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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Students willingly stay after school at LBMS for ‘Lights On’
Federally funded program provides wide range of artistic and educational opportunities
Most students don’t like
to stay at school after classes
end, but approximately 100
do so willingly at Lorna
Byrne Middle School each
Monday through Thursday.
The reason: a federally
funded program, 21st Cen-
tury “Lights On” (after
school). In addition, another
federally funded program,
“Gear Up,” is for sixth-
through 12-graders at
LBMS and I.V. High
School. Its aim is to encour-
age higher education by
showing opportunities.
Heather Sheehan, a
for after-school activities.
We are able to provide a
place to go after school, and
help students stay out of
trouble.”
The comprehensive
program, she said, offers a
wide array of activities,
most of them after classes.
They range from being able
to use the gym for playing
pool or basketball; to obtain-
ing help with homework and
participating in art projects;
and learning court proce-
dures or video skills.
She noted that LBMS
partners with various or-
portion.
An average of 75 to 100
students “stay after school”
weekdays except Fridays.
Transportation, using Three
Rivers School District activ-
ity buses, provided to help
get students home after-
ward.
Illinois Valley High
School and Evergreen Ele-
mentary School are included
in the transport service, as
they also have after-school
programs. Three buses run
direct-line routes, not door-
to-door service.
LBMS offerings are
before going to their activ-
ity. Following is a list for
this year, provided by Shee-
han:
*Homework Help House
is offered twice daily. The pro-
gram runs all year and provides
students assistance by teaching
and nonteaching employees on
any schoolwork.
*Boys & Girls Club pro-
gram runs all year and offers a
place to hang out with friends,
play basketball, pool, air
hockey and other sports. Also
involved are art activities,
games, and team building pro-
grams.
*Art in the Afternoon has
all year to investigate various
scientific activities and experi-
ments. Field trips are involved.
*Sixth-Grade Community
Service occurs for about a
month in the fall. Students
choose one of various projects
such as reading at Evergreen or
having a car wash for charity.
*Volcanoes is a one-week
program resulting in sixth-
graders making an “exploding”
volcano in line with studies
about volcanoes and ancient
Rome.
*SnAK is a sixth-grade
program meeting twice weekly
all year; offering various fun
activities to promote physical
and nutritional health.
Other offerings are Sev-
enth-Grade Arts Council,
Salmon Project, Wood Tech,
and Siskiyou Institute.
In addition, there are three
Family Nights each year focus-
ing on an academic area and
family fun. There also is a win-
ter program, and there will be a
Cinco de Mayo Family Night
next week.
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mic, host Fred Epping.
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w/basil
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Art projects (photos clockwise from top left) by Illinois River Valley Arts Council are
part of ‘Lights On’ at Lorna Byrne Middle School. Among participants are (from left)
Raina Kelly, Jessica Linde and Brienna Andrews; homework help is offered by per-
sons like Carlie Wiley to students including Richard Dizick, Damien Clark and Erica
Dean; students also can participate in activities including pool offered by the Boys
& Girls Club; and a junior mock trial team program is available with participants in-
cluding (rear, from left) Brett Latva, Harland Mechling, Kieran Rose, Ced Cosner,
Heidi Unger and Stacey Miller, (front, from left) Matt Coultas, Ashley Webb, Marissa
Litak, Audrey Mechling, Mali Whicheloe and Margaret Ruiz.
sixth-grade teacher, over-
sees the “Lights On” 90-
minutes worth of offerings,
made available during the
past seven years through a
grant secured by Principal
Peter Maluk.
“The funding (some
$57,000 this year),” said
Sheehan, “is specifically for
rural areas with economic
problems that need support
ganizations for the offerings.
For example, the Boys
& Girls Club provides rec-
reation; Illinois River Valley
Arts Council leads art pro-
jects; Siskiyou Field Insti-
tute offers environmental
education; Family Friends
provides counseling; and
Siskiyou Community Health
Center supports the SnAK
(Strong ‘n’ Active Kids)
publicized primarily through
the school Website and the
school newsletter.
Sheehan noted that
nearly all staff members
help the program in some
way. Remuneration is pro-
vided for service under
terms of the grant.
Each day, students go to
the cafeteria to check in;
then have a healthy snack
Please don’t drink
and drive.
run twice weekly since No-
vember. Artists come and lead
a different project each week.
*Drama uses after-school
time for approximately three
months to prepare for fall, win-
ter and spring performances.
*Video education is of-
fered all year one day a week
so students can work on skills
including taping and editing.
*Mock trial time is offered
once weekly for about four
months. Students prepare a trial
and compete with other groups.
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MEMBERS OF THE Cave Junction chapter of the Red
Hat Society, ‘The Junction Jezebels,’ celebrated CJ
Mayor Tony Paulson’s proclamation of Monday April
25, 2005 as ‘Red Hat Day’ by gathering at Carlos
Restaurante. The international sisterhood gathers for
fun, as well as involvement in local charities. Their
high-spirited attire, is inspired by the Jenny Joseph
poem, ‘Warning.’ “When I am an old woman I shall
wear purple / With a red hat which doesn’t go and
doesn’t suit me / And I shall spend my pension on
brandy and summer gloves / And satin sandals, and
say we have no money for butter …”
TWO LOCATIONS
TO SERVE YOU
Cave Junction Office
218N. Redwood Hwy.
(541) 592-6580
Grants Pass Office
1619 N.W. Hawthorne Ave.
Suite 109
(541) 476-2502
Jeff Wood, M.S., P.T.