SIUSLAW NEWS SCHOOL NEWSLETTER ❚ NOVEMBER 2015 ❚
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Siuslaw Schools
Athletic Booster Club
donates thousands
The
Siuslaw
Athletic
Booster Club (SABC) is a
non-profit organization struc-
tured to support the athletic
programs at Siuslaw middle
and high school.
To support this goal, the
booster club has donated the
following amounts to the fol-
lowing projects, for a grand
total of $57,923.45 in dona-
tions in the last two years.
• Ian Foster Fund — high
school $3,500
• Ian Foster Fund — middle
school $2,000
• New middle school track
and field uniforms $2,550
• Athlete of the Year and
Hall of Fame $698
• New volleyball system
$2,550
• New seventh and eighth
grade
football
uniforms
$2,000
• New
matrix
bikes
$5,124.66
• New wrestling mats
$4,350
• Repair track and field
$1,500
• New cross country pop-up
tent $1,809.79
• High school sports $5,500
• New girls basketball uni-
forms $2,100
• New volleyball uniforms
$885
• Middle school sports
$3,500
• High school baseball
equipment and tourney $994
• New scoreboard at Hans
Peterson field $18,008
• Middle School Shamrock
Run $500
• Rooter Bus $354
“We believe that a critical
factor in building a strong stu-
dent athlete includes direct
community involvement to
sponsor school athletic pro-
grams. We hope you believe,
as we do, and are willing to
help,” said SABC Treasurer
Eric Tanikawa.
The SABC is comprised of
parents, administrators and
community leaders who,
through financial support and
individual effort, are dedicated
to promoting athletics.
—Submitted by Gina Castro
Brandt
SHS names 67 students
with perfect attendance
Principal Kerri Tatum
announced that the following
Siuslaw High School students
have not missed a day of
school so far in the 2015/2016
school year:
Burnem, Eli S.
Allen, Michael M.
Bartlett, Angela R.
Bartlett, Hannah M.
Becerra, Alicia R.
Bingham, Murray Q.
Bloomfield, Jacub D.
Bonisteel, Alison R.
Clark, Darin J.
Clawson, Cade C.
Coolidge, Taylor M.
Davidson, Carsson W.
Disalvo, Nicholas J.
Edgerly, Hailee K.
Figueroa Rivas, Maria G.
Fleming, Robert M.
Gutierrez, Michael L. JR
Hack, Ethan N.
Heckathorn, Brandon P.
Henry-Kimball, Danielle A.
Hicks, Holly
Hicks, Joshua
Hilterbrant, Tanner W.
Holmes, Nathanael R.
Horn, Trent M.
Huff, Richard S.
Jones, Heidi A.
Kennedy, Patrick J.
Keppol, Kristopher D.
Knapp, Karter M.
Larson, Kelsey A.
Larson, Michael J.
Launius, Nikki Q.
Martinez, Adrian
Mason, Macalin E.
Mason, Michael A.
McGallian, Dylan J.
Messick, Bailey M.
Middleton, Hayleigh A.
Mielke, Edison N.
Miller, Madisyn M.
Morales, Matthew S.
Morton, Seth R.
Murray, Shawn
Northrop, Jordan M.
Olmstead, Tytan S.
Olmstead, Tytan S.
Olson, Daniel Z.
Perez, Anthony M.
Perkins, Justin J.
Petras, Anna M.
Rannow, Hannah M.
Rose, Kyle L.
Rowley, Patrick J.
Scharen, Rian D.
Smith, Joshua K.
Steiner, Samuel R.
Stinnett, Darren J.
Stinnett, Gabriel M.
Taniguchi, Jordan T.
Tupua, Annabel M.
Valentine, Ramona C.
Varas, Mallory S.
Waggoner, Claire K.
Wilkinson, Nicholas J.
Williams, Hailee A.
Williams, Paige M.
A RT I S T O F T H E M O N T H
Benjamin Cahoon — 2D art
B Y C AROL J OLLEY
for Siuslaw High School
_____________________________
Benjamin Cahoon is a junior at Siuslaw High School who
has found his niche in the world of art.
He finds his Advanced Pottery class “Fun, relaxed and pro-
ductive” and his teacher Kim Pickell “inspires creativity by
pushing you outside your boundaries.”
In his various art classes, Benjamin says, “I have experience
with every media including lino cuts, scratch board, charcoal,
graphite, watercolor, acrylics, pen and ink, mixed media, pho-
tography and ceramics.”
Vincent Van Gogh is his favorite artist although Benjamin
describes his own personal style as “Impressionistic Realism.”
He is already an accomplished artist with a history of sales
and awards from his student shows in Florence.
His artistic pursuits include being in zero period jazz band
along with symphonic band, where he plays the saxophone.
Benjamin also sings a cappella and teaches Sunday school
classes.
