
April 24, 2025
Students from Umatilla Morrow County Head Start recently took a fun field trip to McNary Heights Elementary, where many of them will start kindergarten next year! Principal Coyle...
April 23, 2025
NOTICE OF BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING UMATILLA SCHOOL DISTRICT 6R NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to ORS 294.426, that a meeting of the budget committee of the Umatilla School Di...

April 22, 2025
Last week, our Speech Language Pathologist and Speech Language Pathologist Assistant at McNary Heights Elementary School brought some seasonal fun to their speech sessions with a ...

April 17, 2025
At last week’s parent-teacher conferences at McNary Heights Elementary School (MHES), our Nutrition Team flipped the script on their usual monthly Taste Test—this time, the taster...

March 31, 2025
Make Up Days due to the school closures have been approved by the school board. Spring Conferences will now take place April 10th and 11th. For a revised 2024-2025 school calend...

March 8, 2025
The McNary Heights Elementary School gym was filled with excitement today, March 7th, as students gathered to witness the school's Battle of the Books Championships. Third, fourth...

March 4, 2025
One day, Maggie Jepsen, the music teacher at MHES, was teaching a lesson on country music to her students when she saw a video tutorial for line dancing. She became excited about...

February 5, 2025
Dear Families, Second semester is here and so is the second semester update video. You're welcome to watch the entire video here (English Spanish ); however, we know viewing by...

January 31, 2025
On Wednesday, January 29th, the UHS Varsity Boys Basketball Team headed to McNary Heights before practice to visit Ms. Silvani’s 3rd grade class in preparation for MAPs testing. T...

January 30, 2025
Umatilla High School's Class of 2024 has achieved an impressive 90.5% four-year completion rate, surpassing the state average of 84.5%. This accomplishment highlights the school'...

January 17, 2025
This week we learned that Carruth Compliance Consulting, the third-party administrator of Umatilla School District’s 403(b) and 457(b) retirement savings plans, discovered suspi...

January 9, 2025
On January 8, 2025, we learned that PowerSchool experienced a cybersecurity incident. PowerSchool provided the following preliminary information: On December 28, 2024, PowerScho...

January 7, 2025
Ensuring the safety and well-being of our students is a top priority. We would like to remind families of the district’s policy regarding medication self-administration at school ...

November 6, 2024
While the formal build and competition season begins in January and runs through April; robotics at Umatilla High is a year-round affair. Teams, Confidential and Classified are b...

October 3, 2024
September is Attendance Awareness Month, and one of our district’s schools, McNary Heights, has taken big steps to improve attendance for their students. Regular attendance is so ...

October 1, 2024
On September 27th, 2024, McNary Heights Elementary School (MHES) received a special visit from the family of former 3rd-grade teacher, Jordan Bennett. Jordan, who was diagnosed wi...

September 24, 2024
The School Superintendents Association (AASA) recently published an analysis of American Rescue Plan Funding expenditures and use across the United States. A Congressional briefin...

September 10, 2024
The Umatilla Police Department is continuing the investigation into the threat of violence at Clara Brownell Middle School and we are limited in what we can share; however, Umatil...

August 9, 2024
The Umatilla School District is proud to announce that Valerie May, a 3rd Grade Teacher at McNary Heights Elementary School, has been honored with the 2024 Mildred Bennett Element...

August 1, 2024
At the August 8th School Board Meeting, the Board will adopt science curriculum. The following is being considered: High School: McGraw Hill Inspire Middle School: Accelerate ...