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!
Helix Parents/Guardians – A small commission of parents, staff, and Helix Board members have submitted a Charter application to the School Board. The Board will be meeting this Wednesday, June 14th during their regular Board Meeting @ 5:30 p.m. to consider if the application is complete and listen to public input regarding Helix becoming a single district charter school. The commission created a FAQ for staff and parents (https://5il.co/1tgcc). Please give me a call or stop by the school or Board Meeting on Wednesday if you have any questions. Thanks – Brad Bixler
Helix K-4 Parents/Guardians - The Helix School District might be able to offer after school care next year (3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.) for grades K-5. To find out more, please check out the flyer (https://5il.co/1vhwg). If you are interested, please complete a brief survey (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfif8rHeCtwjez79IgGjdB813xX0tGjwZH4BDVx46MhQnNmDw/viewform?usp=sf_link) by this Friday. Thank you!
Helix Parents/Guardians - Reminder: The Helix School District will be closed Monday for Memorial Day! School will resume on Tuesday, May 30th. Have a wonderful and safe weekend!
Congratulations to Ellery Flerchinger, Caiden Boatright, and Ethan Reeder who qualified for state track! Ellery will compete in the discus on Thursday, May 25 at 11:15 a.m., Ethan will compete in the long jump on Thursday, May 25 at 11:30 a.m., and Caiden will compete in the discus on Friday, May 26 at 4:45 p.m. State competition is again at Hayward Field on the University of Oregon campus, Eugene, OR. Go Grizzlies!
Elementary Helix Parents/Guardians - Tomorrow is the Helix Wheel-A-Thon! Kids need to bring bikes, scooters, or skates and must have helmets! The forecast looks hot so please dress accordingly. The fire truck will be here to cool the kids off after the event.
Helix Parents/Guardians - Please consider joining us tomorrow evening, Thurs. 5/18 for the sophomore class nacho feed from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., $5 per person. The Helix Schools K-12 Spring Concert immediately follows the nacho feed at 7 p.m. in the practice gym. Thank you!
Dear parents and guardians,
The Helix Middle School will be having our annual community clean-up day on Wednesday, May 24, 2023. We will depart the school around 9am and finish up close to noon, at which point we will go to the park for lunch. The school will provide sack lunches, but if your student would prefer to bring their own from home, they may do that as well.
We will be splitting into groups and working on projects, such as planting flowers, picking up trash, pulling weeds etc. We are asking students to bring any small, handheld garden tools and gloves you may have at home. We will put their name on them, and return them afterward. Students can bring the tools anytime between now and the day of the event. They can give the tools to their teacher or Mrs. Morris.
Thank you to the Parent Advisory Council (PAC) for the wonderful staff goodies throughout Teacher Appreciation Week. You make us all feel so special and spoiled! We have the best parents around!!
Helix Parents/Guardians - If you are coming this afternoon to enjoy the elementary track meet, please do not park around the track. Spaces will be limited and you may not be able to leave until after the track meet. Parking is available beside the tennis courts and along the streets in town. Thank you!