2C COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL May 25, 2016
Prominent North Douglas
teachers set to retire
N
orth Douglas School Dis-
trict will say goodbye to
three longtime educators next
year. Retirees include Jeff
Davis, High School Athletic
Director and girls basketball
coach, who has been with the
district for 28 years. Jean Har-
rod, fourth-grade teacher, has
been with the district for 17
years, and Sharon Ruud, ND
High School business teacher,
FBLA advisor, has been with
the district for 30 years.
North Douglas High School
Athletic Director Jeff Davis
knows how much sweat fueled
the Warriors’ March 2016 trip
to the girls basketball state
championship game in Baker
City.
The War-
riors didn’t
prevail over
the Country
Christian
Cougars,
but they
triumphed
by earning
a ticket to
the third title game in school
history.
Yet there’s another aspect to his
job Mr. Davis will miss perhaps
even more as he plans his
retirement after 28 years with
North Douglas School District.
“I’m very proud of the teams
with lesser talent that have
overachieved and worked so
hard to be successful,” he said.
Three decades of coaching and
teaching have produced a lot
of memory-triggering mate-
rial. Davis coached high school
baseball for 24 years, girls
basketball for 12 years, boys
basketball at NDH for 10 years
and cross country for a year.
As any dancer can testify, body
memory is a powerful force.
And as any jingle writer will
affi rm, catchy lyrics stick in the
brain.
Jean Harrod knows these
truths as well. So she har-
nesses these and other tricks in
her fourth-grade classroom at
North Douglas Elementary.
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North Douglas High School business teacher Sharon
Ruud helps juniors explore scholarship forms in a re-
cent careers class.”
For math
lessons,
every-
body
stands
up with
arms out,
fi ngers
point-
ing, to
mimic fi gures as Mrs. Harrod
calls out, “I want a right angle!
I want a line segment! Show
me an acute angle! An obtuse
angle!”
Not all of Mrs. Harrod’s teach-
ing strategies are physical or
tuneful. But most are effective.
North Douglas Elementary
Principal Jody Cyr says that
Mrs. Harrod’s imminent retire-
ment means the district will be
saying goodbye to a dedicated
employee who is consistently
one of the best educators in the
district.
Like most towns, Drain has its
ongoing community improve-
ment projects. Workers scrub
the metal rails on the Cedar
Street bridge. Painters wield
brushes on school basketball
courts. People don gloves to
weed, plant fl owers, rake leaves
and collect trash in public
spaces.
When those doing the toiling
are teenagers, there’s a good
chance they are Community
101 students under the direction
of North Douglas High School
business teacher Sharon Ruud.
Mrs. Ruud has taught a mul-
titude of subjects and led an
extensive list of projects since
joining the high school staff
three decades ago. Her curricu-
lum includes careers, personal
fi nance and related topics.
She’s guided students through
activities and achievements
linked to Future Business Lead-
ers of America, GEAR UP and
Pathways to Excellence, among
others.
Her departure at the end of the
school year, which follows a
30-year career at North Doug-
las High, will leave a large gap
in a crucial school program.
“Aside from athletics, FBLA is
the biggest school activity for
kids here, and Sharon Ruud has
put the bulk of her time into
it over the years,” said North
Douglas High Principal Scott
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