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Superintendent Message High School Principal FEBRUARY 2016 NEWSLETTER ADRIANSD.COM CALENDAR RSD Friday, Feb 5 Mid-Term, Feb 4 School Board Mtg, Feb 10 at 7pm Parent/Teacher Conferences, Feb 10-11 President’s Day, Feb. 15: No School Full Friday School Day; Feb. 19 RSD Friday, Feb 26 The 2015 Oregon Legislature passed a significant school facilities bill. SB447 pro- vides matching funds to support local communities who pass levies to improve school buildings. Levies must be passed at elections in May 2016, November 2016, or May 2017. In December, the Adrian School Board authorized our application for match- ing funds in the amount of $945,000. We have submitted our application and should have an answer by the February board meeting. If successful in our application, the Adrian School District expects to move forward with a levy ballot for the May, 2016 date. The funds, if successful in both areas, would provide $1,890,000. Our plans are to place a full sized physical education/gymnasium on the side of the old ele- mentary building. The portion of the old building that currently remains would also be re-modeled. The re-model will include two large class rooms and a restroom upstairs. Downstairs will be locker rooms, rest rooms, offices, concessions, etc. Ground work, including parking areas, will also be needed. This is really exciting stuff. Our district is long overdue with respect to a sec- ond gym. By comparison, all other schools in Eastern Oregon of a similar size to Adrian, have two gyms, currently. Local bond levies for more gymnasium space have lost in close elections in recent years. With the prospect of a state matching grant, we think it is a good time to ask our generous patrons for their support. More on this, certainly. Have a great 2016. Yours, respectfully, Gene Mills, Superintendent Things continue to march along in the High School. We returned from the break and recognized our Honor Roll and individual class achievement recipients for first semester. We also recognized our outstanding citizens from first semester as fol- lows: Freshmen: Saira Amaral and Marcelino Beltran; Sophomores: Sundee Speelmon and Kirkland Obendorf; Juniors: Lauran Barraza and Dennis Dick; and Seniors: KrissAnn Nelson and Michael Griffin. Scholarship Awareness Parents of all high school and middle school students should read this next sentence carefully. Nearly 100% of the scholarship offers I read and distribute to

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Superintendent Message

High School Principal

F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 6 N E W S L E T T E R A D R I A N S D . C O M

C AL E N D AR

RSD Friday, Feb 5

Mid-Term, Feb 4

School Board Mtg,

Feb 10 at 7pm

Parent/Teacher

Conferences,

Feb 10-11

President’s Day,

Feb. 15: No

School

Full Friday

School Day; Feb.

19

RSD Friday,

Feb 26

The 2015 Oregon Legislature passed a significant school facilities bill. SB447 pro-vides matching funds to support local communities who pass levies to improve school buildings. Levies must be passed at elections in May 2016, November 2016, or May 2017. In December, the Adrian School Board authorized our application for match-ing funds in the amount of $945,000. We have submitted our application and should have an answer by the February board meeting. If successful in our application, the Adrian School District expects to move forward with a levy ballot for the May, 2016 date. The funds, if successful in both areas, would provide $1,890,000. Our plans are to place a full sized physical education/gymnasium on the side of the old ele-mentary building. The portion of the old building that currently remains would also be re-modeled. The re-model will include two large class rooms and a restroom upstairs. Downstairs will be locker rooms, rest rooms, offices, concessions, etc. Ground work, including parking areas, will also be needed. This is really exciting stuff. Our district is long overdue with respect to a sec-ond gym. By comparison, all other schools in Eastern Oregon of a similar size to Adrian, have two gyms, currently. Local bond levies for more gymnasium space have lost in close elections in recent years. With the prospect of a state matching grant, we think it is a good time to ask our generous patrons for their support. More on this, certainly. Have a great 2016.

