Superintendent
Colt Gill
- Bethel Fact for the Week of April 21, 2014Bethel School District will soon be adopting new curriculum in the four key subject areas of Math, English Language Arts, Writing and Science. Each week I try to share another interesting tidbit about Bethel School District. The facts show up on the BethelBlog and as a tagline on my email signature. To see the archive, […]
Wil-Hi Named National Green Ribbon School
Willamette’s annual community Recycling Round-up is one of the many reasons why WHS has been named a National Green Ribbon School.
Willamette High School is one of 48 schools across the country to receive recognition as a 2014 National Green Ribbon School.
The honor, announced today by the U.S. Department of Education, is for the school’s efforts to improve the health and wellness of its students and staff, reduce environmental impacts, and provide environmental and sustainability education.
WHS recycles more than 2,000 pounds of material every week, uses paper towels that are EPA certified 85 percent post-consumer waste, is part of the city’s Love Food Not Waste composting program, uses more than two dozen large, raised garden beds that serve as skills training for students, and much more.
Willamette representatives will be invited to Washington, D.C. this summer to receive recognition as a National Green Ribbon School.
Making Way For Progress
Willamette’s old front office building is coming down quickly. Take a look at video from the first day of demolition Thursday.
See more school bond-related news on the Bethel Bond web page.
Free Recycling Round-Up Saturday
Drop off your recyclable household items for free at Saturday’s Recycling Round-up at Willamette High School.
Your old computers, phones, TVs, electronics, household and other reusable items can now find a new home at Willamette High School’s 5th annual free Recycling Round-Up.
Bring your household items to Willamette on this Saturday, April 19th from 8:00 to 2:00.
Here’s a list of what can and cannot be accepted.
Willamette has been named the winner of Oregon’s Sustainable School Award and this community event is one reason why.
Your junk is treasure to the folks at NextStep Recycling and St. Vincent de Paul, which will gladly reuse or recycle everything gathered by Wil-Hi’s National Honor Society students.
For more information contact teacher David Novak at Willamette, 541-689-0731.
Ground Breaking Begins Major Changes
Superintendent Colt Gill joins the Bethel School Board and Mayor Kitty Piercy (center) in the official ground breaking for the WHS Science building.
There’s no turning back now. Ground breaking has taken place for the new Willamette Science building, and demolition on the old front office building is about to begin.
Take a look at the new building’s design.
It will become a point of pride for the community and create a landmark entrance to the Willamette campus.
Not only will it be the first LEED certified K-12 building in the Willamette Valley, the new Science building will include state of the art classrooms, a horseshoe-shaped lecture hall, and a rooftop 40KW array of solar panels. Phase 2 of the project will replace the current science classrooms with a new front office.
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