📚 What We’re Learning / Lo que estamos aprendiendo

 

We are learning about the Civil War in class.

Estamos aprendiendo sobre la Guerra Civil en clase.

 

Erik’s class is studying the Renaissance—he thinks it’s a little boring—but they are learning about important people and artists.

 

La clase de Erik está aprendiendo sobre el Renacimiento; él cree que es un poco aburrido, pero están estudiando personajes importantes y artistas.

 

🌎 Earth Day Activities / Actividades del Día de la Tierra

 

Students from The Dalles High School visited our school yesterday and helped with Earth Day activities.

 

Estudiantes de The Dalles High School vinieron ayer a nuestra escuela y ayudaron con las actividades del Día de la Tierra.

 

🏕️ 4th Grade Field Trip / Excursión de 4.º grado

One of our 4th grade teachers, Maestra Stephanie, is taking her class on an overnight camping trip to the Fossil Beds. We’re a little jealous! After all, 5th graders are the oldest in the school—what happened to respect for our elders?

 

Una de nuestras maestras de cuarto grado, la Maestra Stephanie, llevará a su clase a una excursión de campamento con pernocta a los Fossil Beds. ¡Tenemos un poco de envidia! Después de todo, los estudiantes de quinto grado son los mayores de la escuela… ¿qué pasó con el respeto a nuestros mayores?

 

🎉 Assembly Fun with ASB / Diversión en las asambleas con ASB

 

ASB has been adding fun activities to our assemblies. Last week, we played “Sink the Ship” together on the same team—and we won! This month’s theme is cooperation, so the game helped us practice teamwork. Plus, kids don’t love just sitting and listening to lectures.

 

El ASB ha estado agregando actividades

divertidas a nuestras asambleas. La semana pasada jugamos “Hundir el barco” en el mismo equipo—¡y ganamos! El tema de este mes es la cooperación, así que el juego nos ayudó a practicar el trabajo en equipo. Además, a los niños no les gusta solo estar sentados escuchando lecciones.

 

♟️ Chess Tournament / Torneo de ajedrez

There was a chess tournament last month open to students from Kindergarten through 5th grade in The Dalles. Erik earned 2nd place, and another Chenowith 5th grader won the tournament. Great job to everyone who participated!

 

El mes pasado hubo un torneo de ajedrez abierto a estudiantes desde kínder hasta quinto grado en The Dalles. Erik obtuvo el segundo lugar, y otro estudiante de quinto grado de Chenowith ganó el torneo. ¡Felicidades a todos los participantes!

 

🍒 Cherry Festival Parade / Desfile del Festival de la Cereza

Look for the Chenowith DLI classes in the Cherry Festival parade this Saturday—we’ll have lots of candy!

 

Busquen a las clases DLI de Chenowith en el desfile del Festival de la Cereza este sábado. ¡Tendremos muchos dulces!

 

💙 School Spirit / Espíritu escolar

At Chenowith, we always say: TOGETHER WE ARE BETTER.

En Chenowith siempre decimos: JUNTOS SOMOS MEJORES.

Our students have been state testing this week in ELA, math, and science. We have been on a special schedule, with extra breaks and even snacks (thanks to our kitchen ladies) to keep us focussed.

 

Last Friday, students who earned Wildcat Coins had the opportunity to have an end-of-the-day reward which was an extra hour of recess or a movie in the library. 

 

Students earn Wildcat Coins for:

Our school’s admin. Is working hard to raise expectations for behavior and performance but also have more incentives. Shout out to Mr. Datta and Ms. Kilgore for making the middle school stronger.

 

Our track season is in full swing. Today, our track athletes traveled to White Salmon to compete in their second meet of the season. There are over seventy athletes participating in track this season. The team is made up of 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. Volunteers at home track meets are always welcome.  

 

TDMS yearbooks are currently on sale. Students can choose between a hard or soft cover option.

 

Our 6th graders will be attending Outdoor school next week. They will be going to Camp Monday-Wednesday next week. Our 6th graders are excited for this much anticipated annual opportunity.

 

In addition to Outdoor School, many groups have upcoming field trips planned for May & June, including AVID, and our 7th graders will be taking a field trip to Portland to visit the Zoo as well as their annual downtown mural walk.

 

Teacher appreciation week is May 4th-8th. We are excited to recognize our amazing teachers at TDMS.

 

Our ASB is hosting a Talent Show next month. Students are currently signing up and auditions will begin in a few weeks. The Talent Show will be on May 15th, in an afternoon assembly.

