Category Education

CHS Class of 2018 urged to be brave, strong, wise

Class of 2018 graduate Jared Pease receives his diploma from school board member Natalie Smathers during Creswell High School’s 110th commencement ceremony last Friday. GINI DAVIS/THE CRESWELL CHRONICLE ”You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” That quote,…

Host families needed for exchange students attending CHS

Creswell High School is seeking host families willing to open their hearts and homes to exchange students from Spain. Host families are needed for three weeks, from Sept. 4 through Sept. 25. Greenheart Exchange, the agency coordinating these visits, has been a leader in foreign…

Creswell High School Class of 2018

Creswell High School’s Graduation Ceremony for the Class of 2018 will be held at 7 p.m. on Friday, June 8, outdoors at Markley Field.A Senior Breakfast will be held at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 7 in the CHS commons. No Baccalaureate service will be…

Pleasant Hill High School Class of 2018

Ricardo Alvarez, Haylin Alvis Garrett Banks, Savannah Best, Weston Bild, Antigonie Blas, Kyle Bowen, Tyler Bryson, Abby Budzko, Jacob Bushnell, Favio Cabanas, Kaya Carroll, Sophia Casarez, Rachel Chambers, Rebecca Churchman, Belle Collis, Bryce Cox,  Wyatt Craig, Taylor Davis, Zachary Davis, LeAnn Dey, Melissa Egbert, Samantha…

Family’s seed of service sprouts into school

Leanne Salandro works in the school garden at Creslane Elementary, which she and husband Patrick have helped revitalize this year. GINI DAVIS/THE CRESWELL CHRONICLE By Gini Davis The Creswell Chronicle Sometimes it takes a fresh eye and new enthusiasm to make positive changes happen. The…

CHS welcomes 16 to National Honor Society

Inducted into the CHS chapter of the National Honor Society on May 23 were (from left, top): Jackelyn Pleitez-Corrales, Grace Perdue, Carley Wilkerson, Jada Gallegos, Kylee Whitson, Tesslynn Werner, Brooklyn Grubbs and Guinevere Devore. Lower: Tara Keepers, Abigail Hoggard, Allison Smathers, Aden Parsons, Javier Fregoso-Duenas,…

Sixth graders experience nature at Outdoor School

Music Director Sandi Green (right, with guitar) leads CMS sixth graders in some campfire songs during Outdoor School. PHOTOS PROVIDED/ SHIRLEY BURRUS Building birdhouses, painting rocks, examining owl pellets, riding a zipline, campfire skits performed by staff, campfire songs led by Music Director Sandi Green,…

So Long, Farewell’

Creswell Christian School’s Class of 2018 will be the school’s final graduating class before the school closes its doors. From left, top: seniors Isaiah Greenough, Amber Macauley and Kirin Pannu, and eighth-grader Elisabeth Goins. Lower: kindergartners Ethan Cheney, Nicholas Pierron, Jacob Stillion, Tynlee Chisholm and…