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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-
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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
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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,
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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:
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OSB # 123553
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Suite 275
PO Box 5044
Salem, OR 97304
Telephone (503) 575-1332
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rights may be affected by
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additional information from
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Personal Representative, or
the Lawyers for the Personal
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Salem, OR 97308-0470
Ph : (503) 399-1070
Fax: (503) 371-2927
Email: fgreen@sglaw.com
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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
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