Helix School District

A big THANK YOU to the Directors of the Helix School Board! We truly appreciate your time and dedication to the students and staff of the Helix School District! https://youtu.be/fBpM_kKRQz0

Good evening - Tomorrow evening at our regularly scheduled Board meeting, I will share the Helix Integrated Plan 2023-2027 and Budget Template with the Board. Here is the link to the plan summary, the full plan, and the budget template: https://www.helix.k12.or.us/page/helix-integrated-planning If you have questions or suggestions, the Board will take public input during their regularly scheduled meeting tomorrow, Wed. 3/8 at 6:30 p.m. in the multipurpose room. The virtual meeting link is https://meet.google.com/jac-xjqo-nss If you have questions and you're unable to attend the meeting, please contact: Brad Bixler, Superintendent/Principal at (541) 457-2175 or email

Helix Elementary celebrated HONESTY today at our Purposeful People awards assembly! Students were recognized for their hard work and several students battled it out with a bottle flip challenge. It was also exciting to recognize our very first wave of Self-Managers! We are so proud of all our little Grizzlies! Our character trait for March is COOPERATION! Parents, be on the lookout for a letter coming home that shares ways to practice cooperation together! Great job 5th graders for leading the assembly wonderfully, and to Mr. Murray's top notch band!

Helix Parents/Guardians: Advantage Dental will be at Helix School on 3/15/23. This service is FREE to all students. Please fill out the necessary document that was sent home with your student or at the front office. If you wish for your student NOT to participate in the dental screening, please fill out the form marking the NO column. Thank you!

High School Parents/Guardians, The High School ski trip has been rescheduled for this Friday, March 3rd. The bus will be leaving the school at 6 a.m., so students will need to be at the school by 5:45 a.m. The bus will stop at Arrowhead at 6:20 a.m. If your student is meeting the bus there, please make sure they are at Arrowhead a few minutes early. The bus will return to Arrowhead around 4:30 p.m. and will be back in Helix around 5 p.m. Please arrange transportation accordingly. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Mrs. Morris at 541-457-2175.

Good evening - Helix Schools will be closed tomorrow, Fri. 2/24, due to adverse road conditions. Have a great 3-day weekend!

Helix Parents/Guardians - Reminder: The Helix School District will be closed Monday for Presidents' Day! School will resume on Tuesday, Feb. 21st. Have a wonderful and safe weekend!

Good morning - This is just a reminder that Helix Schools will be on an early release schedule today, Friday, 2/3. Classes will dismiss at 12:25 p.m. Tonight the Griswold Grizzlies have a home game against the Echo Cougars. This Saturday is the Griswold Grizzlies homecoming game against the Pilot Rock Rockets. This year the court will be announced during the boys’ varsity halftime and the crowning of the court will take place after the game. Parents are asked not to attend the homecoming dance unless they are chaperoning. Have a wonderful Friday!

Helix Elementary celebrated two more character traits yesterday at our Purposeful People awards assembly! Our little Grizzlies have been working hard on empathy and perseverance over the past two months and we could not be more proud of them. Our character trait for February will be HONESTY! Parents, be on the lookout for a paper coming home with fun ways to practice honesty at home! Thank you to Mr. Murray and the band for bringing the energy, Mrs. Curtiss’ 5th grade class for leading the assembly, and Mrs. Morris for putting it all together!

Good morning - A reminder that Helix Schools will be on a 1/2 day early release schedule today, Fri. 1/13. Today marks the end of the 2nd quarter and students will be released at 12:25 p.m. Report cards will be mailed next week. School resumes on Tues., 1/17 in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Mon., 1/16. Have a wonderful weekend!

Helix School District Parents and Guardians - Our online app and webpage have been updated to include our most recent calendar of events. The events section is now linked to the Helix School District Google Calendar and will have the most up-to-date information of school and sporting events. The EVENTS section gives you a 4-day view of scheduled events, and the “See All Events” button goes to the complete calendar. I am hopeful that this will provide better communication to our parents and the community about our upcoming activities. Download the mobile app on the Apple Store or Google Play!

Yesterday was the second annual Holiday Indoor Hockey Tournament between the K-5 students and the Helix School District Staff. Once again, the staff held their own, but the competition was fierce. The returning 1st grade Champions were on the hunt for another easy victory. A big THANK YOU to Mr. Crawford for organizing the event and our Helix Staff Team for their hustle and determination! Go Grizzlies!

Good morning - Helix Schools will be on time today, Thurs. 12/15. There are some icy spots on roads near Helix. Please be careful and travel safely.

Good morning, Helix Parents and Staff! This week our high school students will be given an opportunity to take a brief survey to help the district assess our current initiatives and plan for the future. The survey is not required and is optional for students and staff. Here is a link to a short video describing the survey - https://youtu.be/gzDN4_tEo3s and link to the survey - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeFOsKbkxTQO2h5jqthdxmHfZAolBNslGrQ7IBAHKe1a3vvMg/viewform?usp=sf_link If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me directly at brad.bixler@helixsd.org or by phone - (541) 457-2175 Thanks you! - Brad Bixler

Good morning - Helix Schools will be on a 2-hr delay today, Fri. 12/9, due to icy road conditions. Please give yourself extra time this morning.

Good morning - Helix Schools will be on a 2-hr delay today, Tues. 12/6, due to icy road conditions. Please give yourself extra time and travel safely.

Good morning - Helix Schools will be closed today, Mon. 12/5, due to adverse road conditions and low visibility. If you are on the roads today, please travel safely .

Good evening - Right now, Helix Schools will be on a 2-hr delay tomorrow, Mon. 12/5, due to adverse road conditions. Please check in the morning for a possible closure update.

Griswold High School would like to thank Kelly Lumber for graciously supporting the Griswold Construction/Woodshop program. "Jason Kelly really came through, offering to get our tools at his cost to support the construction trades. Jaden Villa helped us select the right tools for our program and is a great communicator. Jarod Campbell for his willingness to help in any way possible and for making the connection and partnership a reality between Kelly Lumber and Helix School District" said Roman Olivera the Construction program instructor and coordinator.

A BIG thank you to our 7th period metals manufacturing class and Mr. Cornelius for jumping in and helping out on short notice. This week the City found a few vintage metal Christmas Trees and Candy Canes in the Helix Court House that needed some quick modifications to be ready for the holidays. Our metals manufacturing classes are looking for other small projects. If you have a community project need and it deals with metal, please contact Mr. Cornelius, (Mr. C) directly at james.cornelius@helixsd.org.