To best help families with their childcare needs during this trying time, Willamalane is asking for community input to best shape their child-care programs by assessing their current needs. “We want to ensure that our childcare programs continue to meet the needs of our community, especially as those needs may[Read More…]
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COACHING VIGNETTES
Football coach Scott Worsham, working during a 2019 summer camp, is eager for sports to return.Life skills are key part of return of sports Worsham: Life skills are key part of return of sports Creswell head football coach Scott Worsham said he’s hopeful that everything goes according to plan, and[Read More…]
Bulldogs sign 5-year deal with Nike
CRESWELL – Even in the current environment, Creswell High School athletics continue to “Just Do It” – in typical Nike fashion. Literally. Brandon Standridge, assistant principal and athletic director at Creswell, said the school has formally entered into a deal with Nike. “We are excited to begin a five-year partnership[Read More…]
Students have choices: Area districts offering independent-work options, too
EMMA ROUTLEY/PHOTO ILLUSTRATION“Dry-erase” boards in a living room might become more common as students participate in a variety of online schooling. As schools prepare for Comprehensive Distance Learning, it can be difficult for parents to research and understand the differences between CDL and other online schooling options provided by the[Read More…]
Education Station Notebook
Community Food for Creswell is partnering with local agencies to provide 130 food packs a week. Children receive snack packs, summer meals Over the course of eight weeks, Community Food for Creswell has distributed supplemental food boxes each Friday alongside the FOOD for Lane County Summer Meals Program at Creslane[Read More…]
A homeschool chorus
The Creslane Choir was able to perform its winter concert but missed out on its spring concert and other events after schools shut down in mid-March. For Creswell Middle School band and choir, and Creslane Elementary choir and music students, “it has been quite an adjustment to have distance learning[Read More…]
Abbreviated seasons, fulfilling experiences
Wrapping up Bulldog athletics for the 2019-2020 school year is much more complicated this year than in the past. While we have a lot to celebrate from our fall and winter seasons, spring was unfortunately cut short. This was disappointing news for all our spring athletes, coaches and families who[Read More…]
Reflections on the ‘lost season’
All-League first baseman Dawson Sharkey was one of seven returning varsity baseball players missing out on their senior season due to the mid-March school shutdown. Before COVID-19 closures forced cancellation of spring sports, 2019-20 Bulldog athletes and coaches were riding a wave of fall/winter successes, with high hopes and anticipation[Read More…]
8th-grade grads ‘distant, still together’
Eighth grade “grads” Lillie Stepp (left) and Haley Ross celebrate their promotion from the back of a red truck driven by Lillie’s dad, Jack Stepp. CMS STAFF PHOTO Like their high school counterparts, this year’s Creswell Middle School 8th-graders couldn’t “graduate” with their friends, with their traditional ceremony and parent-sponsored[Read More…]
5th-graders ‘drive in’ to middle school
Just promoted from a fifth to a sixth grader, a delighted Haley May seems eager to wear the commemorative class T-shirt she designed to mark her class’ transition to middle school. PHOTO PROVIDED/AMY HALLEY During a “drive-thru” promotion event June 8 at Creslane Elementary School, members of the high school[Read More…]
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