Polk County Education
12A Polk County Itemizer-Observer • August 9, 2017
Keeping science, and kids, cool
By Stephanie Blair
CHS Class of 1952
The Central High School Class of 1952 will meet for a 65th an-
niversary dinner at Murphy’s Restaurant, 288 Ellendale Ave., in
Dallas, on Aug. 18 from 1 to 4 p.m., with dinner at 1:30. For more
information: Yvonne Pettit, 503-838-0626, or Barbara McCul-
lough, 503-831-3845.
The Itemizer-Observer
INDEPENDENCE — At
Talmadge Middle School
and Henry Hill Education
Support Center, the Sum-
mer Science Program will
be wrapping up this week.
The program has provided
more than 100 children
with activities to keep them
in engaged and air condi-
tioned, as well as providing
them with free breakfast
and lunch every day, said
Angelica Gloria, the school
district’s Summer Programs
Coordinator.
“(The program is impor-
tant) because it’s giving stu-
dents the opportunities that
enrich them during the
summer, so that they’re not
at home, but they’re actual-
ly actively involved still in
the learning process,” Glo-
ria said. “But it’s not like a
typical school year, so we
can offer field trips, and
we can actually make
more personal connec-
tions and more relation-
ships.”
The elementary program,
which serves students who
are going into third, fourth
and fifth grades, began at
IES, but had to relocate to
Henry Hill due to the old
building’s inadequate air
conditioning.
At Henry Hill, a short
walk from the public pool,
students learn about the
solar system and space
travel while working on
reading and problem-solv-
ing skills in the classroom.
The whole day isn’t spent
inside, however. Students
also get to visit the public
pool and enjoy the summer
sunshine.
Down the road, at Tal-
madge Middle School,
incoming sixth-, sev-
enth- and eighth-graders
are learning about the
science of space and the
solar eclipse while work-
ing on skills such as
reading, graph-making
and teamwork.
REUNIONS
IHS all-school reunion
The annual All-School Reunion of Independence High will be
held at the Independence Public Library on Saturday, Aug. 26,
beginning at 11 a.m. The luncheon, catered by Ovenbird Bakery
of Independence for $15, will be served at noon. Send your
reservation check to: IHS Reunion, P.O. Box 291, Independence,
OR 97351. Questions? Al Oppliger, 503.838.1353 or email to
jcoppliger@aol.com.
DHS Class of 1977 40th reunion
Date: Saturday, Aug. 12; 4:30 to 11 p.m., Latitude One, 904
Main St., Dallas. Cost - $35 (Individual) or $70 (Couple). RSVP to
Tammy (Koloen) Bird, TBird861@msn.com. Additional informa-
tion DHS Class of 1977 Facebook Page.
DHS Class of 1962
Dallas High School Class of 1962 will celebrate its 55th re-
union on Aug. 11-13.
For more information: Case Chaney, 503-881-5810.
Reunion for Falls City schools
STEPHANIE BLAIR/Itemizer-Observer
Jesus Manzo Jauregui,12, and Marcos Rincon Ochoa,12, present the planets they de-
signed in groups for the one of their classes in Summer Science Program at Talmadge.
The middle school stu-
dents also got out of the
classroom and into the sun-
shine on a number of trips
to the pool, and got to visit a
little farther from school.
“(The OSU Hatfield Ma-
rine Science Center trip)
was one of my favorites be-
cause I was just sitting
around with (my friend)
Angel and poking at every-
thing,” said Marcos Rincon
Ochoa, 12. “I’m surprised
the guy behind the little
counter where they run
that big line of fish didn’t
get annoyed with me and
Angel. I’m surprised be-
cause we asked him
probably 50 questions.”
The program also provid-
ed students with an oppor-
tunity to visit OMSI and the
Evergreen Aviation and
Space Museum.
Over the course of the
program, students have
learned about the eclipse
and the solar system
while completing hands-
on projects, such as
building model marsh-
mallow rovers at the ele-
mentary school and water
rockets at the middle
school.
“We had a great time
making water rockets,” said
Tracy Barnes, one the sum-
mer school instructors and
a Central School District
teacher. “It was a blast and
the kids really got into it, so
it was a lot of fun — espe-
cially when you got to see
their rockets go up.”
This program provides
learning opportunities for
more than children,
though; the teachers and
staff get an amazing expe-
rience working in the
classrooms, explained Glo-
ria. The teaching staff for
the summer program in-
cludes a mix of school
teachers, Polk County vol-
unteers, Western Oregon
University Bilingual Schol-
ars and a 16-year-old volun-
teer from Central High
School.
While the volunteers are
an immense support to the
program, they’re not the
only outside support that
the district has.
The program also has a
number of partners helping
to support it, including
OregonASK, Polk County
and the city of Independ-
ence. Specifically, the In-
dependence Library,
which is spearheading the
STREAM (Science, Tech-
nology, Reading, Arts and
Math) program.
Through STREAM, the
children within the Sum-
mer Science Program were
able to use a mobile maker
space.
This is the second year
this program has run and
the first year that the mid-
dle school and K-2 pro-
grams have been intro-
duced. For more informa-
tion: Angelica Gloria, aglo-
ria@central.k12.or.us
Open to anyone who has attended Falls City schools. The
event will be held on Aug. 26 starting at noon at The Bread-
board in Falls City. The event moves to The Boondocks at 4
when The Breadboard closes. There is a special Facebook group
page: www.facebook.com/groups/434784380189748/. For
more information: Tracy Quiring, dgutf@outlook.com or 541-
903-1434.
CHS Class of 1977 40th
Requesting all classmates to attend Central High School’s
Class of 1977 40th reunion for a no-host dinner and drinks at
Kolby’s RB&B at 3838 River Road NE, Keizer, on Aug. 12 from 6 to
11:30 p.m.
RSVP on Facebook: www.facebook.com/events
/631545067040419/?ti=icl or text Molly Derry at 503-917-9251,
via email, mderry@aol.com.
ACADEMIC HONORS
Deters named to Whitworth honor roll
SPOKANE, Wash. - Melia Deters, of Dallas, has been
named to the Whitworth University provost’s honor roll
for spring semester 2017.
The student qualified for the academic honor society by
maintaining a grade-point average of at least 3.75 during
the semester.
Phaup honored on Spring Dean’s List
BOSTON – Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health
Sciences University named Katelyn Phaup, of Independ-
ence, to the dean’s list for the spring 2017 semester.
The dean’s list recognizes those students with a full-
time course load who have achieved outstanding scholar-
ship with a 3.5 grade-point average or higher for the aca-
demic term.