Yours, respectfully, Gene Mills, Superintendent

Things continue to march along in the High School. We returned from the break and recognized our Honor Roll and individual class achievement recipients for first semester. We also recognized our outstanding citizens from first semester as fol-lows: Freshmen: Saira Amaral and Marcelino Beltran; Sophomores: Sundee Speelmon and Kirkland Obendorf; Juniors: Lauran Barraza and Dennis Dick; and Seniors: KrissAnn Nelson and Michael Griffin. Scholarship Awareness Parents of all high school and middle school students should read this next sentence carefully. Nearly 100% of the scholarship offers I read and distribute to

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HS Principal (Con’t)

OREGON PROMISE Oregon Promise gives the high school Class of 2016 the opportunity for full or partial tuition grants to attend community college The state is launching its Oregon Promise program—offering graduating high school seniors an opportunity to have some or all of their community college tuition covered. This program is available to high school students graduating in Spring 2016. Students must have at least a 2.5 cumulative GPA, have resided in Oregon for at least 12 months prior to community college enrollment, and enroll at least half time in community college in Fall 2016. To apply, students must complete the Oregon Promise application, submit their high school transcript, and complete the FAFSA or its approved alternate. Students must accept all state and federal grants they are awarded to qualify for the Oregon Promise. Students must apply for the Oregon Promise

program between November 1, 2015, and March 1,

2016. Learn more at www.OregonPromise.org

seniors ask for details of the student’s community and volunteer service! Encourage your child to be in-volved in giving back to the community through volunteer service. Academics, character and involvement in school activities are important, but, foundations want to give to students who give of themselves. Stu-dents should start young and not wait until their senior year to try and pad their resume’. Seniors Parents of seniors, if your child is remotely thinking about going to college next year, you need to get the FAFSA completed as soon as possible. Also, remind your kids to check for any new scholarship opportuni-ties. Only 4 months remain until graduation! *FAFSA: Any student applying for federal aid (or aid in general) must complete the FAFSA. The Office of Federal Student Aid has also created a video/DVD that may be obtained by calling (800) 394-7084. The video includes information for both students and parents. FAFSA also has an easily navigated Web site (fafsa.ed.gov) where families can register for a PIN (the password is necessary for applying online) and find out everything they need to know about the form. Many colleges have priority dates in February and March but no firm deadline for applying for financial aid. Urge students to apply by the priority date. This is the date by which the college needs the application in order to award the most attractive aid package. After this date, funds may be limited or depleted, and stu-dents may not get as much aid as they need. Smarter Balanced Opt-Out Form In this issue of the newsletter, there is a notice regarding statewide tests and an Opt-Out Form if you choose to not have your child take the Smarter Balanced Test(s). We strongly encourage parents to have their children tested, as it provides valuable information to our teachers. Parents should also understand that opting out of the test may adversely affect our school funding as some of our funding is dependent upon testing the required number of students. If you still choose to have your child opt out of the testing, we ask that you hand deliver the Opt-Out Form to the appropriate school principal for a consultation. Thank you very much for your support of the Adrian School District.

PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES

Parent/Teacher Conferences for the Adrian High School and Adrian Elementary will be held February 10th (Wednesday and Feb-ruary 11th (Thursday). The high school staff will be available from 4:00 to 8:00 pm for conferences. The elementary staff will hold conferences from 4:00-8:00 on Wednesday evening and from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm on Thursday. PLEASE NOTE: There will no school for K-6 students on Thursday, February 11th due to conferences. Grades 7-12 will have a full school day.

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K-8 Principals Office

Students of the Month

The PTO are taking students to the YMCA for their Accelerated Reader reward. They also have planned some educational field trips for the future. As I evaluate teachers I am continually amazed at what great teachers we have. The results are our District’s high marks in the county and in the state. Thank you for the fantas-tic students that are in our community. Thanks for all of your support. William H. Ellsworth K-8 Principal

OBOB is coming! Ore-gon Battle of the Books competition will be held Saturday, March 5

th, in Pendleton at Blue

Mountain Community College. The 3-5 graders meet EVERY Wednesday morning in the computer lab at 7:30. We will be pick-ing a team of five students soon. Any ques-tions, contact Mrs. Bowns. Keep reading!

