Browse past news stories for Hazelbrook Middle School in Tualatin, OR.

• Tigard-Tualatin schools chief will host budget update meeting (The Oregonian)
  posted on November 19, 2009 at 10:23:41 pm
  Rob Saxton will discuss the budget and potential effects of ballot measures 66 and 67.
• New math curriculum — so far, so good (Portland Tribune)
  posted on October 15, 2009 at 03:10:46 pm
  The dust appears to have settled in Tigard-Tualatin schools after last year’s battle about the best way to teach math. Since that time, the school district has changed their curriculum to focus more on traditional teaching methods and use reformist math as a supplement. Things are off to a ...
• Fashion doesn't make the teacher, but it gets respect from students (The Oregonian)
  posted on October 13, 2009 at 12:05:12 am
  There's little data connecting how teachers dress to classroom performance, but students and teachers alike say it makes a difference.
• Tigard-Tualatin teachers give back $88,800 to help budget (The Oregonian)
  posted on October 9, 2009 at 11:05:38 pm
  The money comes from a fund that helps teachers with classroom expenses.
• Educators at large Portland-area districts accept cuts (The Oregonian)
  posted on June 19, 2009 at 04:30:29 am
  Some other schools will see deep job losses and program cuts.
• Student-produced coloring book illustrates Tualatin’s olden days (Portland Tribune)
  posted on June 16, 2009 at 02:08:23 pm
  TUALATIN — On the pages of the Little Red Schoolhouse coloring book, George feeds the pigs a bucket of slop, Joseph tries to win his friend’s blue marble during recess at school and Effie reads her favorite story by the light of a kerosene lamp. The 32-page book, titled “Tualatin ...
• Tigard-Tualatin School District cuts to go deep (Portland Tribune)
  posted on April 16, 2009 at 02:23:18 pm
  As Tigard-Tualatin school officials continue to hammer out the details of next year’s school budget, one thing is clear — it won’t be pretty. In response to continuously dropping state revenue projections, school leaders are planning for a school budget next year that is $11.2 ...
• Tigard-Tualatin schools propose cutting 159 positions (The Oregonian)
  posted on April 14, 2009 at 11:16:12 pm
  TIGARD -- The Tigard-Tualatin School District plans to cut about 159 positions from teachers to administrators for the coming school year based on state funding projections. The district is planning for a worst-case scenario in state funding, which would require...
• Tigard and Tualatin math wars (Portland Tribune)
  posted on April 9, 2009 at 02:30:16 pm
  The students in Gano Butcher’s second-period algebra class at Hazelbrook Middle School, like many of their peers across the Tigard-Tualatin School District, are at the center of a heated district-wide debate about the best way to teach math On Monday morning, the seventh- and eighth-graders ...
• Sherwood names new school administrators (The Oregonian)
  posted on March 23, 2009 at 07:50:51 pm
  SHERWOOD -- Sherwood School District officials tapped three new school administrators for the 2009-10 school year. Hires are pending school board approval....
• For these Tigard twins the regional spelling bee is word play (Portland Tribune)
  posted on March 12, 2009 at 07:01:47 am
  It came down to “poi” and “alamo.” Twin brothers Mayur and Mihir Paralkar battled back and forth on stage last month at Durham Elementary School’s spelling bee, asking the announcer for the origin of the words, alternative pronunciations and to hear the frustrating ...