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6A | SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2020 | SIUSLAW NEWS Local woman awarded Philanthropic Educational Scholarship Recently, Philanthropic Educational Organization (PEO) educational schol- arship candidate Sheena Moore received the Ore- gon Scholarship and was sponsored by Florence Chapter FQ. Moore is a graduate of Mapleton High School and attended Lane Community College before transferring to University of Oregon. She was active for about five years with the Last Resort Players. While at- tending college, she was a member of the university choir. Mapleton graduate Sheena Moore was awarded a PEO Scholarship by the Florence Chapter FQ. Most recently, Moore was the director of the Music in Motion summer camp this year in Florence. Moore completed her studies at the University of Oregon in Music Educa- tion in 2019. She currently teaches kindergarten through 2nd grade at Yaquina View El- ementary, as well as grades 3 through 5 at Sam Case School in Newport. PEO is one of the old- est women’s organizations in North America. It was founded in 1869 by sev- en young women and has grown to almost 6,000 local chapters with more than 225,000 active mem- bers in the United States and Canada. The organization exists to be a source of encour- agement and support for women to realize their potential in whatever worthwhile endeavor they choose. It supports women both through friendships and through education- al scholarships, grants, awards, loans and steward- ship of Cottey College. Florence chapters FQ and DY have a combined membership of more than 60 members who actively work to raise funds and se- cure educational grants for women. To learn more about PEO scholarships, contact Kay Craig of the Chapter FQ Education Committee at 541-997-8585 or visit peooregon.org or peoint- ernational.org. Responsive Instructional Leadership and Improve- ment; and Standard 5, Communication and Com- munity Relations. Next, Adams will create the survey and Sneddon and Vice Chair Paul Burns, with guidance from the rest of the board, will create a list of no more than 50 par- ticipants. According to Adams, the evaluation process is “not just about dialogue with between the board and the superintendent, but it’s also communication between the board and the commu- nity, showing the progress that the superintendent and the district are making towards the goals that you as elected officials have set for the organization.” In the rest of the meet- ing, school district staff and administration sub- mitted reports and gave an update on facilities mainte- nance. In addition, retiring specialist Bobbi Spencer, from Early Childhood Cares, was honored with a special proclamation. The board took action by appointing Megan Messmer to the Budget Committee in the position she previously held. There is still one opening on the committee. Interested people can view the infor- mation at www.siuslaw. k12.or.us/o/Siuslaw%20 School%20District/page/ budget-committee-open- ings. There was also one pub- lic comment submitted by Siuslaw Middle School Language Arts Teacher Hilary Roach. Board poli- cy is to not take action on public comment, but the statement was registered and included in the meet- ing materials listed on siu- slaw.k12.or.us. In a letter she read, Roach askes the Siuslaw School Board to “uphold educator rights to decorate their virtual backgrounds, virtual classrooms or phys- ical classroom spaces with posters or other material that promotes equity and inclusiveness of marginal- ized groups.” Twenty-six teachers have signed a petition in sup- port of the request. The Nov. 18 meeting concluded with a brief ex- ecutive session. COURTESY PHOTO SSD from 1A by keeping the cohorts in check across the board.” In addition, limited in-person instruction “winds up being a supple- ment to what we’re doing, but it’s not a replacement for distance learning at all,” Shoppe LOCAL #MyFlorence Shop. Eat. Support. SAVE. SHOP Grzeskowiak said. “Part of the reason that this is al- lowed is that there are so many things that we simply cannot do on the comput- er. There are things that are hands-on and other methods that just have to happen in the classroom, in the lab, in the shop and as close to face-to-face as we’re going to get in this environment with masks and all that sort of stuff.” ODE recommends that schools consider both eq- uity and a methodical and cautious approach as they bring students back for limited in-person instruc- tion. “We’ll be starting with students that are struggling academically or with atten- dance and trying to rebuild some of those connections, to really anchor them and get them back onto campus and get them involved and reinvigorated,” Grzeskowi- ak said. This month, Siuslaw School District held two community forums with parents and families to go over the metric changes. “We’ve already started the survey process with families to look at what kind of needs students have,” the superintendent said. “It’s a good stress test for getting back to campus. Making sure that, in small groups, people are able to practice the regular proto- cols for being together in groups. You know, hand washing, sanitizing, six- foot distancing, making sure you wear your mask or face shield, depending on the situation, and kind of living in our current coronavirus status.” Later in the regular ses- sion of the school board, Director Dianna Pimlott said, “I just wanted to ex- press my appreciation for the community forums. I thought that there was a great turnout. There were ONLINE ART AUCTION NOW thu Dec. 13th Fine arts and crafts, collectibles, cu- rated art supplies, shipped directly to you. Help raise funds for Oregonians in need! https://sass.betterworld.org/auctions. SUPPORT wonderful questions, and our administrative team did an excellent job of presenting our current sit- uation and responding to community questions.” Grzeskowiak finished his presentation with a re- minder that returning to in-person instruction is dependent on the greater community and the case rate in Lane County. “It’s going to boil down to how well people manage themselves in the public to bring this down,” he said. “If (COVID-19) is still spreading in the communi- ty, it’s going to be students bringing it themselves because they’re catching it at home, or it’s going to be adults that work in the schools that catch it outside and bring it back.” He also cautioned against in-person gatherings, cit- ing rising COVID-19 cases in Canada after it held its Thanksgiving Holiday on Oct. 11. “At the end of October, they had a major spike be- cause of lots of large gath- erings and people very close to each other. So, they had a spike and, some- how, they’re on an upward trajectory similar to what we’re seeing around a lot of the U.S.,” Grzeskowiak said. He added that safety would always be the main concern for reopening the schools. “Looking at schools in India and the U.K., and ac- tually looking at our own data from our summer programs for pre-K here in Oregon, what’s done in schools for physical dis- tancing, and masks and hy- giene, is much more effec- tive. The transmission rates are much lower than in the general community,” Grz- eskowiak said. “When you get in and get running and have established protocols and programs, it works.” Linda’s Thrift Store Hwy 101 & 37th Full of new items cleaned out a hoard- er’s home. Over 1000 new DVD’s, VHS, Christmas galore, globes, stuffed animals. Everything you could imag- ine. Kitchen items, lighthouse nautical décor, antique dressers, new leather jackets sizes 2 & 3 XL, quilts and lots, lots more. New items daily. Open Monday-Saturday 10am-5pm. 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