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T he P ortland O bserver • S eptember 0 8 , 1993
BLAZERS BASIC: EDUCATIONAL INCENTIVE PBOGBAM
BASIC is endorsed by the O r
ThePortlandTrailBlazers, AVIA
egon
Department of Education and
Group International and Bank of
Education
Service District 112 in the
America are once again joining forces
State
of
Washington.
Student partici
to present a special educational in
pation
is
acknowledged
through spe
centive program for public and pri
cial
recognition.
All
nominated
stu
vate schools throughout Oregon and
dents
recieve
special
recognition
cer
Southwest W ashington. The award
winning program w hich is called tificates and other materials provided
“BASIC” (short for Blazer/A V IA to teachers for distribution “We be
Scholastic Improvement Concepts) lieve that it is important for every
recognizes student achievement in student who participates to know that
three specific areas: academic/behav- we feel their effort is im portant,” said
ioral achievement, reading, and w rit Harry De Boer, President of AVIA
Group International.
ing.
Clyde Drexler serves as the hon
Information packets containing
a “BASIC Ambassador” registration orary chairmen of the BASIC pro
form were mailed to school principals gram. Since the program 's inception
in mid-August. Schools must register in 1984, more than half a million
an ambassador to serve as the primary students have been involved in one or
information contact if they wish to more segments.
participate. The official deadline for Academic/Behavioral Achievement
The “ Im provem ent” segm ent
registration is September 10th. For
more information or to obtain an am tips-ofT in early September and is
bassador registration form, teachers directed at students in Kindergarten
should call the BASIC Hotline: 1- through 12th grade It was developed
to provide teachers and counselors
231-5275.
with a way to give students an extra
“pat on the back” for academic or
behavioral achievement
This segment consists of four
phases. Each teacher/counselor can
nominate three students per phase for
special recognition certificate that is
presented by the classroom teacher
Nominated students who reside within
a 1.5 hour driving radius of Portland
will have their names entered in a
draw ing to win tickets to a Blazers
home game Students outside this area
have the chance to win Blazers memo
rabilia or merchandise.
Phase I of the Improvement seg
ment starts September 7th. Teachers/
Counselors are asked to have nomi
nations submitted by October 1st.The
deadline date for Phase II nom ina
tions is November 5th; Phase III dead
line is December 3rd; Phase IV dead
line is February 18th.
In recognition of BASIC’s 10th
anniversary, all students nominated
during each phase of the Improve
ment segment will be entered in a
drawing to attend the BASIC 10 Year
Celebration Jam Three hundred lucky
students will be invited to the Oregon
Convention Center on Saturday, April
16th for a special fun filled day
planned in their honor.
Reading
The “Reading Fitness” segment,
which is designed to encourage in
creased interest in leisure reading,
will be conducted between October 4
and October 29th. It targets students
in grades one through six.
Special teacher packages includ
ing a lesson plan and an assortment of
classroom aids are distributed to help
facilitate involvement in the program.
Participating classroom teachers are
asked to log and report student hours
spent leisurely reading during the
time period.
In addition this year, BASIC
features the O regonian’s Newspaper
in Education workshop which will
be held at M emorial Coliseum on
Friday, October 8th. The workshop
will highlight a newspaper reading
curriculum guide developed to as
sist teachers using sample copies
o f the Oregonian that will be distri
buted to participating classroom s
between October 25 and October
29.
T he overall w inner a t each
grade level will receive a special
classroom trip to see the B lazers
m eet the C harlotte H ornets w ith
L arry Johnson and A lonzo M ourn
ing at M em orial C oliseum on Ja n u
a ry 16, 1994. T op regional w in
ners at each grade level will receive
a sp e c ia l p la q u e to d isp la y in
th eir classroom and a C lyde D rex
ler po ster for each student in the
class.
W riting
T he third B A SIC program seg
m ent is the “ W rite-O n” essay com
petition for students in grades one
through 12.
