VOLUME 4, NUMBER 20
Good Afternoon. It’s Thursday, January 26, 2023
The Latest …
Philomath High grad rate 7.9% higher than state average
Superintendent points to several factors when it comes to a dip that was seen with the districtwide numbers
Philomath High School’s graduation rate continued its annual trend of performing well above the state average, according to data released Thursday by the Oregon Department of Education. The local school’s four-year cohort graduation rate came in last year at 89.2% — nearly 8 percentage points above the state average and down slightly from the 91.1% […]
Warrior Watch: PHS boys basketball team is crushing it
Warriors put on a clinic in their most recent win and have a history already this season of defeating several quality opponents
The Philomath High School boys basketball team is playing at a very high level right now. The Warriors are definitely deserving of No. 1 in both the OSAA rankings and the OSAAtoday coaches poll. I imagine a few exclamations of “wow” could be heard around 4A when folks got a look at how Philomath dismantled […]
Philomath library to be closed for 3 days next week
Philomath Community Library will be closed from Monday, Jan. 30 through Wednesday, Feb. 1, Corvallis-Benton County Library Extensions Supervisor Mary Nevin announced. Nevin said the […]
Oregon’s high school graduation rate up slightly in 2022
Oregon’s high school graduation rate edged up slightly last year to the second highest in state history. Last year nearly 38,000 students graduated in four […]
Hundreds of thousands of Oregonians face drastic food budget cut
Oregon food banks are bracing for an uptick in demand in March when hundreds of thousands of state residents will face a drastic cut in […]
Odds of 50 random events happening to you
Millions of Americans buy lottery tickets each year, even though most people know their chances of winning are slim at best. Why do they bother […]
Philomath in Photos
In Case You Missed It …
No. 1 Philomath blows out North Marion in Oregon West boys hoops
In the hallways and in the stands at halftime of Philomath High’s boys basketball showdown Tuesday night against North Marion, the banter among the crowd […]
From the Past: Changes in the Philomath Police Department in 1948
Police departments go through staffing challenges for various reasons from time to time and that certainly appeared to be the case 75 years ago this […]
Warrior girls win 2nd straight to open conference play
Doubling the score in the first half on visiting North Marion in an Oregon West Conference game on Tuesday evening, the Philomath High girls were […]
PHS girls edge Stayton to win final home swim appearance
In a three-school meet that came down to the final event, Philomath High’s girls swim team defeated Stayton by the closest of margins on an […]
Community Calendar
• Thursday, Jan. 26: PHS wrestling vs. Cascade, Cottage Grove, Newport and North Marion, 5 p.m.
• Thursday, Jan. 26: Kings Valley Charter School Board Meeting, 6:30 p.m.
• Friday, Jan. 27: Preschool Science at Philomath Community Library, 10:30 a.m.
• Friday, Jan. 27: PHS girls basketball vs. Sweet Home, 5:30 p.m.
• Friday, Jan. 27: PHS boys basketball vs. Sweet Home, 7 p.m.
• Saturday, Jan. 28: PHS wrestling at Tod Surmon Mid-Valley Classic, 9 a.m.
• Saturday, Jan. 28: PHS swimming at Blanchet Catholic Meet, 1 p.m.
• Tuesday, Jan. 31: Philomath Rotary Club Meeting, noon
• Tuesday, Jan. 31: PHS girls basketball at Stayton, 5:30 p.m.
• Tuesday, Jan. 31: Philomath Community Meal, 6 p.m.
• Tuesday, Jan. 31: PHS boys basketball at Stayton, 7 p.m.