covid-19 health and safety protocols school districts in Oregon
Governor Brown announced that the local control date for masking in public schools is advancing once again; today’s announcement moves up the local control to March 12, 2022.
You are invited to attend a Zoom community conversation for the Lane County region on Thursday, March 3 from 6 to 8 p.m. regarding what you think students in Oregon should need to know and do in order to graduate high school. This conversation will be virtual. Register to join at https://bit.ly/mar3reg.
We are pleased to report that our attendance numbers have improved to the level where we can return back to school on our regular bell schedule. The return to the regular schedule affects middle and high school only; there is no change in the elementary schedule.  Beginning Monday, March 7, the middle school will return to an 8:25 a.m. start time and the high school will return to an 8:15 a.m. start time.
Siuslaw School District has three Budget Committee positions open for the school board budget process.  Positions 1, 5 and 7 are open for appointment by the school board. Apply by February 8, 2022 by 4:00PM. The Budget Committee includes the Board of Directors and seven volunteer citizens who are appointed to serve 3-year terms. Committee members must be registered voters living within the boundaries of the Siuslaw School District, and cannot be employees, officers, or agents of the district. The school board will consider applications at the February 9, 2022, school board meeting.   If you would like more information about becoming a budget member or information on the budget process, see the links in the column to the left on the following school district webpage: tinyurl.com/SiuslawBudget.  Call the district office at 541-997-2651 if you have questions.