The Food for Lane County mobile that is typically available to the Bethel community on Thursdays has been canceled the last two weeks and will also be canceled on Thursday, March 17th. Food for Lane County has been experiencing staff shortages, COVID-19 exposures and many other emergencies that have impacted the mobile pantry. FFLC is...Read More
Save the Date! Bethel School District 5th grade students will be heading to Camp Fire Wilani for this year’s Outdoor School! Students will go on two-day trips to Camp Wilani @Havenroot: a biologically diverse, beautiful location with a pond, stream, Western pond turtles, rough skinned newts, a wide variety of birds, deer, and other wildlife....Read More
Officer Naivasha Tester is all about building community through relationships. Her main strategy? Face-to-face connection and conversation. Tester is the Bethel School District’s new Youth Services Officer. Hired in January, Tester is approaching her new role with a youth-centered focus. She wants to collaborate with students to provide them with the resources they need when...Read More
About 40 middle and high school students from Willamette High School and Cascade and Shasta middle schools gathered last week at Willamette for a joint Black Student Union meeting – and the atmosphere was buzzing with positivity and support. Students made their way from all three schools to the lecture hall at Willamette on their...Read More
Updated guidance from the state 03-02-2022 On Wednesday, March 2, the Oregon Department of Education released an updated Ready Schools, Safe Learners Resiliency Framework (RSSL) which outlines details of how school district can approach the next phase of this pandemic. This update follows Bethel’s announcement on Tuesday that masks will become optional for all students...Read More
03-01-2022 The Bethel School District this afternoon provided information to all Bethel families and staff about how the district will move forward with mask policies. Beginning March 14th, masks will be optional for students and staff in most Bethel School District settings. Some staff may remain required to wear masks in some settings. This decision...Read More