Benjamin has been the student writer for the “Artist of the
Month” column and will continue in that capacity.
In addition, he is president of Key Club, a Rotary Student
of the Quarter and a Florence City Council student represen-
tative for the arts in the local school district.
Benjamin’s goal after high school is to attend George Fox
University in Portland as an art major, with a goal of teaching
at high school or eventually in college.
He loves the art scene of Portland and goes there whenever he
and his family can. He is the son of Ahren and Trudie Cahoon.
However, before he attends college, he plans to go on a trip to
Greece, Turkey and Italy in 2017 through the organization
PHOTO BY CAROL JOLLEY
Education First Tours to study those countries’ art and culture.
It’s conceivable that in the far future Benjamin may even open
his own business.
Keep your eye on Benjamin in the years ahead.
WLCF grant enriches math for third graders
Thanks to a generous grant
from the Western Lane
Community
Foundation,
Siuslaw Elementary students
in third grade have the oppor-
tunity to use the Scholastic
Math Reads kit this year, in
conjunction with the current
Saxon Math core program.
Math Reads was developed
by Marilyn Burns, a well
known and highly respected
mathematics educator.
The program uses literature
to enrich children’s mathe-
matical understanding of a
multitude of math concepts.
Children in grade 3 have
the opportunity to read books
that help them to understand
the concepts of fractions,
place value, money, time,
multiplication, estimation,
measurement, problem solv-
ing, geometry and more.
The books work nicely in
small groups, where children
can discuss the books and
benefit from a literature-
based approach to mathemat-
ics.
The
grant
request was writ-
ten by grade 3
teacher,
Dolly
Greene at Siuslaw
Elementary
School.
—Submitted by
Dolly Greene
COURTESY PHOTOS
Dolly Greene’s third grade class shows
math-themed books received from
Western Lane Community Foundation.
Twilight tours resume Jan. 7
A new season of Siuslaw
School Districts’s Twilight bus
tour program will begin
Thursday, Jan. 7, with a new
name: the Twilight Explorers.
Twilight students will need
to sign-up soon; the selection of
the group of eight Explorers
and the alternates will be com-
pleted by Thursday, Dec. 17.
Tours will be on the first,
second, and fourth Thursday of
each month.
This year, the trips will be
limited to grades 5-8, and will
be restricted to a regular group
of eight attendees, with seven
alternates. The alternative stu-
dents will fill-in when regulars
are ill, have appointments, etc.,
and will have the chance to join
the regular group after Spring
Break, when new sign-ups will
be accepted.
In
accordance
with
Twilight’s educational goals of
enrichment and recreation,
these trips will continue to visit
Florence area businesses and
agencies with the objective of
showing students the variety of
interesting people, activities
and employment opportunities
there are in their hometown.
Last year’s visits included
the U.S. Coast Guard Station
Siuslaw River, Florence Police
Department, Siuslaw Valley
Fire and Rescue, C & M
Stables, Foglio Trucking,
Siuslaw Public Library, Sea
Lion Caves, PeaceHealth Peace
Harbor Medical Center with
Western Lane Ambulance
District and more.
This activity is administered
by Lisa Utz and Lynn Anderson
of Siuslaw’s Twilight after-
school program and tours will
be led by Jim Grano and Ben
Wells.
—Submitted by Jim Grano
Scholastic comes to Siuslaw
The Siuslaw Middle
School (SMS) is going to
have a Scholastic Book Fair
in the SMS library until
Thursday, Dec. 3.
The Scholastic Book Fair
will feature books for middle
and high school students.
For more information,
contact Alice Burns at the
Middle School at 541-997-
8241.
Standing in Solidarité
CHANTELLE MEYER/SIUSLAW NEWS
Siuslaw Rotary Interact Club stood in solidarity with the people of Paris by holding up signs and flags to honor
victims and support survivors. The students in the club felt this was appropriate, as this year’s Rotary Exchange
Student is Lucas Menez, from France.
ASPIRE
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As a wrap-up to the first
quarter of this course and to
get students excited about
opportunities,eighth grade sci-
ence teacher Alexis Wells took
students on a tour of the
University of Oregon campus
in Eugene.
Students were led by a UO
Student Ambassador on a 90
minute walking tour around
the campus grounds, learning
fun facts and history along the
way.
They visited the Knight
Library, the Lillis Business
Complex and the Student
Recreation Center.
The tour ended with a resi-
dent dining hall experience
where the middle school stu-
dents were able to purchase
meals right alongside the col-
lege students.
For many students, this was
their first visit to a college
campus and most were
impressed by the options and
opportunities awaiting them.
—Submitted by Alexis Wells
Siuslaw eighth grade stu-
dents show University of
Oregon (UO) pride in
front of Lillis Business
Complex at a recent tour
of the school.
PHOTO BY
ALEXIS WELLS