Band’s Incredible Year Ends With State Championship
The Willamette Jazz Band 1 tells you who’s #1 in Oregon. The band finished the school year with first place finishes in six festivals, including the state jazz championship.
The Willamette High School Jazz Band 1 has claimed the OMEA State Jazz Championship, compiling the best score of any band in any division in Oregon.
Senior Ryan Helms was selected as the outstanding high school jazz saxophonist for the state.
This is arguably the best overall jazz band in school history, finishing undefeated with wins at the Wildish Jazz Festival, Oregon Jazz Festival, District 12 Jazz Festival, Pleasant Hill Jazz Festival, NW Jazz Festival, and OMEA State Championship.
In addition, 11 Willamette Jazz Band 1 members were selected by audition to perform with the Oregon All-Stars Big Band and New York Trombonist Alan Ferber at the 2019 Oregon Jazz Festival.
Congratulations to the band and teacher Joe Freuen.
One For The Record Books
Willamette junior Tannica Porter is the first in school history to win a state golf championship.
Tannica Porter has made school history. The Willamette junior has been an age-group golfing star on the rise, and now she’s the school’s first-ever state champion.
Porter has claimed the 5A State Golf Championship, coming from behind to win the title by one stroke.
High stakes tournaments are nothing new for Porter; her summer schedule tells the story.
June features the Pacific Northwest Junior PGA Championship in Tacoma, the Peter Jacobsen Junior Challenge in Corvallis, and the Oregon Junior Amateur in Lake Oswego.
July includes the U.S. Girls’ Junior Amateur Qualifier, followed by the Oregon Junior Stroke Play in Woodburn, and Central Willamette Junior tourneys in Molalla and Prineville.
For the moment, Tannica can enjoy the state title and her place in the school record books.
Considering Life After High School
College representatives made their pitches to students and parents at the Career and College Knowledge Night.
From West Point to Washington State and Americorps to Weyerhauser, more than 50 colleges, universities, and career representatives filled the gyms at Willamette High School.
Career and College Knowledge Night gave Bethel students and families one-to-one access to businesses and schools looking for talent.
Detailed presentations included tips for college admissions, SAT and ACT options, and an introduction to military service.
Students made important connections and learned plenty about their options once they graduate from high school.
Kalapuya Plant Sale Continues
Flowers, vegetable starts and more will continue to be sold out of the Kalapuya High School greenhouse this week.
Following a hugely successful Kalapuya Plant Sale on Saturday, Kalapuya High School students will continue selling the remaining plants that they have raised in the school’s professional-grade greenhouse.
Corn, squash, tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, melons, cucumbers, flowers and more are still available.
Students will be selling the plants after school 2:30-4:00 Monday and Tuesday, and the greenhouse will also be open from from noon-4:00 on Wednesday at Kalapuya, 1200 N. Terry.
$4,200 worth of plants was sold Saturday. All proceeds from the sale support the hugely successful agriculture education program at Kalapuya.