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NEWS MyEagleNews.com Wednesday, October 28, 2020 Former dairy princess-ambassador moves in Breazile works as the science and ag teacher at Dayville School Grant School District welcomes new board member Lieuallen excited to learn By Rudy Diaz Blue Mountain Eagle Dayville School gained royalty this year: 2018 Oregon Dairy Princess-Am- bassador Stephanie Breazile moved to Grant County to begin her new job as a teacher. Breazile moved from Hillsboro to John Day Aug. 16 for her new job as the science and ag science teacher and FFA advisor for Dayville School. Breazile said living in Grant County has been great so far, and she has been able to explore attractions such as the Fossil Beds and Magone Lake. “One of my favorite things about the area is that almost everybody waves at me when I’m driving on the road,” Brea- zile said. “Where I’m from, that doesn’t happen, and we do our own thing so it’s nice being in a small friendly community.” Breazile said the start of the school year and in-person classes provided a highlight for her. Breazile said she has many friends who are ag teachers across the state, and they are teaching virtually. Science and agriculture requires many hands-on activities, which can be difficult to portray online, but Breazile said she is excited to do the hands-on work in person and help students make the connection between what is taught in the classroom and life after class. Students applying what they learned in class and using that knowledge in their personal lives is one of Breazile’s favor- ite aspects of teaching. “I’m teaching them the topics that they want to learn so they want to be in class and are receiving information that’s relevant to them,” Breazile said. “See- ing those connections students make between classroom lessons and their daily lives at home is great.” She said being in an agriculturural community has also been great since many students have some experience with agriculture and she can build on what they already know. Breazile’s time as the Dairy Princess-Ambassador also gave her great experiences on preparing her being a teacher. As princess-ambassador, she traveled throughout Oregon educating students and adults on the importance of having dairy every day and how dairy farms operate. She was able to talk to over 7,000 students, K-12, in classrooms, and A7 By Rudy Diaz Blue Mountain Eagle Contributed photo Stephanie Breazile, front, center, has a passion for agriculture. Contributed photo Contributed photo Stephanie Breazile moved to Grant County for her new job as a teacher in Dayville. Stephanie Breazile was able to talk to over 7,000 students, K-12, in classrooms as 2018 Oregon Dairy Princess-Ambas- sador and said it helped her become the teacher she is today. it helped her in becoming the teacher she is today, she said. “Because of those experiences of being in different classroom settings, I was able to get the classroom manage- ment strategies and practice them as the dairy ambassador,” Breazile said. “It was one of my best experiences that I could have done.” Breazile said she is here to help the students learn as much as they can. “I am super excited to be here and learn more about the community and make those connections for those stu- dents to make the lessons relevant for them,” Breazile said. The Grant School Dis- trict 3 school board wel- comed a new board member who is excited at the oppor- tunity to serve the students and staff at school and the community members. Aaron Lieullan of John Day was sworn in as a mem- ber during a board meeting in September. He said he is honored and excited for the opportunity and this is an important position that he does not take lightly. “I feel it’s going to be hard, especially early on because there is a lot of information to catch up on, and board decisions have an impact on the stu- dents and community, but I am excited to be a part of the board, and I hope my attributes can help achieve goals,” Lieullan said. Lieullan has kids in the district with one child in kindergarten and the other in second grade at Hum- bolt Elementary. He said, because education is import- ant for his family, he felt it was time to gauge ways to participate. Then Dr. David Hall’s spot became vacated after he left. He said it was a great time to submit his applica- tion even with challenging times caused by COVID-19 and an unorthodox year. Lieullan’s first goal as a new board member is to get up to speed with the board as he reads to learn about the policies, long-range planning goals and budget plans. This will give him an idea of where the board stands and their plans for the future. Communication is another big goal. He said it will help him understand the different needs and con- Contributed photo Aaron Lieullan of John Day is the new board member for Grant School District 3. cerns at each school in the district. “I live in John Day, and my kids are in Humbolt, so I’m going to have to learn and listen a lot to under- stand the needs of the dis- trict as a whole and not just where my kids are,” Lieul- lan said. “It’s not just com- municating between the superintendent and the pub- lic that shows up at a school board meeting. You are communicating with the community as a whole, and I enjoy that.” Lieullan said his expe- rience as a detail-oriented person and his critical think- ing skills will help contrib- ute to an already strong school board. His ability to ask many questions could also help, he said. “Don’t call it criticiz- ing. Sometimes people joke with me and say, ‘You ask a lot of questions,’ but that’s a good thing,” Lieullan said. As a new board member he wants the community to know that he wants to lis- ten and he wants to learn as he brings an unbiased clean slate to the table. “I want what’s best for the students of School Dis- trict 3 because a lot of the work is for them,” Lieullan said. Cliff Bentz for Congress RANCHER. FARMER. BUSINESSMAN. CLIFFBENTZ.COM Paid For By Cliff Bentz For Congress S210651-1