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Family Newsletter 12/8
Hi North Families,
Welcome back! We’re officially halfway through our instructional weeks before Winter Break, and we know this stretch can feel fast, full, and a little frantic. Hang tough - you’ve got this, and we’re here to support your students every step of the way.
Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll stay focused, stay connected, and keep building momentum toward a strong finish to 2025. Thank you for showing up, encouraging your students, and being an essential part of our Highlander community.
Go North! 💥
DISTRICT CALENDAR
NEHS HIGHLANDER STUDENT NEWS
Help Keep Our Pantry Stocked & Open! 💚Our North Food Pantry is growing - which is amazing - and we need a few more helping hands to keep it running smoothly. If you have a little extra time, we’d love volunteers to help organize, stock shelves, and support our students and families.
We’re also gratefully accepting food donations (especially shelf-stable items) to support Project Give and keep our pantry full through the winter months.
sarahmcwyld@gmail.com) from the North Parent Group to sign up or learn more. Thank you for taking care of our North community! 🥫✨
PROJECT GIVE is underway! 🎁❤️
From December 2–17, we’re collecting food and essentials for families in our North Region. Students can donate before school, during lunch, or drop items in Room 115.
This year we’re adding some fun—1 point per item toward a grade-level competition! Let’s see which class shows up with the most Highlander heart. 💪🏽❤️🖤Thank you for donating and for supporting our community during this season. Every item helps!
COLLEGE & CAREER CENTER
Dear Seniors,
North Eugene High School invites you to the Lane Community College Information Session, next Wednesday, December 10th, anytime between 8:30am 12:30pm.
Our LCC Admissions and Recruitment Coordinator, Rosa Maria Banuelos-Uribe will be available in the College Career Center to help with all the next steps as you prepare to attend college in the fall.
- Have you applied to Lane yet? Now is the time!
- Have you submitted your Oregon Promise Grant application? Now is the time!
- Have you submitted your financial aid form, FAFSA or ORSAA? Now is the time!
- Have you claimed your new Lane gmail account?
- Have you completed your LCC New Student Information Session?
- Have you taken the Placement Test?
- Do you know when and how to register for classes?
- If you answered "no" to any of these questions, this drop-in session is perfect for you!!
Hope to see you next Wednesday - drop in any time between 8:30am and 12:30pm in the College Career Center. This is a great opportunity to come ask Rosa Maria any questions you have about applying or attending LCC!
And lastly, check out the free LCC college course, RTEC 101, especially designed for seniors entering LCC. It's awesome, helpful, free, and gets you college ready. Next course begins in January!
Scholarship News:
The $1K Stacey Axling Scholarship is due December 18th. This scholarship will be awarded to one NEHS senior. Be sure to apply! Details here!
The OSAC Scholarship is now open! Seniors should be working on the application now! Due March 2nd. Details here!
The Lane Foundation Scholarship for all Lane-attending students opens early January! Due March 3rd. Details here!
Wordcrafters Writing Contests
Wordcrafters is a local creative writing nonprofit with a mission to empower writers of all ages to tell their stories.
We’ve got two youth writing opportunities that we need your help telling students about.
Fiction Fantastic
Our annual youth short story contest, Fiction Fantastic, is open for entries from all Lane County students in grades K-12. It’s FREE for students to enter their original short stories between 300 and 3,000 words. (The contest closes January 10, 2026).
Fiction Fantastic facts
Contest accepts submissions from Oct 1, 2025, to Jan 10, 2026
Open to all Lane County students in grades K-12
Blind-judged by story-loving volunteers
4 grade-level categories: K-2 (not judged), 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12
No cost to enter
Prizes and professional anthology publication for winners (plus chocolate!)
Here’s a link to a PDF of the contest flyer.
You can learn all about Fiction Fantastic, read past years’ winning stories, and get the submission guidelines at fictionfantastic.org.
Write Club
Write Club is a monthly creative writing workshop for young writers.
Write Club gives youth the opportunity to find their writing community, while having time set aside for their creative writing endeavors. It’s a place they feel comfortable exploring writing and sharing with others.
We’ve offer Write Club at two times:
Teens (age 13+) meet on the 1st Saturday of every month (starting in January) from 11 am to 1 pm at the Wordcrafters studio (at 436 Charnelton St., Eugene).
Youth (age 9+) meet on the 2nd Saturday of every month (from September to June), from 11 am to 1 pm at the Wordcrafters studio. Teens are welcome to attend the youth workshop.
We offer pay-from-your-heart pricing for Write Club to meet varying financial needs, and have some scholarships available, as well. You can learn more at wordcrafters.org/write-club.
Here’s a link to the PDF flyer for Write Club.
Finally, if you’d like to get monthly updates about Wordcrafters' creative writing classes, workshops, and camps for young writers that you can share with your school community, click here.
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Thanks for helping spread the word about Fiction Fantastic and Write Club. It means so much to the students who participate.
Yours in story,
Jeaux Bartlett