What a great break from the school routine - and now we're right back to it! YAY! Here's what's up this week:
WG rehearsals - M/W 3:30 - 7:30 pm
Cadet rehearsals - M/W 4:30 - 6:30 pm
WDL rehearsal - T/Th 5 - 9 pm
Also, the regular basketball season has begun and we're now settling into our T/F routine. Here's who is on tap for this week:
GBX vs Newberg - Tuesday 1/6
S: River W; Jarra J; Zach R; Austin Q
A: Keith W; Marla R
GBX vs West Linn and BBX vs Tualatin - Friday 1/9
S: Kristina L; Gabryann G; Kaitlyn H; Deling H
A:???
So, we have a GAPING hole on Friday! We MUST have at least 1 adult - and since Tualatin is coming, we will do better with 2 adults. Will YOU be that adult who will step up? Please, send an email right away and let's get this covered. Click on this link to email McKee. Our kids have done a great job signing up - almost everything is covered. Here is where we still have NO adults:
Friday January 9
Tuesday January 20
Tuesday February 10
Tuesday February 24
We can also use an additional adult on these dates:
Tuesday January 27
Friday February 13
Let's get these all taken care of now, and then we can just take a breath and move on!
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Why Newberg is Important to Me
Newberg holds a special place in my heart. Although I have not lived there since 1977, I am a proud Newberg High School graduate. It was at NHS that band director Dick Elliot gave me the confidence to become a life-long percussionist, and choir director George White helped me develop the singing voice that led to my participation in the Portland Symphonic Choir, the chorus of the Oregon Symphony. Social studies teachers Dan Lever and Ed Wiesehan instilled in me the understanding that the names and dates of events are such a small part of learning about history – they helped their students see the how and the why, and led us to discernment and interpretation, essential components of critical thinking. And for me, the influence of these four educators and several others at Newberg High helped me to decide to pursue a career in education.
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Newberg is where I met the man I married, introduced by a friend in the lobby of Pennington Hall at George Fox College (now University). Newberg is where both of my daughters moved for their own post-secondary experience, each graduating from Fox. I have many dear friends in Newberg, including those in my faith community. Newberg is where my parents-in-law retired, living the final years of their lives at the aging-in-place community at Friendsview.
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Newberg is a town of 25,000+ in the heart of Oregon Wine Country, with both small-town shops like Chapters Books & Coffee and suburban-type businesses including Fred Meyer. Community events include the 1st Friday Artwalk, Wednesday (evening) Market, the Summer Concert Series at the Chehalem Cultural Center, the yearly Old Fashioned Festival, and much more. Newberg is one of my favorite towns, for so many reasons.
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