Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Glencoe may have finished second in a tightly-contested Class 5A softball championship, but it came out on top with several all-state honors. Glencoe coach Jacy Schmidt was selected as Class 5A Coach of the Year. Jordyn Brown, a Glencoe senior, was chosen as Pitcher of the Year as she also garnered first team honors. Overall, our high school players captured ten of the top 32 spots on the all-state teams.

Other softball players receiving all-state honors are:
First team: Sadie Lopez (Hilhi), Ashlie Allison (Glencoe), Eeliyana Paraiso (Century), Dacia Hale (Glencoe)
Second team: Abbey Tollefson (Hilhi), Montana McNealy (Century), Meghan Dendinger (Glencoe), Alyssa Gillespie (Glencoe), Rebecca Lillegard (Hilhi)

Congratulations to all of our softball players for their hard work and dedication!

Sunday, June 15, 2008

The Hillsboro School Board is seeking recommendations from the community to name the final elementary school to be built under the 2006 Construction bond.  Nominations are due no later than August 1, 2008.

Currently referred to as Elementary School #27, the school will serve up to 600 students when it opens in the fall of 2009.  Mahlum Architects presented the site plans and design for Elementary School #27 to the School Board on May 27.

The plan includes designing the school in a manner which will qualify for a Green Building Certification called LEED – Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. Criteria include elements such as sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy system performance, use of recycled or renewable materials and resources, indoor environmental quality, and innovative design.

The public is invited to attend the groundbreaking ceremony, which will be held at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, July 1, 2008.”

Please note that names of individuals are not eligible for consideration.  Proposed school n ames may have geographical, historical, political, constitutional or patriotic significance. All recommendations should include a rationale.

To submit names for consideration, please follow this link, or write to the Hillsboro School District Communications Department, 3083 NE 49th Place, Hillsboro, OR 97124.

Thursday, June 12, 2008

 

For the first time, the Hillsboro School District provided the opportunity to view the graduation ceremonies via live streaming video. Recordings of the ceremonies are now available for viewing below. We congratulate the class of 2008.

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Saturday, June 07, 2008

Sarah Allen and Cara Strever have won the GOLD Award in the “Think Globally, Report Locally Video Competition” for their video Growing Up Girl.  The Century High School students and their teacher, Keith Allen, have won a trip to New York City for the United Nations Youth Leadership Summit, July 17-19.

Growing Up Girl relates personal stories of girls from abroad now living in Hillsboro. 

Judging of the videos was conducted by a panel of award-winning international journalists.  Judges praised the winning video for finding a great local angle to the story, for excellent writing, and for the variety of voices represented in the interviews.  One judge singled out “the quality of thought” in the video. 

This national high school video competition was sponsored by the United Nations Foundation’s The People Speak and the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation.  Students were challenged to find a local angle to one of four global topics and produce one-to-two minute videos. 
Sarah Allen has also been recognized as the Oregon Student Journalist of the Year, a Ford Family Foundation Scholar and an Al Neuharth Free Spirit Journalism Scholar.  Cara Strever has earned a significant scholarship to attend Pepperdine University.

Monday, June 02, 2008

The Conference Champion Glencoe Softball team has ended the season as Runner-Up for the State Championship following a close game in Corvallis on Saturday, May 31.  Though the Crater Comets won the game 3-2, coach Jacy Schmidt and all the Crimson Tide fans are proud of their team’s 25-6 season record and the  hard work that made it possible.