Last week's events brought safety to the forefront of everyone's mind. 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 protocols in addition to Lockdown, which is our most severe response. We want to remind again that last Friday, we were not placed in Lockdown, but rather were in Secure Hold. Bringing students inside from the buses to a secure location was exactly the response dictated by the Secure Hold protocol.

We encourage parents to review this material yourself, and consider talking with your student about the different actions, and what they know and have practiced in school already.

Thanks for working together with us as we all strive to keep students and staff safe!

Learning about habitats and our world is so important!

5th graders at Aumsville Elementary got to show their biome projects to other students and families. They chose and researched a particular biome, like a desert or rain forest, and then created a project that demonstrated their learning.

#everydaylearning at Cascade! You can see more pictures on our Facebook page.

It's time for Fall Fun!!

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

You can see more pictures on our Facebook page.

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.

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. 

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

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:

The Cascade High School Girls Hoops program is putting on a Youth Hoops camp for boys and girls in 1st through 8th grade. The camp will be on Friday, Nov. 6 from 5:00 - 7:30 pm and Saturday Nov. 7 from 2:30 - 4:30 pm.

Pre-Register today with Coach Richman: text 503-930-0899 or email coachrichman22@gmail.com.

Cost is $50 and can be paid on the first day by cash, check, or Venmo.

The Sheriff's Office is excited to announce a Community Conversations event. This event will be an opportunity to hear from our four divisions and get questions answered by Sheriff Nick Hunter.

The event will be held in the auditorium of Cascade High School (10226 Marion Rd SE, Turner, OR 97392). Event will be from 6pm-7:30 pm with doors opening at 5:30pm.

Come join us and bring your questions. We look forward to hearing from our community.

We would love if you RSVP'd. Please go to this link and let us know if you are planning to attend. You do not need to RSVP to attend.

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.

Mark your calendars! The annual Holiday Craft Fair is coming on Saturday, November 7, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm in the Old Gym at the High School!

The event is free to attend. You can shop local for many holiday things, and support the Travel Club with each purchase you make!