T he essay program will be con
Foundation Awards 6 Educators $25,000 Each
All six have won previous hon
ors Boyarsky and McEnemy-Ogle
won Presidential awards for excel
lence in teaching math and science.
Leahy is the 1993 Oregon teacher of
the year. Boozer received the Aubrey
Watzek Aw ard from Lew is and Clark
College. Bowser was named teacher
o f the year by the Oregon Federation
of the Council for Exceptional Chil
dren., and Nafie was selected teacher
o f the year by the Oregon Council for
the Social Studies
The six w ill be honored at a noon
luncheon Sept. 22 at the Hilton Hotel
in Portland They’ll receive their
checks in April at a national meeting
of the Milken Familv Foundation in
Six Oregon educators received
phone calls from State School Supt.
Norma Paulus telling them they will
receive $25,000 from the Milken Fam
ily Foundation in Los Angeles.
They are Alcena Boozer, princi
pal, Jefferson High School, Portland,
Gayl Bowser, special education coor
dinator, Douglas Education Service
District, Roseburg; Steve Boyarsky,
science teacher. North Medford High
School; Anne McEnery-Ogle, math
teacher W aluga Junior High School,
Lake Oswego; Sally Leahy, language
arts teacher, Glendale High School;
and Jeffrey Nafie, social studies
teacher. Crate High School, Central
Point.
Los Angeles.
They were selected by a com m it
tee representing teachers, adm inis
trators, parents, school board mem
bers, business and previous recipients
This is O regon’s fourth year in
the Milken National Educator Aw ards
Program which is designed to give
public recognition and financial re
ward to outstanding elementary and
secondary teachers and adm inistra
tors who make exemplary contribu
tions to excellence in education. The
program ’s goal is toelevate the entire
profession by increasing public sup
port and recognition of outstanding
educators w ho make significant con
tributions toward the education of
This fall Portland Community
College will begin a new enrollment
process for new students who intend
to get a degree, certificate or diploma
from college, or enroll in a college
transfer program. M atriculating stu
dents will need to participate in a
sem inar that includes orientation,
placement and advising before they
register for classes.
“W ith this pre-registration pro
cess,” said Daniel Duarte, director of
advising and counseling at PC C ’s
Sylvania Campus in southwest Port
land, “the college hopes to streamline
enrollment and registration for new
students. Students need to come early
to avoid the rush.”
Students interested in enrolling
at PCC are advised to meet with an
admissions officer at the campus of
their choice as soon as possible to
begin the registration process. Ap
pointments for placement, orienta
tion and registration will be made at
that time.
Enrollm ent seminars have be
gun and times and days vary at each
campus. Please call the cam pus of
your choice fo r scheduling infor
levels O n the local level he has
adopted several schools. N a tio n
ally, u nder C rip p c n s’ leadership,
E ducational E nterprises has p ro
duced innovative television p ro
gram m ing such a s Q uest for E du
cation, a special on A m erican and
Jap an ese education; and S traight
U p, a national series on dru g p re
vention.
W hat: Lecture titled “A Sense of
Place: Education as Survival”
W h e re : Portland Com m unity
College. Cascade Campus
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Central Library, a Portland landm ark
located on Tenth St. between Yamhill
and Taylor. W eather perm itting, fes
tivities will take place on the front
steps of Central Library Volunteers
will serve the cake until it is gone
Those currently known tobe tak
ing part in the celebration include
Bcv Stein, newly elected chair of the
M ultnomah County Board o f Com
missions; Judith Ramalcy, Portland
State University president. Mary Phill
ips, head librarian from 1959-1972;
members of the Library Board, mem
bers of the Friends of the Library
Board and members of the Library
Association o f Portland, the private
group that governed the Library until
1990 when it became a department of
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Fall term classes begin Septem
ber 21. Returning students’ registra
tion by appointment is scheduled for
Aug. 2 through Aug 6. New students’
registration by appointment begins
Aug. 9 and runs through Aug 13
Open reg istration-registration for
students both returning and new who
have not made appointm ents-begins
August 16.
