The school supplies list for returning Driftwood K-8 students is now available by following this link.
2010-11 Registration dates for Driftwood will be August 25-26, 2010 from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Port Orford-Langlois 2CJ Schools are seeking host families for the AYUSA Global Youth Exchange Program. There are currently no less than five qualified students seeking housing in our District, all of which are outstanding in every way. Hosting an AYUSA exchange student is the perfect way to share your culture and traditions while experiencing and welcoming those from another country.
As an AYUSA Host Family, your financial responsibility is minimal. Your exchange son or daughter asks that you provide three meals a day and a bedroom (either private or shared) with a host sibling of the same gender. Families are simply asked to provide a safe, warm, and nurturing environment while sharing their American culture with their student. The benefits of hosting an exchange student are many.
Via hosting a student you are:
* Exposing your family to a new culture and language;
* Growing closer as a family as you help the exchange student to learn about your town and area;
* Experiencing the joys of having a new family member to love;
* Practicing hospitality and generosity with your own family;
* Developing a relationship with a foreign teenager that may last for years to come;
* Supporting diversity and cross-cultural understanding in your own home;
* Giving back to your community;
* Helping to make a difference in the world.
There is no such thing as a "typical" AYUSA Host Family. Whether you live in a rural or an urban community, and regardless of the shape and size of your family, you are invited to host an AYUSA exchange student. We believe that all families can benefit from participating in cultural exchange by hosting an AYUSA exchange student.
2CJ invites you to welcome a young person from another country to your own home and community. If interested, Regional Director of the AYUSA program, Kari Owens, is avaible to answer any questions you might have before undertaking such a worthwhile endeavor.
Kari may be reached at owens.kari@gmail.com or via phone by calling 541-396-5939
Pacific High Yearbooks are now on sale here. Price is $38.00 per with free shipping. These are available until they're gone - get one quick!
There will be some available in the PHS main office but only a limited supply.
Mr. Parsons and his band of student reporters have spent many hours developing this fine product as rememberance of our High School times and, according to him, the quality of the finished product will be difficult to top in the future. Full color product, glossy pages - get yours signed now!
The Oregon Department of Energy announced that Port Orford/Langlois School District will receive $65.062.00 in federal funds for an energy-efficient lighting project. The project is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act awarded through the Oregon Department of Energy. These funds are designated for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in public buildings. The U.S. Department of Energy administers the funds, approves the projects and reviews the state’s progress. Port Orford/Langlois School District will use the funds for retrofitting all the buildings at the Pacific High School site. The new energy efficient lighting installed by Reese Electric will result in significant energy savings for the District, and a better quality of light for our students and staff.
“We are pleased to make this award to the Port Orford/Langlois School District,” said Shellí Honeywell, manager of the Oregon Department of Energy ARRA team. “Not only will students and staff enjoy a learning environment with better lighting, but the funds will put local contractors to work.”
The Oregon Department of Energy received more than 1,100 letters of interest, representing a request of over $2 billion in Recovery Act funding.
This summer, you might want to sneak learning opportunities into everyday life so your children will be more than ready when school starts. Here are some ideas suggested by teachers.
"Insights for Families" is provided by 2CJ in recognition of your role as a partner in education. Adapted by Judy McDaniel, communications consultant, from an article published on www.schoolfamily.com
Nine Pacific High School FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) members attended the 2009-2010 Oregon State Leadership Competition on April 7-9 at the Doubletree Hotel and Oregon Convention Center in Portland. Pacific High School’s FBLA Chapter had yet another chance to make itself known to the bigger schools participating in the competitions.
