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CTE Spotlight – Viviana Martinez

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Pendleton High School CTE Student Spotlight – Viviana Martinez

Name: Viviana Martinez
Grade: Senior

What CTE classes/pathway are you taking?
I am taking Advanced Studio Art, which aligns with the Visual and Media Arts CTE Pathway.

What do you enjoy about your CTE classes at PHS?
I really enjoy how freely we are able to create within the classroom. The studio art classes are entirely independent, which encourages me to plan and design virtually anything I want. Mrs. Prevot, the art teacher, also gives positive feedback and advice for my and other student’s ideas, which is encouraging.

How are CTE classes making a difference in your education?
Since I want art to be my future career pursuit, the Visual and Media Arts CTE Pathway has made it exponentially easier to learn different drawing/painting techniques and how to navigate through different digital applications. Being able to use different digital art/photography programs has been beneficial since those skills are needed in a professional multimedia environment.

Would you like to share anything else about CTE at PHS?
Taking any CTE Pathway is a good way to keep track of what skills and knowledge you need to know for your future career.

 

Viviana Martinez

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CTE Spotlight – Ella Guenther

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Pendleton High School CTE Student Spotlight – Ella Guenther

Name: Ella Guenther
Grade: Senior

What CTE classes/pathway are you taking?
I take aerospace engineering classes.

What do you enjoy about your CTE classes at PHS?
I like being able to do hands-on projects to learn about flight and space.

How are CTE classes making a difference in your education?
Engineering classes at PHS have shown me opportunities that I wouldn’t have considered before and allowed me to work with a variety of different people doing hands-on projects.

Would you like to share anything else about CTE at PHS?
I would strongly recommend trying engineering classes at PHS, even if it doesn’t sound interesting.

 

Ella Guenther

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Forecasting Night for Grades 8-11

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MySchoolBucks

New Online Store for PHS

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Dear Pendleton School District Family,

We are excited to be upgrading our online school store experience to MySchoolBucks! MySchoolBucks is a simpler, faster, easier, and more efficient way to pay online for sports at Pendleton High School.

When you create your new FREE MySchoolBucks account, you will be able to conveniently and securely pay for your student’s store items or fees online via any web browser or with the FREE mobile Parent App available in Apple & Android Stores. With MySchoolBucks, you’ll be able to quickly and easily browse items in our School Store, be notified when fees are due, and make payments from anywhere!

What Changed?  We’re glad you asked!

  • One single login for all schools within your district means no more extra or separate logins for each school.
  • The MySchoolBucks Parent App allows you to pay easily and efficiently from anywhere, anytime.
  • A simpler, easier, and more efficient website, with dedicated support from the MySchoolBucks parent support team.

Get Started Today:

  1. Go to MySchoolBucks.com or download the Apple/Android app.
  2. Create your free account.
  3. Select your State, District, and add your student(s) via the prompts.
  4. Add school store items or fees/invoices to your cart.
  5. Check out using your credit/debit card or electronic check. A program fee may apply.

If you need assistance with your account, you can visit MySchoolBucks.com and find helpful FAQs and how-to videos with answers to common questions, or you can contact the dedicated MySchoolBucks Parent Support Team via online chat or by calling (855) 832-5226.

Pendleton High School and Sunridge Middle School appreciate you using this online option as a way to help reduce the amount of physical cash and checks and the time it takes our staff to handle payments – so we can continue providing your family the best school store experience.

Sincerely,
Marti McGraw, PHS Bookkeeper

 

Operation Christmas Bags at PHS

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Operation Christmas was a huge success at PHS this year.  The PHS Counseling Office was able to organize gift bags for 50 students this year.  This could not have happened without the generous donations we received from PHS Staff and community members. A special shout out to Wildhorse Resort and Casino, Medical Center Dental, Pendleton Faith Center and Premium Tire and Lube.

The joy and appreciation that each student displayed was heartwarming and made all the work that went into it worth every minute. We hope all of you have a wonderful Christmas this year.

