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Wednesday, August 31, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
SCHOOL: Kids get
to meet teachers in
low-pressure situation
Continued from page 1
Selah Sanford, a 6-year-
old first-grader, couldn’t con-
tain her excitement. Standing
beside her father, James
Sanford, Selah jumped up and
down in her new classroom.
“I’m so excited about
school,” she exclaimed. “I’m
looking forward to seeing all
my friends, and doing math.”
Dad just smiled at the dis-
play of enthusiasm, happy for
his daughter’s attitude about
school.
Teegan Welsh, 8, was
less demonstrative but also
pumped up about the coming
year. She’ll be in third grade
this year, and it will be her
first time in a public school
after recently moving from
Beaverton.
Part of the attraction of
entering Sisters Elementary
School is the number of chil-
dren who will be in her class.
Twenty-eight students are
slated to study under Kirk
Albertson — 19 more class-
mates than Teegan has ever
had before.
It also will be the first
time Teegan and her mother,
Shawn Steele — a teacher
— will be separated for the
school year. Before, they were
in the same private school,
but Shawn has found a job at
Black Butte School this fall so
the two will split up.
That didn’t worry Teegan
photo by steve kadel
Abigail duda, 7, was ready for business last week after finding her desk at
Sisters Elementary School.
on Thursday as she buckled
down to the task of filling her
cubby with supplies.
Finding her name on the
wooden space was a victory
in itself.
“Yay!” Teegan cried.
“Someone finally spelled my
name right.”
As the socializing contin-
ued throughout the building,
Principal Stoughton tried to
meet as many parents and
students as possible. She said
the Stop and Drop afternoon
helps teachers as well as stu-
dents because it gives them a
chance to get organized before
the first real day of class.
“We allow them to bring
supplies so they don’t have to
bring a big backpack the first
day,” Stoughton said.
Sisters Elementary ended
the last academic year with
about 332 students, she said.
Stoughton and office staff
will spend the first week
or two of school adjusting
enrollment figures, finding
out who’s new and who didn’t
come back after attending last
year.
Stoughton doesn’t moni-
tor the enrollment figures
simply because the state allo-
cates funding based on head
counts. Instead, she wants to
know what happened to those
whose children won’t be com-
ing back this year.
“We’re about family here,”
she said.
Sprucing up...
photo Courtesy bill anttila
Sisters VFW post 8138 Commander Bill Anttila and Trustee Wendell
halterman stained the Sisters School district No. 6 sign on August
25. The VFW stained the sign as it honors a member of the Aylor
family. Becky Aylor has supported the Sisters VFW activities at the
Middle School continuously since being employed at the district.
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