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The Youth Opportunity Center Landscaping Projects
ay 15, the Youth
Opportunity Cen
ter conducted Cut­
ting Ceremony for
scaping Project created and
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designed by 7 Youth Opportu­
nity.
The Landscaping project be­
a Land­
gan
M arch 20. Francisco
Manuel, Stanley Willis, Sam
Kleames, Philip Wetzler, John
Werbowski, Ny Navong, Tim
Leisiko, and project leader
Brain Vaughn cleared debris,
and then planted native bushes
plants, created a stone path­
way, a cedar bench, and two
small ponds with running wa­
ter.
During the 12-week project
It's a joyous
occasion for
the leadership
and clients at
the grand
opening of
Portland's
Youth
Opportunity
Center.
Back Row
John
Werbowski,
Tanshia
Russell, Janice
Wilson
(Worksystems
Inc. Board
Chair)
Front row
Antoinette
Edwards (youth
Opportunity
Center
director),
Stanley Willis,
Brain Vaughn,
Philip Wetzler
P hoto by M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver
the youth were taught the art
o f landscaping and horticul­
ture. The Youth Opportunity
HEAD START
PRESCHOOL
IS
ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
FOR
FALL
Children must be 31/2 or 4 years old
BY SEPTEMBER 1ST
Serving:
North
Northeast
Southeast
Within the Portland Public School Boundaries
CALL TODAY FOR AN APPLICATION
AND MORE INFORMATION
503 916-5724
Naturescaping Helps Salmon, Environment
workshop for Port­ to
learn
about
w hat
land resid en ts to Naturescaping is and how you
“Learn How to Pro­ can do it in your own back
tect Salmon...In Your yard.
Own
Back Yard” will be held on
Naturescaping features na­
Sunday, June 10 from 1 p.m.
tive plants, natural landscapes,
to 5 p.m. at Southeast Uplift,
and watershed friendly gar­
3534 S.E. Main.
dening practices.
Area residents are invited
The result is less water,
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Center would like to invite the
community to view the beauti­
ful work o f our youth.
few er chem icals and less
Advance registration is re­
maintenance - direct benefits quired.
to you, your garden and the
The event is co-sponsored
environment.
by the City of Portland Office
he workshop will in­ o f N eighborhood Involve­
clude a short field trip
ment.
to a nearby home or
For more information, call
com m unity project to 503-797-1842
see
or 503- 823-
naturescaping in action.
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PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS
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Science Foundation Helps Portland Schools
been low;and doubling the
he National Science
ing in addressing the specific
needs of minority and second-
Foundation has se number of minority students
lected Portland Pub­ who are successful in high
language learners, and will be
lic Schools to receive school
$3.2 science classes.
By the 2004-05 school year
million in grant funding during
the next three years to im­ the district’s goal is to reduce
prove the district’s science and the achievement gap within
targeted elementary schools
math programs.
so that 90 percent of all third
The grant amount is the
grade
students achieve math
maximum award possible un­
benchmarks and 80 percent of
der NSF guidelines.
“The funding will allow us all fifth grade students achieve
to provide significant addi­ math benchmarks.
“The grant funding will be
tional support to struggling stu­
dents through community part­ key in helping us address the
district’s achievement gap be­
nerships, extended learning
time and increased parent sup­ tween students from different
port,” said PPS Superinten­ population groups,” said Su­
san Montag, a PPS science
dent Ben Canada.
' ‘And we will be held ac­ specialist and one of the two
countable. The terms o f the district teaching specialists
who accompanied Canada to
grant require us to show
whether we are meeting spe­ Washington, D.C., to make a
cific achievement goals in sci­ presentation to NSF.
“Our focus will be in clos­
ence and math.”
ing
the gap in math and sci­
Several goals for the 2003-
ence achievement.”
04 school year have been set.
uch of the empha­
These include: Enrolling at
sis will include pro­
least 90 percent o f all high
viding student sup­
school freshmen in a science
port and teacher development
course and algebra or a higher-
in the district’s neediest high
level math course; doubling
schools and their attendance
the number o f eighth graders
areas.
enrolled in algebra in schools
Teachers will receive train-
where algebra enrollment has
T
provided with materials trans­
lated into the necessary lan­
guages.
HEAD START COMMUNITY
Change is good.
And it’s not as hard
as you may think.
A lot of things, from the grow th in high-tech industries to increased
population, tell us the energy crunch our region is facing right now
will continue for awhile. Dealing with it means that each of us has to
change the way we use energy. And we have to start now.
Here are some changes and tips that will make a difference now
and in the future:
Switch to compact fluorescent
bulbs in lights that remain on
three or more hours per day.
They use only one quarter
the energy of regular bulbs.
Clean lightbulbs and fixtures.
D ust can reduce light output
by as much as 10 percent!
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Turn off one 60-watt light that
would normally be on during
the peak summer hours of
2 p.m. to 8 p.m. If every one
of our 1.5 m illion custom ers
did, the energy saved could
pow er about 45,000 homes.
Jefferson’s Karletia Lewis Earns Scholarship
Karletia Lewis, student body president o f Jefferson High School, has received
an Inskeep Foundation Scholarship to attend the University ofPortland in the fall
o f2001. Lewis will receive full tuition, room and board and a stipend through the
IFC Foundation. Lewis was Jefferson High School junior class president. She
played varsity basketball and volleyball. She is the fifth student to receive an
Inskeep Foundation Scholarship at the University ofPortland.
African American students are recommended for the Inskeep Foundation
Scholarship through Self-Enhancement Inc. o f north Portland.
Install dimmers. The am ount
you dim equals your energy
saved. For example, lights
dim m ed 15 percent reduces
energy consum ption up to
15 percent.
Install motion sensors or
timers to automatically turn
lights on and off. Motion
sensor lighting is great for
outdoors and in your w ork­
shop or laundry room.
Timers are the right choice
if you'd like an indoor light
sw itched on and off at
specific times.
Make saving energy a habit.
Do the bright thing.
Call us at 1-800-222-433 S,
and ask for a copy of our
Bright Ideoj booklet.
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