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schools
june12
2012
Goodbye
White is Middle School State
Champ in 100 Meters
Vernonia High School
doesn’t have the only state
champions in Track and Field in
town.
Vernonia Middle School
8 th grader Jarrett White returned
from the Middle School State
Championships with a gold
medal in the 100 meters and a
silver medal in the 200 meters.
White won the state title
in the 100 meters with a time of
11.57 and finished second in the
200 meters with a time of 24.21
seconds.
White was the only
Vernonia student to compete
in the Middle School State
Championships, traveling to the
meet at La Pine High School on
June 2 with his family.
White currently holds
VMS records in the 100 and 200
meters, breaking current VHS
volunteer sprint coach Shelby
Grittman’s records from 2007.
Gritman has been acting as a
mentor and training White this
season.
“Jarrett is a very gifted
athlete,” says VMS head coach
Justin Ward. “He has chosen to
focus on sprints, but he could
also excel at the 400 meters and
the high jump. He is a very hard
worker, in fact I have often seen
him working out on his own on
the weekends.”
Congratulations to Jarrett
White on his State Championship!
Jarrett White of VMS took
1st place in the 100 meter
dash at the Oregon Middle
School State Champion-
ships. White also finished
2nd in the 200 meters.
Pharmacy Tech Program Creates
Opportunities
I would like to take this
opportunity to thank the Vernonia
community. Thank you to my
host family, the Cheneys, thank
you to our coordinator Cathy
Ward, thank you to the school
teachers and Mr. Underwood,
thank you everyone. You all are
amazing people who came into
my life and gave me everything
I needed to have an awesome
experience. And even though
I’m leaving my soul and mind
will always stay with you.
~ Ana Scerbatii
Thank you to the
community and to my rep Cathy
Ward. Thank you to my host
family-Dan, Julie, and Joe Benes.
It has been a good experience.
~Amir Habibuloev
Thank you to the
Vernonia Loggers and Mr.
Underwood for the great school
experience. Thank you to the
Catholic Church. Thank you
Mrs. Ward for the great support.
Thank you to the Vernonia
Learning Center for teaching me
to crochet. Most of all, thank you
to my host family--the Gump
family—I will miss you all.
Thank you to the Barnes
~Ira Verhogliad
family and to the Brookins
family for feeding me, coaching
Thank you to Mr.
me and making my exchange Underwood that he accepted me
year wonderful because you into the Vernonia School District.
all helped me achieve my main Thank you to all the teachers—
goals for which I came here. you are great! Thank you to
Thank you to Coach Brown and Cathy Ward for her support in
Coach Wolf for making me tough everything. I have enjoyed my
and to all the teachers at school stay with David, Diane, and
for being awesome people.
Brett Benes.
~Ty Talantov
~Sherzod Razhabov
A new program that was imple-
mented this year at Vernonia High School
has turned out to be a success.
continued on page 17
The Pharmacy Technician Pro-
gram, a collaboration between VHS
and the Vernonia Prevention Coalition
(VPC), successfully trained and certified
five high school seniors, who now have
an opportunity to work and earn money
after graduation. It could even be the
start of new career.
Kelsey Brown, Robin Elliot,
Brandon Krause, Alyssa Loggins and
Shyla Tungwenuk all completed the
VHS Seniors Kelsey Brown, Robin Elliot, Shyla
training program and became certified as Tungwenuk, Alyssa Loggins, and Brandon Krause fill out
Pharmacy Technicians.
paper work to become certified as Pharmacy Technicians.
The program was the idea of Ver-
versity and observed and learned about the
nonia School District employee, Dana Hyde,
Pharmacist program and met with students.
who assists students with scholarships and ca-
Once the students had completed their
VHS Exchange Students (Top) Amir Habibiloev, (left to right)
reer guidance. Hyde researched the idea of a
study, Hyde was able to secure a grant from
Ty Talantov, Ya Ya Denysenko, Julie Zhuldyz, Sherzod Razhabov,
pharmacy tech program at VHS and learned that
Kaiser Permenente which paid for the VHS
Anna Scbatii, and Ira Verhogliad.
the school could develop
students applica-
its own program. With
tion fees and to
financial assistance from
have background
the VPC to purchase edu-
checks and finger
VHS Volleyball is having a car in the parking lot of the District Office.
cational materials, Hyde
printing complet-
wash on June 16th starting at 10:00 AM The girls are raising money to go to the
and the VPC’s Heather
ed.
U of O Volleyball Team Camp. “We
Lewis developed a self-
The
students
took our first trip last year, and it
study program for local
are now certified
was a great experience,” says head
students.
Pharmacy Techni-
coach Teresa Williams. “The girls
Students
met
cians, which al-
learned a lot, played competitively
with advisors once a
lows them to work
and spent time with the U of O
week, giving up their
and earn money,
players.”
lunch time, for six
while
they
contin-
“Last season we were able
Shyla Tungwenuk gets fingerprinted
months. They took a
to become certified as a Pharmacy ue their education.
to meet our goal of making the
field trip to Pacific Uni-
Technician.
state playoffs, and this year we are
raising the bar,” says Williams.
“We are going to work towards
being District Champs and make
it as far as possible into the state
playoffs.”
Volleyball Car Wash
Boosters Buzz
Baseball—The
Junior Midgets
are wrapping up their season which
was filled with lots of learning and
laughs. A big thank you to head
coach Matt Poetter and everyone
else who helped out through out the
season. The boys had lots of fun
while the fundamentals of the game
and about teamwork. The Junior
Boys are off to a good start this year,
despite the rain.
Fourth of July—The Booster
Snack Shack will be selling hot
dogs and hamburgers on July 4 th
after the parade and during the Great
American Bash Concert. And don’t
forget to buy your fireworks from
the Boosters—the firework booth
will be open again this year.
Next Boosters Meeting—is June
13 at 7:00 PM at Washington Grade
School in the Library.