OBOB

This year’s Monster Book Fair was organized by D. J. Jamison as the Physical Project component of his senior project in business management. D.J. put up posters and decorations, supervised the volunteers who unpacked the books, helped monitor student previews, provided assistance to students and parents during the fair, and served as cashier for most of the fair. With some help from Reagan Shira, D. J. also boxed up most of the books that were not sold so they could be returned to Scholastic. Although not all the money has been counted, proceeds are expected to be more than $2500. This means we can keep $500 worth of books (about 50 books) for the library and still get $375 in cash to use as matching funds for a possible grant next month. Special thanks to:

Pat Corn for volunteering throughout the book fair

Carl Witty for donations of time and money

Tara Rushton for serving as cashier

Bryson Shira, Kenny Purnell, Lauren Barraza, Erin Nielson, and Sundee Speelman for helping unpack and display books

Sebastian Muñoz, Daniela Muñoz, Esmerelda Arias, Mesa Zimmerman, and Shannon McLeod for helping unpack and display books

Members of the community for their gen-erous support of the book fair

Kindergarten Wyatt Moreland—Trying Hard in Reading Paisley Martin - Focusing Well

Grade 1 Cassandra Arias—Great Effort in Math

Grade 2 Olivia Rushton—Academic Student, Jaslene Perfecto—Excellent Listener, Nicole Stephens—Excellent Helper

Grade 3 Celie Davis, Suchi Gillen & Sammy Saunders—Excelling in Reading Fluency

Grade 4 Ashlee Dudley, Evy Nunez, & Rayanna Crum—Enthusiastic Learner

Grade 5 Jace Martin, Carter Bayes, Luis Amarel ,Izzabella Engelmann, Sydney Davis and Jovie Gutierrez— OUTSTANDING AC-ADEMIC EFFORT and CLASSROOM CITIZENSHIP

Grade 6 Katie Martinez—Excellent Academics

Grade 7 Hugo Delgado—Great Enthusiasm Miguel Ramirez & Mesa Zimmerman—Outstanding Academic Effort

Grade 8 Mariah Furtado—Improved Academics

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By Erin Nielson, Historian A new year, a new semester, and a busy one to boot. The second semester of the school year

began on January 6th. It was a welcoming sign after a stressful week

full of finals prior to the Christmas break. Tip-Off Week was held the week of January 6

th-9

th. Students came prepared for the dress-up

theme days. On Tuesday students dressed up as Cowboys and Indi-ans. Wednesday was Movie Character dress up day, Thursday was Clone Day and Friday was Spirit Day where students showed school spirt dressed in green, white and yellow. Dodge ball was held in the gym at lunch time when classes competed with each other. The junior class dominated all of their opponents, crushing the seniors and the sophomores. The seniors came back swinging and placed first with their Star Wars themed poster. Kirkland Obendorf placed first for showing the most school spirit throughout the week. The middle school easily beat the high school in the chariot races, while the other classes fought for the second place position. Tip-Off ended with games against the Crane Mustangs. Both the girls and the boys teams lost, but not without putting up a fight. The Lady Lopes lost to the Mustangs by five points. The score was 38 to 43. The boys didn’t let the Mustangs lead by much either; the score was 31 to 41. ASB officers assisted Cecelia Martin del Campo in delivering Christmas gifts to DHS for distribution to children in foster care on December 14

th. Adrian schools and community sponsored 20 children

as part of the annual DHS Foster Children Christmas Drive. Cecelia organized the drive for her senior project. This is the 9

th year Adrian

has participated in this program. We are grateful for the act of kindness from everyone involved. Adrian hosted the monthly superintendents meeting on January 20

th. ASB officers assisted in hosting superintendents from

Malheur County schools. Arlene Greening and Julene Bowns offered their expertise in assisting leadership students in creating blankets and stocking caps as part of a care package for cancer patients. Leadership students are putting together packages consisting of various items. Michael Judkins is making bracelets for the children. Leadership students appreciate all the items individuals donated toward their service project. The group is creating 40 care packages which will be delivered to cancer treatment centers.

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By: Brooke Meyer Emotions run high as you look up at the last three minutes on the clock, and you look around at your teammates and realize this is it . . . the last game is over. We all know how devastated the Adrian football team was when the final minutes of the last game ticked away, but what we didn’t know is that some of them saw it as the beginning of their future. Colton Nielsen was not ready for his football career to end, and he wasn’t going to let that last game decide his future. Colton Nielson, an Adrian High School Senior plans to lace up his cleats

once again to play for the Wyoming Cowboys. Colton will not only be playing

football, but he will be working towards getting his Teaching License. During

Senior Project the seniors are told to choose three careers that interest them.