In order to be eligible to compete in Portland, members competed at the Rogue-Umpqua Region competition in February. The nine Pacific members were Rebekah Wagner in Accounting II and Personal Finance; Manuel Finley in Accounting I; Olivia Bolter in Accounting II and Business Communications; Courtney Lakey in Personal Finance and Accounting II; Daniel Neilsen in Introduction to Parliamentary Procedure; Peter Swenson in Business Communications; Evan Romele in Introduction to Business Communications and Accounting I; Leah Purkerson in Introduction to Business Communications and Accounting I; Charlie Jensen in Introduction to Parliamentary Procedures; and Manuel Finley, Daniel Neilson, Charlie Jensen, and Peter Swenson as a Parliamentary Procedure Team. The students were guided to the competition by their advisor, Mrs. Earlyene Pendergrass, who teaches junior and senior English as well as Accounting and Word Processing at Pacific High School. Matthew Neilsen, Assistant Director of the North Bend Library, dedicated much time and patience toward coaching our impressive Parliamentary Procedures Team. The chapter officers this year were Rebekah Wagner as President, Olivia Bolter as Vice President, Daniel Neilsen as Secretary, and Manuel Finley as Treasurer.
During their stay at the conference in Portland, the students either competed in events or attended business-related workshops. The FBLA Annual Business meeting was held and new officers were elected for the following year. The voting delegates for Pacific were Rebekah Wagner and Olivia Bolter.
On the final two days of the conference, the competing students, their advisors, and their guests filed into the Oregon Convention Center to attend the Awards of Excellence Sessions. Awards were given to the top ten places in over fifty individual and team events as well as chapter events. Rebekah Wagner placed 4th in Personal Finance and 8th in Accounting II, Olivia Bolter placed 9th in Accounting II, Manuel Finley placed 2nd in Accounting I, Daniel Neilsen placed 4th in Introduction to Parliamentary Procedure, and Evan Romele placed 5th in Accounting I. The Parliamentary Procedure Team blew us all away by their incredible performance for only their second year, taking 1st place in the whole State of Oregon! This placement makes the team eligible to compete at the National Competition this July.
To conclude this year of FBLA and to further reward their accomplishments, Peter Swenson, Manuel Finley, Daniel Neilsen, and Charlie Jensen have a chance to attend the National Business Leadership Conference in Nashville, Tennessee where they will be competing against the top competitors from all fifty states plus other territories. While in Nashville, students will take part in electing National FBLA officers, participate in their competitive events, attend workshops, and have the opportunity to visit the home of President Andrew Jackson.
Port Orford/Langlois School District and all 3 schools have earned the distinction as the only system on the south coast to have earned an “Outstanding” rating on the 2008/09 State School and District Report Card.
We join a very short list of districts across the state with such an honor. This is a direct result of the efforts of our students, teachers, and staff, as well as the support we receive from the parents and community.
These ratings are based on academic achievement, but also on accountability to the No Child Left Behind Act, financial support for students, attendance, experience in staffing, number of highly qualified teachers, service to special student populations, testing, and participation. Some highlights include:
•2CJ commits significantly more per student general fund dollars than the state average.
•Our District has a higher percentage of students meeting the standards in every subject at every grade level than the state average.
•The attendance rate for the District in 08/09 was 98.8%
•64.1% of our teachers have a Masters Degree or higher with an average experience of over 15 years.
•Our class sizes are among the lowest in the state.
•The ratio of educational assistants to students is among the highest.
•We reached the highest rating while serving 21.5% of our kids having special needs. The state average is 14.6%.
We are the envy of the majority of school systems, and we plan to do even better.
The detailed reports are available on the Oregon Department of Education website. Under District Selection (drop-down menu), choose Port Orford-Langlois SD 2CJ.
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Applications are now being accepted online for free and reduce priced student meals. Please follow this link to sign up.
Children in households getting SNAP (formally known as Food Stamps) or TANF and most foster children can get free meals regardless of family income. Also, children can get free price meals if household income is within the free limits on the Federal Income Guidelines.
