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Staff welcomes three newborns this month
a L auren L evine _____________
co-Editor-in-Chief
Along with April showers
has come the birth of three
babies to staff members Jim
Hartmann, science teacher,
Curt Scholl, assistant
Kathryn Luella Scholl
principal of student services,
and Jamie Welle, student
services secretary.
Hartmann, 42, is only
just now getting the chance
to experience what it is like
to be a dad. His son, Jamie
Selig, who weighed 8 lbs.,
21 oz. and was 20 1/2" was
bom on April 4 at 4 p.m.
to him and his wife, Esther
Shepsman, a teacher at
Tualatin High School.
"(It has been) absolutely
Photo courtesy of Curt Scholl.
the most intense experience
of my life," Hartmann, said
of parenthood. "I'm glad I
waited until I was this age
because I wouldn't be able
to handle it if I was any
younger."
GATA Africa trip cancelled
m S achie H opkins ____________
Staff Reporter
To everyone involved it
was a huge disappointment:
the trip planned to Kenya
this summer, specifically
to WLHS’s sister school,
was cancelled on April 3. A
sudden increase in violence
in Kenya's capital, Nairobi,
c d effects reaching all the
way to Portland, when a
woman from Oregon was
shot in a carjacking. The
non-profit Harambee Center,
the trip organizers, felt that it
was too dangerous to go this
year.
"I have a lot of mixed
feelings about (this decision)
because in some ways the
incidents of violence should
strengthen our resolve to take
a trip of this nature, so as not
to allow the tragedies of the
world to dictate our hopes,
and our plans for a better
world in the future," David
Frick, Global Awareness Take
Action adviser, said.
Members of GATA
who were scheduled to go
on the trip were extremely
disappointed, yet understand
the need to keep them safe.
"I am extremely
disappointed because
that was my main focus
all year long," Jeff Bandel,
senior, said. "I have been
in GATA for two years and
this would've been my
final action being done as a
member of GATA, because
I'm graduating this year."
According to Frick, a trip
for the summer of 2008 is
already in the works. There
are also hopes to bring
students from Kenya to
WLHS to stay with families
and attend school here next
winter. Plans also include the
continuation of fundraising
for the sister school through
GATA, to fund science labs,
water facilities and a sports
field.
"I want to give a strong
endorsement to the student
ambassadors, their parents,
and this school district, who
were all very understanding
at the need to process what
happened before making a
decision on the trip," Frick
said.
With demanding careers,
he and his wife didn't feel
ready for children until
recently. Both are taking
the rest of the year off from
teaching to stay home and
take care of their new baby.
"(When the baby) cries
for five hours straight it
requires a lot of strength,"
Hartmann said.
Scholl and his wife,
Kellie, welcomed daughter
Kathryn Luella, who joined
three older brothers at
12:15 a.m. on April 9. She
weighed 8 lbs., 2 oz. and
was 22" long.
"It's fantastic," Scholl said.
"We didn't know the gender
of the baby beforehand.
Having a girl was a good
surprise. Anytime you have
a baby, it's life-changing."
A first-time mother, Welle
gave birth to Ethan Vem at
9:12 a.m. on April 17. He
was 8 lbs., 5.75 oz. and 21
1/2" long.
Ethan Vem Welle
Photo courtesy of Kattie Riggs
"She's excited to finally
have Ethan here and is
already enjoying being a
mother," Kattie Riggs, who
is filling in for Welle, said.
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Photo courtesy of Jim Hartmann
Graduation requirements
increase, beginning with
incoming Class of 2011
u L auren P ak & An P eterson
Staff Reporters
The idea to alter
graduation requirements
beginning with the Class of
2011 was brought forth by the
State of Oregon in March of
2007. The standard 46 credits
originally needed to graduate
has been raised to 48 credits.
Instead of having two years
of math and science, the new
requirement is three years
of each. This leaves students
with fewer opportunities to
take elective classes.
The new measure will not
affect any graduating classes
until 2011. This proposal was
passed to make sure that
Oregon's standards are high
enough to keep up with the
changing global education.
The No Child Left Behind
Act has raised school's efforts
and increased expectations
for new graduating classes.
"It's an okay idea in theory,
but I don't think that it makes
much of a difference," Emily
Fischer, freshman, said.
Leaving no room to fail any
classes, the new graduating
students will have to pass
all of their subjects. "It will
be hard for some people, but
others might already take
that many classes anyway,"
Fischer said.
"The drawback is that
there is no wiggle room for
students," Kim Carlson,
Assistant Principal said.
According to Carlson, most
of the students won't even
be affected, because they
already take the needed
classes.
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