Category Education

Incident near schools cause Pleasant Hill ‘lock-ins’

On Friday, March 8, a lock-in was performed at Pleasant Hill elementary and high schools. According to the release issued by the District, law enforcement was investigating a possible incident at a residence near the schools. ”In an abundance of caution, we kept all students…

LCSO recognized for Every 15 Minutes program participation

CRESWELL LANE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE DEPUTIES PARTICIPATE IN THE EVERY 15 MINUTES PROGRAM AT CRESWELL HIGH ONE YEAR AGO. MARCH 14, 2018. Chronicle archives/Christopher Palanuk Lane County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) was recognized on March 5 as the 2018 Oregon Group Advocate of the Year by…

Lifted – Elevating the Old Schoolhouse

THE OLD SCHOOLHOUSE WAS LIFTED LAST WEEK AS PART OF CRESWELL HERITAGE FOUNDATION’S EFFORTS IN REPLACING THE FOUNDATION AND THE FRONT PORCH OF THE HISTORICAL BUILDING. CALVIN L. LEWIS CONSTRUCTION, LLC AND HIS CREW ROLLED THROUGH AND SLOPPED THROUGH THE MUD ON MARCH 7 TO…

Homeless students in our schools

As the state of Oregon faces a crisis of homelessness and a lack of affordable housing, ripple effects are cast into education, as students and their families in Creswell are dealing with its ramifications. According to data from Oregon’s homelessness count, there were 70 students…

High school presented with $2,500 for new sound system

CRESWELL’S DEVIN PRATT, FAR LEFT, AN EMPLOYEE OF LITHIA CHRYSLER DODGE IN EUGENE AND LARRY SWARTZ OF OREGON COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION POSE WITH CHS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND ATHLETIC DIRECTOR ALAN STEARNS, FAR RIGHT, AFTER PRESENTING THE SCHOOL WITH A $2,500 DONATION FOR A NEW SOUND…

Quantifying educational quality – Part 4

Editor’s note: This is part four of a five-part series about the statewide problems in Oregon’s education system, and how it affects local schools in the Southern Willamette region. This week’s story follows the Quality Education Model, and Creswell and Pleasant Hill school districts’ aspirations…

Fighting Failure, part 3: Mental health’s toll

Editor’s note: This is part three of a series about the statewide problems in Oregon’s education system, and how it affects local schools in the Southern Willamette region. This week’s story follows mental health’s role in student academics. A school’s primary mission is teaching and…

School Board discusses cap on open enrollment

The Creswell School Board met on Jan. 9 at 7 p.m. for their regular school board meeting. The board also met for executive session, which The Chronicle wrote about on Jan. 17. Enrollment was up by three students in January, brining the total of 1,282…