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Community can help honor Class of 2020

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School staff cheers senior class

In an outpouring of support for the class of 2020, staff members from all three Sisters schools lined the roadway and bus turnaround at Sisters High School cheering, ringing bells and waving signs as the seniors drove through to pick up graduation gowns and other materials on Friday, May 29.

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Grads face college altered by pandemic

This is the second of a two-part series profiling Sisters High School (SHS) graduates who have seen their college experience disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Sisters Library starts reopening

Tuesday, May 26, started the gradual reopening of Deschutes County Libraries. Books that were checked out months ago, can now be returned.

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Youth Conservation Corps is seeking applicants right now

Central Oregon Youth Conservation Corps (COYCC) is accepting applications for summer employment right now through the end of May. Both students and crew leaders are encouraged to apply.

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Sisters woman had a vision to help students

For Karen Hensley, co-founder of Sisters Graduate Resource Organization (GRO), the desire to create opportunities for others had its roots in being part of a big family growing up in a small town in the Willamette Valley.

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Summer reading key to student success

Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy said, “There are many little ways to enlarge your child’s world. Love of books is the best of all.”

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Sisters GRO adds 11 new scholarships

Sisters GRO (Graduate Resource Organization), the local non-profit that manages dozens of scholarships for graduates of Sisters High School, has announced the addition of numerous new awards for the class of 2020 and beyond.

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SHS graduates coping in college

Sisters High School graduates who are now well into their college careers are feeling the effects of COVID-19. Universities are closed, job interviews are conducted over zoom meetings, sporting events are canceled, and happy hours with friends are held through a screen during this time of social isolation.

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Class of 2020 to have commencement ceremony

A team of dedicated educators and parents have saved the day and created a plan for the Sisters High School class of 2020 to have a commencement ceremony after all, despite the limitations imposed by COVID-19.

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Library establishes plan for reopening

Deschutes Public Library has announced its reopening plan, which will begin the last week of May. The plan, approved by the Library director and board, lays out three chapters that move the library toward a return to a “new normal” for its operations.

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Students win $500 for safety video

Students at Sisters High School won $500 for their first-place video titled “Canteen Catastrophe” in an annual safety video contest that promotes young worker safety and the importance of speaking up.

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SHS classes launch science balloons

On a clear spring day in Sisters last Thursday, the Sisters High School chemistry classes instructed by Rima Givot launched two stratospheric balloons from Sisters Eagle Airport, loaded with students’ experiments.

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Getting creative with homeschool projects

Heading into another week of the stay-at-home order, how are you adapting? It’s certainly not easy! Not the least of these adaptions is the homeschooling that has been thrust upon parents.

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Christian academy closes its doors

After serving the Sisters community for over two decades, Sisters Christian Academy is closing its doors permanently.

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Sources of Strength school program takes action

Earlier this year, the Sisters School District implemented a program called Sources of Strength (SOS) to form a foundation for interconnectedness and well-being for students, staff, and community.

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Adopting your pandemic puppy

COVID-19 has been great for shelter animals. During the coronavirus pandemic, dog and cat adoptions and applications for foster homes have been on the upswing.

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Bringing the farm to students

This time last year, Seed to Table Farm was brimming with the excitement and laughter of students visiting for our farm field trip series.

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Adaptability, patience, for new teaching model

Teachers and students across Oregon are adjusting to a new way of doing school as the “Distance Learning for All” is being rolled out.

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Students adapt to learning at a distance

Following the March 13 shutdown of all in-school education as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic, Sisters School District students were able to virtually return to their studies on Monday, April 13.

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