Edgewater Partnership

Thank you Caleb for this Summer Update---

Hi friends and partners,

It’s graduation week, and summer break is less than two weeks away. Here are a few updates as we approach the end of the school year and transition to summer programs.

Class of 2026 Graduation Ceremonies
Our high school graduation schedule is posted online. You can view dates and times for graduation ceremonies happening this week on our district website.

Summer Open Meal Sites
This summer, we will have open meal sites for youth and children ages 1-18, thanks to grant funding from ODE. We will serve FREE meals between June 22 and August 28 (closed July 3) at nine locations. Meals will be served Monday through Friday from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. See important details on our website.

If you have summer activities and expect a large group of youth or children from your program to attend a meal site, you can help our meal team plan ahead by sending me a message with the day(s) and meal site location a few days in advance. Also, if you’d like a poster with information about our meal sites, let me know and we can share materials.

Promoting Summer Opportunities
We'll continue to share about the summer opportunities that are available to students in the community. If you have programs, camps and other activities that support learning and engagement during summer break, please send me the details or links to the information, so we can consider adding it to our community opportunities story.

Substitute Services Transitioning to Edustaff
On July 1, Edustaff, LLC will become the employer for substitute employees serving our district, meaning they will manage employment-related processes like onboarding, payroll and substitute support. Substitutes and community members can learn more about Edustaff, including how to get started, on our website.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Double Header this Thursday

Thursday Farmers Market 10:30am to 2:30pm
Peace Walk 7pm

Our Thursday Farmers Market is off to a great start. This Thursday expect warm weather and fun & games at the Edgewater Partners Booth. Cruse through the Market looking for the Heart of West Salem. Kids to enjoy sampling produce & fruit getting $2.00 in Market Bucks for their adventurous nature. Stop by and say hello to Roberto & myself. Salem Harvest our special guest.

Next, on Thursday evening is our neighborhood peace walk. Please join us for the West Salem Peace Walk at 7pm. Since the New Year our hope has been to bring light and hope this year to our community. We have seen more and more neighbors attending contributing much. We start in the green space across the street from Annette's Restaurant. Let us continue to illuminate the beauty in the neighborhood. Let us walk and speak of peace and hope. We are looking forward to a warm evening. See you Thursday night . . .

FARMERS MARKET STARTS THURSDAY

It's that time again. Our Thursday Farmers Market starts tomorrow, Thursday, May 7th from 10:30am to 2:30pm. Weather looks good. Come out and walk off the winter. Early Spring offerings a little different that summer, but worth exploring. Heart of West Salem hunt again this year. You find it--you keep it. Join Roberto & myself for this kickoff to another summer of surprises. Stop in . . .