schools
march13
2012
Nate’s Notes: Getting Ready for Africa
By Nate Izzett
profit organization called KIZIMANI.
We will visit three slums near Nairobi.
The slums are called Huruma, Eldoret,
and Kangundo.
Our mission is two-fold; half
the group, including me, will assist two
different private Christian schools: New
Dawn High School in Huruma, and Jamii
pre-school in Eldoret, offering crafts and
games to the kids while the teachers re-
ceive professional training from a few
This August, I will be getting
people in our group.
on an airliner with my mother and about
The other half of our group will
twenty-three others. I will be the only
be setting up a medical clinic in both
kid on the two week trip. I am going
Kangundo and Eldoret. We will have
where few Vernonians have gone before:
three doctors and many cases of medi-
to Kenya, Africa!
cines making the journey with us!
I will be representing a non-
Kenya is a moderately-sized na-
tion on Africa’s eastern half. Nai-
robi, where we will be staying at
night, is the capital. Kenya is a
nd
very poor country. According to
the 2010 CIA’s World Factbook,
Principal’s Honors 4.0
Taylor, Iryna Verhogliad, Jacob Vifquain,
America is the 9th wealthiest in
Makayla Adams, Yaraslava Denysenko,
Stina Voss, Damian Young
GDP per capita. Kenya ranks the
Katie Ellington, Nicole Glass, Jeffrey
165th in the world.
Goodman, Nathanael Izzett, Pavel Jiranek, Honors 3.49-3.25
The slums we will be serving
Andrew Jennings, Alisa Levenseller,
Ashlee Archer, Skylar Binford, Savannah
don’t produce electricity and don’t
Samantha Lindauer, Alyssa Loggins, Laura Brown, Robin Elliot, Amirkhon
have paved roads. The schools are
Rice, Leah Rice, Deziree Roberts, Ana
Habibuloev, Adonis Hopkins, Jacob
basic one-room shacks with very
Scerbatii, Sicily Scott, Summer Snow,
Levenseller, Lilliann Lindsley, Nathan
few supplies and a mud field to
Tynystan Talantov, Shyla Tungwenuk,
McMillen, Daniel Rice, Sven Sandstorm,
play in during the rainy season.
Natalie Wallace, Samantha Wallace,
Rowan Scott, Jessica Smith, Lane Sullivan,
The students are also given a
Brittany Young, Zhudyz Zhunussova
Sarah Wagner, Kristian Wredstroem
simple lunch of porridge and this
High Honors 3.99-3.50
Honorable Mention 3.24-3.0
is the only meal many of these kids
Kimberly Allen, Kayla Aronhalt, Austin
Crystal-Ann Carreon, Stephanie Castro,
get. It costs about $125 per stu-
Best-Cutright, Marley Bower, Joshua
Melissa Charbonneau, Dillon Dethlefs,
dent for a year of school, but most
Butcher, Nicolo Casale, Zi Xian Chen,
Shylo Dooley, Mandi Hartford, Cierra
of the students from these slums
Andrew Cheney, Rowan Cheney, Lucrece
Henson, Finn Hoeck, Sara McMahon,
just don’t have that sort of money,
Cheramy, Christopher Dass, Emilee
Felicia Schirmeister, Robert Stringfield,
and some who attend New Dawn
Easlon, Janae Easlon, Jacob Eyrrick,
Nicole Thompson, Logan Titus, Leon
and Jamii are sponsored by those
Julia Fletcher, Jessica Gardner, Timothy
Wiegand
who can afford to. The problem
Jennings, Quin Johansen, Jerrid Johnston,
is, without an education, they have
Brandon Krause, Kendrick Leaverton,
Progressive Honors—Raised GPA by .5
almost no hope at all of improving
Alex Lembke, Andrea Lezama, Lea Mari,
or more
their situation in life.