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Little Bucks Day at PHS

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PHS Little Bucks Day Brings Holiday Fun

What if you were a preschooler or kindergartner and got to spend the morning at the big high school in your town? That’s what about 20 kids got to do during Little Bucks Day at Pendleton High School on December 14th.

A PHS tradition of 24 years this year, Little Bucks Day is organized by PHS Leadership Class students to offer “Little Bucks” the chance to spend some time at the high school. According to Stu Clem, PHS Leadership Teacher, the event is a leadership program that helps Big Bucks (leadership students) give back to the community.

For a couple of hours, children ages three through kindergarten went on a Scavenger Hunt around the school, picking up clues and prizes in different classrooms, taking a photo with Santa, participating in arts and crafts activities, and decorating cookies.

Each Little Buck is paired up with a high school student for the morning to enjoy the activities together. Clem said it is amazing how many former Big Bucks (former PHS leadership students) are now sending their Little Bucks. “We have had dozens do it – pretty cool!” Clem said.

PHS Senior Miranda is this year’s Little Bucks Day Chair for PHS Leadership. She said it’s been a lot of work to get the event organized, but she was looking forward to taking her three-year-old sister around for Little Bucks Day. “I love Christmas, and little kids are cute; plus, I really like to do arts and crafts.”

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PHS Adopts-A-Family

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PHS Groups & Teams Work Together for Christmas Cheer

A number of children in the Pendleton community will have some gifts under their Christmas tree this year thanks to the Salvation Army and Pendleton High School students and staff. Each year, PHS student groups, sports teams, and some staff groups participate in the Adopt-a-Family project at the school.

Here’s how it works: PHS student clubs, sports teams, and staff groups let the PHS Leadership Class know they would like to participate and tell them how many children they would like to “adopt” for the holiday. PHS Leadership gets tags from the Salvation Army with wishes from children about what they want/need for Christmas, then passes those along. The groups go shopping and purchase items like clothes, shoes, toys, games, etc. for the children.

“It’s so much fun and rewarding to help out people in our community and give back during the holidays,” said Ellie, PHS Senior and Chair of Adopt-a-Family.

This year, more than 10 PHS groups are participating, including the Culture Club, National Honor Society, Hispanic/Latino Club, Girls’ Basketball, Boys’ Basketball, Girls’ Tennis, PHS Leadership and more. PHS Leadership collects all of the gifts and takes them to the Salvation Army, which distributes them.

“I just hope that people realize they can give back in many ways and anywhere, even in high school,” Ellie said.

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Jack & Jill Events at PHS

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The purpose of some fun activities this year at Pendleton High School (PHS) is to increase participation in school events and boost PHS spirit. One of the ways to increase participation is to be involved in or watch a Jack and Jill event.

The Jack and Jill events are so named because teams who participate must consist of male and female students. There are a variety of competitions planned – volleyball, black light volleyball, pickleball, badminton, and spike ball. The events are scheduled once a month in Warberg Gym. Teams pay $2 per person to register to participate.

According to Stu Clem, PHS Leadership Advisor, the high school has been having Jack and Jill events for more than 10 years, and they are a true PHS tradition, as he hasn’t heard of any other high school that does them.

The winners of each competition get to participate in a really fun event in the spring/end of the school year. Each student team goes up against a PHS Staff Jack and Jill team.

Jaydon, a Junior, said he and his friends participate in the Jack and Jill events because it’s fun.

Aubrie, a Junior, said it is a break from Advisory class. “I’m terrible at some of the events/sports, but it’s fun,” she said.

Grace Pitner, PHS Senior, is the Assembly Director for PHS Leadership this year, and she said planning the Jack and Jill events has been fun. “I like yard games, and it’s fun to play against kids your age and not your parents. It’s also good because it makes for fun competition because the students who sign up for Jack and Jill are playing because they want to.”

Last year, Pitner and her teammate won three events – pickleball, volleyball, and black light volleyball. So they were able to compete against staff teams for two events – pickleball and volleyball (the two volleyball competitions were combined). They lost both events, which she said was embarrassing but still a great experience.

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