Cascade School District

10/23/2026

Here is this week's newsletter!

Cascade Weekly Newsletter Highlights and News from Cascade School District October 23, 2026 No ...

10/23/2026

On Thursday night, the Cascade Family Resource Center hosted a very fun pumpkin carving night for families! It was great fun.

10/23/2026

What's out there that could help your family? We want to help!

Come to the Special Education Family Resource Fair-open to all high school families. It's November 4 from 5:00 - 8:00 pm at Sprague High School in Salem.

10/23/2026

Today during the work day, District administration and counselors participated in Behavior Safety Assessment (BSA) provided by the Willamette Education Service District.

BSA is the system that is used to address threats against our schools, students and staff. It is a multidisciplinary team approach to ensure that all perspectives are taken in when dealing with threats. The teams include school admin, mental health, law enforcement and parents.

10/22/2026

There is no school for students in Cascade School ​District on Friday, Monday, and Tuesday. Friday ​is a teacher work day, and Monday Oct. 26 and Tuesday Oct. 27 are for Teacher Conferences. We will see everyone again on Wednesday, Oct. 28!

10/22/2026

Sign ups for the Cascade 1/2 Marathon are open!

This annual run on January 17, 2027, has options for a 2 mile run, a 10K, and a half marathon. All proceeds support our track and field team.

Sign up at this link:

https://runsignup.com/Race/OR/Turner/CascadeHalfMarathon10K

10/21/2026

Putting in the work to improve on a late start Wednesday!

Elementary teachers spent the morning comparing writing samples, and sharing writing instruction practices that really make the difference.

According to research, collective efficacy is the number one strategy for student academic growth. What is collective efficacy? It's when a group shares the belief that working together and sharing with each other makes everybody able to accomplish our common goals.

This is what we do at Cascade! We build on each other's in-house knowledge, and it's one of the key cornerstones as to why Cascade out performs the rest of the state in K-12 literacy scores.

10/20/2026

Wednesday, October 21, is late start Wednesday.

During late start, school starts for students two hours later than normal. Buses will pick up students two hours later than normal, and dismissal time remains the same.
This gives important time for staff members to work together and receive training to be at our best for our students.

10/20/2026

It's time for Fall Fun!!

Last week, Aumsville Elementary kindergartners visited Green Bridge Gardens. Today, Cloverdale Elementary and Turner Elementary kindergartners and first graders had fun at French Prairie Gardens. Both days were tons of fun and amazing weather!

10/19/2026

Here is information we sent out to our families, describing the different actions we practice and drill with our students in order to be able to respond to whatever situations arise. This is part of our comprehensive safety protocols at Cascade. Thanks for working together with us to keep our students and staff safe!:

What are the different types of protocols Cascade uses in different situations?

Hello Cascade Community,Last week's events brought safety to the forefront of everyone's mind. Today, we want to share with you again information on our Standard Response Protocol at Cascade. These five actions are posted all over our schools. We practice them with students and staff all year long. As parents and guardians, being aware of this information helps you know the different types of protocols we might put in place.The video above and the attached flyer show you that we have 4 other...

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