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or comprehension questions
specific to the lesson on the
tablets.
Highland Hills principal
Jake Bacon said when he
observed Carlson teaching,
all the students were able
to respond to her questions
with the use of the app.
Outside of school, Carl-
son said the app can ben-
efit students in daily
communication.
“I could see it being really
useful for kids who want to
order something at a restau-
rant,” she said. “For a per-
son who can’t communicate
in traditional ways, that’s
huge.”
Across town, Armand
Larive
Middle
School
teacher Lori White wanted
a way to help her students
be able to make their voices
heard on stage.
White, a language arts
teacher, began teaching the-
ater at the school a few years
ago and wanted to purchase
some microphones and
headsets for students to use
during performances.
They started with three
headsets, but that limited
the number of students that
could be on stage at any time.
“The class is very pop-
ular,” she said. “Last term I
had 48 kids sign up.”
Two years ago, she said,
she applied for a HEF grant
and was able to purchase
seven headsets, and with this
year’s grant, she bought four
more.
The headsets are also used
by other teachers throughout
the district, she said.
This January, White said,
the students will perform a
comedy-murder mystery.
White said the drama pro-
gram has been a place for
students who may not have
found one elsewhere.
“Some kids don’t do
music, they don’t do sports
— there are kids who want
to be a part of something,
they want to perform, but
they’re not in those other
niches,” she said. “And kids
who may not fit the normal
mode of what people think
are actors, they come out and
are spectacular.”
White received $1,200
from HEF for the headsets.
The Hermiston band pro-
grams also received funds
from HEF, to help provide
uniform curriculum at the
middle and high schools.
HEF awarded band direc-
tors Daniel Allen, Cristian
Mata and Sean McClana-
han $4,031 to purchase a set
of warm-up books for both
middle schools and the high
school.
“The books have exer-
cises that work on scales,
patterns, tuning,” McClana-
han said. “There are 10 to 15
different techniques, and it
works on those in all the dif-
ferent key centers.”
He said the uniform cur-
riculum across grade levels
will make it easier for stu-
dents to learn those tech-
niques, and instructors to
teach them.
“There are just more tools
at your disposal to help the
band with different concepts,
whether figuring out rhythm,
chords, or keeping sound in
check,” he said.
Between
instruments,
sheet music and travel, most
school music programs have
a lot of funding needs. Meet-
ing those needs can be espe-
cially difficult in rural areas,
or with smaller programs.
McClanahan said the
band teachers regularly
apply for grants to keep up
with the needs for their stu-
dents and instruments.
“Our percussion that get
used for marching band
tends to take a really bad
beating,” he said. “What we
had before was not built for
that. The instruments were
falling apart.”
Last year, he said, they
used grant money to buy
some larger instruments that
are often difficult for fami-
lies to afford, like a bass and
a French horn. The grant,
along with money he was
allotted by HHS principal
Tom Spoo, allowed him to
purchase $32,000 worth of
supplies and repairs.
He said keeping up with
maintenance needs is a strug-
gle for most music programs.
“I came from a small dis-
trict before here,” he said.
“It’s a similar situation.
Instruments are old, they
need repairing. You make do
with what you have.”
Armand Larive Middle
School band director Cris-
tian Mata also received a
grant, which will allow him
to purchase a new xylophone
for the school’s concert
band. Mata received $2,265
for that purchase.
The Hermiston Education
Foundation, which is funded
by community donations and
gifts, supports academic and
artistic programs throughout
the district through its grant
programs, and provides
scholarships to four Herm-
iston High School seniors
each year. This year, they
awarded $20,839 in grant
money.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2018
Realtors board has equity in Agape House
The Columbia Basin
Board of Realtors held a
fundraiser to help support
Eastern Oregon Mission,
the parent organization of
Agape House and Martha’s
House.
Members of the group
collected donations during
“Peace and Good Will,”
the Hermiston Community
Christmas Concert. The
Dec. 7 effort, held at Herm-
iston High School, brought
in $2,529.
The realtors’ association
expressed appreciation for
the generous support from
the community, said Ben-
nett Christianson of Chris-
tianson Realty Group, who
also serves as the Colum-
bia Basin Board of Realtors
president.
“It is our pleasure to do
what we are able in order to
reciprocate that support and
stand alongside amazing
local charities, such as the
Contributed photo
Realtors Tami Rebman, left, and Mike Boylan (American West Properties), Columbia Basin
Board of Realtors board president Bennett Christianson (Christianson Realty Group),
Agape House executive director Dave Hughes, Agape House board president Daniel
Wattenburger and realtor Dean Kegler (American West Properties) celebrate a fundraiser
to benefit the Hermiston-based nonprofit organization.
Agape House,” he said. “As
an organization, we believe
in what the Agape House is
doing to help those in need
and feel honored to be a
part of it.”
Agape House and Mar-
tha’s House serve individ-
uals and families in need.
For more information, call
executive director Dave
Hughes at 541-567-8774.
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