THE SIUSLAW NEWS SCHOOL NEWSLETTER ❚ December 2017
SCHOOL
ZONE
A Monthly Newsletter for the Siuslaw and Mapleton School Districts and Community Groups
CNA: Pathway
to a great
career and a
better life
Misty Morn in Mapleton
S UBMITTED BY R USS P IERSON
Dean of Lane Community College
Florence Center
W
hat do you do if you feel like you’re stuck
in a dead-end job that will never enable
you to live your dreams?
At the LCC Florence Center, we just might
have an answer for you.
Aft er several years on hiatus, our Certifi ed
Nursing Assistant program is returning to
Florence, in collaboration with PeaceHealth/
Peace Harbor Medical Center and Lane Work-
force Partnership. Our initial class will launch
in early April as a CNA2 cohort, and we expect
out-of-pocket costs to be minimal for selected
students. We will follow up later in spring term
or in early summer term with our fi rst CNA1
cohort.
CNA1s are in demand from various health-
related businesses in our community, and
CNA2 is fast becoming the standard for entry-
level positions at the hospital. Once you’ve
been credentialed, in many cases you can work
with your employer to continue to expand your
knowledge and skill while you’re making a rea-
sonable wage.
Lane Community College off ers a clear path-
way from CNA1 to CNA2, and from CNA2 to
our prestigious LPN/RN nursing program. Our
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) program off ers
a one-year certifi cate (in addition to pre-requi-
site courses) that prepares students to be eligible
to sit for LPN licensing exams, and our two-year
Associate of Applied Science Degree in Nursing
prepares students to become Registered Nurses
(RNs). Lane also off ers an LPN-to-RN Bridge
option for current LPNs to transition directly
into the second year of the RN program.
While our CNA programs are off ered entirely
here in Florence, we also support our local
LPN and RN students with two-video classes to
minimize travel to Eugene, along with testing
support and local clinical opportunities when
possible.
But wait … there’s more!
If you want to continue to grow in your
career, Lane’s program off ers full articulation
into a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN or
RNBS) online program with Oregon Health Sci-
ences University (OHSU) and the BSN program
at Northwest Christian University close to home
in Eugene, among others. OHSU’s program also
off ers a seamless pathway to their Master of
Nursing degree.
Call the college today at 541-997-8444 and
ask to be placed on our waiting list to receive all
the details in January. It could be the fi rst step to
change your life — for good.
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is the 15th of every month.
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students in the Siuslaw
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districts.
Email Features Editor
Chantelle Meyer at
cmeyer@thesiuslawnews.com
A foggy easterly view behind Mapleton High School by Mapleton student Quinn Lewis.
All the world’s
a stage ...
COURTESY PHOTOS
W
hen Children's Repertory of Oregon Workshops (CROW) Artistic Director Melanie Heard got word
that a commercial being fi lmed locally needed actors, she leapt at the chance to provide camera
experience to her students. CROW youth participated as background actors on Dec. 8. "It provid-
ed our local kids with an experience like no other," Heard said. "It's great to see our kids learning about
diff erent genres, and I was thrilled to say 'Yes!' when the production company asked us to participate.
What a great experience for our kids to be on a set, and to learn about the logistics of shooting a real
commercial!" CROW is open to all area youth. For more information, visit crowkids.com.
ARTIST OF THE MONTH
Maxine Jones — Advanced Culinary
M
axine Jones was selected
as this month’s artist of the
month by Mr. Kyle Lewis.
Maxine is a senior at Siuslaw
High School. Her proud parents are
Dean Jones and Heather Hevin. She
enjoys Mr. Lewis’s movie quotes
and butchering cows during 4th
and 5th period Advanced Culinary.
Th e atmosphere of Advanced
Culinary is “very funny, family
like,” says Maxine.
Culinary has taught her “how to
be a better cook and fi nance my-
self with food” along with how to
butcher a cow. Th e Advanced Cu-
linary’s cow butchering experience
was “very successful with almost
500 pounds of meat.”
When asked if she was grossed
out by anything that she saw, Max-
ine said, “No, I went into it thinking
I was going to be [grossed out], but
I wasn’t.”
She is especially grateful that “Mr.
Lewis is so helpful when I’m trying
to fi gure out what food to eat (dur-
ing college).”
Outside of cooking, Maxine has
always been “in love with math”
and plans to one day become a
“certifi ed personal accountant, the
highest branch of accounting.”
She also enjoys bowling and has
currently been to state twice with
her team. Th ey hope to go to state
again, which is being held in Klam-
ath Falls, this February.
B Y A UDREY L OWDER
Siuslaw High School
Student
PHOTO BY CAROL JOLLEY
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine
be thy food.” — Hippocrates