GRANTS PASS, Ore. – The Josephine Community Library is renewing its partnership with the Boys and Girls Club of the Rogue Valley. According to the library, the partnership will help bring its library services to kindergarten and first-grade classes. Library ...

  NBC5 is partnering with Oregon Community Foundation to bring you Spirit of Community Moments, showing how Oregon communities grow through the power of philanthropy.  In this Spirit of Community Moment, we learn about a crucial program in Central Oregon ...

Author: Blair Best PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) – A graduating class of Grant High School students surprised their kindergarten teacher all while dressed in their caps and gowns. Many of them hadn’t seen her in 13 years but turned out she remembered them ...

NBC5 is partnering up with Providence Health & Services to help create healthy communities, together. In this week’s Providence Minute, we discuss how to ensure your kids are ready for kindergarten. Click the image to watch the video. ...

SAMS VALLEY, Ore. — Nano Jo is excited, passionate and she loves what she does. “I was amazed that this child knew that he was good now, but he needed help, he needed someone to direct him and that was ...

MEDFORD, Ore – Kindergartners in the Medford School District went to their first day of school Tuesday. With the students used to half-day preschool, their first day was exciting and exhausting. Kindergarten teacher Briel Olsen says she does most of their ...

MEDFORD, Ore. – This week some students at Medford’s Jefferson and Oak Grove Elementary are testing out what school will be like in the fall. This is the first year the Medford School District is launching the Kindergarten Jumpstart Program. ...

Medford, Ore. — Medford School District is evaluating its first grade students’ reading level after launching its first round of full-day kindergarten classes last year. The move to full days was meant to help kids become more prepared for grade ...

Medford, Ore. — Are your kids registered for school yet? Waiting lists are becoming a trend among local charter schools. Meanwhile, the Medford School District says the incoming kindergarten class is currently smaller than normal. “In the past five years, ...

Medford, Ore. — Kindergartners have a lot to look forward to this year with extra hours added to their school day. This year will be the first for all day kindergarten, and Medford School District Superintendent Brian Shumate says this ...

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