Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
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…
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,…
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,…
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…
Kindergartner Sarah Rivera waves to a Painted Lady butterfly perched on a flower as fellow kindergartners Nicole Jones (left) and Kendyl Mendonca look on, after Creslane kindergartners released the Painted Lady butterflies they’d raised from caterpillars into the school garden. GINI DAVIS – THE CRESWELL…
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…
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…
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…
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…