It was with heavy hearts that we learned this week of the pending lawsuit filed by the family of Deshaun Adderley against Bend-La Pine Schools. As parents ourselves, the story of Deshaun’s suicide in December 2017 hit us hard. When Deshaun’s father, Donavan, granted us an interview in the spring of 2018, Donavan’s story describing […]
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Student Voices
Local youth weigh in on gun violence, in schools and in the wider community
Just this week, two incidents involving firearms happened right here in Bend. One incident left two men dead. While neither involved local schools, they serve as reminders that firearms pose a constant threat of violence when left in the wrong hands. In light of the multitude of attacks at schools nationwide, students and teachers live […]
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Editor Makes Headlines
Summit senior adds to newspaper’s storied history
This journalism thing seems to run in the family. It’s no surprise that Natalie Burdsall credits big brother Colin for her decision to join Summit High School’s student paper. After all, he spent three years at The Pinnacle as an award-winning writer and sports editor. “It’s something my brother encouraged me to do,” says Burdsall. […]
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A New Principal for Summit High
New principal will take the reins after this school year
Summit High School will officially have a new principal starting July 1. Superintendent of Bend-La Pine Schools, Shay Mikalson, announced Wednesday that Michael McDonald, currently assistant principal at Summit, will take on the new role. Summit’s current principal, Alice De Wittie, announced in October that she would be leaving the district at the end of […]
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The 20Time Project
Summit High Students Get Creative and Make a Difference
Erin Carrol spends her weekdays teaching a standard English lit class to high school seniors attending Summit High in Bend. “These aren’t necessarily 4.0 students, but that doesn’t mean they are less than exceptional,” she says. To prove her point she implemented a yearlong classroom assignment called The 20Time Project. The results were convincing. Created […]
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“Tarzan,” the Musical, Swings Into Bend
The future of theatre is in BEAT’s good hands
Bend Experimental Art Theatre (BEAT) will present the Disney musical production “Tarzan” from May 6 to 15 at Summit High School. The cast for this award-winning musical includes more than five dozen young performers and a live orchestra of youth musicians. Local actor Steven Livingston is playing Tarzan and Eva Merrill plays Jane. The play […]
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The Ultimate Prize: A National Title
Seven local teens are part of ultimate Frisbee team that won the co-ed national championship
In 1967, a few New Jersey high school students invented a new game, a hybrid of soccer and their skills from tossing around Frisbees at the Jersey shore. It was so much fun that one of the boys called it the “ultimate” sport, a term that stuck. An important tenant of their invented game, largely […]