Polk County Education
16A Polk County Itemizer-Observer • April 27, 2016
SCHOOL NOTES
Let the good times roll at Perrydale
PErryDAlE — Perrydale Parents’ Club will host a mardi Gras
Dinner and Auction from 4 to 8:30 p.m. on Saturday. Dinner will
be served at 6.
This year’s oral auction items include a Jacuzzi spa, a hot air
balloon ride, a romantic evening package, an artistic wine bar-
rel table and Disneyland admission tickets. Classrooms will auc-
tion off themed baskets. Between 4 to 6 p.m., people may bid
on silent auction items.
Tickets are on sale for $22. Proceeds from this event assist K-
12 students by providing educational school assemblies, sup-
porting field trips, and career exploration opportunities as well
as paying for school improvement projects.
Contact our website or stop by Perrydale School to purchase
tickets. Free volunteer child care is available with early ticket
purchases.
Central High FFA to hold plant sale
InDEPEnDEnCE — The FFA Plant Sale is coming up on Friday
and Saturday. The sale will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days
in the FFA Greenhouse next to the Panther Pit at Central High
School. The sale includes vegetables, herbs, hanging flower
baskets, flowers, and other plants.
Contact Brenda Phearson (bphearson@central.k12.or.us) for
more information.
Education leaders to hold forum
EmIly mEnTzEr/Itemizer-Observer
Seniors Isaac Mitchell and Martina Herrera designed the logos on Central High School’s new water bottles.
SCHOOL SPIRIT
Central High seniors design logos that will last on water bottles
By Emily Mentzer
The Itemizer-Observer
INDEPENDENCE — Mar-
tina Herrera didn’t have a lot
of time to work on a logo for
Central High School’s water
bottles.
“I just did it in one peri-
od,” she said.
But what she did, a C with
the word “Panthers” across
it, was good enough that it
was chosen along with Isaac
Mitchell’s work to represent
the school.
Mitchell, a senior drew a
coat of arms for Central
High.
Neither Mitchell nor Her-
rera have taken any art
classes, they said. Both have
always loved drawing.
The water bottles were
distributed to all the kids
and teachers at Central,
thanks to a grant from the
Central Health and Wellness
Center. Power Peers, intro-
duced in fall 2015, encour-
ages students to take leader-
ship roles, and implement
lessons, celebrations and
promotions based on posi-
tive behavior interventions
and supports.
“Power” stands for Pur-
pose, Ownership, Work
ethic, Empathy and Re-
spect. All year, Power Peer
members lead the student
body in projects and cele-
brations focusing on those
areas.
Central Health and Well-
ness teamed up with Power
Peers to offer water bottles
for the student body.
A contest was held to cre-
ate a logo to go on those
bottles.
Having their design on
the bottles has been a
unique experience for the
high school seniors.
“It’s cool because you see
your work everywhere,” Her-
rera said. “I did that; Isaac
and I did that.”
Mitchell agreed.
“It’s fun to see people
walking down the hallways
with 50 water bottles,” he
said.
It hasn’t changed Herrera’s
plans to be a preschool
teacher after high school,
but it has helped solidify
Mitchell’s plans to go into
graphic design.
In fact, it’s helped him
find more work in the field.
“The ELCI (English Lan-
guage Cultural Institute) in
Monmouth is having me de-
sign a logo for them because
of this. Before that, I did a T-
shirt for our Scout troop, but
that’s it,” he said.
Mitchell and Herrera have
different processes for draw-
ing when it came to the win-
ning logos.
She sketched it out quick-
ly and went with her first
draft, while he did five dif-
ferent designs and picked
the one he liked best.
“I did it on black paper
with white charcoal,” he
said. “I did the final draft by
hand.”
Mitchell said it’s impor-
tant to have an idea before
you start.
“It’s good to just throw
everything you have on
paper,” he added. “You
might think it sucks, but you
might use it later.”
Herrera agreed.
“Sometimes I think it’s
very bad, but keep going
and see how it ends up,” she
said.
The students each won a
$25 gift card to Subway and
a $25 gift card to the Inde-
pendence Cinema as well as
metal versions of the water
bottle with their winning
logos.
All students received a
plastic bottle to encourage
them to stay hydrated while
reducing waste.
KEIzEr — Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction Salam
noor and Salem-Keizer Superintendent Christy Perry will hold a
community education forum in Keizer on Thursday at 6 p.m.
The marion and Polk county communities are invited to attend
the forum at Claggett Creek middle School, 1810 Alder Drive nE,
Keizer to learn about the state’s education initiatives. The public
will also have a chance to discuss a variety of education topics.
For more information: meg Koch, 503-947-5990, or Jenni
Knaus, 503-947-5860.
ACADEMIC HONORS
Santiam Christian lists honor roll
ADAIr VIllAGE — Santiam Christian School has released its
third quarter honor roll for students living in Polk County.
The following students achieved a 3.5 cumulative GPA or
higher:
Seniors: 4.0 GPA — Jack Fowler (Dallas), Jocelyn Porath (Falls
City); between 3.5 and 3.99 GPA — Chance Ottinger (Indepen-
dence) and Kevin Sheng (Dallas).
Juniors: 4.0 GPA — mikayla manzi (monmouth), Katie richert
(Dallas) and August Thornton (Independence); between 3.5 and
3.99 GPA — Sarah An (Independence), macklin Butcher (mon-
mouth), Peggy liang (Independence), louis loviat (monmouth),
long nguyen (monmouth) and Alexandra Watson (Dallas).
Sophomores: 4.0 GPA — Kaylee Breyman (Independence),
Shelby myrick-Duckett (Independence) and zachary Watson
(Dallas); between 3.5 and 3.99 GPA — Grace moseman (Dallas),
Tomoka naru (monmouth), Kyle Paratore (Independence), Se-
bastian Perfecto (Independence), rebeka Preston (Indepen-
dence) and Buckley Sheng (monmouth).
Freshmen: 4.0 GPA — Tony li (Dallas), Sherry liu (Dallas),
Jason manzi (monmouth), Winn miller (West Salem), Isabel
montoya (Dallas) and Cole Setniker (Dallas); between 3.5 and
3.99 — Abby riedlinger (Independence).
Eighth grade: 4.0 GPA — Ainsley Beam (monmouth) and
Olivia Bellinger-Verbics (monmouth); between 3.5 and 3.99
GPA — lily Hardy (Dallas) and Amanda Preston (Indepen-
dence).
Seventh grade: 4.0 GPA — Joshua montoya (Dallas) and Ben
Steffen (Independence); between 3.5 and 3.99 GPA — Cooper
Brasel (monmouth) and Carolyn Wilfong (monmouth).