Students learn
through career day
By Kathryn Godsiff
Correspondent
Sisters schools have a
knack for incorporating
creative learning into the
school day, and the wider
Sisters community has long
been supportive. Sisters
Elementary School continued
the tradition last Friday with
the first career day event.
It brought some reality to
the question of <what do you
want to be when you grow
up?=
An overwhelming
response from parents
brought 23 different pre-
senters to the school, cov-
ering careers from farrier/
blacksmith to medicine, arts,
law enforcement, helping
professions, sports and vari-
ous businesses.
School counselor Kate
Kuitert was one of the orga-
nizers. She emphasized that
part of the School District
mission is to inspire students.
<By doing a career day we
hoped to inspire our students
to think about their strengths,
interests, and how those
may connect to future career
opportunities,= she said via
email.
Students each got to hear
two presenters, in 25-min-
ute sessions. Kuitert stated
that the response was very
positive and that the diver-
sity of occupations made
for interesting listening. She
hopes to make it an annual
event.
Wednesday, February 26, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Boys ski team grabs second place
By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
The Sisters High School
boys varsity ski team placed
second in a giant slalom race
at Hoodoo on Saturday, Febru-
ary 22. It was sunny and calm,
and snow conditions were
hard and fast, which made for
one of the best races of the
season. The steep hill at Hoo-
doo and the course set-up pro-
vided a challenge for racers.
This was the first high
school race to be held at Hoo-
doo in several years. Coach
Gabe Chladek told The Nug-
get they put on a great race and
many folks were impressed.
Teams wanted to express their
thanks to Hoodoo for hosting
the race, and hope there will be
more races there in the future.
Sisters had a bit of a home
court advantage since they
were familiar with the slope,
and it showed up in their sec-
ond-place team finish.
Senior Evan Palmer was
the Outlaws9 fastest racer. He
placed fifth and earned 90
points for the team with a com-
bined time of 1:16.93. Fresh-
man Bela Chladek took eighth
and earned 72 points with a
combined time of 1:17.66.
<Evan and Bela skied fast,
direct lines that resulted in
great finishes,= said Coach
Chladek. <They9re both skiing
with a lot of determination, and
it9s driving them to be aggres-
sive and direct in their skiing.=
Corbin Fredland was 13th
with 38 points with a com-
bined time of 1:20.48, and
George Chladek took 16th
and earned 26 points with a
combined time of 1:21.17.
Colton Seymour was 17th (26
points) with a combined time
of 1:21.53, and Mitchell Grif-
fin took 31st with a combined
time of 1:27.39.
The boys JV team finished
fourth overall. Christopher
Lundgren logged the fast-
est runs of the day for the JV
squad with a combined time
of 1:27.70 for a 32nd-place
finish. Remaining times were:
Simon Rhett, 1:28.05 (34th);
Connor Petke, 1:31.36 (43rd);
Oscar Rhett, 1:37.13 (51st);
Ethan Eckert, 1:40.71 (54th);
Ian Cash, 1:43.03 (57th); Ash-
ton King, 1:52.16 (60th); and
Ilya Goheen, 1:54.11 (61st).
Aiden Eckert skied a good
first run and got a single time
of 49.63. Aiden pushed for a
faster time on his second run
and crashed.
Chladek said, <I have a lot
of respect as a coach for the
effort Aiden put out on the
course. You can9t win races
unless you9re pushing yourself
to go faster, and when you9re
pushing, crashes are going to
happen from time to time.=
The varsity boys and girls
teams, and a few JV racers, will
be attending the league finals
on Friday and Saturday, Feb-
ruary 28 and 29 at Mt. Bache-
lor. Over the course of the sea-
son teams earn points for their
finish order at each race, and
points accumulate through-
out the season. Both the girls
and boys squads qualified as
a team. Hollie Lewis, Sky-
lar Wilkins, Sydney Wilkins,
Piper Adelt, Tatum Cramer,
and Annie Cohen make up
the girls squad, and racing for
the boys will be Evan Palmer,
Bela and George Chladek,
Cole Seymour, Corbin Fred-
land, and Mitchell Griffin.
The top 20 JV racers will
qualify individually based
on their accumulated points.
Those 20 JV racers were to
be announced on Tuesday,
February 25.
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