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ASPIRE helps Sisters High School students find their path
A new crop of Sisters High School graduates has set off into the future. And they've had some help determining what their path into that future might be. All juniors and seniors at Sisters High School (SHS) receive an opportunity to work... — Updated 6/21/2016 Full story
Volunteers make school libraries vibrant
They say that volunteers make the world go round - and that is certainly true of the libraries at both Sisters Middle School and Sisters Elementary School. Three years ago, when the... — Updated 6/14/2016 Full story
Operations manager is moving on
June 30 will mark the end of Leland Bliss' time with the Sisters School District. After serving as the director of operations in Sisters for the last 10 years Bliss will be moving on to... — Updated 6/14/2016 Full story
Foundation grants $23,500 to classrooms
The Sisters Schools Foundation awarded over $23,500 in grants to teachers and projects at all three Sisters schools this spring. Since its inception in 1996, the 10-member, all-volunteer Sisters School Foundation board works to have two... — Updated 6/14/2016 Full story
Garden fair supports education
For the last 13 years Shannon Pollard has worked with Sisters Elementary School students in the school's Garden Club. Once a week for most of the school year, students in kindergarten... — Updated 6/7/2016 Full story
Sisters woman served in World War II
As Americans marked Memorial Day last Monday, some paused to remember the many women who served both at home and overseas beginning in the 1940s. These women paved the way for women in... — Updated 5/31/2016 Full story
Sisters youths 'Run Across America'
Have you ever wanted to run across the whole country? Students at Sisters Elementary School (SES) got the opportunity to do just that this spring. For three weeks, students from preschool... — Updated 5/31/2016 Full story
Hook retiring from Sisters schools
For the past 21 years Debbie Hook has been an integral part of the Sisters School District (SSD). From driving a bus to serving as lead custodian at Sisters Elementary School, she has seen... — Updated 5/31/2016 Full story
Putting dance education on the floor
Sisters Middle School students had a chance to strut their stuff at their 7th- and 8th-grade semi-formal "The GIG" on Friday, May 20. GIG stands for girls ask guys, guys ask girls, girls ask... — Updated 5/31/2016 Full story
Keeping students mentally healthy
There are a variety of things that affect even the youngest Sisters residents, things that have a direct impact upon their mental and emotional health. Even through budget constraints the Sisters School District has creatively patched its wa... — Updated 5/17/2016 Full story
Student mental-health issues can be serious
While it may be difficult to glide through school unnoticed here in Sisters, there are real issues facing teens today. Managing stress levels in a healthy way is very important. According to an anonymous survey of Sisters High School... — Updated 5/17/2016 Full story
Students launch weather balloon
Students in Rima Givot's Chemistry 2 class had the opportunity to work with scientist Steve Peterzen throughout the last two weeks to launch a 600-gram balloon - complete with experiments the... — Updated 5/10/2016 Full story
Students try hands at portraiture
"It's my favorite day of the year," said fourth-grade teacher Clay Warburton, as he observed his class of students painting their abstract portraits all laid out across the floor of the elementary school commons. Each of his fourth-graders... — Updated 5/10/2016 Full story
Sisters students celebrate poetry
Sisters Elementary School recently celebrated National Poetry Month with a "Poetry-Palooza." Throughout the morning all students from grades kindergarten through fourth grade, including the Sisters Park & Recreation District preschool, moved... — Updated 5/10/2016 Full story
Sisters youths get a taste of the ballroom
Seventh-and eighth-grade students at Sisters Middle School took a special lesson during their PE class the past few weeks: they learned the Western swing. "We've been teaching this unit for... — Updated 5/3/2016 Full story
Sisters students win design honors
Sisters students brought home the "Best Design" award - middle-school level - from the Oregon Games Project Challenge (OGPC) last weekend. Six students from Sisters Middle School and one from... — Updated 4/26/2016 Full story
Students develop dramatic skills
The third- and fourth- graders at Sisters Elementary School had an opportunity to work on their drama skills through the Studio to School program over the past few weeks. Miss Lovely, an... — Updated 4/20/2016 Full story
Students take on Challenge Day
Sisters High School sophomores had the opportunity to participate in Challenge Day last month. This program, a nonprofit based in the San Francisco Bay area, helps young people connect through powerful, life-changing programs in their... — Updated 4/5/2016 Full story
Sisters students create fish art for mural
During art classes at Sisters Elementary School (SES), artist in residence Laura Campbell has been working alongside art teacher Karen Williams with students in kindergarten through fourth... — Updated 3/29/2016 Full story
Students release steelhead fry into Whychus Creek
Students at Sisters Elementary School have been learning about river ecology through unique hands-on opportunities these past few months. Last Thursday steelhead fry, which were grown and... — Updated 3/22/2016 Full story
Eating well at school in Sisters
Every day students at all three Sisters public schools have the opportunity for a nutritious breakfast and lunch served by smiling nutrition workers. For as low as $1.50 per student for... — Updated 3/15/2016 Full story
Family Art Night returns to SES
Family Art Night was back last Thursday at Sisters Elementary School (SES), after a few years' hiatus. And it was back in a big way. More than 200 people, parents and students alike, filled the commons and tried their hands at over a dozen... — Updated 3/1/2016 Full story
Getting kids excited about reading
"It's not about teaching kids to read. It's about getting them excited about books and reading." That's how Diane Turnbull, the Central Oregon area manager for SMART, describes the program.... — Updated 2/9/2016 Full story
Reading program key to student success
Students at Sisters Elementary School have a team of people looking to ensure all students are provided the instructional support they need to make them successful. One of the key pieces is... — Updated 2/9/2016 Full story
Juntos program helps students
For the past few years Sisters students have had the opportunity to participate in the Juntos program run through Oregon State University's Open Campus. The Juntos program, a free workshop... — Updated 2/2/2016 Full story