Colton chose Education, Ag science, and Metal work (welding). Teaching was

his main career and he absolutely fell in love with this career field during the job

shadow experience.

For his first career, Colton went to Nyssa High School along with the Nyssa

Middle School, and Fruitland High School for job shadow experiences. For his second career choice, Colton

scheduled a job shadow at Nunhems in Parma, Idaho. His final job shadow was at Ontario High School.

Interesting fact, Colton ended up teaching students how to weld. When Colton was asked about which job

shadow was his favorite, he replied that all of them were spectacular and he thoroughly each job shadow

opportunity.

With the help of his physical project advisor Mr. Johnson, and his mentor Eric White, Colton came up with an

idea to help students this year, and future students at Adrian high school. Colton took on the project of making

metal racks so that he could also teach kids how to make vertical and overhead welds.

After graduation Colton plans to move back to Wyoming and reunite with his family. There he will attend the

University of Wyoming and to graduate with his teaching license.

For seniors procrastination can become a deterrent and will consume you time if you let it. “Do not procrasti-

nate and stay on top of your grades, because in the future it will help you gain financial aid.” stated Colton.

Submitted by: KrissAnn Nelson Sometimes life events can put us on interesting paths. Reagan Shira probably had no idea that his senior year could possibly impact the rest of his life. Reagan sustained a shoulder injury during the football sea-son, requiring him to sit out of basketball season while he rehabs his shoulder. Although Reagan selected Physical Therapy as his career path for Senior Project, his rehabilitation process gave him an entirely new in-sight into this career field beyond his job shadow experiences. Reagan loves helping people which is why he chose Physical Therapy,

Education, and Coaching as his three careers to focus on during Senior

Project.

With Physical Therapy being his main career focus, Reagan scheduled job shadows at Treasure Valley Physical Therapy in Ontario, Oregon; Re-hab Authority in Homedale, Idaho; and Aarestad Physical Therapy, which was also in Ontario. For the Education portion of his job shadows, he went to Nyssa High School. Reagan’s favorite job shadow was when he went and shadowed Coach Collins at Northwest Nazarene University. He said this was his favorite job shadow because “I got to see track practice –

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Submitted by Miriah Richardson What do you want to do when you grow up? Grow up? I am only a senior in high school! Deciding upon a career that we will enjoy doing for the remaining time of our lives is a difficult decision for most people, but not for Brook Meyer. Brooke made the easy decision of being a psychologist because she has always found joy in helping people that struggle with depression, anxiety, etc. Along with psychology, she decided upon Communications and Criminal Justice as her second and third careers.

Going on job shadows and shadowing people that are professionals in your career interest is a mandatory part of Senior Project. Brooke shadowed Debbie Flaming at Homedale High School, Sara Hayden at TFT Therapeutic Services, Orquidea Flores at Lifeways, and Boddy De Leon at Nyssa High School for the Psychology portion of her job shadows. She job shadowed Michael Hale at the Malheur County Sherriff’s Department for her Criminal Jus-tice job shadow. The job shadow she enjoyed the most was her second career choice of Communications. Miriah scheduled a job shadow with Jeff Tucker at Idaho Public Television and stated this experience was her favorite due to the friendly environment at the television station. Brooke asked Mrs. Gordon to be her Senior Project advisor and Mrs. Stephanie Allison to be her Physical Project advisor. Brooke Meyer decided to put on three physical projects, which were: Pink Night, the St. Alphonsus mammogram bus, and the American Red Cross blood drive. After graduation, Brooke plans on attending Eastern Oregon University (EOU) in the fall of 2016 to pursue a degree in Psychology. She plans on playing softball for EOU. Her advice for underclassmen is to “read the Senior Project Manual. It is your lifeline.”

which is what I am passionate about.” In Senior Project, all students must choose two staff advisors who will help guide them through the process of Senior Project. Reagan asked Mr. Tolman to be his Senior Project Advisor and Mrs. Stephanie Allison to be his Physical Project Advisor. Another part of Senior Project is doing a Physical Project. Reagan decided that, since the school was in need of them, that he would put together blood spill buckets. These contained instructions on how to clean a blood spill, a couple of blood safety bags, gloves, disinfectant, band aids, and some gauze. When asked if he has any advice for underclassman, Reagan said, “Create good working habits early on.” After high school, Reagan plans on going to either Northwest Nazarene University (NNU) or College of

Idaho to pursue a career in Elementary Education. During college, he intends to participate on the college

track team. With three high school state championships medals on his letterman’s jacket and a spring track

season on the horizon, Reagan will most likely not only be competitive at the collegiate level, but may very

well become a very recognizable name within the college realm.

