From Sandy to D1: Petrillo Shines
By Joe O’Leary The Mountain Times Across a spring sports season that saw solid success for several Sandy High School…
Beloved Teachers Retire Across the District
By Marie Kennedy The Mountain Times The close of the 2024–25 school year marks the retirement of several long-serving educators…
Welches Middle School Students Raise Funds for Senior Medical Transportation
By Brittany Kintigh For The Mountain Times Early in May, the Welches Middle School Leadership Class teamed up with the…
Welches Parent TeacherCommunity Organization
Welches Parent TeacherCommunity Organization By Cassie Kanable, WPTCO For The Mountain Times Hello Welches Families! May was buzzing with activity…
Sophomore Soars to Record Heights
By Joe O’Leary The Mountain Times By Joe O’Leary The Mountain Times Track and Field is composed of loads of…
Voters Approve MHCC Bond Measure
By MHCC For the Mountain Times Mt. Hood Community College is celebrating a major milestone after voters approved Measure 26-258,…
Sandy’s Cooper Hibbs: Speed, Skill and Determination
By Joe O’Leary, For The Mountain Times Sprinting with all his might, the only thing Sandy High School senior center…
April Welches Parent Teacher Community Organization
By Cassie Kanable, WTPCO, For The Mountain Times Hello Welches Families! March was a busy and exciting month! We hosted…
Rotary Club of Sandy Delivers Free Books to School District Children
By Sandy Rotary, For The Mountain Times For the third year in a row, Sandy Rotary members arrived at every…
Welches Middle School Inspires Young Readers with Author Initiative
By Justin andress, For The Mountain Times According to new statistics, reading proficiency among middle school students has seen a…
Mt. Hood Community College Launches “I ♥ MHCC” Campaign to Celebrate Community Pride
By MHCC, For The Mountain Times Mt. Hood Community College (MHCC) is excited to announce the launch of the “I…
Sandy High’s Charlie Bloomer Named Oregon High School Journalist of the Year
By Joe O’leary, For The Mountain Times Throughout the early stages of this year, Sandy High School senior Charlie Bloomer…
Welches 5th Graders Headed to Battle of the Books State Championship
By Marie Kennedy, The Mountain Times A team of four fifth grade students at Welches Middle School have taken first…
Special District Election Set for May 20
By Marie Kennedy, The Mountain Times Residents of Mount Hood communities will have key decisions to make in the upcoming…
Welches Parent Teacher Community Organization
By Cassie Kanable, WTPCO For The Mountain Times Hello Welches Families! March is shaping up to be an exciting month…
Morgan Wright’s Growth Through Sports
By Joe O’Leary The Mountain Times What purpose do high school sports serve? Obviously, for the upper echelon of athletes,…
Welches Schools Celebrate Kindness Week with Fun and Meaningful Activities
By Marie Kennedy The Mountain Times During the week of February 10, Welches Schools embraced the spirit of kindness with…
Small but Mighty: Welches Middle School Girls’ Basketball Team Shines This Season
By Marie Kennedy The Mountain Times The Welches Middle School girls’ basketball team has been making a name for itself…
Hoodland CPO
By Pat Erdenberger, Hoodland CPO, For The Mountain Times We’re just a month away from March! For those of us…
The Whole Tooth: Correctional Dentistry
By Dr. Robert Kelly, D.M.D. General Dentist, McKenzie Dental Well, some dental news from an unlikely place this month –…
Welches Parent Teacher Community Organization
By Cassie Kanable, WTPCO, The Mountain Times Hello, Welches families! January brought a fresh wave of energy as students returned…
Anika Wipper Carves Her Way to Success
By Joe O’Leary, The Mountain Times We live in an area where folks are born into snow sports. In Sandy…
Welches Parent Teacher Community Organization
By Cassie Kanable, WTPCO Hello, Welches families! We hope your new year is off to a fantastic start! December was…
Second Graders Release Salmon to Boost Mt. Hood Ecosystem
