COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL •
NOVEMBER 28, 2018 • 7A
Kindergarten teacher Kristina Fournier receives Excellence in Education Award
Bohemia Elementary kin-
dergarten teacher Kristina
Fournier received the Excel-
lence in Education Award
last week from New Country
93.3 and Northwest Com-
munity Credit Union. Th e
monthly award is given to
an individual making a dif-
ference in education.
“It was a complete shock. I
HATE
from A1
Bookmine owner Gail
Hoelzle said, “A girl said,
‘You grown-ups need to pay
attention.’”
It was the fi rst meeting of
Cottage Grove United that
would eventually spearhead
the eff ort to place signs in
the windows of Main Street
businesses that read “United
had no idea that I was nom-
inated. People heard my
name announced on the ra-
dio and started to text me,”
said Fournier, who is in her
fourth year of teaching at
Bohemia.
New Country 93.3 radio
hosts Barrett and Fox deliv-
ered the award to her class-
room and made a presen-
tation in front of Fournier’s
students.
“Th ey talked about the
great things happening at
our school and I love that
they addressed the kids and
made them a part of the
presentation. I was excit-
ed I got to share it with my
kids because they are what
makes what I do great,” said
Fournier.
Bohemia
Elementary
Principal Heather Bridgens
wasn’t surprised when she
heard Fournier had been
given the award.
“Mrs. Fournier is absolute-
ly deserving of this award.
She is a leader at Bohemia
and has made the fi rst year
of public education a joyful
and positive experience for
many students,” said Brid-
gens.
Fournier, who gives a
brand new book to every
student in her classroom
each month so they can
build a home library, says
she just wants to be the best
she can be for her students.
“I strive to be great for my
group of kids,” said Fournier.
Fournier received a copy
of her nomination form, a
certifi cate, and $100.
Because she received the
award, Bohemia Elementary
School will go into an end of
the year drawing for $1,000.
Against Hate.”
Since then, it’s hosted
classes centering on litera-
ture meant to fi nd common
ground and that illustrate
white privilege. Th e group
has also hosted panels that
feature local religious lead-
ers and community mem-
bers, bringing diff erent
groups together for open,
honest conversations.
Conversations, the group
says hopes will help foster a
community atmosphere that
not only accepts and pro-
motes diversity but discour-
ages racism and violence.
According to the annual
report documenting hate
crimes around the coun-
ty and released by the FBI,
crimes related to gender,
gender identity, race, reli-
gion and ethnicity have in-
creased.
In Oregon, the number
jumped by about 100 to 146
and half of those incidents
were reported in Eugene
beating out Portland and Sa-
lem, the state’s capital.
Oregon’s history is tinged
in racism. In 1844, Afri-
can-Americans were or-
dered out of the territory
that would become the state
and in 1859 Oregon joined
the union as the only state
that included exclusionary
laws in its state constitution.
Th e 1920s saw one of the
largest Ku Klux Klan pop-
ulation west of the Missis-
sippi in Oregon and Walter
Pierce, a KKK member was
elected as governor in 1922.
“Th e group is really fo-
cused on, ‘What can we do
to make South Lane, the
community, less attractive to
that kind of recruitment and
divisiveness?’” Hodgkinson
said of Cottage Grove Unit-
ed’s mission.
However, the group keeps
a low profi le, especially its
members of color, when
speaking publicly about its
eff orts.
“It’s not specifi c to Cottage
Grove,” Hodgkinson said.
“It’s the times. Th is time in
history is just so polarizing.”
Cottage Grove United has
held a class based around
the book “So You Want to
Talk About Race” by Ijeo-
ma Oluo which included
chapter-by-chapter discus-
sions, group exercises and a
viewing of the documentary,
“13th” which focuses on the
13 Amendment and chron-
icles the eff ects of racial
inequality in America and
how it relates to the county’s
prison system.
It’s also discussed the up-
stander/bystander practice
which guides individuals
through becoming an ally
for individuals facing racism
or bigotry in public without
escalating the incidents.
Th e group plans on hold-
ing a follow-up to the class
at the start of the year and
additional public events
through 2019.
According to Cottage
Grove Police Chief Scott
Shepherd, there were no
cases in the city that quali-
fi ed as hate crimes. If there
had been, they would have
been reported to ONIBRS
— Oregon, National Inci-
dent-Based Reporting Sys-
tem. Since the last FBI report
documenting hate crimes
was released, the state has
gained approximately 40
new reporting agencies.
In June of this year, Laura
Rose broke the front win-
dow of Wolfclan Armor
with an American fl ag. She
was arrested and faced crim-
inal charges. Rose accepted
a plea deal earlier this year,
avoiding trial.
For more information on
Cottage Grove United, visit
the group’s Facebook page
facebook.com/cgcommuni-
tyunited/.
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