Students across middle, high schools helping construct sheds, cottages, planters, and more Although Constructing a Brighter Future has rebranded itself as Team Oregon Build, a new name doesn’t mean a new direction for the program. In fact, it will be doubling down on its mission – to address the homeless[Read More…]
Education
A fine line: A3 student’s art to hang in U.S. Capitol
SPRINGFIELD — “I need to do something I’m less comfortable with so I can learn more,” says artist Lillian Langford about her art. These are mature and wise words coming from someone who is a rising senior in high school. This passion for learning and improving her art is demonstrated[Read More…]
Graduation 2024: How sweet it is!
CLASS ACTS: GRADUATION CLASS OF 2024The Chronicle’s one-of-a-kind graduation magazine is included with papers next week! See senior portraits and graduation celebrations. Thursday, June 27 COTTAGE GROVE HIGH COTTAGE GROVE – Family and friends showed up and showed out at Cottage Grove High School’s graduation last Saturday, like senior Hayden Voelkel’s[Read More…]
Class Acts: May 2024
Fire school gives teens hands-on career insight
EUGENE — Last Friday, Lane Fire School (LFS) introduced 73 high school students from six local schools to careers in wildland fire in its third annual event at Lane Community College. Before LFS existed, there was no local culminating event for high school students in the Oregon Department of Forestry[Read More…]
Take Care: Increased youth suicide rates stress need for open dialogue
Editor’s Note: In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, this is Part 3 of a month-long series centering around the many facets of mental health from community, to crime, to survivor stories. Read Part 2, “Take Care: Addressing the intersectionality between crime, mental illness,” here. Suicide is one of the[Read More…]
Young newshounds revive The Harrison Hotline
COTTAGE GROVE – It seems journalists are getting younger and younger nowadays. The Harrison Hotline, a newspaper created by fifth graders, re-emerged at Harrison Elementary School (HES) last month. School staff are unsure of how long it’s been since the original newspaper was created and distributed at HES, but there[Read More…]
April Class Acts
Huerta/Chávez celebration features performances
SPRINGFIELD – The Springfield Alliance for Equity and Respect (SAfER) hosted the annual Huerta/Chávez Celebration April 11 at Hamlin Middle School. Springfield students and teachers from elementary school through high school attended the event to celebrate Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chávez and raise awareness for social justice. Presenters spoke in[Read More…]
March Class Acts
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