Wednesday, May 20, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Outlaws grad qualifies
for NAIA national meet
By Charlie kanzig
Correspondent
Chelsea Reifschneider,
a 2012 graduate of Sisters
Hi g h S ch o o l , s et t wo
school records for Corban
University of Salem on May
9 at the Cascade Collegiate
Championships held at
Southern Oregon University.
She qualified for the NAIA
National Championships in
the process.
Reifschneider ran 1:03.53
in the 400-meter hurdles,
meeting the automatic quali-
fying time for nationals.
In addition, she broke the
Corban school record in the
100 hurdles with a time of
15.26 seconds.
The 64th Annual NAIA
Outdoor Track and Field
Championships will be held
May 21-23 at Mickey Miller
Blackwell Stadium in Gulf
Shores, Alabama.
A 21-year-old educa-
tion major in her third year,
Reifschneider was a standout
athlete in volleyball and track
and field during her prep
career at Sisters High School.
She is the daughter of Mark
and Sheila Reifschneider of
Sisters.
The Cascade Collegiate
Conference is comprised of
10 schools from Oregon,
Washington, and Idaho,
including Eastern Oregon
U n i v e r s i t y, C o n c o r d i a ,
Southern Oregon University,
Oregon Tech, College of
Idaho, Evergreen State
College, Warner Pacific,
Northwest Christian
College, and Northwest
College.
Dutch teacher enjoys stay at Sisters
By Jim Cornelius
News Editor
Aspiring teacher Kevin
Ferwerda of Dronton, The
Netherlands, has spent the
past few weeks getting an
inside view of the educa-
tion system of the United
States — at Sisters Middle
School.
Ferwerda is in the third
year of a teaching program
in his homeland, and part of
the program at that stage is an
opportunity to go abroad for a
teaching internship.
“I have family in the U.S.
and I wanted to see if the
things you see in the mov-
ies are true,” he told The
Nugget. “For us Europeans,
the United States is the Big
Country.”
That family is Nicole
Montalvo, his aunt, who
works for the City of Sisters.
So Ferwerda landed an intern-
ship at Sisters Middle School,
working mostly with Midge
Rose in Social Studies.
Ferwerda sees some
key differences in educa-
tional styles between The
Netherlands and the U.S.
“I think the way of teach-
ing is different. There’s a lot
of room for creativity (here),”
Ferwerda said. “A lot of room
for writing and reading.”
Reading and writing here
is emphasized as skill-build-
ing, where in The Netherlands
it is simply a means of gar-
nering information.
Ferwerda said one of the
highlights of his tenure was
a trip to the Shakespeare
Festival in Ashland.
“I like that we did that
with the kids,” he said.
photo by Jim Cornelius
Midge rose was happy to host kevin Ferwerda in her social studies
classroom during his internship at Sisters Middle School.
He summed up his
experience:
“In one word, it was awe-
some,” he said. “I will (return
and) tell them it is really
cool to do it and really good
to see something other than
our own system. I think it
enlarges your own teaching.
It gives you a broader view of
teaching.”
For her part, Rose thought
the experience was good for
Ferwerda, good for her and
good for the kids.
She noted that, at the age
of 23, Ferwerda is young
enough that the middle
schoolers found him very
easy to relate to — especially
as his English got stronger
and stronger.
And, she said, “it’s good
for them to get the European
perspective on things.”
Rose’s class was focused
on the Renaissance and the
age of conquest during much
of his time here. The Dutch
were major international
photo provided by Corban university
Chelsea reifschneider is continuing a stellar track career.
Fascinating historic chairs
are in the shop! The early
1880s steam bent ash rdcker
ndw has a hickdry bark seat
wdven dn it. The maple
side chairs are frdm 1929
and 1935. These are part df
a grdup being re-laced with
rawhide fdr Lake Creek
Lddge in Camp Sherman.
These seating materials are
exceptidnally ldng lasting!
What’s in ydur attic that
needs restdring?
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naval players in that era — a
fact that is little understood
today. Rose said Ferderwa
“really strengthened my
knowledge of the Dutch.”
I think the way of
teaching is different.
There’s a lot of room for
creativity (here).
a lot of room for
writing and reading.
— kevin Ferwerda
As for the qualities
Ferderwa exhibits as a
teacher, Rose had high praise:
“He’s got the gift,” she said.
“Some people are born to be
teachers.”
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