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April 18, 2018
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CAREERS special
New School
Model Lauded
C ontinued froM f ront
Services help Faubion students
and families meet basic needs like
medical care and meals.
An early child education cen-
ter, health clinic, food pantry and
maker space to inspire 21st centu-
ry learning in engineering, math
and science are some of the new
resources aimed at providing so-
cial, educational and wellness ser-
vices.
The aim is a safer, healthier and
more educated community and a
pathway to progress for the dis-
advantaged. The mission begins
by helping families obtain prena-
tal care and progresses to helping
children pursue and obtain their
educational dreams from pre kin-
dergarten age to college and be-
yond.
Serving a large population of
low income and racially diverse
families, Faubion’s private and
public partnerships are designed
to close the opportunity gap and
ensure that every child can fulfill
their potential. Donations raised
during the awards ceremony and
from ongoing efforts fund student
scholarships.
Biden, a long time educator
who teaches English at a commu-
nity college in Virginia, praised
Portland and the Concordia and
Faubion communities for shaping
a better future for kids, a vision
education advocates at Concordia
hope can be replicated across the
country.
Biden spoke about the power
one person can hold to make life
better for others, encouraging
families and individuals to seek
help when they need it, saying to
lean on each other is one of the
most courageous things we can
do.
She also shared some of her
own experiences helping and
reaching out to family, friends and
colleagues in times of difficultly,
including when the Bidens’ son
Beau, a state Attorney General
in Delaware was diagnosed with
cancer and eventually lost his life
to the disease in 2015.
Our personal strengths alone
are often not enough to get you
through, she said.
Biden said she relished the hugs
and emotional support she has re-
On behalf of the entire Concordia University and Faubion Elementary community, Kimberley Dixon, a
Faubion parent and community leader, accepted the Concordia 2018 Gov. Victor Atiyeh Leadership
in Education award.
ceived from others, including her ness are some of the most coura-
students.
geous things we can do,” she said.
“We carry the weight of our
On behalf of the entire “3 to
lives together. Small acts of kind- PhD” community, Kimberley
Dixon, a Faubion parent and com-
munity leader, accepted the Con-
cordia 2018 Gov. Victor Atiyeh
Leadership in Education Award.
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