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.

—Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Math 30 Seconds Students learn in several different ways. How-ard Gardener suggests seven different learning styles that all students might have to one degree or another. Part of being a good problem solv-ing math student is learning which style works best for the individual learning the math. These styles include: logical/mathematical, musical, logical/verbal, visual/spatial, kinesthetic, inter-personal, and intrapersonal. There are other psychological ideas about the number and types of learning styles, but the Gardner view seems most useful. Teachers have teaching styles that sometimes do not intersect with a student’s predominant learning style. When this occurs students hope-fully will tell the teacher about the perceived diffi-culty. Most teachers can modify lesson presen-tation style to meet specific needs but it takes work from both parties. Parents who provide a good study space, a lis-tening ear, and encouragement are a great source for bridging the potential teaching style/learning style gap. T.S.

NOTES FROM THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT Fundraising news: We continue to collect Box Tops for Education and Campbell soup Labels for Education points. It is time for the competition to begin! Let’s see which class can bring in the most box tops/lables in the Elementary and Middle School! Simply gather your box tops up and lables, place them in a small sandwich baggie, write your student’s name on the outside, along with their classroom teacher’s name and bring them to school! The contest will run from Feb. 1- Feb. 28th. Remember, box tops are on many of your favorite brands at the grocery store. Look for this symbol for box tops and this one for Campbell Labels for Education.

Spring is coming soon, which means a lot of activity is happening in the music department! First, Solo/Ensemble Festival for High School students will be held Tuesday, March 8th, in Ontario, Oregon at the Middle School. In April, the Adrian Middle School and Advanced Bands will perform at District 9 Festival, Tuesday the 5th. On April 6th, we are planning to represent the choral program at the District 9 Choral Fes-tival. Both events will take place in Ontario, Oregon at the Four Rivers Cultural Center, in the Auditorium. Times and details to be an-nounced soon. Our Spring Concerts are set for Monday, May 16th. K-5 will be at 2:00 pm, followed by the Middle and High School Concert at 7:00 pm. Let’s keep on making music! Mrs. VanCorbach

The Adrian FFA was recently awarded a $2,500

grant from the Northwest Farm Credit Services

Rural Communities grant program. This grant

program provides funds for rural community pro-

jects that focus on improving rural communities.

This is the second grant awarded to the Adrian

Chapter in recent years. The funds received

this year will help the chapter to purchase a mul-

tipurpose flatbed trailer and also pay for some

fruit trees to be planted in the FFA’s garden/

orchard below the greenhouse. The trailer will

come in handy especially for annual Glean

Team efforts. The trailer will allow chapter

members to haul gleaned produce from the

fields as well as transport crates of product from

donating warehouses and producers. Typically

the gathered produce is taken back to the high

school where it is sorted, bagged, stored and

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Adrian School District #61 Condensed Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

December 10, 2015

Members present were: Ryan Martin, Eddie Kinkade, Bobby Davis, and Jake Speelmon.

Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 4:00 p.m. by Board Chairman, Ryan Martin. The meeting was opened with the Pledge of Allegiance

Adopt Agenda Motion was made and was seconded to adopt the agenda as presented. Motion carried unanimously. Student Reports/Requests Sundee Speelmon, Student Body Representative, reported that since the last board meeting the FFA had competed in the Ag Sales Contest; C.W. Trisef, author of the Oracle series, visit-ed the school; students took mid-terms; and the football finished a good year and unfortunately ended their season with Reagan Shira going out with a broken shoulder. Basketball and wrestling season is underway. The winter music concert went well. There are JV basketball games tonight vs Nyssa JV and tomorrow the wrestlers will be at Nyssa for a meet. The fall sports awards night is next Tuesday, Dec. 15. There is a full-day of school on Dec. 18

th with parties and activities in the afternoon, and then the students will be on break

until Jan. 5, 2016. January 4th is a teacher inservice day. Tip-off will be on Jan. 8

th with the community pep

assembly taking place on Thursday, Jan. 7th.

