Seniors celebrated for their achievements
Nearly 500 graduating high school seniors — sporting their school colors in caps and gowns — marched down Main Street to Veterans Park Thursday while onlookers cheered their success and school marching bands serenaded them. The 2nd Annual Graduation Sensation, coordinated by Klamath Promise, gave out more than $20,000 in scholarship money to some 40 […]
Graduation Sensation 2017; June 1 parade downtown
The second annual parade of Klamath Basin graduates in Downtown Klamath Falls will be June 1 starting at noon. The second annual parade of Klamath Basin graduates in Downtown Klamath Falls will be June 1 starting at noon. The Graduation Sensation is to recognize the hard work that graduates put in to achieve their diplomas. […]
Educators learn ways to help students with trauma
Pete Hall believes there is nothing more powerful than a “made up mind.” He challenged a room full of 230 educators, asking them to question the way they perceive students they work with every day. How do they make up their minds? “If we believe that our kids come from poverty, or speak a different […]
Signing Day: STEM&M program expands Mazama High School prepares students for college success
Dressed in dark blue Oregon Tech t-shirts and baseball caps to match, 24 Mazama High School students committed to the school’s STEM&M program on Wednesday, signing on as the second group to join the program in front of parents, school officials and district administrators. The partnership between Mazama and Oregon Tech was created last year […]
Biography Day: Students recreate favorite historical figures
MALIN — Malin Elementary School’s auditorium oozed with history Wednesday afternoon as students represented some of their favorite historical figures, creating information boards and dressing in costumes. The school’s fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade students have spent the past month and half researching and learning about their chosen figure for the big reveal on Wednesday’s “Biography […]
Klamath Promise: A pathway to education
As a sophomore in high school, Trevor Summers lacked direction. School was more of a chore than a priority. His attitude was reflected in his poor attendance and his low grades. Last year, however, something clicked for Summers. As a student at Klamath Union High School, he started taking college classes through the school at […]