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District - Last week, Churchill County School District joined schools nationwide in celebrating National School Lunch Week, highlighting the vital role nutritious meals play in student health and learning. The event emphasized that access to breakfast and lunch helps students stay focused, energized, and ready to learn. Superintendent Derild Parsons thanked Chartwells and its staff “for providing our students with healthy, delicious meals every day” and ensuring every child “has the fuel they need to stay focused, energized, and ready to learn.” Photo below: Chartwells staff member Catrina Freeman serving students lunch at CCHS. Freeman was recently nominated for School Lunch Hero of our Pacific Region for Chartwells.

CCHS - Students enjoyed a live performance of “These Foolish Things” by Oregon Shakespeare Festival actors Leianna Weaver and Tiago Santos. The first-through-third-period shows, followed by a fifth-period workshop for theatre students, gave many their first opportunity to see live theatre. “The actors enjoyed performing for and working with our students today,” said Theatre Director Ashley Adams, who thanked staff for helping make the event possible.  Photo below: Leianna Weaver and Tiago Santos from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival performing “These Foolish Things.”

CCMS - Jennifer Olsen’s math students turned geometry into art as Jennifer Olsen’s classes explored transformations—translations, reflections, rotations, and dilations—through creative design projects. Students reimagined furniture, transformed their initials, and manipulated figures on coordinate planes, turning math concepts into hands-on creations. Olsen said the lesson encouraged students to view math as a tool for innovation and design.

 Numa - Ffth graders in Kristina Lee’s class combined geography and imagination by creating their own islands. Students mapped landforms, labeled surrounding oceans and continents, and produced persuasive “commercials” to showcase their islands’ resources and appeal. The project helped students connect creativity with real-world geography while developing presentation and communication skills.

E.C. Best - Students learned about communication styles during classroom visits from counselor Janell Suess. Lessons focused on the difference between passive, aggressive, and assertive communication, with students practicing role-playing activities to see how tone and word choice affect others. “Being an effective communicator is an important life skill,” Suess said, “and these lessons helped students see how their words and actions impact others.”

Lahontan - LES held its Fall Book Fair and Family Literacy Night on October 15 with the theme Wild About Reading. Students and their families participated in a variety of literacy activities in the cafeteria and got to browse and purchase books in the library. The combined event offered an opportunity for students and families to engage with reading together, strengthen literacy skills, and discover new books. By pairing interactive activities with the book fair, the school created an event where learning, creativity, and a love of reading came together in an enjoyable and meaningful way. Photo below:Families pack the library during the fall book fair and literacy night