Elementary Principal Report Mr. Ellsworth reported that the elementary staff is continuing with the Master Teacher trainings, the Christmas program was good, and the PTO is sponsoring a series of field trips for the elementary students to provide them with background information for their learning. High School Principal Report Mr. Purnell reported that we had a lockdown situation after school on Dec. 8 while the basketball games were in progress. The drill was a good learning experience and the conflict was resolved without incident. Mr. Purnell invited the board members to attend the Cradle to Career Education/Legislative Summit on Jan. 19, 2015 from 6 to 9:30 p.m. MST in Baker City. This will be an opportunity for board members and administrators to meet with legislators and state officials. We have been asked to present our “I am the Promise of Oregon”, a student video about why they are the promise of Oregon. Superintendent Report Mr. Mills commended Mrs. VanCorbach and Mrs. Bowns on the great job they did with the music program. The basketball teams traveled to Council and were well behaved and model students. Financial Report Darla Witty presented a balance sheet and summary of receipts and expenditures as of No-vember 30, 2015. She also presented updated revenue information. We will over collect our State School Fund budget by about $50,000 due to increased enrollment, and we will collect our current taxes budget if the collection rate is 94%. Initial estimates of our expected carryover into next year could be $580,000, or greater.

Public Comment There were none.

Consent Agenda Motion was made and was seconded to adopt the November 12, 2015, board meeting minutes as presented and to approve payment of the bills as listed in the amount of $329,541.87. Motion car-ried unanimously.

Action Items Extra-duty Stipend – ASB Supervision Mr. Mills recommended that Stephanie Allison be paid a $1,500 stipend for duties as the Associated Student Body Student Council Advisor for 2015-2016 and to re-evaluate the stipend and develop a plan going forward. A question was raised whether this should have been broached during salary negotiations. Mr. Purnell explained that this is not an employee request for additional money, but the administration’s wish to compensate an employee for the additional duties they are performing. Motion was made and was seconded to pay Stephanie Allison a $1,500 stipend for performing duties as the Associated Student Body Student Council Advisor. Motion carried unanimously.

Information Items Facilities Update Mr. Mills shared a second conceptual plan for a gymnasium to be used for physical educa-tion and extra-curricular athletics. This plan is for a stand-alone metal building sited at the demo site of the old elementary building and the renovation of the remnant of the old elementary building to include locker rooms, concession stand, and equipment storage on the ground floor and classroom space and an exercise and wres-tling room on the upper floor. Mr. Mills believes the architect’s estimates to be long and thinks that we could do the facility at a cost of $1,890,000. If we were to be successful in our application for the SB 945 matching (Continued next page)

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funds, we would need to levy $945,000. Motion was made and was seconded to authorize the application for funds, we would need to levy $945,000. Motion was made and was seconded to authorize the application for $945,000 of SB 945 matching facility grant funds. Motion carried unanimously.

Adjournment Motion was made and was seconded to adjourn the meeting. The meeting was declared ad-journed at 5 p.m. Motion carried unanimously.

distributed. This past fall, Adrian FFA members with help from other middle and high school students, gleaned or accumulated 42,690 total pounds of onions and potatoes. Their efforts led them to a 2nd place finish in the 2015 Les Schwab-Oregon FFA state-wide food drive. The purchase of a trailer wouldn’t be possible without the help of local grants and in the end it is the community members and citizens of Malheur County that benefit the most!! Thank you Northwest Farm Credit Services!

Tip-Off Court 2016

Adrian high school announced their Tip-Off Court during Tip-Off coronation. Left to right: Kaden Binford and Gracie Morton (Freshmen representatives); Pau Roget and Hayley Richardson (Junior representatives); Prince Hunter Phelps, Princess Miriah Richardson, King Reagan Shira, Queen Laura Mazac, Prince Peter Ramos, Princess

KrissAnn Nelson (Seniors); Alvaro Martinez Urena and Sundee Speelmon (Sophomore representatives).