108 N. Killingsworth/Cas-
cade Hall Auditorium
W hen: Thursday, September 16,
1993
T im e: 6pm
Cost: $3.00 members/$5.00 non
members. Tickets are available at the
Urban League office located at 10
North Russell, or at the door of the
event.
(Entry Price goes to support the
Urban League Young Professionals-
a non profit organization, affiliate of
the Urban League)
Multnomah County.
Special displays in the Friends
Gallery on the third floor of Central
will feature early construction photos
that date back to the b u ild in g ’s
completion in 1913; the old card cata
log system with DYN, its modern
computer counterpart; and a variety
of current library materials and for
mats, including books-on-tape. large
print books and videos
The celebration is particularly
timely because of C entral’s upcom
ing renovation, says Cooper “Thanks
to the overwhelming support of the
voters who approved the funds for
renov ation of this much-loved build
ing, we will have a library that can
serve as well for the next 81) years.
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Make Noise At The Library: Help
Celebrate Central’s 80th Birthday!
Always wanted to shout out loud
ic library? Come jo in a very spe-
birthday celebration on Saturday,
:. 11 at 1 lam when historic Ccn-
Library marks its first 80 years of
ice to the M ultnomah County
munity.
“If there was ever a good reason
lake noiseat the library, this is it!”
1 Library Director Ginnic Copper,
ingyour family, join us for birth-
cake and stay to enjoy the displays
vhat this beautiful old building
;cd like as it was being built in
2 and 1913.”
Cooper will be joined by a host of
lebrity cakccutters” at 11am to
,v noisemakers and cut into a giant
hday cake baked in the shape of
One ofthe Northwest Largest Wig Displays
Wigs and Hairpieces For all Nationalities
Near Lloyd Center
Young Professionals Present Talk
Educator
The Urban League Young Pro-
sionals presents a lecture by David
ippens. Senior Vice President of
ucational Enterprises, KCET-TV,
s Angeles.
His presentation, A Sense of
ace: Education As Survival, will
:us on how to get value back into the
ucational experience of our chil-
sn.
D avid C rip p cn s is deeply in-
Ived in effo rts to im prove ed u ca-
>n at b o th the local and national
Wigland
children.
The program now rotates annu
ally between secondary and elemen
tary school educators. Awards will go
to elementary educators next year.
“Strengthening our educational
sy stem is the most secure investment
we can make in our children’s fu
ture." said Lowell Milken, president
ofthe Foundationsof the Milken Fami
lies. “And the most effective and last
ing w ay to reach that goal is to support
our educators-the men and women
who teach and guide our children
every day. We are honored to recog
nize through this awards program
many of the talented and dedicated
educators throughout the country.”
PCC Announces New Registration
Process For Fall Term
ducted betw een Ja n u a ry 10 and
F eb ruary 18 T he g ra n d p rize w in
ners at each grade level w ill receive
a B lazers w eekend w hich includes
four tick ets to the B lazer vs. S e
a ttle S upersonics, hom e g am e at
M em orial C oliseum in P o rtla n d on
S unday, A pril 24. T h is includes a
pre-gam e reception an d a half-tim e
aw ard s presentation. F irst p lace
regional w inners a t ea c h grade level
will receive a special B A S IC a th
letic bag from A V IA .
T he B A SIC p ro g ra m h as re
ceived num erous aw a rd s including
the “ P residential C itatio n fo r P ri
vate S e c to r In itia tiv e s” , F am ily
C irc le M a g a z in e ’s “ L e a d e rs o f
R e a d e rs ” A w a rd , th e P o rtla n d
Council o f the International R e a d
ing A sso ciatio n ’s “ C eleb rate L it
e ra c y ” Aw ard, the C o lu m b ia R iver
C h apter-P ublic R elations Society
o f A m erica “ Spotlight” A w ard, and
th e
G o v e r n o r ’s
(O re g o n )
“ V oluntarism A w ard ” .
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School Buses Rolling Again
On Tuesday, Septem ber, the
streets and roads o f M ultnom ah
County experienced and i nflux of large
yellow school buses transporting stu
dents throughout the metropolitan
area.
