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Polk County Education 14A Polk County itemizer-Observer • april 6, 2016 SCHOOL NOTES LVCS to host kinder round-up April 14 DaLLaS — Luckiamute Valley Charter Schools Kindergarten round-Up for 2016-2017 school year will be held on april 14 from 5:30 – 7 p.m. The school is public and students can enroll from any district. it has small class sizes, averaging 18, and busing is available. Bring a copy of birth certificate and immunization shot records. Open enrollment for all grades will be May 1. Contact amber Chase with any questions at 503-623-4837 or search for information online at www.lvcs.k12.or.us. MES students compete in math tourney MOnMOUTh — Monmouth Elementary School had four fifth- grade teams of five students each participate in a math tourna- ment at Mount hood Community College on Feb. 6. Fifth-grade teachers Bailey Lind, Brian Wakefield and Timothy Kreta coached the four teams for the tournament. Students participated in an individual timed test (15 questions in 30 minutes) and a team timed test (10 questions in 20 min- utes). The combined scores from the individual and team compe- tition was used to determine placing. This was the first year MES students participated. although the teams did not place, they have already started talking about convincing their sixth-grade teachers to help them prepare for next year’s competition. State universities to visit Dallas High SharMan EnSMingEr/for the itemizer-Observer Princess-ipal Isabell Garcia-Becerra (right) consults with Assistant Superintendent Rich McFarland on Friday. PRINCESS-IPAL FOR A DAY IES second-grader is principal after raising the most money for jogathon By Emily Mentzer The itemizer-Observer INDEPENDENCE – Isabell Garcia-Becerra walked the halls of Independence Ele- mentary School on Friday afternoon. She passed a line of students waiting to return to their classroom. “Be quiet or the Princess- ipal will take you with her,” their teacher cautioned. “Hi Princess-ipal!” stu- dents said and greeted Is- abell with a hug or a high- five. Isabell, second-grader, was principal for the day at IES. “I’ve been doing a check- list,” she said. “I had to get ready for the assembly to tape our gym teacher to the wall, and go over my daily calendar.” Tape the gym teacher to the wall? A second-grader in charge of the school? What’s going on at IES? “She earned the privilege of being principal for the day,” said Sharman Ens- minger, usual principal at IES. “She earned $500 out of a total of $9,252 for our jo- gathon.” That was the most anyone raised for the annual event, Ensminger said. This is Is- abell’s second year in a row taking the top prize for her fundraising efforts. “We thought it would be re a l l y f u n t o c a l l h e r ‘princess-ipal’ and give her the tiara,” Ensminger said. Last year as principal for a day, Isabell said she partici- pated in a pizza party and handed out birthday pen- cils. A year older — and nearly to third grade, Ens- minger pointed out — she has a lot more responsibility. Isabell had to go with the custodian and help with safety inspections. “I had to check the hall- ways, the restrooms, and then the fire extinguishers, the front door lock — to make sure it still worked,” she said. “I had to go through the first aid cabinet, and I did look at the safety hazards on the playground.” After careful inspection, she found IES in compliance with all regulations, Isabell said. It being April Fools’ Day, some fifth-graders thought it would be fun to cover Ens- minger’s car windows with Post-it notes. Isabell said she, Ensminger and Super- intendent Buzz Brazeau had to address the vandalism. “They didn’t think they’d get caught,” Isabell said. “ Then Mrs. Ensminger brought them down as if they were in trouble.” Once the students real- ized they had been caught, but administrators had a sense of humor, they all started laughing, Isabell said. Catching students playing April Fools’ jokes was the best part of the day. “It feels like today was part of my weekend,” Isabell said. “Like a three-day week- end.” Though she knows it’s not always so easy to run the school, noting that Ens- minger “has to work a lot.” After spending a day in Ensminger’s shoes, Isabell said it is one thing she will consider being when she grows up. “I want to either be a prin- cipal or a teacher or a gym- nast, because I’m really good at gymnastics, or a basket- ball player,” she said. “I’ve done every single one a lot.” If she were principal all the time, Isabell’s first proclamation would be no homework. DaLLaS — Eight Oregon public universities will be at Dallas high School, 1250 SE holman ave., on april 13 at 6:30 p.m. This is an informational evening with breakout sessions for each uni- versity throughout the night and opportunities for students to spend time with at least two colleges of their choice. This “meet and greet” is open to all students, all grades, par- ents and community members, and will be in Bollman auditori- um at the school. Participating schools are: Oregon State University, University of Oregon, Western Oregon University, Southern Oregon Uni- versity, Eastern Oregon University, Portland State University, Oregon institute of Technology and Oregon State University- Cascades in Bend. WOU celebrates Arbor Day Friday MOnMOUTh — Western Oregon University will recognize being listed as a Tree Campus USa by the arbor Day Foundation during a celebration Friday. The event kicks off at noon at the north entry to the campus, one block north of the Oregon Military academy Building. Kristin ramstad of the Oregon Department of Forestry will pres- ent the tree campus award to WOU President rex Fuller. a tour of three campus legacy trees will follow the ceremony. “This recognition acknowledges that we’re conscious of the significance of trees on campus and it makes people aware of their environment,” said Paul Finke, chairman of the University Tree Committee. WOU is the fourth college in Oregon to earn the honor. WOU announces affordability grant MOnMOUTh — Western Oregon University has eliminated its tuition increase for some undergraduate residents with a grant. The grant would be offered to students whose expected fam- ily contribution on their Free application for Federal Student aid (FaFSa) is zero. WOU’s grant will reduce financial barriers to edu- cational access. “The WOU affordability grant is further evidence of WOU’s strong commitment to support Oregon students by keeping WOU affordable and accessible so that more students can earn bachelor’s degrees,” said Jim Baumgartner, chairman of the WOU Board of Trustees. Students must fill out their FaFSa to receive the grant.