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Adrian Sports Boosters

Second Annual Owyhee Off-Road Challenge

March 26, 2016

Was your New Year’s resolution to be healthier, workout, and get into shape this year? By the end of January, many resolutions go by the wayside, but if you have a race penciled in on the schedule it can help you get out there and log those few extra miles that you wouldn’t get in otherwise. Accountability is everything, and signing up for a race can be the motivation you need to get out there and get it done. Whether you're running for a personal best or just to get to the finish line, you're going to have to prepare to get there. That preparation can get you on track to healthier you.

The Adrian Sports Boosters are providing a perfect opportunity for runners and walkers to get signed up for an event. The Boosters are proud to announce the Second Annual Owyhee Off-Road Challenge Half Marathon, 10k & 5k coming up Saturday, March 26th, 2016. Chip timing will be provided for all three events. All of the proceeds from this event will go to help improve the Adrian track. Last year’s event raised over $5,000.

The breathtaking views and stunning Snake River Valley scenery from the top of the Owyhee’s are worth the climb! Besides that, it makes for great bragging rights. Runners and walkers are welcome regardless of experience. For more information and registration, visit http://www.owyheeoffroadchallenge.com

Volunteers:

If you’re not sure about participating as a runner or walker, you can still be a part and help out by volunteering. Join the Owyhee Off-Road volunteer team to help make this event one of the best in the Treasure Valley. Your volunteer time benefits the runners, walkers, guests, and staff by providing help in a variety of areas, including start & finish line, packet pick-up, infor-mation and water distribution. To volunteer, please visit our website and click on the volunteer link to sign up to help.

Sponsors:

If you or your business would like to help sponsor this event, please go to the website and click on the “Sponsors” link for more information. Last years event hosted over 200 partici-pants.

Adrian Antelopes

On track for a bright future!

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Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri

Waffles 1 Chicken or Fish Nuggets Fries Mixed Fruit Birthday Cake

Sausage Links 2 Enchiladas Spanish Rice Refried Beans Orange

Breakfast Cookie 3 Beef Stew & Crackers Green Salad Banana Hot Roll

Scrambled Eggs 4 Hot Dog Fries Baby Carrots Apple

5

R/SD

Pancakes 8 Hamburger Gravy Mashed Potatoes Apple Hot Roll

Breakfast Burrito 9 Beanie Weinies Green Salad Grapes Apple Crisp

Choc. Chip/Banana Muffin 10 Spaghetti Green Salad Oranges French Bread

Sausage Links 11 Finger Steaks Fries Peach Cup Hot Roll

12

No-School

15

No-School

Biscuits & Gravy 16 Pizza Ripper Green Salad Pineapple Cookie

Pizza Roll 17 Sheppard’s Pie Green Peas Apple Hot Roll

Apple Muffin 18 Grilled Cheese Sandwich Tomato Soup/Crackers Broccoli Bites/Banana Brownie

Grilled Cheese 19 Hamburger Fries Pork & Beans Oranges

Scrambled Eggs 22 Scalloped Potatoes w/Ham Green Salad/Baked Beans Apple Hot Roll

Yogurt/Fruit Parfait 23 Beef Stroganoff Carrots Banana Chocolate Cake

Sausage Links 24 French Dip Sandwich Green Salad Pears

Hash browns 25 Burrito Fries Oranges Sour Cream & Salsa

26

R/SD

French Toast 29 Macaroni & Cheese Green Beans/Spinach Apple Cookie

Adrian School Cafeteria Lunch Menu

February 2016

Cafeteria Hours

Breakfast 7:30-7:55 a.m.

Lunch

K-5 11:00-11:45 6-12 11:50-12:20

Prices Breakfast K-12 $1.70 Adult $2.10

Lunch

K-5 $2.55 6-12 $2.70 Adult $3.60

(K-12) & Adults Extra Milk .35 (6-12) & Adults

Extra Entree $1.25

Food Service Supervisor

Julie Morton

541-372-2337

All Meals Are Served With Choice of Milk Or Water

* Fat Free White * 1% White ** 1% Chocolate

Free Price

Applications

Are Available At

The Elementary Office

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