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About Vernonia's voice. (Vernonia, OR) 2007-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 8, 2011)
schools Booster’s Buzz Please consider joining the Boosters group – they are the sponsors for children’s sports activities in our community. Dues are only $10 annually. Ovations—A Great Way to Fundraise The Ovations Not-For-Profit Food-For-Funds Vernonia Program (known as Ovations) trains volunteers to work selling concessions during Rose Quarter events. Goals include training students to work on their own behalf to assist with expenses related to school and Booster activities, provide job skills and work experience to students and allow parents to work with their children to fulfill volunteer and financial goals. Rules - Volunteers Must: • Be age 16 or older to train and work • Attend a Not-For-Profit (NFP) 3-hour orientation training at the Rose Garden prior to working • Provide an email address, mailing address and phone numbers to coordinator • Obtain a food handler permit • If 18, obtain an OLCC permit, students are NOT allowed to serve or sell alcohol, although they are allowed to work at OLCC events with a permit and as cook’s helpers, this can be done online www.olccclass.com • Wear appropriate work uniform, black slacks, Vernonia baseball hat ($20) and black shoes • Follow all Ovations NFP rules and regulations • Find your own substitute or pay a $50 fee, no-shows are charged $50 VHS Foreign Exchange Program If you spend any time around the Vernonia High School you may have noticed an especially large number of unfamiliar faces and names this school year. Well it’s not just your imagination. H i s t o r i c a l l y VHS and the Vernonia community have hosted several foreign exchange students from all around the world each year. Student Nicolo Casale Melissa Charbonneau Lucrece Cheramy Yaraslava Denysenko Amirkhon Habibuloev Finn Hoeck Pavel Jiranek Alexander Lembke Lea Mari Janek Palovsky Ana Scerbatii Tynystan Talantov Gadim Valiyev Iryna Verhogliad Stina Voss Leon Weigand Krstian Wredstroem Zhuldyz Zhunussova They are great kids and we are happy to have them here. Hopefully we will all have a chance to meet them, get to know them and welcome them to Vernonia. The following is list of the foreign exchange students, the country they are from and the host family they are staying with this year. These students come to Vernonia for an entire school year, living with host families, attending classes and participating in all kinds of extra curricular activities at school and throughout the community. This year Vernonia is pleased and proud to host eighteen, that’s right 18!, foreign exchange students for the 2011-12 school year. Country Italy Canada France Ukraine Tajikistan Germany Czech Rep. Germany France Czech Rep. Moldova Kyrgyzstan Azerbaijan Ukraine Germany Germany Denmark Kazakhstan Host Family Stewards Castros Wallaces Rethwills Benes’ Cotas Wards Wards Poetters Easlons Cheneys Barnes’ Willards Kaisers Adams’ Pihls Sullivans Shipleys r e s i s a u r t i d T n i r u a F K r r o e f n Din ar e B k c a l B t a 1 1 r e b m e v o N , Ticket Friday Cost is $10.00 • Baked Lasagna • Salad • Garlic Bread • Apple Crisp Reservations will be made with ticket purchase! Four Seatings 4-5 PM / 5-6 PM 6-7 PM / 7-8 PM Purchase tickets at: Black Bear VMS Office VHS Office For more information contact Black Bear 503-429-0214 november8 2011 fee • Find your own ride (students are NOT allowed to drive) • Please donate a few dollars to the driver - gas is expensive • $1 for every $25 earned for each shift worked is donated to Booster Scholarship fund • Provide receipts when asking for money or ask that money be taken to school for payment of fee etc. • Plan ahead before you ask for money - give the coordinator a three day notice please, money is held in an account at Wauna Federal Credit Union Additional Information: Sponsors: Vernonia Boosters, Vernonia School District 47J Contract dates: October 1-September 30, Start date November 5, 2008 13 Average number of events each month: 4-6 Minimum amount earned per event: $33.60 - $1 donated to Booster scholarship fund for every $25 earned Maximum amount earned so far: (13.5 hour shift) $242 Average amount earned per shift: $50 Number of volunteers: 80 total, 21 current students NEW: We have adopted a Winter Hawks stand for all home games - 39 in all! To sign up contact Betsy Miller, 503-429-6049, 503-989-0809 cell or thomcrmill2@msn.com The next Not-For-Profit mandatory class will be held at the Rose Garden in the spring of 2012 - call Betsy to register. VHS Fall Sports Update Volleyball Qualifies for State Tournament continued from page 12 being named as Coach of the Year for the boys. “I believe this is a recogni- tion of how far our team has come this year,” said Brown. “Our runners made tremendous progress during the year and matured into a very good cross country team. We finished the season as the #14 team in the state out of 55 schools. We had a huge turnout, 27 runners, had a great season, one to re- member, and we had a great time. I couldn’t be prouder of them if they were my own kids.” On November 4th the senior cross country runners were honored as part of Senior Night before the Log- ger’s final home football game. Se- nior cross country runners are: Nicolo Casale, Lucy Cheramy, Paul Jiranek, Quin Johansen, Alex Lembke, Alyssa Loggins, Jackson Miller, Samantha Morgan, Janek Palovsky, Ana Scer- batii, Daniel Shaw, Ty Talantov, Gadim Valiyev and Iryna Verhogliad. Vernonia Students of the Month October 2011 Brandon Maloney , Grade 4 Brandon is known as a student who is always on task, is responsible, and gets his work done. Brandon says his favorite subject is definitely science and he is very interested in chemistry. Brandon plays soccer and does martial arts and says he is expecting to get a drum set this year. He also says he loves to play video games. Jessika Goodman , Grade 7 Jessika was chosen this month because she is an excellent student who works very hard and does her very best. She is also known for helping other students and for being very responsible—recently she completed her homework assignments before missing a few days of school for a scheduled activity. She has a positive attitude and according to teachers, “is a really good kid.” Jessika says her favorite subjects are Language Arts and P.E. Jessika participates in 4-H, and has lots of animals she cares for at home—horses, rabbits, dogs, cats, fish, goats, and chickens. Jessika also says she lies to sew, crochet and knit. Daniel Shaw , Grade 12 Daniel is known as a student who is always willing to volunteer to help with a project, whether at school or in the community. He's just a stand up kid, a real solid individual,” says one school employee. Daniel says he enjoys Government class with Mr. Brown. He ran Cross Country this year and plays the tuba in the school band. When he's not in school, Daniel says he likes fixing things, working on his truck and hanging out with friends. Sponsored by Senator Betsy Johnson
