Polk County Education
14A Polk County Itemizer-Observer • December 20, 2017
ACADEMIC HONORS
OSU announces fall term honors
JOLENE GUZMAN/Itemizer-Observer
A grant will help Perrydale Schools update their shop facilities, bringing students into 21st century education.
Upgrades incoming for Perrydale
Classes will mirror industry standards in modern workshop
By Jolene Guzman
The Itemizer-Observer
PERRYDALE — A shop
makeover is in store for Per-
rydale Schools thanks to a
$372,286 Career and Techni-
cal Education Revitalization
Grant.
Perrydale was one of 32
school districts to receive
grants this year, totaling
$10.3 million, according to
the grant announcement
from the Bureau of Labor
and Industries and the Ore-
gon Department of Educa-
tion. It is the only district in
Polk County to receive grant
funding.
The state’s CTE Revitaliza-
tion Grant program aims to
improve school programs
focused on advanced manu-
facturing, engineering, agri-
cultural science, aviation,
robotics, forestry, home con-
struction/renovation and
biomedical/health sciences.
The CTE Revitalization
Advisory Committee select-
ed the 32 recipients from the
64 applications received.
Christina Lorenz, Perry-
dale’s agricultural teacher,
said the grant will help the
school redesign its programs
to modern standards.
She said many school
“shop” programs — such as
metals and woods — haven’t
been updated.
“Ours in particular is one
of those,” Lorenz said. “This
grant is going to give us the
opportunity to renovate or
rebuild our existing facili-
ties, which will then better
mirror industry standards
and allow our students to
get a more modern educa-
tion on the types of things
they will be doing after grad-
uation.”
She said the result will be
lab and shop spaces where
students will be focused on
developing the creative skills
they will need in the work-
place.
“It will be a makerspace
that fosters innovation and
creativity,” Lorenz said. “My
goal as an educator is to
train them for careers that
don’t exist (now). Giving
them the ability to think
critically and problem-solve
and develop their own ideas
is what I want to do.”
Perrydale’s current agri-
cultural courses include
classes on: Food and natural
resources; agriculture busi-
ness management; agricul-
ture leadership; agricultural
construction and design,
which includes metals and
woods; animal science; and
middle school discovery
classes.
“We plan to expand our
course options, and those
will reflect what the business
industry in the local area
want,” Lorenz said. “The
hope is also that we will be
able to offer more college
credit courses.”
The grant funding will
help improve the agriculture
program areas of plant sci-
ence, agricultural mechanics
and manufacturing and ani-
mal science. Lorenz said the
remodel is likely to begin
this summer.
According to ODE, stu-
dents in CTE programs
graduate at a rate 15.5 per-
cent higher than the state
average.
“I’m very pleased to see
the ongoing expansion of
hands-on, applied learning
to more schools around the
state,” said Colt Gill, acting
state deputy superinten-
dent. “These programs are
good for students, good for
businesses and good for
local communities.”
CORVALLIS — Oregon State University has announced its
fall term honor roll.
A total of 1,427 students earned straight-A (4.0). Another
4,483 earned a B-plus (3.5) or better to make the listing. To be
on the honor roll, students must carry at least 12 graded hours
of course work.
Students from Polk County on the list are:
DALLAS
Straight-A Average: Bridger W. Cook, sophomore, pre-envi-
ronmental engineering; Lois E. Dalton, freshman, biology;
Gabriel J. Dudley, senior, electrical and computer engineering;
Megan K. Ronco, freshman, biohealth sciences; and Dana J.
Taylor, junior, public health.
3.5 to 3.99: Ian E. Baer, freshman, chemistry; Makenna C.
Cook, freshman, biology; Cooper R. Dodge, freshman, social
science; Michael T. Friesen, freshman, pre-computer science;
Lindsay A. Golly, sophomore, pre-forestry; Mckenzie A. Gray,
junior, computer science; Ryan E. Kennedy, freshman, pre-com-
puter science; Conner J. Maclean, junior, civil engineering;
Joseph P. Orton, senior, biology; Sheridan L. Rutland, freshman,
anthropology; Quinn E. Weisensee, sophomore, university ex-
ploratory studies; Riley J. Wolf, junior, graphic design; and
Logan J. Wolfe, freshman, tourism, recreation and adventure
leadership.
GRAND RONDE
3.5 to 3.99: Alexander C. Ellis, junior, mechanical engineer-
ing.
INDEPENDENCE
Straight-A Average: Raquel M. Rodriguez-Walmisley, junior,
political science.
3.5 to 3.99: Jennifer L. Barker, senior, pre-public health;
Thomas P. Braun, junior, geography and geospatial science;
Courtney K. Champ, senior, accountancy; Zoe C. Estes, senior,
human development and family science; Matthew G.
Grandquist, senior, biology; Brett W. Meador, sophomore, pre-
mechanical engineering; Kyle J. Miller, junior, kinesiology; and
Trevor A. Whitaker, senior, mechanical engineering.
MONMOUTH
Straight-A Average: Trevor Nash, Junior, Biology; Jacob L.
North, Sophomore, Pre-Bioengineering; Jenna A. Patten, Post
Baccalaureate, English.
3.5 to 3.99: Nicole C. Bell, sophomore, environmental sci-
ences; Yvonne D. Dominguez, senior, human development and
family science; Alejandro Echeverri, senior, kinesiology;
Stephen C. Erickson, sophomore, pre-mechanical engineering;
Julia L. Kenyon, sophomore, graphic design; Jorge Manzo,
sophomore, pre-computer science; Sean R. Maroney, senior,
economics; Anne C. Snell, senior, anthropology; Adam G. Sun-
derman, senior, computer science; and Emily F. Wells, senior,
sociology.
RICKREALL
3.5 or 3.99: Jenna Drader, senior, nutrition.
SCHOOL NOTES
Dance team qualifies for nationals
DALLAS — The XTreme Dance Company Elite Team of quali-
fied to go to the West Coast Elite Nationals in Long Beach, Calif.
in March of 2018.
Ray Springer coaches the Elite Team, which consists of girls
in second through eighth grade. Each member had to try out
and commit to being on the team, which competes around the
state.
The team will perform three different routines: Two jazz rou-
tines and one contemporary.
The XTreme Dance Company will hold a showcase Jan. 21 at
3 p.m. at the Dallas High School gym.
Cost is $5 for adults and $2 for children ages five and
younger.