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SIUSLAW
Oregon Pacific Bank teaches about saving
G
rade 3 students recently had a
lesson in saving money from the
Oregon Pacific Bank.
Al Rojas, Florence Operations Su-
pervisor, and Stephanie Restrepo, Re-
lationship Banking Specialist, came
to visit each of the grade 3 classes at
Siuslaw Elementary School.
Al was a big hit, adding entertain-
ment to the presentation with mag-
ic tricks using a $1 bill. Stephanie
surprised each student with a piggy
bank, a gold dollar to begin a savings
account and other items including a
pencil and bag.
Each child was also given a book-
let entitled “Saving with Mandy and
Randy,” which includes a storyline
and math problems revolving around
calculations with money.
In the lesson, Stephanie and Al
talked to the students about the im-
portance of saving money. The stu-
dents were asked to think about the
difference between necessities for
survival and items they might want to
save their money to purchase. They
also learned about balancing a sav-
ings and checking register using ad-
dition and subtraction.
Later this spring, Siuslaw’s grade 3
students will display their “Tour of
Tiny Homes” at Oregon Pacific Bank
in Florence. The display and fund-
raiser will be sponsored by TR Hunt-
er Real Estate and Oregon Pacific
Bank. — Submitted by Dolly Greene,
SES Third Grade Teacher
Flags for
Fl
First
Graders
irst-grade students at Siu-
slaw Elementary School were
visited by members of the Flor-
ence-Siuslaw Lion’s Club on Feb.
18 through the organization’s
Students in first grade learned with their families.
Flags for First Graders program. facts about this country’s flag and
The kids learned about why
This presentation has become an were given their own little Amer- there are 50 stars on the flag, what
annual event.
ican flag to take home and share the stripes represent and how
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Betsy Ross made the first Amer-
ican flag. The information adds
a concrete element to learning
about American symbols.
S
a few adult writers,
were recognized at a
book signing booth
during the Friends of
the Florence Events
Center’s Winter Mu-
sic Festival in January.
Student books were
sold over the week-
end and then cus-
tomers got the chance
to get their purchases
signed by the authors.
In addition, third-
through fifth-grade
iuslaw district students students from Siuslaw El-
of various ages, plus ementary School’s Enrich-
ment Club demonstrated
weaving skills and projects.
Students showed how they
start by making drawings
of their patterns and fig-
uring out the math to get
the strings on the loom
in the right order. Then,
as students finish a piece
of fabric they’ve woven, it
gets placed in their pattern
books to show what they’ve
accomplished.
Festival attendees were
surprised by the amount
of math that goes into each
piece of fabric.
Artist of the Month
Elissa Hurley — Two-Dimensional Art
Written By SHS Student
Molly McGinley
Photo by Carol Jolley
E
lissa Hurley is the Artist of the
Month for February. Although she
is in multiple art classes, Elissa is being
specially recognized in Mrs. Pickell’s
2D art class.
Elissa is a senior at Siuslaw High
School and has been enrolled in art
classes since day one. At present, she is
in Advanced Placement Art sight hour.
She says the classroom environment
is enjoyable because “it’s chill and easy
to work in. My classmates and teacher
are energetic and fun to work around.”
She appreciates Mrs. Pickell because
“she keeps us organized and lets us
work independently.”
Right now, Elissa is most excited for a
big canvas project that will be due at the
end of the year.
“We use a big canvas however we like,
as long as we use a lot of layers on it,”
she said.
Elissa’s biggest takeaway from her
class is, in a quite literal sense, art.
Aside from art, she has learned how
to better plan for projects. Ap Art has
really given Elissa a better sense of time
management.
Elissa also dedicates her time to ath-
letics. She is on the varsity volleyball,
bowling and softball teams.
After high school, Elissa plans on
working part time while also attending
college. She is unsure about where she
wants to go at the moment but is cur-
rently looking at her options. She would
also like to continue to pursue art.
“I’d like to become an artist, prefera-
bly freelance,” she said.
All in all, Elissa is most concerned
about being happy in life and content
with her artistic progression.