Welcome to Sam Boardman Elementary

Sam Booman Elementary School has a brand new playground and they celebrate Ribbon Cut at 5 pm on Thursday 25th October. Invitation to the public

In the former playground facility, equipment and other activities were done throughout the campus, but a new playground is in the center of the southeast corner of the school. According to Brandon Hammond President, the equipment was reinstalled there, and other improvements were made.

The playground project was initiated by the school's parent's teacher organization (PTO), which sponsored a couple of fund-raising events. Students of Sam Boardman can "set pennies in our playground" and "count coins". There is also the "Kiss the Pig" competition, Pig Bank has been held many times, Banner Bank matches every penny. The class that earned the most money decided to kiss living pigs. I will grant one honor to Martha Mitchell, a sophomore teacher.

Colombia River Technology, Sam Boardman PTO, Rum Weston, Wildhorse Foundation, Umatilla Electricity Cooperative Association, NW Health Foundation, Kiwanis, Boardman Child Development: Other funds collected from the school carnival and the total from these donors is $ It is 68,555.24.

According to Hammond, this new playground will be a wonderful opportunity for young people to go out and play. "This will strengthen the community as a whole and it will be possible through community efforts.This project demonstrates the characteristics of Boardman and how to help families in the community to support their children, Told.

Boardman built his own house in 1903 by Samuel Herbert Boardman, the first head of the Oregon State Park system. Bodman and his wife worked for 13 years to develop irrigation for their land; during those years his wife taught, and Boardman sometimes worked on a railway construction project It was. The Union Pacific Railroad passed the board with the station. In 1916, Samuel Boardman worked at the Oregon State Highway Authority and participated in the development of a roadside park.

The playground project was initiated by the school's parent's teacher organization (PTO), which sponsored a couple of fund-raising events. Students of Sam Boardman can "set pennies in our playground" and "count coins". There is also the "Kiss the Pig" competition, Pig Bank has been held many times, Banner Bank matches every penny. The most profitable class picked a person who kissed the living pig, and one honor was attributed to the second grade teacher Martha Mitchell. According to Hammond, this new playground will be a wonderful opportunity for young people to go out and play. "It strengthens the community as a whole and is made possible by the efforts of the community.This project demonstrates Boardman's characteristics and how the community's families gather and support the children, Told.

Samuel Bodman, the civil engineer at Lowell, Massachusetts, was first built in 1903, and after 15 years thereafter, the Bodman region began to prosper after the western extension irrigation canal was supplied to the community from the Ututila River It was. During this 15-year wait period, Boardman planted 5,000 trees along the original Columbia River Highway, creating a beautiful recreation area. He also established the first Oregon roadside rest stop during this period. Around this time, people started living in this area quickly, especially on the south coast of the Columbia River. Officers became a city in 1927