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8A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL MAY 3, 2017 CGHS ranked 25th best in the state U.S. News and World Report rankings are out and Cottage Grove High School earned a spot in the top 25 high schools in the state. Barely. According to the report, released each year, Cottage Grove High School edged out Elmira High School (24) and beat out Shel- don High School (29) out of 328 public, pri- vate and charter schools across Oregon. The report measures more than 6,000 high schools in the country based on teach- er and student ratios, test scores, math and reading scores, college readiness, advanced classes and graduation rates. Cottage Grove high school earned a top fi ve position among graduation rates last year with more than 90 percent of its stu- dents making it out of the 12th grade and onto the next phase of their education or careers. Overall, 78 Oregon schools were included in the rankings with only one re- ceiving a gold distinction from the publica- tion: the School of Science and Technology located in Beaverton. Cottage Grove was awarded a bronze medal. Principal DAN’S PLANTS Large Selection of Baskets and Patio Pots for Mother's Day. Open Saturdays and Sundays from 10 AM - 6 PM Joe’s Diner will be serving Cheeseburgers, Chips and a Drink for $5.00 on Mother’s Day Weekend. DAN’S PLANTS 82243 Davisson Rd. Creswell 541-953-3661 South Lane Physical Therapy LLC Continued from A1 “The student should learn while being as- sessed and a great is example is learning to tie your shoe,” said Olsen. “When you learn to tie your shoe there is tons of practice and skill building involved with the end result being that you can tie your shoe. So the as- sessment of tying your shoe is what the stu- dent will practice the entire time.” The presenters gave examples of differ- ent topics that classrooms were focused on and how they were assessed in a new way with this program. One example showed how fi rst graders looked at opinions and opinion writing while talking about artists. The meeting then moved along to pub- lic comments where an impassioned com- munity parent urged the board to make the purchasing of whip-its go from the age of 18 to 21 in congruence with the new tobac- co ordinance. She told the story of her son who used this drug and was in a dangerous place. She noted that the current system is a “legal loophole” and she has been work- ing with stores in the area to make sure that the course of the next two years. they are not available to minors. The board then discussed new business After a brief break, the meeting resumed including the adoption of a new math cur- and a bond update was issued from Super- riculum and a ten-cent price increase in stu- intendent Parent. “We applied for some dent lunches. seismic grants, actually fi ve of them,” she said. “They told us absolutely no way that they would only fund one and once in a great while they might pick two and we got all fi ve.” The fi ve grants will be going to- wards fi ve different buildings to add posts and beams so www.cgsentinel.com that they are pre- pared for seismic damage. The total of the grants was just over 2 million dol- cgsentinel lars and the work at Cottage-Grove-Sentinel @cgsentinel these buildings will #cgsentinel be taking place over Cottage Grove Sentinel @ May is Mental Health Awareness Month. If you or someone you know is in need of profession- al services related to mental illness, South Lane Mental Health offers services for any Lane County resident. For more information, please call (541) 942-3939. Mental health We have 2x12 Rough Cut Cedar for Raised Beds in stock! Continued from A1 LANDSCAPE AND BUILDING MATERIALS lation, Wheeler says Eugene is not “bussing” residents who may suffer from mental illness out of the college town and into Cottage Grove. Open 7 days a week! “There may be a social worker who will bring someone here be- 7919 N. River Road cause there’s a bed open here in a foster home but as for bussing people in, no. People with mental illness go to Eugene and some from Eugene come to Cottage Grove,” he said. South Lane Mental Health may be losing a director, gain- ing new patients and holding its breath to see what the latest political shake-up will bring but one thing will remain constant. There is a small smoke shack across the street from South Lane’s building on Birch St. Sometimes, staff can hear shouts coming from the structure and upon further examination, will fi nd someone showing signs of mental illness. And while staff can approach them, offer them help and gesture to the build- ing across the street, they can’t make them seek help. “We can’t do anything un- til they cross the street on their own,” Wheeler said. “But I tell Give the gift to the American Cancer Society & keep the my staff this all the time. There light burning with a luminaria in memory of someone lost to cancer, is no way we can ever repay the in honor of someone still fi ghting, or in special recognition community for what they’ve of someone who has beat the disease. given us and we will keep our Please complete and return this form to the address below. mantra of helping everyone we (Note: to order more than one Luminaria, please photocopy this form.) can while giving back to this community.” 541-942-4664 Light the Way to a Cure Luminary Ceremony Friday, 10pm, June 19th Cottage Grove Sentinel www.cgsentinel.com @ Quality Local Care… Do you have a question for a Therapist? Or about your insurance benefi ts? 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