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August 28, 2013
Trinity Grad Excels in High School
Gives credit to
local elementary
by R achel
religion classes taught m e new and
w onderful things about Jesus C hrist
every day. O n W ednesdays w e had
m orning chapels filled w ith songs
o f praise and w onderful m essages
to carry w ith us throughout the day.
I also have endured the w onder­
ful b lessin g o f lifelo n g friends.
People 1 have know n since p re­
school still keep in touch w ith me
even though w e have all gone our
separate w ays. T he m ajority o f us
m ake tim e to see each oth er and
rem em b er the good old days.
Rachel Gray
T here w ere so m any o p p o rtu n i­
care about y o u r individual p erfo r­ ties at Trinity. I am now a varsity
m ance in the classroom but care basketball player and in varsity track
about you as a person.
and field. I w ould have n ev er dis­
M y faith was built on the fo u n d a­ covered m y true potential if it hadn ’ t
tion that T rinity established. The b e en fo r th e s p o rts at T rin ity
G ray
I am a j unior at Cam as H igh School
in V ancouver. 1 got m y academ ic
start at T rinity L utheran School in
northeast P ortland and it has influ­
enced my entire life.
1 w ent to T rinity from pre-school
through eighth grade. I enjoyed the
sm all class sizes because o f the one-
on-one opportunity to learn from
the teachers. T he experienced teach­
ers gave me the know ledge I need to
be successful in high school. I
learned the basics o f m ath, A lgebra
I, reading, literature, sciences and
m uch m ore. T he teachers not only
Lutheran. W hen I w as attending
m iddle school there, I participated
in volleyball, soccer, dance and
basketball. Playing four sports was
a great experience and a rare op p o r­
tunity at any school.
M u sic w as a lso a big p art o f m y
life an d T rin ity L u th e ra n S ch o o l
g av e m e the skill set to learn m u sic
a n d p lay in stru m e n ts. I p lay tw o
in stru m e n ts, the flu te an d th e p i­
ano. T he c o n ce rts that T rin ity held
w ere th e e x tre m e ly fun b e ca u se
e v e ry o n e w o u ld p lay th e ir in s tru ­
m en ts an d sh o w th e a u d ie n c e the
ta le n t th a t G o d has g iv e n e v ery
one o f us. O verall T rin ity L u th eran
h as c h a n g e d m y life an d g iv e n m e
th e to o ls to liv e a b u n d a n tly in
C h rist.
Laura Phillips
Summer
Study on
Race in
Retooling the Job Search for Recent Grads America
by D aryl G reen
than 100 resum es and in ter­ an interview . H e called us back w ith
view ed several candidates. W e a list o f tim es he was available to be
had to m ake these selections interview ed. In other w ords, he e x ­
quickly.
pected us to w ork our interview
T o my surprise, I w as flab ­ schedule around his. N eedless to
bergasted at the lack o f e m ­ say, w e did not call him back.
plo y m en t preparation fo r by
T his article exam ines the current
some people. For example, some econom ic crisis and how students
students did not have the c o r­ an d p a re n ts can b e tte r p o sitio n
rect phone n u m b er listed on their th em selves fo r m ore em ploym ent
resum es. In one situation, w e had o p p o rtu n ities.
called a prospect to interview him
C ollege grads and current stu­
but m issed him on o ur call to set up dents m ust find alternative strate­
Picking the right
jo b candidate is not
easy .
I was given the
task o f recom m end­
ing college students
for sum m er em ploy­
m ent for m y org an i­
zation. I prom ptly pulled to g eth er a
team o f both seasoned pro fessio n ­
als and recent college grads to m ake
the jo b selection. W e review ed m ore
Happy Birthday
Audrey
Washington
from your family,
we love you
gies to overcom e em p lo y m en t o b ­
stacles. R ising tuition costs, a stag­
nate econom y, and lack o f career
a d v a n c e m e n t c o n tin u e to h au n t
am bitious young professionals.
C onsequently, m illions o f co l­
lege grads w ill see them selves car­
rying m assive college debt loads
w ith dim hopes o f finding jo b s in
their m ajors.
E m ploym ent opportunities have
continued ' y ^ on page 20
Back to School on Sept. 4
P o rtla n d P u b lic S c h o o ls w ill
w e lco m e b a ck stu d en ts an d fa m i­
lie s on W e d n e sd a y S ept. 4, w ith
k in d e rg a rte n e rs sta rtin g on M o n ­
d a y , S ep t. 9.
A c c o rd in g to S u p e rin te n d e n t
C aro le S m ith , the d is tric t’s p rin c i­
p a ls, te a c h e rs an d se c re ta rie s are
a lre a d y g e ttin g b a c k in to sc h o o ls
an d g e ttin g c la s s ro o m s re a d y fo r
th e start o f sch o o l.
R o o f, seism ic and o th e r u p ­
g ra d e s at W ilso n H igh S ch o o l and
fiv e e le m e n ta ry sch o o ls are on
s c h e d u le a n d o n b u d g e t f o r
c o m p le tio n b e fo re sch o o l b e g in s
as p art o f th e P P S S ch o o l B u ild in g
Im p ro v e m e n t B o n d , S m ith said.
L ast S a tu rd a y , c o m m u n ity m em -
continued
on page 20
St. M a ry ’s A cad em y ju n io r
L au ra Phillips returns to the class­
room this fall after com pleting a
c o lle g e -le v e l su m m e r sem in ar
titled “ R ace Film s in a Post-R ace
A m erica? Film Studies and C riti­
cal Spectatorship.
Phillips w as aw arded a full
scholarship to the six w eek T e llu ­
ride A ssociation event at Indiana
U niversity, one o f 36 students
from across the country selected
to participate in this y e a r’s p ro ­
gram , w hich com bines A frican
A m erican and film studies.
’’T he history o f A frican A m eri­
cans is not only im portant to the
construction o f o ur society, but
also to the foundation o f m y life as
a young b lack w om an,” Phillips
said.
T he 16-year-old she said she
hopes to inspire h er peers to break
dow n the barriers set up by soci­
ety, and help em brace the non-
stereotypical aspects o f the A fri­
can A m erican culture.
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