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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2018
LOCAL
Deans of students
added to Hermiston
elementary schools
to improve student atten-
dance by five percent,”
Bacon said.
Jolene Davis, a long-
time teacher in the district,
will serve as the new dean
of students for Highland
Hills Elementary School.
She described the role
as a “bridge between stu-
dents and teachers.”
While all the deans
have their administrative
license, or are working
toward it, the dean of stu-
dents position is not offi-
cially listed as an adminis-
trative role, but falls under
the category of a teacher
on special assignment. But
Bacon likened her role to
that of a vice principal.
Duron said the posi-
tions are permanent, and
the deans were hired spe-
cifically for their build-
ings. She said the deans
will get paid in the same
salary range as an ele-
mentary school teacher,
but will spend 10 addi-
tional days at the begin-
ning and end of the school
year. Duron said the salary
range is between $37,354
and $74,560 annually,
depending on experience.
There is also an existing
dean of students position
at Hermiston High School.
That position was vacated
this year by David Mel-
ville and will be filled by
Blaine Braithwaite, who
previously taught in the
Stanfield School District.
By JAYATI
RAMAKRISHNAN
STAFF WRITER
The Hermiston School
District is introducing a
new position to all five of
its elementary schools —
the dean of students.
According to dis-
trict representative Maria
Duron, the position was
created to give principals
and teachers more support
due to increasing enroll-
ment in the district.
Four of the five deans
were hired from within the
district, and Becky Bacon,
the new dean of students
for Rocky Heights Ele-
mentary School, used to
work as a teacher on spe-
cial assignment for the
Echo School District,
where her duties included
coordinating testing for
the district.
Bacon said the roles of
the deans of students will
vary a bit based on the
needs of each school.
“With increasing stu-
dent enrollment, we’re
looking at focusing the
deans’ role on student sup-
port, so the principals can
focus on teacher support,”
she said.
The deans will also
coordinate Talented and
Gifted
programming,
behavior
interventions,
and focus on improving
student attendance.
“The district goal is
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Mexican Independence Day Celebration organizer Martin Villanueva sings the Mexican national anthem during Hermiston’s
2015 Cinco de Mayo celebration.
Celebration of Mexico’s Independence
Day scheduled for Sept. 16 at EOTEC
By JADE MCDOWELL
STAFF WRITER
An artist with two Latin
Grammy awards and a pair
of siblings who recently
appeared on the television
show “Little Big Shots” will
perform in Hermiston next
month.
Michael Salgado will
headline a celebration of
Mexico’s
Independence
Day at the Eastern Oregon
Trade and Event Center on
Sunday, Sept. 16. The event
will include other Latino
artists, a Mexican-style
rodeo, folk dancers, authen-
tic Mexican food and more
starting at 1 p.m.
Organizer Martin Villan-
ueva, who owns El Rodeo
Club restaurant in Umatilla,
said he expected the event
to draw people from around
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“It’s time for us to cele-
brate something this large,
now that we have a big,
beautiful venue,” he said.
Villanueva called Sal-
gado a male version of
Selena Quintanilla-Pérez,
one of the most popular
Mexican-American
per-
formers of the 1990s, and
said the San Antonio-based
singer has the appeal to
draw in people from com-
munities outside Hermis-
ton. Like Selena, Salgado
is a Tejano musician, mix-
ing music with traditionally
Latino roots together with
the sounds of American
country music. He performs
in both Spanish and English.
The young sibling duo
Los Luzeros de Rioverde
will also be performing
at EOTEC that day, sing-
ing Norteño songs while
accompanying themselves
on the banjo and accordion.
Yaxeni, 11, plays the accor-
dion and Ricardo, 8, accom-
panies them on the guitar.
They were recently featured
on Steve Harvey’s television
show “Little Big Shots.”
Mariachi bands, folk
dancers and other perform-
ers will also take the stage
throughout the afternoon
and into the evening during
the outdoor concert and
rodeo event. While the event
is a celebration of Mexi-
can Independence Day, Vil-
lanueva said he hoped that
many people in the commu-
nity without Mexican her-
itage will also come enjoy
the music and get a taste of
Mexican rodeo.
“This is targeted toward
our families,” he said. “This
is love music, happy music,
everyone dance together
music.”
In America, people tend
to think of Cinco de Mayo
as a celebration of Mexico’s
independence, but that holi-
day is actually a celebration
of a single battle. Indepen-
dence Day for Mexico actu-
ally falls on Sept. 16, and
Villanueva said there was
interest in the local Latino
community in honoring that
day too.
Tickets for the con-
cert will be available soon
through Ticketmaster.com,
Villanueva said, by search-
ing for events near Herm-
iston, and can also be pur-
chased at the store El
Caporal at 315 S.W. 11th
St. For more informa-
tion about the event, call
509-727-5404.
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