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Family Bulletin: December 7, 2025

Posted Date: 12/07/25 (04:00 PM)


Family Bulletin

Churchill High School Weekly Newsletter

December 7, 2025
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Churchill Calendar

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December 8 – 12

🗓️ Monday, 12/8
🟥 B DAY

🗓️ Tuesday, 12/9
🟦🧭 ADVISORY A DAY
🥫 CHS Food Pantry, 3:45 – 4:45 pm
🎭 Broadway Revue Concert, 7:00 pm

🗓️ Wednesday, 12/10
🟥 B DAY
🚪 Office closes at 2:45 pm

🗓️ Thursday, 12/11
🟦 A DAY

🗓️ Friday, 1/5
🟥 B DAY

December 15 – 19

🗓️ Monday, 12/15
🟦 A DAY
🪙 Bingo Fundraiser for the Holiday Cheer Drive, 6:30 pm 🎁✨

🗓️ Tuesday, 1/16
🟥 B DAY
🧑‍🤝‍🧑🧑‍🦼🏀 Unified Basketball Information Meeting, at lunch 🍽️
🥫CHS Food Pantry, 3:45 – 4:45 pm
🎶 Holiday Spectacular Concert, 7:00 pm

🗓️ Wednesday, 12/17
🟦 A DAY
🚪 Office closes at 2:45 pm

🗓️ Thursday, 12/18
🟥🧭 ADVISORY B DAY

🗓️ Friday, 1/19
🟦 A DAY

📸 Yearbook December Deadlines ⏳

👶 Baby photos and dedications are due at the end of December. 🖼️📅
📈 Price increases to $75 after Winter Break. 💰
📧 Send your submissions or questions to Mr. Bennett at bennett_ja@4j.lane.edu. ✍️
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❄️ Winter Break ☃️

🚫 Office closed December 22 – January 3. 🔒
✅ Office open January 5.
🔔 Classes resume Tuesday, January 6.
Churchill Calendar
Bell Schedules & A/B Calendar
 

Churchill News

Holiday Cheer Drive! 🎁✨

Churchill Families: Support our Holiday Cheer Drive!

Options include:
  • Can/Bottle Drive (ends 12/17),
  • Food Drive (ends 12/17),
  • Staff vs Student Basketball (12/14 @ 6 pm),
  • BINGO (12/15 @ 6:30 pm),
  • or direct donation via SchoolPay.

Find full details here or click here to request confidential help by 12/12.
A dark blue flyer for the CHS Unified Program Basketball Schedule for 2025-2026, listing Home Games and Away Games, including a Special Olympics tournament, above a basketball with the Special Olympics Unified logo.

📣 Unified Basketball Interest Meeting!

Interested in joining the Unified Basketball team this year? Attend the informational meeting to learn more!

December 16th, during Lunch, in room F60.

College and Career Readiness

Upcoming Deadlines & Important Dates

NAACP Health Pathways Program
  • 2nd & 3rd Saturdays, October–May, 10:00 AM
  • Clear Lake Elementary
  • Earn certifications (CPR, Stop the Bleed, and more!), and get paid while preparing for health careers.
  • Questions? Contact them at (541) 484-1119 or naacplanecounty.org 

CodeORCreate Hackathon (Spark Labs)
  • December 13–14, 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM
  • Hands-on event combining tech, teamwork, and innovation.
  • Register Here

Snacks & Scholarships @ Lane Community College
  • LCC Main Campus, Building 1, Suite 103 (Inside Library)
  • Scholarship info session + time to work on your application!
  • Thu, Dec 11, 9:00 – 10:30 AM
  • Tue, Dec 16, 5:00 – 6:30 PM
  • Accessibility help: (541) 463-5150 or email: accessibleresources@lanecc.edu

2026 Summer PAID Internship Program
  • Applications Open: January 26, Close: February 23
  • For rising juniors and seniors looking for a paid internship experience in a field that interests them.
  • Apply Here
 

4J District News and Events

4J Parent E-news

Eugene School District 4J is committed to open communication and keeping families informed. If you are not receiving emails and text messages from the district or your student’s school, please update your contact information with your student’s school.

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Community News

Our Community News section contains information about community-sponsored events, activities, resources, and opportunities that may benefit our students and families. We do not share promotional information for for-profit organizations. Liability is the responsibility of the sponsoring organization.
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Fiction Fantastic 2026: Alchemy of Courage

📝 Young Writers Short Fiction Contest

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!)
And… if you’d like to read some of the stories yourself, we’d LOVE to have you as one of our volunteer judges. You can sign up to be a judge here. (Just let us know your potential conflict of interest, and we won’t assign you stories that might be from your students.)
You can learn all about Fiction Fantastic, read past years’ winning stories, and get the submission guidelines at fictionfantastic.org.

Relief Nursery Community Resource Guide

Our community is rich with resources and skilled, compassionate providers. Our hope is that this guide will be a support to families as they navigate systems and access services. At this time, Relief Nursery is not able to translate the entire Resource Guide into Spanish, though we recognize the need and hope to pursue that project in the future. The Resource Guide includes some Spanish language translation, particularly in the areas that specifically focus on serving Hispanic and Latino clients, English as a Second Language classes, and Immigration and Migrant services.

Lane County Food Resources

 
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