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COMMUNITY A6 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2020 Generation Club seniors honor former teachers HERMISTON HERALD Hermiston High School Generation College students are continuing a tradition of recognizing elementary and middle school teachers whose hard work and inspi- ration helped them realize their dreams and sparked the desire to pursue a college degree. According to a news release from the district, the Geny Award given by the club symbolizes the team- work needed to help stu- dents reach their dreams, and honors those that pro- vided a helping hand when students faced challenging moments. This year’s Geny Award recipients are Anne Lusted, math teacher at Armand Lusted Muldowney Larive Middle School; Lisa McElroy, science teacher at Sandstone Middle School; and Colleen Muldowney, English language develop- ment teacher at Highland Hills Elementary School. HHS seniors Eli- ana Esparza and Anthony Jiménez, who both plan to attend Western Oregon Uni- versity in the fall, said that Lusted helped them with other classes by checking in with them to make sure they stayed on track. “Mrs. Lus- ted helped me with my shy- ness with her jokes and giv- ing me advice to prepare McElroy me for high school,” Esparza said in a state- ment. “She inspired us to be a better person by being herself.” Lusted responded to the award by saying she was very honored to receive it, according to the news release. “It is nice to know that I made a difference, that my seventh- and eighth-grade students still remember our time together, and that it still is impacting them to this day,” she said in a statement. “I had teachers in my past that I still refl ect back on that helped develop me as a person, and I’m so proud that I have done that for another student.” Omar Sánchez, who plans to attend Portland State University, said he recalled fun, energizing les- sons about plate tectonics, making ice cream, compet- ing for the Golden Peanut in science class, but most of all that McElroy had a genuine interest in see- ing her students succeed. He thanked McElroy for “teaching us to imagine.” McElroy said she “could not be prouder to be part of the ripple of infl uence that Omar will undoubtedly continue.” “I believe it takes each of New Mutual Aid Network helps community with food access By NADA SEWIDAN STAFF WRITER Eastern Oregon Healthy Living Alliance created the Mutual Aid Network to assist low-income com- munity members with food access in the time of COVID-19. The network assembles a repository of resources, services and support and coordinates volunteers to help individuals needing groceries, prescriptions and other small errands. Pro- gram Coordinator Meghan Chancey said the assistance program was a result of the pandemic and its effect on food access. “We had sent a survey out to Eastern Oregon pre- viously and we found that there were some needs directly correlated to food access or local food pan- tries needing assistance,” Chancey said. “That’s why we started it.” Community members can fi ll out support forms and state what specifi c needs they may have and Chancey will fi eld those requests, connecting indi- viduals with the appropri- ate resource or service. Chancey said the Mutual Aid Network initially started as a way to provide COVID-19 relief. The net- work was awarded a par- tial grant from the Ore- gon Community Recovery Fund to help with its ini- tial launch, which pro- vides funding for up to four months. In addition to the grant funding, community members can also donate directly to their GoFundMe page. Chancey said the money donated supports grocery deliveries or gen- eral funding for local food pantries. “It’s a way to help con- nect community mem- bers together who may not know there are people here to support or that there are people that need support,” Chancey said. Those interested in applying for services or looking to volun- teer can sign-up on their website at eohla.org/ easternoregonmutualaid/. Eastern Oregon Healthy Living Alliance is a non- profi t founded in 2014 to help support Oregon com- munity health through implementing differ- ent programs that address socioeconomic and envi- ronmental concerns. Hermiston School District to host conference for educators, police HERMISTON HERALD Hermiston School Dis- trict and InterMountain Education Service District will host a regional Con- scious Discipline confer- ence July 6-10, at Armand Larive Middle School. According to a news release from the district, Conscious Discipline is an “evidence-based trau- ma-informed approach to provide behavioral man- agement strategies and classroom structures edu- cators can use to teach students the skills they will need in everyday situations.” The social learning pro- gram, created by author and early childhood educa- tion expert Becky Bailey, helps educators teach stu- dents “foundational rela- tionship skills,” such as anger management, empa- HH fi le photo Hermiston School District will host a regional Conscious Discipline conference in July. thy, cooperation and prob- lem solving. Attendees will include members of Hermiston, Morrow County, Pendle- ton, Stanfi eld, Helix, and La Grande (remotely) school districts; Umatilla-Morrow Head Start, Blue Moun- tain Early Learning Hub, Eastern Oregon Univer- sity Head Start, and school Follow us on Facebook! resource offi cers from the Hermiston and Pendleton police departments. Jake Bacon, Hermiston School District’s new direc- tor of human resources and one of the event’s organiz- ers, said in a statement that he was excited for the dis- trict to host the conference for a second year. “This year’s partnership with IMESD allows us to open the conference to our regional school districts,” he said. “I see it as a win- win for all of us. Home and school life are so intercon- nected, and this program pro- vides powerful techniques that enable adults and chil- dren alike the ability to han- dle life’s diffi cult situations.” For more information about Conscious Discipline visit www.consciousdisci- pline.com. UNDER N O I T C U R T S N CO Barcelona/ Loft TUSCANY OF BOARDMAN us to make a difference for all of us. Omar’s willing- ness to reach back in grat- itude is, frankly, inspiring. I’m honored to have made a difference in a life — there is absolutely nothing more rewarding,” she said. Maria Alatorre Ledezma, who plans to attend Eastern Oregon University in the fall, selected Muldowney for being instrumental in her transition to the U.S. and in learning a second language. “She’s the teacher that has had the biggest impact on me because she started teaching me this language and it’s something I’m never going to forget,” she said. Muldowney said she was honored to work with Alatorre Ledezma at the beginning of her time in Hermiston. “It was a time that really sticks out in my mem- ory too, as I had just tran- sitioned to Eastern Ore- gon from the Midwest,” she said. “We were learning new things together.” This is the 15th gradu- ating class since the incep- tion of Generation College in 2004. The club was estab- lished to support students who would be the fi rst in their families to attend col- lege through the applica- tion process. 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