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Burens top MHS citizen Hirings approved
By TIM HAYS
award, Burens proved to not
Of the Keizertimes
only his teachers, but also to
Honor, courage, com- his community, that everyone
mitment, sacrifi ce, integrity, has the ability to strive to be
pride, and civic responsibil- better people than what they
ity. These are the qualities of are already. During his two
Nicholas Burens. As a second years with the AFJROTC
year cadet in McNary High program, Burens put in more
School’s AFJROTC program, than 70 hours of community
Burens
proved
service. While on
that he was more
Christmas break
than just an ordi-
of his senior year,
nary student. On
Burens
volun-
January 3, Burens
t eered with Op-
was
presented
eration
Home
with the Ameri-
Front. It was in
can Citizenship
that time that
Award by Prin-
Burens received
cipal Erik Jes-
his awaited rec-
persen.
ognition.
“One of the
“He is ex-
key
elements
tremely humble,
of this award is
and he’s one of
Nick Burens
community ser-
our cadets that al-
vice,” Jespersen
ways enjoys help-
said. “His teachers have em- ing others,” Sergeant Robert
phasized to me how totally Garcia said. “After he was
committed he is to this pro- done volunteering at this
gram, and to the tenants of event, Nick took the leftover
service. That’s what our mili- toys and handed them out in
tary is about, and to me he his own community.”
was a great person to present
Burens has not only
this award to.”
helped others, but he has
In order to receive the helped himself, as well. When
he joined the fi tness team in
fall, Burens set out to get in
better shape. He did more
than just that. In less than a
year, Burens lost 50 pounds
and took more than seven
minutes off his mile time.
“The purpose of this pro-
gram is to develop citizens of
character who are dedicated
to serving their nation and
community,” Sergeant Gar-
cia said. “The thing about
Nick is that we’ve seen that
from the fi rst year he joined
us. When he found out he
had won this award he felt
as though there were more
qualifi ed candidates. He told
me he felt guilty. However,
there is no doubt in my mind
that Nick earned this award.”
Burens also received a
national level award: The
Hunley Award; given to ca-
dets who actively demon-
strate the qualities of honor,
courage, and commitment to
their unit.
“He shines as a citizen,”
Master Sergeant Robbie El-
lis said. “He is the example of
what you want a citizen to be
like.”
at Keizer schools
By HERB SWETT
Of the Keizertimes
The Salem-Keizer School
Board approved a number
of personnel changes at its
meeting Tuesday, June 14.
Many teacher hirings
were approved, including the
following for the McNary
High School attendance area:
• Temporary part-time:
Ashley Swanick, physical
education,
Kennedy
Elementary School.
• First-year probation part-
time: Kellie Federico, English,
Whiteaker Middle School.
• First-year probation full-
time: Haley Petersen, science,
Claggett
Creek
Middle
School; Katie Wickham,
science, McNary; Shauntel
Roberts, emotional growth
classroom, Keizer; Tatiana
Puscas, fourth grade, Clear
Lake Elementary School;
James McCaffrey, fi fth grade,
Clear Lake; Andrea Pfau,
physical education, Weddle
Elementary School; Karen
Jokerst, learning resource
center, Whiteaker.
• Second-year probation
full-time: Caleb Singleton,
physical education, McNary.
• Contract full-time: Angela
Smith, kindergarten, Forest
Ridge Elementary School.
Also approved were the
resignations of Melina Bridges,
counselor, Forest Ridge;
Kimberly Baertlein, second
grade English for speakers of
other languages, Cummings;
and
Savannah
Buckner,
physical education, Weddle.
Retirements approved were
those of Beverly Platt, learning
resource
center,
Gubser
and Cummings Elementary
School; and Barbara Parker,
fourth grade, Clear Lake.
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