Calling all CAIS and OCSLA students at 12th Street: What will your student explore next? 🛠️ 💻 🌱
We want students to discover hands-on CTE classes in agriculture, computer hardware, engineering and manufacturing—metals, machining, textiles, and woodworking.
Explore the new CTE flyers together and start a conversation about your student’s interests, future classes and goals beyond graduation!
OCHS families: What sparks your student’s curiosity? 🔨 💻 🍳
Explore OCSD’s new Career Technical Education (CTE) flyers to connect their interests with hands-on classes and future possibilities—from business and digital media to culinary arts, construction, health sciences and more.
OCHS students can also explore eligible pathways at the 12th Street Campus using an OCSD shuttle or their own transportation. Ninth graders may begin shuttle courses during second semester.
Check out the new CTE flyers together and ask your student: “What would you like to try?”
🤫 Calling all Oregon City School District students in grades 9–12: Your next great recipe could become a school menu favorite!
Enter the Top Secret Taste Test challenge! This year’s theme, Healthy Handhelds, is all about turning fresh, nutritious ingredients into bold, delicious meals students can enjoy on the go. Think sandwiches, wraps, pitas, bowls, snack boxes—or something completely your own. 🥙
Here’s your mission:
🥑 Create an original, healthy recipe with big flavor.
📲 Submit your recipe from home using the link.
🍽️ The district’s top three recipes will move on to a taste test!
The twist? The finalists’ identities stay secret until the big reveal, with fun facts shared as clues along the way.
We’re on the hunt for creative ideas to feature on a national menu. Could yours be the next must-have school meal?
Submit your recipe: https://topsecrettastetest.com/
Submission deadline: November 30th
Join us for Homecoming on Friday, October 23rd! ❤️
🤍 All OCSD schools, families and community members are invited to celebrate!
🎉 5:30 p.m. — Homecoming Parade
🏈 7 p.m. — OCHS vs. Lakeridge at Pioneer Memorial Stadium
🎆 Halftime — Homecoming Court, Scarlet Brigade performance and fireworks
Students in eighth grade and younger must attend with an adult. No outside drinks or backpacks.
Find parade details: https://www.ochspioneers.org/page/homecoming-parade-2026/
Let's celebrate together.
Community members may testify at the hearing or submit written testimony before the hearing closes. To provide virtual testimony, contact planning@orcity.org. The meeting will be livestreamed on the city’s YouTube channel, and the agenda and staff report will be available on the city’s meetings webpage -> https://www.orcity.org/1709/Agendas-Videos-and-Minutes
New video alert! Oregon City School District has received a $120,844 Career and Technical Education Revitalization Grant from the Oregon Department of Education to launch the Agricultural & Skilled Trades Collaborative Land Lab Initiative. Watch to learn how this funding will help begin creating a hands-on learning space that connects students to real-world opportunities in agriculture, construction and the skilled trades.
🥣 Breakfast: No cost
🍽️ Lunch: No cost
📍 Where: Your kid’s school cafeteria
🕒 When: Every school day
When students are hungry, focusing gets harder. In a survey cited by No Kid Hungry, 80% of teachers observed that hunger hurts students’ concentration.
Every Oregon City School District student can enjoy both meals, every school day, at no cost. Check out our updated Nutrition Services page for the details!
📣 We’re Hiring at Oregon City School District! 🍎
Looking for a rewarding opportunity to make a difference in the lives of students and our school community? Oregon City School District is hiring! We have a variety of positions available — there may be a place for you on our team.
✨ Open Positions:
🛡️ Campus Monitor @ CAIS/OCSLA
🏀 Assistant Coaches
🚌 Bus Driver
🍎 Food Serving Assistant
🤝 Specialized Program Assistant
🔔 After the Bell Support Staff @ BVE
🛡️ Secretary @ CAIS/OCSLA
Bilingual Spanish Secretary/IA @ OCHS
Join a team dedicated to supporting students, strengthening our schools, and making a difference every day!
Explore these opportunities and apply today!
Mrs. Crutcher creates a welcoming, inclusive classroom where students build confidence, tackle rigorous learning and see how math connects to the world around them. We are so proud of the difference she makes for OCHS students and families every day.
Join us in celebrating this well-deserved recognition!
No lunch money needed! OCSD students can receive breakfast and lunch at school at no cost.
A nutritious meal helps students start the day ready to learn and stay focused through the afternoon. Students do not need to bring lunch money or pay at the cafeteria to receive their school breakfast and lunch.
Visit the nutrition webpage for a need-to-know meals guide with the details.
Families are encouraged to talk with students about taking advantage of school meals, which are an important part of supporting student learning, health and well-being.
View menus online at https://www.ocsd62.org/page/nutrition-services
Oregon City School District families: we’ve gathered the key information you need in one convenient place to help your student begin the year prepared, connected, and ready to learn.
