Summer Enrichment & Academic Program
Hello, Families of K-8 students,

You are receiving this communication because you have signed up for the Summer Program beginning on Tuesday, July 6, 2021. Our students will participate in a rotating slate of workshops and camp-like activities supported by McKenzie staff, local experts and older students. There are still slots available so if you haven't already signed up please make sure to get that done in the next week.

We still need to collect a little more information about transportation and meals in order to best serve students in the program. We need a little more information from your family, so please fill out this Survey.

If you are not able to attend all of the sessions, please let the office know so we can update our bus schedules and meal counts for those days.

Program Dates:
Week One: Tuesday, July 6- Friday, July 9
Week Two: Monday, July 12- Thursday, July 15
Week Three: Monday, July 19- Thursday, July 22
Week Four: Monday, July 26- Thursday, July 29

Program Time:
8:30am- 12:30pm

After Program Child Care: 12:30pm-5:30pm 
Transportation from After Program Child Care to home is not provided. Families will need to pick up their child at the school.  

We will be getting in touch with you regarding pick-up and drop-off times soon. 

If you have any additional questions, please contact the Elementary Office at 541-822-3315 or the MS/HS Office at 541-822-3313. 
Now that the school year has come to an end please remember to return your Chromebooks, Hotspot, Textbooks and other school property.
You can drop them off at the office in your building.
Pandemic EBT Support
Oregon has been approved to provide Pandemic EBT for the families of McKenzie during the 2020-21 school year. 

Pandemic EBT benefits will be provided retroactively from October 2020 through May 2021 and will be dispersed starting at the end of July 2021. All students are eligible for EBT Services. 

Some information moving forward: 

  • If a family did not receive Pandemic EBT benefits last year but may be newly eligible for free and reduced-price school meals due to changes in their income, please encourage them to fill out the free and reduced price meal application by June 20. If approved, they will receive Pandemic EBT benefits for the full 2020-2021 school year.
  • New cards will be mailed at the end of July and early August to each eligible child. If families received benefits last year, they will receive benefits for one student (the oldest child) on the card they were previously issued during the last round of P-EBT and receive new cards for other students in the household. If a household no longer has that card, they can request a new one by calling the ODHS card replacement line 1-855-328-6715 or email, OregonTrailCardDHS.Replacement@dhsoha.state.or.us. 
  • The benefit card will be mailed to the most recent address on file for the child’s school. If a family’s address has changed, please contact the child’s school district to update by July 20.


For further questions or assistance, please email- ebt.schoolmeals@dhsoha.state.or.us. 
Congrats 2021 Graduates
Check out these wonderful virtual messages from US Senator Ron Wyden, Congressman Peter DeFazio, US Senator Jeff Merkley.
Congratulations Graduates!

It was an honor to celebrate our students at graduation. Our keynote speaker, Chief Rainbow Plews shared a wonderful message of resilience. Thousands of dollars in scholarships were awarded and The Hope Project surprised each student with $2,000.

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Project OVERCOME is moving ahead!
Thanks to the Onward Eugene team and our elected officials -- US Senator Ron Wyden, Congressman Peter DeFazio, US Senator Jeff Merkley, and Lane County Commissioner Heather Buch -- the US Ignite funded Project OVERCOME is set to build permanent Internet resilience.

We appreciate the support of Oregon's elected leaders as Project OVERCOME takes flight and the Blue River Community rebuilds.

Together we can build it back better!
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