The S h eriffs Office on behalf of
all law enforcement agencies in the
metropolitan area reminds motorists
that ORS 811.155, entitled Failure to
Stop for Bus Safety Lights will be
strictly enforced.
To be in compliance within the
laws, motorists must do the following
when a school bus is stopped on a
roadway and is operating the RED
bus safety lights (they will be flash
ing):
• You must stop before reaching
the school bus.
• Remain stopped until the RED
safety lights (on the bus) are no
longer flashing.
School buses will display yel
low flashing lights to indicate that
the R E D safety flashing lights are
soon to be activated and the bus
will be stopping to pick u p o r d is
charge passengers. M oto rists m ust
com e to a com plete stop before
reaching the school bus. T his a p
plies to a driver w ho m eets o r o v er
takes a school bu s from either d i
rection on any tw o o r four lane
roads.
W hile the fine for violation of
this traffic statue is dependant on
several variables, the bail is fixed at
$565.00
UO Law School Makes History
For the first time in the Univer
sity of Oregon School o f Law ’s 109
year history, more than half of its
first-year students are women.
The state’s public law school also
recorded its highest ever grade point
average for an entering class with a
3.51 on a 4.0 scale. This all class
cumulative, compiled from the enter
ing class’s undergraduate grade point
averages, is a jum p from the previous
year’s 3.18.
“Compari ng this GPA with avail
able statistics of other schools from
1992 -93,the University of Oregon
School of Law ranks within the top 25
law schools in the nation.” said Dave
Frohnmayer. law school dean Even
though state resources remain a con
cern. the school continues to attract
students of the highest caliber Pri
vate donations for scholarships and
professorships and a strong reputa-
tion make this a school of choice in
the Northwest.”
Fifty-four percent of the 149 first
year-students are women, compared
to the national average for law school s
of 42 percent.
C harlesO ’Kelley, associate dean
at the law school, said the increase
could be attributed to intensive re
cruiting.
“We have made extraordinary
efforts in recruiting the highest qual
ity students with the greatest poten
tial while keeping social diversity in
mind,” he said “We didn’t specifi
cally target female recruits but we had
a higher yield rate of women than
men admits.
“This class is helping us achieve
our goal of gender balance w hich is a
goal of most law schools,” O ’Kelley
said.
O f the 407 total students in the
law school, 181 of them are women
and 56 students are from minority
groups The number of students from
ethnic minorities has held relatively
stable, 54 were enrolled in 1992-93.
More women may be com ing to
the UO Law School because o f its
many specialties and high num ber of
female professorsO'Kelley explained.
“More than a third o f the faculty
are women which gives female stu
dents the chance for m entoring from
female professionals,” he said. “We
have added five women faculty in the
last two years and four minority fac
ulty in the past five years.”
C arol F o rcllk , a sc h o la r in
womcn/s legal studies at the law
school, stated that “the increase of
women in the legal profession makes
an impact on how issues concerning
w omen arc addressed in the bar and in
the courtroom.”
School Start Important For Parents
State School Supt. Norma Paulus
urged employers to encourage their
employees to accompany their chil
dren to school on the firs, day of class
“ In increasing numbers, Oregon
businesses arc forming partnerships
with schools," said Paulus “One of
the best ways employers can show
their support is by prov iding flexibil
ity to parents w ho are also making a
renewed effort to involve themselves
more directly in their children’s edu
cation ”
The first day of school is a spe-
cial day, especially for children who
arc entering school for the firs, time,”
said Paulus. “ It’s also a special time
for parents, a time that shouldn’t be
missed."
8 instead of Tuesday w hen most
schoolsbcgan classes “There are little
things employers can do that will
mean a lot to children and their fami-
*’es-
Paulus is encouraging employ
ees at the Oregon Department of Edu
cation to take an hour or two of vaca
tion time to accompany their children
to school.
In addition, she scheduled a m a
jor training session of school reform
for all employ ccs for Wednesday. Sept
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