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The North Marion Girls Soccer team is the Oregon West Conference champion and will now be competing in the Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) 4A State Championships. The Boys Soccer team finished in third place in the Oregon West Conference and the team will also be competing in the OSAA 4A State Championships. Hooray for the Huskies!

Members of the Woodburn Area Chamber of Commerce held the group’s Friday Greeters event last week at North Marion High School, and the visitors praised the school's new look. 

Sources of Strength needs student leaders once again! Helping others who are struggling by providing hopeful messaging is the main goal of the students who run North Marion’s Sources of Strength leadership group, which will restart this January. Student leaders are recruited through staff and student nominations. Recruitment will take place in November and December.

With information on grades and attendance available digitally and with lots of quick, easy ways to communicate online, it might seem like parent-teacher conferences would have gone the way of the telegraph.  

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) has announced children ages 5-11 in Oregon are now eligible for the new updated bivalent COVID-19 vaccine boosters. Updated bivalent boosters are recommended for anyone ages 5 and older who has completed a primary COVID-19 vaccine series or prior monovalent booster dose.

Read more on the OHA website.

We are proud of this year’s North Marion High School Homecoming Court, which was announced Oct. 13 and includes King David Gabriel Herrera; Senior Princesses Adrie Lader, Clara Miller, Esmeralda Pacheco Contreras, and Emily Reneau; Junior Princesses Kira Bonser and Mattia Kimber; Sophomore Princesses Isabel Doubrava and Vanessa Valenzuela; and Freshman Princesses Dorismar Rios Valencia and Addyson Smith.

Enjoy some treats and games! The North Marion Class of 2025 is holding a Harvest Festival fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22 at the Open Door Community Church, 20687 Highway 99E in Aurora. Tickets ares $5 per child. A hot dog lunch is available for $5. There will also be a raffle for a paddleboard.

First Student is supporting the North Marion School District with three events: the free Decorate a Pumpkin Event, the Fall Craft Bazaar, and Shelbi Mattison’s scarf fundraiser.

Every year, the Oregon School Boards Association (OSBA) chooses to interview 100 children, 25 students each from four lucky school districts — and this year, North Marion got to be one of them.

Oregon is committed to preparing every learner with academic knowledge and skills necessary for success beyond high  school.

“Caring” and “talented” aren’t words specifically listed on Renee Hanson’s resume, but her colleagues call the new North Marion Middle School Counselor a warmhearted professional who succeeds in uplifting students every day.

The week of October 10-14 is National School Lunch Week and the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) and the Oregon School Boards Association (OSBA) are teaming up to raise awareness of the importance of child nutrition programs in schools.