Category Education

CMS bands give confident, energetic spring concert

Max Velarde plays vibes with the CMS Advanced Band during the Spring Concert. GINI DAVIS – THE CRESWELL CHRONICLE Creswell Middle School Beginning, Advanced and Jazz band students demonstrated how much their skills have evolved during their Spring Concert and Awards, held May 17 in…

Creswell Education Foundation may dissolve

Since about 2010, Creswell’s Carol Campbell and company have been keeping Creswell Education Foundation (CEF) afloat, after resurrecting the nonprofit from its dormant state some years ago. The current CEF crew is the second group to take hold of the nonprofit, but their time is…

School Board fills vacant seat

Kandice Lemhouse IMAGE PROVIDED At the May 9 regularly scheduled Creswell School Board (CSB) meeting, the board unanimously passed a motion to appoint Kandice Lemhouse to the board. Board member David Eusted was absent from the meeting. ”I’m excited to participate in this important community…

CG, Springfield students awarded scholarships

Faryn Dahlen and Jackson Perkins, from Cottage Grove High School, and Alessandra Weiss, from the Academy of Arts and Academics in Springfield, were recently awarded $1,500 scholarships from SELCO Community Credit Union. Winners were selected based on criteria that include both academic performance and community…

Kids, cars star in Creslane’s Soap Box Derby

Dawn Dean’s fifth-grade class’ ”Car for a Cause,” supporting a young cancer patient, races around the track during Creslane’s Soap Box Derby. Pushing (from left) are Slater Curtis and Cameron Couch. The rider is Sapphire Osorio. GINI DAVIS – THE CRESWELL CHRONICLE A tantalizing array…

Three FBLA students qualify to compete at Nationals

Three CHS students, (from left) Myckenna Hurst, Aden Parsons and Jade Ledgerwood have qualified to compete at the national level this summer in Baltimore. GINI DAVIS – THE CRESWELL CHRONICLE Three Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) students from Creswell High School have qualified to…

Students tour town’s history at Creswell Museum

Aliana Legorreta checks out an antique stereoscope during Creslane third graders’ guided tour of Creswell Historical Museum last week. GINI DAVIS – THE CRESWELL CHRONICLE What is the name of the Native American people who lived in the Creswell area? Who is the town of…

School Briefs

Creswell students named to OIT President’s List The following local area students have been named to the 2017-2018 Winter Term President’s List at Oregon Institute of Technology. Inclusion on the list requires a 3.70 grade-point average and above. Only fulltime undergraduate students (12 credit hours…