Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 23,2005 - THREE
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lone students enjoy the ocean
By Tiana Camarillo
With funding help
from the lone Education
Foundation, the lone High
School Research Science
Class was able to enjoy a
w eekend at the O regon
Coast. The students who
participated departed early
in the morning on Saturday,
October 22.
Their first stop was
OMSI where the students
enjoyed some hands-on
science. From there, they
w ent to the T illam ook
Cheese Factory where they
took a break and sampled
Tillamook cheese and ice
cream.
On Sunday they
went to the Oregon Coast
aquarium and got to go on
a “ B e h in d -th e -S c e n e s”
tour. They took a glimpse
at what it takes to operate
the aquarium and they got
to feed the sharks.
The funding from the
IEF also provided money for
the class to assem b le a
saltwater aquarium in their
science classroom. To help
the stu d en ts u n d erstan d
more about the aquarium,
one of the stops was the
OSU H atfield M arine
Science Center. There, they
learned about maintaining a
marine environment.
On the last day of the
field trip they went to the
E vergreen A ir M useum
where they learned about air
flight and got to go aboard
the Spruce Goose.
Students
participating in the field trip
were Jenny Griffith, Mason
B radfield, Kayla LaRue,
Brenna Rietmann, Brittnee
D esB o u illo n s,
Kyle
P alm ateer,
Tereza
Sintakojva, Amber Patton,
Meghan Gaines, and Priscilla
Tellez.
C h ap ero n es w ere
lone
P rin cip al/
S u p e rin ten d e n t
Bryn
Browning, science teacher
Kevin Campbell, and parents
Terri S ch ab er and G len
Griffith.
Christmas
Village tour in
planning stages
Jody C happa and
Judy Hanbury would like to
open their homes to visitors
who would like to view their
Christmas Villages. They are
looking for other volunteers
who would be w illing to
open their homes for 1 or 2
n ights in D ecem ber for
visitors. If anyone would be
interested in finding out
more about this event, please
call Jody at 676-8161 or
Judy at 676-9936.
INFORMATIONAL WORKSHOP
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lone School Board
lone
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-Students, beginning
welcomes
community. Two high school
with seniors, will work on
stu d en ts
are
also
completing their education
exchange
volunteering.
profile plans.
R ead-n-Play
student from program -The
-S hop
program
for children from stu d en ts are creatin g
Mexico
in fan ts to five y ears is
p ro jects such as folding
Nallely Tellez is an
ex change stu d en t from
Chihuahua,
M e x ic o .
She
is
staying in
lo n e for
the 2005/
2 0 0 6
school
year with
M a r k
Bruno and
A d e n a Nallely Priscilla
Tellez
Jo h n so n .
She comes to lone through
the A m erican S w edish
S can d in av ian E xchange
Program (ASSE).
N allely arrived in
lone on August 27. She said
that when she first arrived
she was in “shock.” She was
used to a very big city in
M exico and lone was so
small. Now she likes it very
much. She says that the
people are “very cool.” She
likes the small school where
she can talk to the teachers
and she finds them “very
nice.” Her school in Mexico
has 600 students with 63
students for every teacher.
She has been able to
travel to the Oregon coast
w ith o th e r ex ch an g e
students and has gone on
sev eral fie ld trip s w ith
students from school. She
has visited other area towns
such as C ondon and
Heppner.
Nallely thought that
she might get bored, but her
host family keeps her busy.
She has been on several
family outings. She likes to
read, clean the house and e-
mail her friends. She likes to
play
b a sk e tb a ll
and
volleyball. She got to help
with the lone Volleyball team
this year. She is helping a
Spanish-speaking child in the
Elementary School in the
mornings.
W hen she returns
home to Mexico, she would
like to attend college and
become an English teacher.
Free Plan Evaluation Assistance
continuing and has been
moved to the Creative Care
Preschool. The Box Tops
grant enabled funding for
assembly of activity boxes
that families can check out
between sessions. The boxes
contain puppets, children’s
books, puzzles, coloring
pages, crayons and toys and
activities to do as a family.