 

On Wednesday, May 20, from 5:30-7pm, TDMS will be hosting our annual Carnival night for the community and district families. There will be many booths from local community partners, free games, free food, a photo booth, and entertainment offered. 

 

We had over 110 students from 6th–12th grade marching in the Cherry Parade on Saturday—and what an incredible showing it was.

 

Between mock AP tests, athletic events, festivals, competitions, and state testing, these students somehow found time to rehearse and come together as one strong, unified group.

 

Our wind players memorized over 5 minutes of music, and our percussion section took on more than 8 minutes—an impressive feat on its own, let alone with everything else on their plates.

 

Their dedication, work ethic, and pride in what they do truly stood out. We couldn’t be more proud of each and every one of them!

The baseball team started league play by hosting Madras on Thursday (4/23). The Hawks had a tough day and were upset by the White Buffaloes 11-7. TDHS is 0-1 in league and 10-6 overall. The Hawks have three league games this week. Monday @ Madras, Wednesday @ Gladstone and hoist Gladstone on Thursday. The JV team had a great week. The played 3 home games and won all three. On Monday, the Hawks swept La Grande in a double header 15-10, and 11-7. On Thursday, the Hawks beat Madras in 5 innings 18-8. The Hawks are now 5-6 on the year.

 

Softball began their league play in high gear. The Hawks traveled to Madras on Thursday and defeated the White Buffaloes 26-1 in 3 innings. The Hawks return home to face Madras on Monday and Gladstone on Wednesday. They finish the week on the road at Gladstone on Thursday. The Hawks are 1-0 in league and 14-2 overall and ranked #4 in the state. The JV team had their game cancelled by Madras due to not having enough players to play the game.  

 

Tuesday (4/21) at TDCC, the Hawks hosted the second league preview meet. The Hawks finished in 4th place as a team and the following TDHS golfers placed in the top 20 and scored points for a place at the state meet. Andrew Westin finished in 3rd place by shooting an 83. Nautis Kerr finished in 16th place and shot a 107. Jaxon Howe and Adrian Schultz tied for 18th place and shot a 109. In the league JV tournament the Hawks finished second and freshman Kaleb Meyers was the top golfer for TDHS finishing in 6th place and shooting score of 106. The JV team went to Madras on Thursday and finished 6th out 7 teams. Camden Whipple was top scorer for the Hawks by shooting a 89 and finishing 5th overall.

 

The girls’ team went to Seaside on Monday for the Seaside Invitational. The Hawks did not place as a team, because they only had 3 golfers. Elliot Winwood was TDHS’ top golfer finishing in 11th place and scoring a 99. On Thursday, the girls’ team went to Wildwood in Portland and the varsity did not place a team score because they only had 2 golfers. Rozylyn Elliott was top golfer for TDHS by shooting a 122, and Alice Judah won the JV tournament by shooting a 9 hole score of 60.

 

Boys’ tennis had a busy week. They hosted Sisters on Tuesday and tied the Outlaws 2-2 but won the tie-breaker by winning more games 33-25. Dante Kim won his singles match 6-0-, 6-1. Christian Santillan won his singles match also 6-0, 6-0. On Thursday, the Hawks hosted Riverside from Boardman and won 8-0. They finished the week up at Stanfield on Friday and won 7-0.

 

The girls had a tough week. They were rained out of their matches in Sisters on Tuesday, and traveled to Stanfield with the boys on Friday and Coach Lopez had to take the lead for the girls since their coach was sick. The girls travel to Madras on Wednesday and then Riverside on Friday this week.

TDHS boys’ volleyball team was back in action on Thursday and the lost their league match to Damascus Christian 3-1.  The Hawks have three home matches next week on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.  Thursday is their final home match of the season and it will be senior night. 

 

Girls’ Flag football traveled to Bend on Saturday and faced two league opponents.  The Hawks played Mt. View first and then Madras.  The Hawks lost both games.  TDHS is now 1-5 in league and 2-11 overall.  The Hawks play their final home games this Friday (5/1) at 4 against Bend High and 7:30 against Reynolds.  We will be honoring our seniors Friday night, also. 

 

The track team went to Molalla on Wednesday and faced Molalla and Gladstone the boys won the meet 89.5 to 70.5 and 17.5.  The girls won 79 to 58.5 and 35.  On Friday five Riverhawks traveled to Jesuit High School in Portland to compete in the Nike Twilight Relays with athletes from all over the state and Western United States.  Willow Ziegenhagen finished in 8th place in the javelin and Evelyn Rogers  finished in 8th place at the shot put and threw a new PR at 36 '4.75".  Tyson Long PRed in the 1500 with a time of 4:08.57.