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The Nugget
Vol. XXXX No. 6
P OSTAL CUSTOMER
News and Opinion
from Sisters, Oregon
www.NuggetNews.com
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Sbudenbs learn aboub healbh ab fair
School
snow-day
makeup
announced
By Ceili Cornelius
Correspondent
Sisters High School health
students staged a health fair
for seventh- and eighth-grad-
ers on February 2 and 3 at the
high school.
Students from Heather
Johnson’s Health 2 class,
EMS, and Sports Medicine
classes put together various
booths for students to check
out. There were 23 booths
covering subjects includ-
ing: taking vital signs; stress
reduction; mental health;
nutrition; drug and alcohol
information; rescue moves;
wilderness survival; and
more.
The fair was attended
by Julie Patton’s PE/Health
classes. There were three ses-
sions on Thursday and Friday
with different rotations of
students coming through.
The seventh- and eighth-
graders had “passports”
with certain booths they had
to go to. They would then
rate the booth on appear-
ance and interest. One of the
By Steve Kadel
Correspondent
PHOTO PROVIDED
High school students instructed middle school students in critical elements of health and wellness at a fair at
SHS last week.
most popular booths was the
The middle school stu- to one place, at one time:
stress-reduction booth where dents were able to interact high school students mentor-
balloon hats were being with high schoolers and learn ing younger students through
made. The kids effectively important aspects of health.
experiential learning,
reduced their stress by wear-
“The SHS Health Fair
ing funny-looking hats.
brings the best of education
See HEALTH FAIR on page 25
School enrollmenb
climbs upward
By Steve Kadel
Correspondent
The latest enrollment fig-
ures show Sisters School
District continuing to add
students — although not yet
reaching the projected level
for this time of the school
year.
“We tend to shrink as
the school year goes on, but
this year we have grown,”
Superintendent Curtiss Scholl
said. “It’s a positive trend.”
He spoke last Wednesday
during the monthly Sisters
School Board meeting, where
enrollment details were
released.
Total enrollment stood at
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1,090 as of January 30. That’s
19 students below the projec-
tion but up 14 from a month
earlier. The biggest dispar-
ity is at Sisters Elementary
School, which has 326.5 stu-
dents — down 16.5 from the
anticipated level.
There are 328 students at
Sisters Middle School. That’s
just nine below projections.
Sisters High School’s 435.5
student count is 6.5 above the
projection.
District officials have been
studying the reasons enroll-
ment is lagging somewhat.
One plan to reverse the situ-
ation is revising the District’s
See ENROLLMENT on page 16
Sisters School District
officials have devised a way
to make up for snow closure
days without affecting the
two-week spring break vaca-
tion or extending the school
year in June.
The Sisters School
Board voted unanimously
last Wednesday to reclaim
Presidents Day, February 20,
as a class day as well as March
3, June 1, June 15 and June 16.
The District earlier decided to
hold classes on January 20.
Those six makeup days,
plus one day originally built
into the schedule, account for
all seven of the closure days
so far this winter.
See SCHEDULE on page 24
Forum bo address flooding bhreab
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
Having a tranquil creek
running through Sisters
comes with a price tag — the
possibility of local flooding
when the weather conditions
combine in just the wrong
way, making it a whole lot
less tranquil. Large amounts
of snow, rain, and quickly
rising temperatures can spell
disaster.
On Friday evening,
February 10, 5:30 to 7 p.m.,
in the Sisters High School
lecture/drama room, there
will be a community meeting
regarding potential flooding
in our town.
The Greater Sisters Area
E m e rg e n c y O p e r a t i o n s
Center will conduct a
PHOTO BY SUE STAFFORD
Whychus Creek can get wild and woolly when snow melts off quickly,
creating a flooding danger in Sisters.
Community Awareness and
Preparation for Potential
Flooding forum. There will
be an overview presenta-
tion about Whychus Creek,
a report on the current sta-
tus of the creek’s drainage, a
long-range weather forecast
See FLOODING on page 26
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