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Published Since 1921
Official Student Publication of West Linn High School
April 2010 - Volume 98. Issue 6
Model United Nations finishes State with two awards
A lison F ieldhouse
The Model United
Nations team was one of 46
high schools that competed
in the State competition at
University of Oregon from
April 8-10. Out of 36 awards,
the team brought home two,
one for Best Speaker and one
for Best Consensus Builder.
Ann Bernert, junior, won
Best Consensus Builder in
the environment committee
and Mitchell Rivet, senior,
won Best Speaker in the
economic committee. The
best consensus builder is
considered the delegate who
did the best job in building
cooperation between all
of the delegates to draft a
resolution to be passed. They
developed agreement in the
committee. The best speaker
is the delegate who defended
th e ir c o u n t r y 's p o s i t i o n th e
best on specific issues in
their specific committee.
"Winning best speaker
is the best thing that will
ever happen to me. While
there was certainly a lot of
battle during the committee
meetings, the real battle was
in the karaoke room where I
emerged unscathed," Rivet
said.
The group represented
two different countries,
Brazil and Sierra Leone.
Representatives for
Photo by Julie McLeod
The M odel United Nations team gathers for a group shot in front of the Holiday Inn Express in Eugene. The team competed at the event
which was held on the University of Oregon campus, April 8-10. Forty-six schools attended the event.
Brazil were Haley Rivet,
sophomore, Alison
Fieldhouse, Amanda
Wagner, Jennifer Sitton,
juniors, Anik Shrestha,
Avilash Cramer, Daniel
Lee, Emily Fischer, Jaimie
Lorenzini, Neelou Etesami,
and Rachel Heisterkamp,
seniors. Representatives
for Sierra Leone were
Students impress at
ISEF State competition
A t th e S t a t e I S E F
competition, Ann Bernert,
j u n i o r , e a r n e d a s po t
on t h e O r e g o n t e a m
as a r epresent at i ve for
Internationals, in addition
to Avilash Cramer, Dylan
Hinrichs, Alexander Wise and
Aaron Waller, seniors, who
qualified for Internationals
at the district fair. Many other
students earned awards,
including scholarships such
as the Dean's Scholarship
to Lewis & Clark College
for all first place winners.
Additionally, Sabrina Levy,
junior, won a scholar ship to
the University of Oregon.
James Siderius, sophomore,
received two smaller money
rewards for his project.
BEST OF FAIR
Ann Bernert
Avilash Cramer
FIRST PLACE
Sabrina Levy (Behavioral
Sciences)
Avilash Cramer
(Engineering/Electrical and
Mechanical)
Ann Bernert (Plant Sciences)
Anya Lehman, Caroline
Attanasio, sophomores,
Bernert, Erin Morrow, Greg
White, Hannah Cotter, Maia
Williams, Sara Crawford,
juniors, Ariane Hopkinson,
Jessica Shuholm, Jonathan
Aheme, and Rivet, seniors.
L exi W elp & M ary W ood
After seven years as a
blood drive coordinator and
32 years teaching in the West
Linn-Wilsonville District,
Julie McLeod, health and PE
teacher, finishes her career
with record-breaking results
from the March blood drive.
Students donated 142 units
of blood, only the second
time in history that over 140
units have been collected.
This number ties that of the
October 2008 drive and is
enough to save 426 lives.
"The students here are so
giving, and compassionate
and caring and that is why it
Daniel Blanc-Gonnet
(Engineering /Materials and
Bioengineering)
Spencer Chang
(Microbiology)
THIRD PLACE
Anneli Tostar (Behavioral
Sciences)
James Siderius (Engineering/
Electrical and Mechanical)
Photo by Libby Kara
Kristen Tremaine (Medicine
and Health Sciences)
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McLeod finishes career with record-breaking blood
drive, makes plans for relaxation in retirem ent
SECOND PLACE
HONORABLE MENTION
There were 136 countries
represented at state.
Julie M cLeod, blood drive coordinator and H ealth & PE teacher,
presides over her last blood drive, in which enough blood was collected
to save 426 lives. M cLeod has taught in the district for 32 years, and
will be retiring at the end of this year. During retirem ent, she hopes
to travel, take up ballroom dancing, and become more involved with
volunteer work.
has been such an honor and
joy to run the blood drive
twice a year here at West
Linn," McLeod said. Next
year, Mandy Weaver, health
and PE teacher, will be taking
over the blood drive.
"Mrs. McLeod has spent
a lot of energy making the
blood drive successful and
making it a great experience
for everyone," Madison
Harju, junior and blood drive
volunteer, said.
McLeod has taught
at WLHS for nine years,
with a focus in health and
physical education classes
like Healthful Living,
Wellness and Anatomy and
Physiology, but she's also
carried that focus to other
parts of the district.
"I've taught at all levels
across the district," McLeod
said. She has held teaching
positions at several different
schools such as Sunset
Primary, Athey Creek Middle
School and Wilsonville High
School.
McLeod___________________
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