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About The independent. (Vernonia, Or.) 1986-current | View Entire Issue (June 28, 1995)
«in» i n u t r c n u c n i, uune ¿a, 1985 P age IS Four teachers will leave 47J, new classes added at high school Vernonia High School stu dents will have the opportuni ty to choose from two new classes during the 1995-96 school year. A construction class will in volve removing one of the old m odular buildings on cam pus, which are currently used only fo r storage, and c o n structing a new storage build ing. The second new Cass will be Math 111, a college-level a lg e b ra cou rse. It w ill be taught by Bob Finnell, a full time math instructor at Port land C om m unity C o lle g e . High school stu d e n ts who complete the course will re ceive tra n s fe ra b le co lle g e credits for the course. Students planning to enroll in Math 111 m ust take the ASSET test prior to registra tion. August 21 has been ten tatively set for the test. Cost of the 4-credit course is $33 per credit, plus a textbook. For m ore in fo rm atio n, call Finnell at 978-5205. One teacher will be added at Washington Grade School to reduce fifth /s ix th grade class size. Another classroom will be developed by moving some non-classroom fu n c tions to the school basement, opening a room on the main floor for the additional class. Macintosh computers now turn in the fall. Resignations w ere accepted from D orie Barrall and Ken Brown, both from Lincoln Grade School; Rebecca Bruns, special ed teacher at VHS, and Susann Ragsdale, who taught begin ning algebra and com puter programming at VHS. at VHS w ill be m oved to WGS for elementary students to use. When that transition is complete, said school Super in tendent E llis M ason, the d is tric t hopes to m ake the Mac lab available evenings for the use of the community. Seven teachers will not re Three teachers will be tak ing unpaid leave: Robin Den nis, WGS, and Cindy Simon son, LGS, w ill each take a year of leave. Debbie Rosen- tre te r M c C o n n e ll w ill ta k e leave for the fall sem ester, then teach half-tim e during the second semester. Washington Grade School Honor Roil announced Washington Grade School has announced the seventh and eighth grade academ ic Honor Roll for the final quar te r o f th e 1994-95 sch o o l year. Receiving Principal’s Hon ors for straight A grades was eighth grader Linda Sehili. High Honors went to Ellie Prpich, Don Benedict, Laura Jackson, Am y R osendahl, Jo sh u a Vaughn, A llis o n Krahn, Pennrhynn Nelson, D a n ita A n g e ll and N ico le Sleezer. H onors w ere earned by Jesse White, Matthew Behn ke, Lily D aniels, Craig En- neberg, Ethan Everett, Jason Gforia & Spar Tree L a nd ers, E m ily Plews, JR Squires and Andrew Waltz. R e c e iv in g P ro g re s s iv e H onors were Tony Seager, Simon Acton and Ken Parker. Seventh G rade students earning P rin cip a l’s Honors were Rachel Bobbitt, Jason Busch, Rachael M cAlvage, Randee Parker and Casey Weller. High Honors went to Brit tney Brewer, Kirsten Hyde, Jared McWhirter, Bridget Ti tu s, D avid B rush, K ris tin Francis, Rebecca Grebenc, Andrea Pinedo, Carie Con nelly, B rian C o llin s, A lic ia Smith and Jessica Weller. Honors were awarded to April Bamburg, Heather Sar ge nt, G regg Budge and Tabetha Kintz. Progressive Honors went to Kelly Baska, Gregg Budge, David Frame, Jeff Kyser and Stephen Serafin. PCC course on writing planned at VHS W riting 115, a course in English composition, will be ta u g h t M ondays, from 6-9 p.m. at Vernonia High School, startin g Sept. 18 and c o n cluding Dec. 4, 1995. The Portland Community C o lle g e co u rs e w ill c o v e r grammar, sentence structure, basic essay and punctuation. It is a transferable, non-reme- dial course. The instructor will be Lor raine Teegarden, who has taught at the U niversity of Idaho and Shasta College, in addition to PCC. The cost is $33 per unit for the 3-unit class, plus a text book. Teegarden w ill bring the books to VHS so students won’t have to go to the PCC campus bookstore. Registra tion will take place at the first class. For further information, call Teegarden at 357-5997. Vernonia High announces Honor Roll For your convenience, we will be open through the holiday weekend, July 1-4 The fourth quarter Honor Roll for Vernonia High School includes six students with 4.0 grade point average. Summer Hours: Tu-Thur 6 am - 8 pm • Fri 6 am - 9 pm Sat 8 am - 9 pm • Sun 8 am - 8 pm 62465 Nehalem Hwy. 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