Pacific High School has made three more sports available to the student body for the coming school year. Football, wrestling and golf have been added to the school’s extra-curricular offerings without any additional cost to the school district’s budget. In a cooperative effort with the Bandon School District, Pacific students will be allowed to participate on Bandon High School’s football and wrestling teams. This expands on the long standing agreement between the two schools where Bandon students participate on Pacific’s soccer teams. The Port Orford-Langlois school board accepted a proposal by athletic director, Tiffany Freitag to add co-ed golf on a “zero funded” level, at the June 2009 school board meeting.
Pacific High School principal, Tony Jones shares that he has a vision to create a school environment that has a very active student body. “I would love to see every student at Pacific actively involved in at least one school based club, organization or sport. Students who are involved tend to schedule their time wisely and generally perform well academically”, said Jones. Adding three more chances to bring an activity to a student helps provide that opportunity. So, why hasn’t this happened before now? The answer lies in the numbers. When two schools join in a cooperative sponsorship of a sport, the combined school population is calculated and the sport team must play at the classification level where the combined numbers place them. This would have placed the Bandon-Pacific teams into the 4A classification in years prior to 2009-2010. With decreasing enrollment over the years, the two schools can now combine and remain at the 3A level. The Pacific-Bandon soccer team has elected to continue to play up at the 4A level.
The Pacific High School golf team will be a new venture as a spring sport in 2010. The team is designated to be a co-ed opportunity. Pacific has offered golf as a club sport in the past two school years. The interest by the student body is there and the impetus to move forth to an actual team has been created. Students will be responsible for their own travel and equipment, however they will have the opportunity to compete against other schools and enter OSAA league and state tournaments.
Fall sports begin practice on August 24. Students interested in participating in football, soccer, volleyball or cross country are encouraged to contact the Pacific High School office at 541-348-2293 for more specific information and to get registered.
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By giving of your time and skills, there are many ways you can serve our students, and we desperately need you.
Volunteer to help in classrooms. Teachers always need help, whether it be working with students, correcting assignments, creating bulletin boards, or making copies. This is important work, and will give you a new appreciation for what happens in the classrooms.
Tutoring students before and/or after school to help those kids struggling to learn. Even though we have the highest quality staff, there are not enough of us to always provide the individual help that gives students the best chance for success. Do you have skills in reading, math, or science that you could share with the students? If you could commit to as little as an hour per week, it would help us tremendously.
If you are interested in helping shape the instructional program, and making a difference at the District level, consider joining the Site Council. In 1989, with the passage of the Oregon Educational Act for the 21st Century, school site councils were delegated the responsibility of developing, administering, and assessing programs of school improvement. The councils are composed of teachers, classified employees, building administrators, parents of students and members from the community at large. The specific duties of our Site Council are:
The development and implementation of a plan to improve professional growth of the schools’ staff.
The improvement of the schools’ instructional programs.
The development and implementation of the Oregon Educational Act for the 21st Century at the school sites.
Many of us are under the false belief that we aren’t welcome in the schools, that the teachers can’t use all the help they can get, and that we don’t have the skills to help our students. Everyone has the ability to contribute to our students’ educations, even if it is just attending Board meetings, sports events, or other school sponsored activities.
Let the kids know that we notice and care about them by spending time in the schools and supporting the District programs. Please share yourselves with our students – it’s a blast!
For a volunteer packet, click on the link on the right of this page under the heading "Become Part of Our Future".
Contact your local school, call the District Office at 348-2337, or email mlane@2cj.com to volunteer. Thanks so much.
The Port Orford-Langlois School District 2CJ is seeking the following positions:
See the employment page for additional details and application forms.
Substitute Custodians - $9.78 per hour
Substitute Bus Drivers – Varies according to route driven
Substitute Educational Assistants - $8.73 or $9.78
Substitute Food Service Workers - $8.05
These positions are call-as-needed positions throughout the year. No previous experience required as training will be provided. Fingerprinting/background check required. Cost is $62.00.
An orientation will be scheduled in the near future. To be included in the orientation or for further information, contact Brenda Culley at 348-2337. District 2CJ is an equal opportunity employer.
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