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PAGE A6, KEIZERTIMES, AUGUST 14, 2020 Saving themselves: Students set up online tutoring center By LAUREN MURPHY Of the Keizertimes In a recent survey conduct- ed by the Keizertimes regard- ing returning back to school, one parent expressed concern that their child, “is going to fall behind and fail because we won’t be able to assist the way that will be needed.” (See Par- ents: SKPS is falling short on fall plans August, 7). Several South Salem High School seniors felt the same, which is why Luke Clifton, Esha Puri and Pranav Ramesh created Connect Oregon Stu- dents, a free peer tutoring and support service. The program began as a pilot program for students in the Salem-Keizer School Dis- trict when schools announced they were transitioning to distance learning for the re- mainder of the 2019-2020 school year. Going into the 2020-2021 school year, Con- nect Oregon Students will be available to every student in Oregon. “We realized there could be some issues adjusting to the new learning format, so we decided that we should really do our part to help out other students in the district with our pilot program,” Clif- ton said. “Now that we’ve found it’s so successful, we went and expanded it to all of [the Oregon school districts].” Contact between students mand will increase; the seniors said there is no max capacity. “The elementary students don’t necessarily have like a subject they need to work on. Sometimes their parents say, ‘My fi rst graders needs more help in reading profi ciency.’ [And tutors are] just helping them read through a story or looking at certain words,” Puri said. The other concern fre- quently mentioned on social media is the lack of social- ization and negative mental health effects that come with online learning; the website addresses these in the form of peer support. “Not being able to chat with peers all of the time can be challenging. While text chat might not be able to re- place an in-person conversa- tion, we hope that it can make the social disconnect between all of us students a little bit smaller,” the website reads. Both the tutoring and peer support services are free and open to all Oregon K-12 stu- dents. Connect Oregon Stu- dents can be found on Face- book and Instragram at @ Connectoregonstudents. KEIZERTIMES/Lauren Murphy Luke Clifton, Esha Puri and Pranav Ranesh established Connect Oregon Students to help their peers during distance learning. needing mentoring and the tutors at Connect Oregon Students is made through their website, connectore- gonstudents.org. After being paired with a tutor, lessons can take place over Google Meets, phone calls or emails, whatev- er is most comfortable for the student, or parent in the case of younger students. “They sign up through the website and then that student would get paired with one of our high school students to [be] tutored in the subject that they wanted,” Puri said. Elementary through high school students are eligible to receive tutoring but tutors must be enrolled in an Ore- gon high school and be under the age of 18. Subjects range from K-5 math to advanced placement and International Baccalaureate course. All op- tions are listed on the website. “We decide those [tutor- ing topics] based on the top- ics that our tutors, when they sign up, think they’re profi - cient enough to teach,” Clif- ton said. More topics may be- come available as more people volunteer to tutor. At the peak of their pilot there were up to 75 students. “A lot of those students we did end up contacting our- selves to just gather the data, but we did give some students to the volunteers just to see how they interacted and to work out the bugs with that too,” Ramesh said. The trio had 15 to 20 tu- tors at the height of the pi- lot and are currently looking for more. According to Salem Reporter, about 40 students have signed up so far, but they expect and hope that the de- KT on vacation Submitted photo Rick and Tammy Day took a copy of Keizertimes on a recent trip to Montana’s Glacier National Park. You too can have your photo in the Keizertimes. Simply take the paper to your destination, snap a picture with you and your group holding it, and send the photo along with everyone’s fi rst and last names to kt@keizertimes.com. public notices NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF MARION Daphne Christine Schneider, Settlor, Deceased No. 20PB05193 - Probate NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS Pioneer Trust Bank, N.A., Trustee under The Daphne C. Schneider Trust dated February 18, 2003, as restated, has petitioned the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Marion County under Probate No. 20PB05193 to determine the claims of the creditors of trust settlor, Daphne Christine Schneider, who now is deceased. All persons having claims against the trust estate are required to present such claims to Pioneer Trust Bank, N.A., Attn: Steffany S. Jastak, PO Box 2305, Salem, Oregon 97308, within four (4) months after the date of fi rst publication of this notice, or the claims may be barred. All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceeding may obtain additional information from the records of the court, the Trustee, or the attorneys for the Trustee. Dated and fi rst published August 7, 2020. /s/ Steffany S. Jastak Pioneer Trust Bank, N.A., Trustee Barbara Jo Smith, OSB #950175 Heltzel Williams PC PO Box 1048 Salem, Oregon 97308-1048 Attorneys for Trustee Salem, OR 97317 503-689-0976 carminadeemer1@gmail.com 8/7, 8/14, 8/21 NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF MARION CASE NO. 20PB03889 NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BART DAVID DEEMER, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them, with vouchers attached, to the undersigned personal representative at 617 Meadowlawn Dr. SE, Salem OR 97317, within four months after the date of fi rst publication of this notice, or the claims may be barred. All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceedings may obtain additional information from the records of the Court, the personal representative, or the lawyers for the personal representative, David Johnson, PO Box 5044, Salem, OR 97304. Dated and fi rst published on July 31, 2020. Carmina Deemer, Personal Representative PETITIONER: Carmina Deemer 617 Meadowlawn Dr. SE LAWYER FOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: David Johnson OSB # 123553 117 Commercial St NE Suite 275 PO Box 5044 Salem, OR 97304 Telephone (503) 575-1332 djohnson@davidjohnsonlegal. com 7/31, 8/7, 8/14 NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS rights may be affected by the proceedings may obtain additional information from the records of the Court, the Personal Representative, or the Lawyers for the Personal Representative. Dated and fi rst published on July 31, 2020. Freeman Green, OSB #080737 Attorney For Personal Representative Saalfeld Griggs PC PO Box 470 Salem, OR 97308-0470 Ph : (503) 399-1070 Fax: (503) 371-2927 Email: fgreen@sglaw.com 7/31, 8/7, 8/14 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF MARION PROBATE DEPARTMENT IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LaVERNE J. McDONALD, DECEASED CASE NUMBER: 20PB03900 NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Bruce A. McDonald has been appointed Personal Representative. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them, with vouchers attached, to the Personal Representative, c/o Freeman Green, Saalfeld Griggs PC, 250 Church St. SE, Suite 200, PO Box 470, Salem, OR 97308-0470, within four months after the date of fi rst publication of this notice, or the claims may be barred. All persons whose NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF MARION Probate Department Case No. 20PB04832 NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS In the Matter of the Estate of SANDRA J. MULHERN, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Shawn M. Mulhern has been appointed Personal Representative. All persons having claims against the Estate are required to present them, with vouchers attached, to the attorney for the Personal Representative at Willamette Valley Law Group, 494 State Street, Suite 430, Salem, Oregon 97301, within four months after the date of fi rst publication of this Notice, or the claims may be barred. All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceedings may obtain additional information from the records of the Court, the Personal Representative, or the attorney for the Personal Representative, Willamette Valley Law Group, 494 State Street, Suite 430, Salem, Oregon 97301. DATED AND FIRST PUBLISHED: August 7, 2020. Stephen E. Montgomery, OSB No. 153941 Attorney for Personal Representative 8/7, 8/14, 8/21