Follow these six steps to get ready:
✅ Complete registration or verify enrollment in ParentVue
🏫 School supply lists
🚌 Transportation planning
📣 Connect on ParentSquare
🍎 Wellness records & nutrition
📅 Locate school specific calendars
Start your back-to-school checklist today.
#OCSD62 #BackToSchool #OregonCitySchools #ReadyForSchool
This morning, we broke ground on the renovation work made possible by our 2025 bond. From better acoustics to improved cafeteria space, these upgrades will make a real difference for JME students and staff for many years ahead. Thank you to our community for making this possible. The best is yet to come! 🏫✨
🎉 Big day at Holcomb Elementary!
This morning, we broke ground at Holcomb Elementary for our phase 2 bond projects— and we couldn't be more excited for what's ahead.
Holcomb Elementary's current building has served Oregon City families since 1966. Sixty years later, it's time for a refresh — and thanks to the 2025 Bond, Holcomb is getting safety and security enhancements, essential infrastructure updates including new roofs, plumbing, flooring, windows, electrical systems, and HVAC, accessibility improvements, and updated classrooms and learning spaces.
Bremik Construction was selected as the construction manager/general contractor for the Holcomb project, and we're happy to partner with a team that shares our commitment to our students and the community.
This is a Phase 2 project under the 2025 Bond — made possible because Oregon City voters said yes to investing in our schools. 🏗️💛
Construction will soon be underway, and we can't wait to show you what's coming. Follow along for updates at ocschoolbond.org, or our 2025 Bond's social media channels!
📣 We have an opening on our Board of Directors — and we're looking for someone who cares deeply about students and our Oregon City community to fill it.
The Oregon City School District Board of Directors guides policy and governance for our schools, serving our community's students. This appointed position runs through June 30, 2027, with regular meetings twice a month.
To be eligible, you must live within OCSD boundaries, be registered to vote there, and have resided in the district for at least one year. You also may not be a current district employee or officer.
Applications are due by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 30, 2026. Download the application at the link in our bio, then email it to Executive Assistant Holly Beck or our district office.
Questions? Connect with Holly Beck, or call our district office. Paper copies are available at the district office. Learn more on our website: www.ocsd62.org/page/application-for-school-board-position
As we near graduation, we want to highlight some of our "behind the scenes" efforts.
This spring, our bilingual programs TOSA, Sra. Kelly Gavrich, partnered with Juntos to offer a five-week workshop series in Spanish at Oregon City High School for 9th and 10th grade students and their families. Across our 2 hour sessions in April and May, families dug into the questions that shape a student's path forward: What does it take to graduate? What options come after high school? And how does financial aid actually work?
Between 20 and 25 students and parents joined us each week — asking great questions, doing real planning, building community connections.
We believe that every family should have clear, accessible information about their student's future, When families have the tools to plan early, students walk into 11th and 12th grade with more options, more confidence, and a roadmap they helped build together.
A heartfelt thank you to the families who showed up week after week, to our partners at Juntos, and to the OCHS staff who made these evenings possible. Your time, your trust, and your investment in your students' futures is so important.
#OCSD62 #WhereStudentsAreFirst
🚏With the free TriMet Summer Pass, finding something cool to do this summer has never been easier.
High school students ages 14-19, regardless of their financial resources, can ride on buses, trains and streetcars all summer long at zero cost.
If you are currently receiving a transit benefit from the school, a pass will automatically be loaded to your Hop card. If you would like a pass, connect with your school or learn more at www.ocsd62.org/page/trimet-summer-pass
We received 11 proposals for our phase 3 CM/GCs on Tuesday! As reminder, our phase 3 schools are Beavercreek Elementary, Gaffney Lane Elementary, and Redland Elementary. We will be working through scoring them, interviewing, and making selections in the upcoming weeks and we look forward to announcing who was selected. Thank you to all those who applied!
Our 5th graders didn't just learn about the working world last week — they were able to "live" it. 🏙️💼
Students traveled to Portland to experience JA BizTown, an immersive, hands-on facility where kids run real businesses, manage personal finances, and discover what it means to be an entrepreneur.
This is our strategic plan priority of career readiness in action! Students were abel to participate in hands on learning, not a worksheet, not a lecture, but students actively making decisions, solving problems, and seeing firsthand how what they're learning in the classroom connects to the real world waiting for them.
We love watching our learners be Here for it, step up, and get a glimpse of the incredible futures ahead of them. 🌟
But at ¡Todos Unidos! at Candy Lane, these lessons don't stop at science. 🧪🧬
✍🏽Students are writing letters to pen pals in Mexico. While they are learning about the migration and lives of birds, they are also developing their spanish language skills, connecting with another culture, and experiencing what it means to connect with someone halfway across the continent. The same birds that fly over Oregon City land in communities in Mexico. And now, so do their thoughts, and ideas! 🐦⬛🪶🌎
On May 28th, 4th graders will participate in a Celebración — sharing bird reports they've researched and written as the culmination of this year's work at Candy Lane's annual Mercardito.