The voices nominating the 2018 Crystal Apple Awardees included students, parents, fellow staff and administrators. People from all around the Klamath County School District sent words of praise, appreciation and thanks for the five teachers and three classified staff who personify the highest examples of what it is to be an educator. “She has made […]

What is an Everyday Hero? In the Klamath Falls City Schools District it is a person, nominated by their peers, who goes above and beyond to help students succeed. This is done through strong teaching, individual support, creating positive relationships with students, being a good example, and devising new and better ways of improving our […]

Peer mentoring creates relationships. Just as freshman look to the older kids at Klamath Union to help them guide their way through high school, moving from a middle school to high school can be an even greater transition for students. That is what the Ignite programs is all about. Tuesday, Jan. 9, was the first […]

For many high school students, participating in college-level dual credit courses is the start of something big. Dual credit courses are taught at high schools, by approved high school teachers, and allow high school students to earn college credit at their high school campus. The courses give high school students a jumpstart on earning a […]

Students at two Klamath Falls high schools may qualify for a new cost-free program specifically aimed at helping more kids achieve the college dream. The program, Upward Bound, is a grant-based program funded by the Department of Education. Upward Bound is administered through Klamath Community College (KCC) and will provide services for 60 Klamath Union […]

Nearly 250 students from kindergarten to fifth-grade filled the gymnasium at Pelican Elementary Friday morning for an anti-bullying assembly put on by the Klamath Chapter of Hands and Words are not for Hurting. Following the assembly students paired up with younger classmates to create anti-bullying posters themed in “hands are for helping” for a school-wide […]

Basin Partners Internship gives work experience to students Program in its second year By SAMANTHA TIPLER Klamath County School District   Harley Curtis knows after he graduates from Mazama High School in 2018, he wants to enlist in the U.S. Army to become a diesel technician. At the beginning of the summer, he came to […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]