Good morning - The Helix School District will be on a 2-hour delay this morning, Friday, 12/1/2023 due to slick road conditions! All Classes will start at 10:30 a.m. with no zero period and no morning breakfast. All bus schedules will be on a 2-hour delay. Please travel safely this morning, give yourself extra time, and go slow. Thank you!
Good morning Helix Parents/Guardians: The Helix School District will be on a half-day schedule tomorrow, dismissing at 12:25 p.m., and closed Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving! School will resume on Monday, Nov. 27th. If you are traveling for the holiday, please be safe and enjoy time with family!
Helix Parents/Guardians - Advantage Dental will be here at Helix Schools on 11/29/23. 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, fill out the form marking in the NO column. All Students that return a form will receive a pencil and all classes that have a 90% consent return rate or higher will earn a class party and three students will be randomly selected to receive a gift card for returning a form. Thank you!
Helix Parents/Guardians - Reminder: The Helix School District will be closed tomorrow for Veterans Day! School will resume on Monday, Nov. 13th. Thank you to all that have served!
Helix Elementary Parents/Guardians: Cookie Dough orders will be in on Monday, November 6th! Parents can come pick up their orders after school in the multipurpose room. Thank you!
Helix Parents/Guardians and Staff: The Helix School District has an immediate opening for a part-time day custodian with a shift from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. daily. If you know of anyone that is interested, please have them contact the district office for more information or submit an application for Job ID: 441 at https://www.applitrack.com/imesd/onlineapp/default.aspx?AppliTrackPostingSearch=location:%22Helix+SD%22. Thank you!
Good morning and happy Thursday: Teachers will be completing parent-teacher conferences tomorrow morning, so Helix Schools will be closed on Friday, November 3rd. School will resume on Monday, November 6th. If you missed a conference, please reschedule with your child(ren)'s teacher for a time next week. I hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable weekend!
Good morning, Helix Parents/Guardians and Staff - This a test message of the Helix Charter School communication for inclement weather. In the actual event of a school delay or closure due to weather, you would be receiving a message similar to this with specific information for the day. This is only a test! Helix Schools are in session today. Have a happy and safe Halloween!
Helix Parents/Guardians: A few reminders... tomorrow marks the end of our 1st Grading Quarter. Helix Schools will dismiss tomorrow, 10/27 at 12:25 p.m. and no activity bus will run after the regular p.m. routes. Parent-Teacher conferences will be next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Please contact your child's teacher tomorrow or next Monday, if you don't have a schedule yet for conferences. Thank you! Brad Bixler, Superintendent
Helix Parents/Guardians: After reviewing the recent Mid-Columbia Bus Company survey, the district will add an additional bus on the Wolf route to Pendleton starting next Monday, 10/23. The new bus, Pup #1604, will be for grades 6-12. Wolf will continue to leave the Red Lion area at 7:20 a.m. and Pup will leave at 7:30 a.m. Older students with younger siblings may ride Wolf at 7:20 a.m. Younger students that miss Wolf at 7:20 a.m., may ride Pup at 7:30 in an emergency. Please contact the school if you have any questions at 541-457-2175. Thank you!
Helix School District is hiring! The district has an opening for a 2-hr/day paraprofessional position to provide support for our kitchen staff from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. daily. Please click on the following link to apply -https://www.applitrack.com/imesd/onlineapp/default.aspx?AppliTrackPostingSearch=location:%22Helix+SD%22&AppliTrackJobId=440&AppliTrackLayoutMode=detail&AppliTrackViewPosting=1
Helix Parents/Guardians, Mid-Columbia Bus Company is seeking feedback of parents to improve our service that is provided to your children. Your feedback is critical to us and will help our long-term efforts to improve our service.
Please click the link below to provide feedback.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSccSwQWPf4P48nZLZwp9LAeaPIkti1DjXDZB5HsCq9mv_Nmbg/viewform
Helix Parents/Guardians - Tomorrow, Friday, Oct. 13th will be a no school day! Helix Schools will be closed for teacher in-service. Classes will resume on Monday, 10/16. Please have a safe and enjoyable weekend!
The Helix Community Dinner and Open House is this evening, Thursday, October 12th. Please join us today 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM!!
https://5il.co/26w4h
Yesterday, Helix Charter School students got a special treat. The fire fighters and paramedics of the East Umatilla Fire & Rescue put on a special Fire Safety demonstration for our K-12 students. Younger students learned about fire facts and how to be safe and our older students learned about fire suppression. A big thank you to Annette Kubishta for organizing the event and supporting our students!
Good morning Helix Parents/Guardians - Helix Schools will be on a 1/2 day schedule today and Thursday with a dismissal at 12:25 p.m. Friday will be a no school day for students. Classes will resume on Monday, 9/18. Bus pickup times will be 3 hours earlier today and tomorrow. Please have a safe and enjoyable Pendleton Round-Up!
The Helix Middle School and High School student body hyped up our student athletes today at our first pep assembly of the year! Congratulations to the Junior class for earning the title of Grizzly class pride champions!!
There are many opportunities to come show support for our athletes! Follow the Helix Booster Club page for upcoming volleyball and football games! Go Grizzlies!
Helix Parents/Guardians – The district has been working with Mid Columbia Bus to provide bus route information for the 2023-24 school year. An email was recently sent out to your email address we have on file. The email contains the route information in a pdf format. If your student rides a bus and you didn't receive the email, please contact the us tomorrow, Friday, 8/25. Thanks – Brad Bixler
MORATORIUM WEEK
Each year the Oregon Scholastic Activities Association (OSAA) designates one week during which no high school activities may be scheduled. The original intent of Moratorium Week was to create a safe week that families could use for vacations, without any fear of negative repercussions. Typically, at the end of July and/or beginning of August, Moratorium Week also marks the informal transition from spring athletics to fall athletics.
During the OSAA Moratorium Week, there are no Grizzly activities, and all the Helix athletic facilities are closed. This does not mean that players cannot participate in athletic activities. But it does mean that there can be no high school activities scheduled during this time.
DATES
July 23 to July 29
The OSBA Board met Saturday, June 17, and elected Emily Smith of the Helix School Board to be the new OSBA Board secretary-treasurer.
Smith, who represents the Gorge Region on the Board, will start July 1 for a term that ends Dec. 31. The OSBA Board will elect new officers for 2024 at its September meeting. Smith will be eligible for re-election.
Congratulations Emily!
