News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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The cold wind is blowing hard against your face. It's a different kind of wind - cold and foreboding. This is what students felt atop Hayden Glacier on Middle Sister two weeks ago. The IEE program at Sisters High School offered the junior class the opportunity to spend three days in the Three Sisters Wilderness. IEE stands for Interdisciplinary Environmental Expedition. The class is offered to high school juniors and combines English, science, and physical education - English... Full story
Max Kahnt came to Sisters for a whole school year at Sisters High School as part of the foreign-exchange program. Kahnt said that he decided to come to America because he wanted to see America based on what he saw in the movies. "I would see movies with America as the setting and would say to myself that's a place I want to see and I wanted to see it for myself," he said. He said that he had done foreign-exchange programs in other places like Poland, and he said, "Why not... Full story
The class of 2015 celebrated their graduation from Sisters High School last Friday, June 5. The students were overjoyed to be done with high school and celebrate with their friends and family. The night started out with the singing of the national anthem by the SHS Jazz Choir and the processional of the senior class in front of a packed gym that had been specially decorated for the event. Principal Joe Hosang provided words of wisdom to the students and provided thank-yous to... Full story
Students from Sisters IEE program (Interdisciplinary Environmental Education) and Rima Givot's high school biology class presented at the Deschutes Watershed Summit at Eagle Crest Resort on Tuesday, May 12. Kolleen Yake, education director with the Upper Deschutes Watershed Council, works with students on projects about the local watershed and the summit was a chance for these students to present their research to the public. Sisters student Dani Rudinsky (also an IEE intern)... Full story
On Wednesday, April 22, Rima Givot and her Biology B class headed out to Indian Ford and Camp Polk meadows to examine some birds. Mentors from Deschutes Land Trust and members of the community came out to help groups of students identify different species of birds. "The biology students are going to apply learning about evolution and adaptations through actually studying birds in a real authentic research project," said Givot. "So to help them learn about birds they need to... Full story
