A bunch of munchers
What do you get when you put six second-grade girls in a limo and take them to pizza? Giggles. Big time. Shianne Meyer treated her second-grade friends at Madison Elementary School to a pizza party Tuesday. Not only did she win the lunch prize, but J...
 0.8K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 612.0 Thefts & Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Oct. 9, 10:18 a.m., an 81-year-old woman was the victim of a telephone scam in the 900 block of Seagate Avenue. Oct. 9, 11:28 a.m., neighbors made numerous complaints of...
6.2K - Oct. 12, 2009; scored 133.0 Cruising undersea - virtually
What are some of the interesting things you have seen so far? asked a student from Lighthouse Charter School in North Bend. From aboard a 200-foot research vessel in the Gulf of Mexico, GK-12 fellow Kira Triebergs posted her answer online. She liste...
3.8K - Oct. 12, 2009; scored 172.0 After-school play
COOS BAY A mix of happy shrieks, thunks of bouncing rubber balls and echoes of running feet thundered around a handful of children Monday afternoon, as they explored every corner of the gym at the Salvation Army s Worship and Service Center. After ...
4.7K - Oct. 6, 2009; scored 534.0 Generosity made BBQ a success
Coos Bay School District would like to thank businesses and individuals who helped to make our Community Information Fair and Barbecue a success. Our event was possible because of donations from Umpqua Bank, Madison Elementary Booster Club, Charlesto...
1.2K - Oct. 2, 2009; scored 133.0 Thefts and Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Sept. 18, 2:24 a.m., a fight was reported near E Street and 11th Avenue. Sept. 18, 3:13 p.m., someone stole a computer from Sitkum Hall at Southwestern Oregon Co...
4.3K - Sep. 21, 2009; scored 133.0 Snack Pack program seeks volunteers
Oregon Coast Community Action has started preparing food packs for needy students and is looking for help from volunteers. Community Action started the Share Bear Snack Pack program three years ago and has expanded to serve nine schools, including el...
1.7K - Sep. 17, 2009; scored 298.0 Coos Bay schools receive $12,000 from foundation
The Coos Bay Schools Community Foundation has awarded 22 grants worth nearly $12,000 to programs providing students with expanded opportunities and unique educational experiences in Coos Bay Public Schools. This doubles our efforts from last...
2.5K - Sep. 15, 2009; scored 199.0 Standardized tests ignore real-life skills
While a few special education students attending Madison Elementary School last year did not pass the test, those students and others, have made great learning gains. Student learning cannot be measured solely on a standardized test given on a spec...
1.9K - Sep. 12, 2009; scored 310.0 Obama: 'Develop your talent'
WASHINGTON Take responsibility for your education. Go to class and listen. Don t let failures define you. That s the advice President Barack Obama gave schoolchildren today in a speech that drew fire even before he delivered it. We need every singl...
3.4K - Sep. 8, 2009; scored 133.0 Coos schools lag behind state
Most Coos County school districts fell below state averages this year for the number of students meeting Oregon s performance standards. The 2008-09 assessment test results, released Monday, show the majority of students in Coos County districts met ...
4.2K - Sep. 1, 2009; scored 199.0 Thefts and Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay n Aug. 27, 1:38 a.m., a dispute was reported in the 400 block of North Cammann Street. n Aug. 27, 6:27 a.m., someone stole a vehicle from the 1400 block of Southwest Bou...
1.8K - Aug. 28, 2009; scored 133.0 Glen Fujinaga
A memorial service will be held for Glen "Fuji" Fujinaga, 56, of Coos Bay, at 2 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 29, at Madison Elementary School, 400 S. Madison, Coos Bay. Cremation rites were held at Ocean View Memory Gardens Crematory in Coos Bay under the di...
2.0K - Aug. 25, 2009; scored 306.0 NB has to make the grade
The North Bend School District won t have to bus students to another school like its sister districts in Coos Bay and Myrtle Point, where special education students at two campuses didn t do well on state tests. But, North Bend will pay for not meeti...
3.9K - Aug. 21, 2009; scored 259.0 Friends to honor former teacher
At 2 p.m. on Aug. 29 at the Madison Elementary School gym we will be holding a celebration of life for Glen Fujinaga. Glen Fujinaga taught at Madison Elementary School for 29 years all in the same classroom. Through those years he touched the lives o...
0.9K - Aug. 13, 2009; scored 211.0 If you teach a kid to fish...
School s out for the summer? Maybe, but that didn t stop children in Empire from learning about fishing over the weekend. Even Madison Elementary School Principal Arlene Roblan showed up at John Topits Park on Saturday to help kids learn about hookin...
0.9K - Aug. 10, 2009; scored 211.0 A bus ride won't make kids smarter
A nationwide mandate is a clumsy tool with which to tune up a neighborhood school. Coos Bay s Madison Elementary School is a case in point, demonstrating one reason for Congress to revisit the Bush-era program, No Child Left Behind. The federal No Ch...
1.9K - Aug. 7, 2009; scored 267.0 CB shifts staff to make grade
COOS BAY The Coos Bay School District will offer Madison Elementary School students the choice of attending a new school this fall, because the school s special education students didn t perform well on state tests. The Coos Bay grade school was on...
5.1K - Aug. 6, 2009; scored 354.0 2 in 3 Oregon schools meet federal targets
PORTLAND About two in every three Oregon schools met federal academic standards last year, a slight improvement over 2007, according to preliminary data released by the state Tuesday. Though the final figures are still being worked out, early numbe...
3.7K - Aug. 5, 2009; scored 172.0 Thefts and Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay July 31, 12:54 p.m., a shoplifter was reported at Walmart, 2051 Newmark Ave. July 31, 9:36 p.m., a man reported a group of kids ringing doorbells on Southwest Boulevard....
1.3K - Aug. 3, 2009; scored 211.0 | 
