News

 1-23-10  On January the 15th, Silver Falls School District received notice from the Education Enterprise Steering Committee that they  had been awarded a  $41,532 grant. This is very exciting news for
SFSD since it will allow us to expand our current fiber connectivity to other schools outside the city limits.  Currently 5 schools are connected through WaveBroadband's fiber network and it gives
those schools plenty of bandwidth to use resources on the web such as testing and research. SFSD's outlying schools presently do not  have a fiber connection so their internet connection is
minimal, thus restricting the type of testing and research students need to have access to on the web.  

With this grant it is the hope of the district to increase the the bandwidth for as many schools as possible in the district that are out of WaveBroadbands currently fiber connectivity.  WaveBroadband is
being very helpful in trying to come up with creative solutions to get fiber out to those schools.

After a great deal of thought, energy, and hard work the SFSD Technology Plan for years 2009-2011 was approved by ODE in September of 2009. Various members of the District Technology Committee
met together over an extended period of time to come up with a practical and agressive plan to help our students gain important skills in the use of technology for the 21st Century.
It was an important goal for all members to make this plan practical and helpful to staff, students, and administrators alike.

Approximately one year ago it was decided that Silver Falls School District needed to update its web site as more and more students, parents, staff and other community members were relying on the district and school websites for information.