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Wednesday, June 10, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
SCHOLL: New
leader tapped for
Sisters schools
priorities before he has had
the opportunity to talk with
stakeholders and develop a
clear picture of the district’s
needs.
He noted that “Sisters
is a strong school district
already,” and has a strong
cadre of volunteers and a
good relationship with the
community. He will be pay-
ing attention to maintaining
and enhancing that.
“I’m looking at getting
community input,” he said.
“Schools-and-community is
always a strong partnership.”
Regarding the failure of
a facilities bond last year, he
said, “It sounds like some
attention needs to be paid to
that process and what hap-
pened there.”
He noted that Sisters
buildings “are nice schools.
There are some facilities
needs that are there.”
Scholl said he wants to
look at how students “artic-
ulate from grade to grade”
— in other words, how well
students are prepared for the
hand-off to the next grade.
He said that student suc-
cess shows that work has
been put in in that area, but
“you don’t want to assume
anything.”
Before moving to the
Salem-Keizer School
District, Scholl was an assis-
tant principal at West Linn
High School for three years
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“We started with an out-
standing field of 42 can-
didates from Oregon and
several other states for the
superintendent position,”
said School Board Chair Don
Hedrick. “But, after inter-
views with numerous candi-
dates, reference checking and
having the final two spend
a day in our district, Curt
Scholl emerged as the right fit
to be our next superintendent.
He demonstrated a proven
record of success in small,
medium and large-sized dis-
tricts and we welcome him to
our schools community.”
Currently, Scholl is the
principal at Sprague High
School in the Salem-Keizer
School District where he has
been principal since 2009.
While he was at Sprague,
the school’s academic per-
formance improved 30 per-
cent in math and 20 percent
in reading, making them one
of the strongest schools in the
state.
Scholl will be meeting
with staff and community
members as the transition
gets underway.
He was reluctant to delve
too deeply into specific
and principal at Vernonia
High School for three years.
While working in West
Linn-Wilsonville, he attended
H a r v a r d U n i v e r s i t y ’s
“Principal’s Corner” and was
recognized as a Teacher of
Excellence.
Scholl has worked in the
classroom as a social stud-
ies teacher for six years and
also handled coaching duties
for football and baseball. He
was a member of the Linfield
College varsity football team
in 1991-93, which was the
NAIA Division III National
champion runner-up in 1992.
Scholl has a master’s
degree in science and teach-
ing from Portland State
University and a Bachelor of
Arts in history from Linfield
College.
“We must always be stu-
dent-centered in education
developing life-long learn-
ers,” Scholl said. “It’s impor-
tant that we always strive to
get better and maintain focus
on positive growth for the
district and doing what is
best for students. I am excited
about the opportunity to
become a part of the Sisters
schools with an already
strong record of success and
a community that has dem-
onstrated a willingness to
become involved. Working
together, we can be a positive
difference-maker in the lives
of the district’s children.”
EAGLES: Local birds
are getting ready
to leave the nest
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day or two of April 1.
Located several miles east
of Sisters on Whychus Creek
Canyon, this eagle cam was
the brainchild of Janet Zuelke
and Forrest Babcock, who at
the time owned the property
across the canyon from the
nest. They built a gazebo to
house the equipment, and
engineered the optical system
that is able to capture images
from 1,200 or so feet across
the canyon, and beam them
out on the Internet.
The nest is on the Aspen
Hollow Preserve of the
Deschutes Land Trust and
East Cascades Audubon
Society has taken over the
funding. During this sea-
son, the eagle cam and web-
site have been operated and
maintained by Jim Hammond
(optics) and Leslie Lawrence
(website, and current owner
of camera site), with signifi-
cant technical support from
Anthony Kay.
photo by JiM haMMond
the whole family with the male adult (rocky) in the sun while the female
(Petra) and the chicks (goldie and Fluffy) are in the shade.
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