Jackson Miller, Kaitlin Paleck, Janek
Jonathon Anderson, Jerrid Johnston,
To make matters worse, if they
Palovsky, Tasia Pond, Daniel Shaw,
Kristen Leaverton, Jacob Loveland,
miss even one semester of high
Kelly Smith, Winter Snow, Sean Solberg,
Brenden McNeill, Nicholas Rainbolt, Levi
school, they have to begin over
Meghan Sullivan, Ellyssa Szlavich, Dylan Taylor, Brittany Watrous
again in 9th grade. For this reason,
VHS 2 Quarter Honor Roll
VMS 2 nd Quarter Honor Roll
Principal’s Honors 4.0
Brad Ely, Annika Johnson, Jessika
Goodman. Jacob Patton, Sheyanne
Pedersen, Megan Rice, Jocie-Ranay
Roberts, Chase Tolonen, Ian Torres-
Petersen, Payton Wolf
High Honors 3.99-3.5
Tristan Adams, Emily Bergerson,
Lily Buchanan, Jacob Butcher, Coral
Cook, Megan Ely, Breanna Gardner,
Morgan Harral, Ashley Jackson,
Amanda Jennings, Bryanna Larson,
Ariel Mosag, Jacob Perry, Jamie
Scott, Paige Smith, Clay Sullivan,
Jarrett White, Cassidy Whitton, Mahaila
Whilhelm
Honors 3.49-3.25
Hayden Cieloha, Kaitlyn Eyrrick,
Kassidy Fetch, Benjamin Fleck,
Nichole Gardner, Casey Hathcoat,
Storm Henson, Brett Jones, Cheyenne
Kemper, Haley Lindsay, Megan
Schirmeister, Benjamin Schulte, Sara
Smith, Jessica Stringfield, Kole Titus,
McKenzie Willard, Mekhi Williams
Honorable Mention 3.24-3.0
Courtney Barklow, Brandon Clapshaw,
Grace Coleman, Courteny Fennel,
Hannah Fleck, Lauren Glass, Rachele
Hanner-Knighton, Hera Hopkins, Katie
Martinez, Jackhenry Masog, Jared
Medearis, Amanda Rose-Sicard, Mikila
Solberg, Autumn Sorenson
Progressive Honors-Raised GPA .5 or
more
Cobey Brucken, Jamie Duyck,
Courteny Fennel, Lauren Foster, Kodee
Kelso, Mariah Miller, James Nichols,
Sativa Shepherd, Shaylanna Shepherd,
Kole Titus, Mckenzie Titus, Alex West,
Cassidy Whitton
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VHS Forestry Program
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$40 pick up yourself
Call VHS office 503-429-3521 or
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many of these students don’t graduate
until they are in their twenties, and some-
times they don’t graduate at all. While
we can do nothing to change the over-
all situation, we can make the schools
themselves better, which is where the
missions team comes in.
And here’s how you can help.
You see, each of us making the trip
are responsible for bringing a veritable
stockpile of items, which will all be giv-
en to the schools and students we are go-
ing to serve. Can you help? Below is
a list of items that we need:
Bars of soap
New adult small and medium t-shirts
(for high schoolers)
New or gently-used shoes (All sizes)
Black or blue pens (in packets)
Coloring pencils (in packets of 12)
Crayola markers (packets)
Pencils( packs)
Pencil sharpeners
Spiral notebooks
Glue sticks
Scotch tape
Crayons( packs of 12)
Balloons (Need 200 total)
Bubbles
Preschool reading material (English)
K-5 reading material (English)
Chalk
Chalk erasers
Supplies can be brought to the
VHS band room during school hours.
In the meantime, I will periodi-
cally write on our progress, just to keep
you posted.
Vernonia Students of the Month
Rylee Pihl ,
February 2012
Kindergarten
Rylee always has a positive attitude and follows
directions well. She is a good role model for other
students. She is always helpful with her peers and
does her best in class. Rylee says she likes learning
math in school. Rylee is five years old and has a twin
brother, Mathius. She is a Girl Scout, also participates
in the Mat Pack wrestling club, and likes to play T-ball.
Rylee says her favorite TV show is “Wow Wow
Wubbzy” and that she watches Ax Men “sometimes.”
Autumn Sorenson ,
Grade 7
Autumn is a wonderful student who listens when
lessons are being taught and instructions are being
given. and gets her assignments in and on time. It is
very evident by Autumn’s grades that school is
important to her. “She is a complete joy to have in
class and you can always expect to see a smile on
Autumn’s face,” says one of her instructors. “She is a
terrific young lady with a bright promising future
ahead of her.” Autumn says she enjoys Language
Arts class, plays clarinet in the VMS Band and is
playing softball.
Samantha Lindauer ,
Grade 11
Samantha is an excellent student with a 4.0 GPA and
says her favorite subjects are math and science. She
is the Treasurer for the VHS Student Council. Sami
plays for the VHS volleyball team, girls basketball
team and qualified for State in track and field in the
200 meters last year as a sophomore, winning a 5th
place medal. Samantha is actively involved with St.
Mary's Church and volunteers each year at the Quilt
Fair. She says she would like to pursue a career in
nursing and that she loves to cook for fun.
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