By Justin Andress, The Mountain Times The streams and rivers of Mt. Hood became a little healthier in December when…
Jacob Brown’s Evolution Into a Do-It-All Forward
By Joe O’Leary, The Mountain Times There is a plague across high school basketball. All over the nation, high school…
Sandy High School Scores High Marks in Machining and Welding & Fabrication Programs
By OR Trail School District, For The Mountain Times In a Regional Needs Assessment performed as part of a pilot…
Sandy High School Principal for a Day
By OR Trail School District, For The Mountain Times With a very light dusting of snow at just a couple…
Senior Tight End Wrestles With Sports Transition
By Joe O’Leary, The Mountain Times Every year as fall turns to winter, countless athletes around the Sandy area prepare…
Sandy High Curriculum All Sewn Up
By Dennis McNabb, The Mountain Times Christina Moroney, Theater and Sewing teacher at Sandy High School is a woman driven…
The Orzechowskis’ MHCC Welding Program Journey
By MHCC, The Mountain Times The story of former Mt. Hood Community College (MHCC) students Misty and Walter Orzechowski stands…
Welches Parent Teacher Community Organization
By Cassie Kanable, WTPCO, The Mountain Times Parent Teacher CornerOctober was a wonderful month of fundraising, community connection, and fall…
OTSD Ranks 11 in the State for Second Year in a Row
By OTSD, The Mountain Times School Digger, a website that emphasizes tests scores and achievement data for data-driven comparisons, ranked…
Dick Hannah Donates 2023 Explorer to Sandy High School
By Joe O’Leary, The Mountain Times For quite a while, there was a stigma that floated around in American high…
Kapper’s Energy Inspiring to Whole Team
By Joe O’Leary, The Mountain Times When Sandy senior Dahlia Kappers moved up to the wing from her normal position…
Action Sports Fuel Academic Excellence
By Justin Andress, The Mountain Times Every day, residents drive past the unassuming Wy’East Mountain Academy campus (formerly Windell’s) with…
Harvesting Fall Fun and Games
By Marie Kennedy, The Mountain Times On Oct. 25, Welches students, staff and parent volunteers celebrated the annual Welches Harvest…
Hoodland Women’s Club Highlights
By Cathy Lavin, HWCThe Mountain Times The Hoodland Women’s Club (HWC) raised over $31,000 at its 20th annual golf tournament…
Critical Need for Updated Facilities at MHCC
By MHCCThe Mountain Times Mt. Hood Community College (MHCC) has been a source of education and community engagement in the…
Welches Schools Welcome New Staff Members
By Peter MurphyThe Mountain Times There’s a long history of newcomers making their way down the western slopes of Mt.…
Welches Parent Teacher Community Organization
By Cassie Kanable, WTPCOThe Mountain Times Parent Teacher Corner As the new school year kicks off, there’s excitement in the…
Mountain Matters: Back to School
By Amber FordThe Mountain Times As summer comes to an end and the local pools and swimming holes close up…
Welches Parent Teacher Community Organization
By Cassie KanableThe Mountain Times Parent Teacher Corner Hello Welches Families! We hope you had a wonderful summer! With the…
Mt. Hood Community College Designated as National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense
By MHCCThe Mountain Times Mt. Hood Community College (MHCC) announces its recent designation as a National Center of Academic Excellence…
Local students named to the 2023-2024 Spring Term President’s list at Oregon Institute of Technology
The following students have been named to the 2023-2024 Spring Term President’s List at Oregon Institute of Technology. Inclusion on…
Local students named to the 2023-2024 Spring Term Dean’s List at Oregon Institute of Technology
The following students have been named to the 2023-2024 Spring Term dean’s list at Oregon Institute of Technology. Inclusion on…
College Housing NW and MHCC Welcome the Upcoming Opening of Gresham Project Turnkey Property
By MHCCThe Mountain Times College Housing Northwest, the student housing nonprofit created for students by students, is partnering with Mt.…