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Megan Cox has had a remarkable school year so far. The West Albany High School junior won honors earlier this month at the Stanford National Speech and Debate Invitational on Feb. 10-11.

More than one thousand students from 268 schools around the country and Canada, competed in speech and debate categories. Megan won third place in Original Oratory, third place in Humorous Interpretation, and eighth place in Program Oral Interpretation.

Megan plans to study business and hopes to attend Stanford. She is building her resume with other speaking opportunities. In December, she was selected through an application process to speak at the 2017 TEDxYouth@Portland conference where she spoke of the effects of humor on society to an audience of 245.

Read more about Megan’s TEDx talk in the Democrat-Herald.

Early bird registration ends tomorrow for the annual iRun for Kids fundraiser on March 17. Shirts are guaranteed for participants who register before Feb. 23.

All proceeds benefit Albany Public Schools Foundation programs for students. Learn more or register on the APSF website.

North Albany Middle School sixth grader Ming Wong (pictured, right) and seventh grader Caroline Gao are winners in the Willamette Valley Section of the Society of Women Engineers Essay contest.

The essay submissions were part of a December homework assignment for science classes taught by Katy Kelly and Mary Hannan. They each wrote an essay on a famous woman scientists or mathematician.

“Mary and I are super proud of these young women and how they are representing Albany and the future of science,” said Kelly.

The students will be honored at a banquet at the end of February.

Read the essays:
Chinese Madame Curie by Ming Wong

Rosalind Franklin by Caroline Gao

On Feb. 14, a group of Albany Online students and their families enjoyed a field trip to the Oregon State Capitol where they participated in a guided tour of the Senate, House of Representatives and Governor’s office. They also enjoyed birthday cake in celebration of Oregon’s 159th birthday.

Representative Andy Olson (pictured) visited with the student’s and their families during the tour.

The virtual school has more field trips and activities on the calendar this school year, including participating in iRun, visiting the Gilbert House Children’s Museum in Salem and attending an OSU Math, English, Arts and Music exhibit, featuring OMSI and a special baseball game of the Corvallis Knights.

Sometimes we have to close school, delay the start of school, or release early because of bad weather. This is the annual reminder of procedures for school closures or schedule changes due to inclement weather.

When the decision has been made to close school or delay the start, we rely on local radio and television stations for notifications. Closure and delayed start information will ordinarily be broadcast by 6:30 a.m. Closure information will also be posted on the District website.

 Our District subscribes to FlashAlert. This service forwards school closure information to local radio and television stations. Staff, parents, or community members can register to receive these notices directly. Notifications will be sent via email. For those of you with tablets or smart phones, you can also receive messages by downloading the FlashAlert Messenger app. This app is available on Google Play or the iTunes app store. There are no costs to the recipients for using the email or app for notifications.

All addresses registered on FlashAlert will remain confidential. You will receive an email message once per year asking if you wish to continue your subscription and to confirm your email address.  Subscribers should be aware that some email spam filters may prevent messages from being received.

Below are some of the radio and television stations that will be notified of school closures: 

If you have questions about the procedures summarized above, please contact the school or contact the District Office at 541-967-4501.

Download this letter to parents in English or Spanish.