Oregon City School District 62 -

🎉 BREAKING: Oregon City School District makes history as the FIRST in Clackamas County approved for high school pre-apprenticeship programs!

We're proud to pilot the Clackamas Youth Trades Initiative, partnering with Area 1 Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 290 to create a direct pipeline from classroom to career.

✅ Open to ALL OCSD high school students
✅ Preferred entry into apprenticeship applications
✅ OSHA 10 certification opportunity
✅ Professional portfolio development
✅ High-wage careers with excellent benefits

All of our high school students can take Metals classes at CAIS, gain real-world skills, and graduate ready for in-demand careers in the skilled trades.

Interested? Read more about the pilot program and our BOLI pre-approval here: https://www.ocsd62.org/article/2490032

#OCSDLeads #SkilledTrades #CareerPathways #StudentSuccess #WorkforceDevelopment #FutureReady #CTE

🚔Meet School Resource Officer Shockley! This week for our Hot Minute in District 62 we met with Officer Shockley to learn more about him and his role as an SRO. Officer Shockley will primarily be at our elementary schools and middle schools building relationships with students. You may have already seen him around greeting students during the morning! 👋

Watch the Hot Minute in District 62 here: https://youtu.be/y80qbaLmMHM

This week's Hot Minute in District 62 is now live! Watch it on our YouTube channel. Subscribe so you don't miss out!

Want to see all the great work that's being done on our fields and grounds at OCHS as part of our Phase 1 projects for the 2025 Bond? Watch this video! https://youtu.be/2GM-5T0TXKw

2025 Bond Update!

Our fields and grounds projects are continuing to proceed as planned. Trucks are running daily moving loads of dirt from the fields in preparation for our new turf surfaces.

We're continuing to work with the city of Oregon City to obtain permits through their process for all of our 2025 bond projects.

Finally, we are meeting with our CM/GC partners to review the initial cost estimates they have produced.

Our strategic plan Instructional Excellence priority focuses on helping our staff to learn and grow in their practice and to further encourage student growth and success. Learning opportunities for our staff didn't stop this summer! Earlier this August, our educators voluntarily attended our "Educators Empowered" professional development conference. They learned from our very own students who shared their experiences, best practices in communicating with families, advanced lesson planning, how to support our students, and much more!
#OCSD62 #educatorsempowered #professionaldevelopment

We had so much fun this summer continuing to provide learning and support for our students! We had the fantastic opportunity to provide multiple options for our OCSD families, such as summer school, family field trips, reading in the park, kindergarten camp, and so much more. All of these programs were made possible through grant funding. Students from various grade levels were able to grow in the areas of reading, writing and math in our summer pathways program, participate in outdoor activities, show off their creativity in thematic exploration activities, and some high school students were even able to visit colleges and learn more about future pathways.

🚌Want to hear more about our new Bus Right app?

Check out this week's Hot Minute in District 62 where we talked with our very own transportation staff about it. https://youtu.be/1ZxAD7sAey8

If you're interested in learning more about Bus Right, visit our Transportation Services webpage. If you need support with Bus Right, please contact our Transportation Department.

School has officially begun and busses are out on the roads picking up students. We ask our community, for the safety of our students and drivers, please be patient and practice good road safety when you see our buses on your commutes.

Remember, when the red lights begin to flash, vehicles traveling in both directions must stop before reaching the bus and must remain stopped until the red lights are turned off. This applies to any roadway with two or more lanes of traffic . Let's make sure we all do our part in creating a safe journey to school for our students!

#OCSD62

The 2025-2026 school year is just around the corner and our staff are eager to welcome our students!
This August, staff from all across the district have been attending professional development trainings to sharpen their skills. They dug deep into curriculum, honed their teaching skills, and connected in their Professional Learning Teams.

#OCSD62 #backtoschool #readytolearn #professionaldevelopment

Oregon City Community Education is hosting a Back to School Resource Fair TOMORROW, Thursday, August 28, 2025, from 5-7 PM at the Jennings Lodge Campus: 18521 SE River Rd. Milwaukie, OR 97267

We're making sure families have everything they need for a successful school year!

Join us for:
Delicious Food
Free School Supplies
Local Resource Providers
Access to Our Clothing Closet (where families can "shop" for free!)

We can't wait to see you there!