Themes are Barnyard, Under
the Sea, Things That Go,
Cats and Dogs and Jungle.
R ead-n-Play meets from
11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
every other Tuesday.
-The Site Council
m et, rev iew ed the fall
assessm ent schedule and
discussed ways to improve
the “ w in ter w indow .” A
parent flyer, that ads in
grade-specific information
will be sent out in January.
The teacher group will sort
the d ata from the fall
window and determine what
information they want to see
from the winter scores.
The council decided
to create a school survey for
parents to be administered in
the spring. The purpose is to
find out information about
th e ir p ercep tio n o f the
school including areas of
stre n g th s and areas for
improvement.
The co u n cil also
learned that the publications
class has taken on public
relations for the school and
has submitted several articles
for the Gazette.
The
co u n cil
addressed the decision to
have only honor roll
students' names published in
the new spaper, but both
honor roll and honorable
m ention in the school
newsletter.
-The school has had
two colleges visit and has
traveled to one college with
the junior and senior classes,
coordinated by Ryan Rudolf.
A llison R udolf is in the
p ro cess o f arran g in g
individual student visits to
colleges.
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The retftaurcmft w ill be doted
November 24-23 for Thanbtgiving
The lounge w ill open on
Nov* 25 at 4 p.m .
W hat you will need to bring:
/Your Medicare Card
/ A list of your prescriptions
Friends and relatives are welcome to attend.
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HEPPNER
BOARDMAN
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lone Schools
Cafeteria
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Another Service Provided by
M orrow C ounty H ealth D istrict
676-9133
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Peterson's
H«ppn»r
tables, sawhorses, garden
benches and bird houses,
m any o f w hich were on
d isp lay at the m eeting.
Future projects will include
metal work.
-Elementary
teachers received a grant
from the Cardinal Booster
Club to purchase additional
Accelerated Reader quizzes
for K -first grade. The
original request for $400
was doubled by the Booster
Club. Local businesses have
offered to sponsor monthly
parties for students who
have met their reading goals.
This month the students are
decorating a turkey with
feathers as they meet their
goal. Students who meet
their goal this month will be
treated to root beer floats.
-The elem en tary
school celebrated National
Children’s Book week, with
many junior high and high
school students contributing.
High school teachers were
guest readers and “book
fa irie s ” left books in
classroom s as a surprise.
Teacher Jim Raible’s drama
class did a reader’s theater
and each morning the school
held an assembly to chant
cheers and read a book as a
group. M iddle school
students dressed up to join
the younger students by
partner reading. On Dec. 12,
stu d en ts in grades six
through eight who pass a
quiz on the book, "The Lion,
the
W itch
and
the
Wardrobe,” will attend the
movie.
In other business the
board:
-Approved the first
read in g o f a policy on
student health services and
re q u ire m e n ts w hich is
mandated by the state.
-Approved the first
read in g o f a p olicy on
reporting suspected child
abuse.
-Changed the time of
the next meeting to be held
from 5-6 p.m. on December
19, to accom m odate the
school’s Christmas program,
which is scheduled to being
at 6 :3 0 p.m . No w ork
session will be held that
evening.
-A p p ro v ed
the
follow ing sta ff co n tract
recommendations: Dennis
Stefani, head high school
boys’ basketball coach; Jim
S w anson, assistan t high
school b o y s’ b ask etb all
coach; Bink Ram os and
Mike Garret to share duties
as m iddle school b o y s ’
basketball coaches; Lyn Dee
Ramos, middle school girls’
basketball coach; and Ryan
Rudolf, head high school
girls’ basketball coach.
-A pproved
a
contract for services for
N orthw est Leadership to
provide Donna Murdock as
lib rary m edia serv ices
assistant.
-A greed to allow
M orrow C ounty H ealth
D istrict to provide a
M edicare drug b en efit
workshop on November 30.
-Held an executive
sessio n
c o n cern in g
negotiations on extra duty
contracts.
Jewelers,
Magnetic
Door Signs
HERE
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