Vale High School teacher Sarah Trask participates in a Zoom meeting in May in her classroom. Trask said the distancing learning model adopted by the school district in response to the Covid pandemic was challenging for students and instructors. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell). VALE – Vale High School teacher Sarah Trask[Read More…]

Andrea Perez received a $100,000 scholarship recently from The Ford Family Foundation. (Submitted photo). ONTARIO – An Ontario High School graduate is heading to college this fall with a $100,000 scholarship from The Ford Family Foundation. Andrea Perez was one of 130 students selected for the Ford Scholars Program from[Read More…]

VALE – The COVID-19 pandemic took a lot away from the Vale FFA, but it did not dampen the organization’s generosity. Seven students graduating from Vale High this year received scholarships from the school’s FFA program. The awards total $13,200. “The quality of this year’s applicants is outstanding and we[Read More…]

Mayra Pelayo, center, pictured in a photo taken in 2019 with a group of Ontario High graduates who were kindergarten students in her classroom. (Submitted photo) ONTARIO – When Mayra Pelayo left her home in Mexico at age 13, she was a confident, bookish student.  She was captain of the[Read More…]

Adam Tolman, left, and Steven Marshall loaded flower baskets onto a table to speed up the set-up time ahead of the Vale FFA flower sale Friday. (The Enterprise/Yadira Lopez) VALE – Volunteers arrived at the greenhouse early Friday ro help set up for the Vale FFA’s biggest fundraiser. Cars lined[Read More…]

Treasure Valley Community College will increase tuition next school year following economic pressures and the unexpected hit of the COVID-19 pandemic. (The Enterprise/Yadira Lopez) NOTE: The Enterprise is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions at $5 a month help the Enterprise keep this[Read More…]

With 24 graduating seniors this year, Four Rivers Community School hopes a traditional graduation ceremony will be possible in late July. (The Enterprise/Yadira Lopez) NOTE: The Enterprise is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions at $5 a month help the Enterprise keep this[Read More…]

A sign outside Vale High School advertises the upcoming FFA fundraiser. (The Enterprise/Yadira Lopez) NOTE: The Enterprise is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions at $5 a month help the Enterprise keep this up. VALE – The Vale FFA is gearing up for[Read More…]

CORVALLIS – Oregon State University announced Tuesday the names of students who made the school’s winter term Scholastic Honor Roll. A total of 1,910 students earned straight-A (4.0). Another 5,529 earned a B-plus (3.5) or better to make the listing. To be on the Honor Roll, students must carry at least[Read More…]

Lisa Longoria began her administrative career as an associate principal at Ontario Middle School in 2012 and became principal the following year. (Submitted photo) ONTARIO – Lisa Longoria, principal of Ontario Middle School, was selected as Oregon’s 2020 middle school principal of the year by the Confederation of Oregon School[Read More…]