I hope that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving Break! We return to school on November 28th for three weeks before we have the longer two week Holiday Break. There will be a lot going on at school during those three weeks. we have the Blood Drive at the school, in our wrestling building, on Tuesday December 29th. That will be from about 9 AM to 2 PM. There will be no school on Friday December 2nd. This is a grade day for the end of the 12-week grading period. Our holiday band concert will be on Wednesday December 7th at 7 PM in the cafeteria. Our holiday choir concert will be on Thursday December 15th at 7 PM and will also be in the cafeteria. Winter sports contests start this week as well. It is a busy time of year, but also a fun time of year. If you get a chance, it would be great if you could come to the school for one or more of the events listed above to both enjoy and support our students and our community. Thanks and have a wonderful holiday season!

Conferences have just finished. I hope that you had a chance to get in to the school to meet with your son/daughters teachers. With about 9-weeks to go in the semester, it's important that each student know where they stand in terms of progress in their courses. Again, students can keep up to date by using the Student Vue program. Parents can also see how their student is doing academically and attendance wise by using the Parent Vue program. Both are online programs that can be accessed through the internet anywhere you are and at any time of the day/night. We had 28 students take the ASVAB test recently. The change for this test this year was that it is no longer mandatory for all juniors. Students opt in or out after classroom presentations by military representatives outlining the test and its goals. The weeks between now and the Holiday Break in December are broken up and there are many No School dates coming. The first is Friday November 11th (Veterans Day). The week of November 21-25 is a No School week for the Thanksgiving Break. And then there is a No School day on Friday December 2nd (Grade Day). Winter sports contests will begin the week of November 28th-December 2nd. And our fall sports teams have either wrapped up their seasons or are making deep playoff runs. Girls soccer ended the league season in third place. They lost an overtime play-in game to Philomath. Our girls volleyball team ended their season with a fifth place state finish. Our girls cross country team finished in third place at the district meet. The football team continues to play after a close win over Marshfield last Friday. They now advance to the state quarterfinals, traveling again to Coos Bay November 11th for a game against North Bend High School. All the beast to you and your family as we enter into the Holiday Season!