| Tickets still available for benefit play |
Tickets are still available for the special benefit performance of A.R. Gurney's hit play "Love Letters," set for Saturday, October 2, at 8 p.m. at the Tower Theatre.
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
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| Kelsey May named
rising star in fiction |
At 9 years old, Kelsey May read J.R.R. Tolkein's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, and it lit a fire in her.
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
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| Sisters students return from Europe |
Three Sisters students have returned from Europe, where they spent two weeks this summer as United States ambassadors for the People to People program.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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| Student gets close look at top art school |
For Tori DeLeone, this summer was never a blank canvas. The Sisters High School senior worked hard all spring to be accepted into an elite pre-college art residency program and she had a ticket for the East Coast.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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| Sisters scouts experience jamboree |
Three sets of brothers from Sisters helped celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts this summer at the 2010 National Scout Jamboree in Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia. They returned with tales of trading scout badges, seeing celebrities, visiting historical monuments and living through crazy rain and thunder storms.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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| New choir teacher invites aspiring singers |
When Rick Johnson graduated from high school in Houston, Texas, his choir teacher posed a compelling question: where did he see himself in 10 years? His answer: living in Oregon, married, with children and a dog, inspiring young kids with music.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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| Schools escape new round of cuts |
The budget ax has fallen again. This time it missed the Sisters School District. A combination of stimulus monies from the federal government and a firm pledge from the governor and the Oregon State Legislature has given the school districts around the state, including Sisters, a little breathing room.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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| Budget cuts threaten school 'excellence' |
Earlier this month, Sisters' new superintendent of schools, Jim Golden, was told that the newly approved federal stimulus funding included approximately $118 million slated for Oregon schools. It looked like the Sisters School District would get $200,000 to $250,000 in pass-through funds - great way to start a year of budget challenges.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
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| Sisters youths adventure in Nepal |
Four Sisters students set off on an adventure this summer that took them to the other side of the world. Now they're back and have some amazing stories to tell.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
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| Wolftree administration changes |
Wolftree, a leader in environmental education and stream restoration projects in the Sisters area, has undergone a change in leadership.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
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| SPRD volunteers connect with Sisters community |
Christopher McClellan and Ashley Miller came to Sisters this summer looking for ways to help children.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
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| Sisters bash supports local schools |
The Starry Summer Night party at Aspen Lakes Friday night did some serious fundraising for Sisters schools - and offered some serious fun for local folks.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
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| Caldera reaches out to Central Oregon kids |
Caldera is known in Sisters Country for their outreach to the arts community through their residency program. Many people don't know that Caldera has one of the deepest outreach programs for kids in Central Oregon.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
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| Local cancer patient gets his wish |
Thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Seth Norman is looking down the road at a bright future from behind the wheel of a newly restored 1976 Chevy Nova.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
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| Sisters schools aiming at 'excellence' |
With an eye on promoting excellence in the face of daunting budget cuts, the Sisters School Board and new Superintendent Jim Golden reviewed draft proposals for mission and vision statements, board and superintendent goals for the school year 2010-2011 in their meeting on Wednesday.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
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| Party kicks off schools initiative |
Local families will gather on Thursday, August 12, at the Village Green to celebrate the kickoff of the local Community Schools Initiative.
Tuesday, August 03, 2010
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| Students negotiate their way around China |
Sisters' second-year Mandarin students experienced a whirlwind two weeks in China last month with plans to spend time seeing the sights and learning about life in China in a way most tourists never experience (see "Mandarin students experience China," The Nugget, July 14, page 24).
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
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| School taxes to go down in 2011 |
Taxpayers in the Sisters School District got some welcome news last week: their taxes will be going down next year.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
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| Mandarin students experience China |
With little more than a backpack, Sisters Mandarin language students spent an event-filled two weeks in China earlier this month. They explored the sights, but it was no leisure vacation.
The students worked.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
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| High Street to headline "Starry Summer Night" |
The High Street Band will bring its high-energy brand of jazz to Aspen Lakes in Sisters on Friday, August 13, for "A Starry Summer Night," a benefit for the Sisters Schools Foundation.
Tuesday, July 06, 2010
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