The INDEPENDENT, October 18, 2000
Page 13
Reading, reading and more reading emphasized in anks classes
The highlight of the Banks
School Board meeting October
9, was a lively presentation by
Becky Cottman, library assis
tant at Banks Elementary
School, of two reading pro
grams in progress at the ele
mentary school. The first,
“Reading is the Key,” rewards
individual students for time
spent reading outside of the
classroom. Small incentives
are offered monthly and annual
awards range from a blue rib
bon for 35 hours of reading, to
a “letter” for 525 hours and up
to a Reading Medal for 825
hours. Reading hours are ac
cumulated throughout elemen
tary school, from kindergarten
to sixth grade. One student
currently has more than 1000
hours of reading. Cottman is
searching for a suitable re
ward. Reading is the Key is
funded by the Parent Teacher
Organization.
The second program, open
to third/fourth and fifth/sixth
students, is the popular “Battle
of the Books” library quiz,
which is designed to encour
age students to read a variety
of books. Students form teams,
with each team determining its
own system of reading.
Third/fourth grade students
read five books; fifth/sixth
grade students read ten books.
The book lists are determined
by the library and are available
in both the school and city li
braries. Competition begins the
week after spring break and
takes place during lunch
breaks until the final round.
The Battle of the Books started
two years ago with eleven
teams. Last year, there were
33 teams. Teams are now be
ing formed for this year’s com
petition. Entry forms are due
November 1. For information,
contact Cottman.
Superintendent Marilyn Mc-
Glasson recommended that
the board revise regulations for
use of facilities to include two
new rooms in the remodeled
District Offices. An upstairs
conference room, similar to a
classroom, is now available, as
is the boardroom. The fee for
use of the conference room will
be $25 and $75 for the board-
room.
The superintendent present
ed goals for the school year.
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and fiscal practices. The sec
Twenty-nine students partici
ond is to support continuous
pated in a day camp funded by
improvement of educational
grants from the Trailblazers
programs. A third goal con and the Boys & Girls Club, and
cerns facilities improvements. had a wonderful time exploring
The final goal is to foster posi cultural differences. Other pro
tive, open communication with grams include providing sup
students, staff, parents and plies to needy students through
community. Each of these Project Back-Pack, a parenting
goals has a series of targets. library of books, audio and
These goals and targets are videos for the public library
consistent with the district’s funded annually by a district
guiding principles used for patron, and a Love and Logic
budget purposes.
class for parents of teenagers.
The board approved targets
High School Principal Jeff
for the goal to “emphasize Smith discussed Banks stu
good boardsmanship tech dents’ progress toward the
niques.” The targets include in Certificate of Initial Mastery
creased knowledge of various (CIM). The CIM is awarded in
district and school programs the fall, after testing in the
and increased visibility at spring to demonstrate profi
school events and programs. ciencies in reading, writing,
Other goal targets are in speaking, math, problem solv
creased communication with ing and science. Five students
employees and development of earned a CIM in the fall of 1999
board and superintendent eval and 24 students earned a CIM
uation instruments. The board in 2000. Banks students
will also serve as advocate for achieved a phenomenal aver
local education.
age score of 92-percent in writ-
ing, one of the highest in the
state. While math problem
solving scores are still well be
low state average, Smith re
ported that Banks was one of
only four schools to show im
provement. McGlasson cau
tioned that these scores are a
snapshot of a single group of
students and that it is important
to focus on multi-year trends in
scores on state tests.
Other high school news in
cluded the announcement of
the fall play, “Snow White,”
scheduled for November 16-
18.
Junior High School Principal
Ted Faro reported that junior
high enrollment is over 200 stu
dents, the highest ever. He
also thanked everyone who
participated in the SOLV West
ern Washington County Project
that resulted in preparing the
junior high courtyard for plant
ing. Approximately 40 - 50 peo
ple from all over the county
came September 16 to till, rake
and shovel topsoil. The court
yard is ready to be planted!
ODOT helping with completion of B-V trail to depot
The vision of a recreation
trail linking the old railroad de
pot in Banks to Lake Vernonia,
via a vacated railroad right-of-
way, is nearing completion. Ef
forts to develop the Banks-Ver
nonia Linear Park were begun
approximately 15 years ago
and many obstacles have been
surmounted in that time. Work
on the northern end of the trail,
to Lake Vernonia, will be com
pleted soon. A major obstacle
has been completion of the
southern end of the trail, into
the City of Banks...but that Tillamook Depot.
may not be a problem much
According to Won, the next
longer.
step is to complete design work
K.J. Won, City of Banks
to bring the park across the in
Planner, reported at the Banks
tersection
at Sellers Road. He
City Council meeting October
will be meeting soon with an
10 that he had recently met
engineer from the ODOT Quick
with representatives from the
Response Program (QRP).
Oregon Department of Parks
and Recreation (ODPR) and The QRP may be able to pro
vide preliminary designs in four
the Oregon Department of
to
five weeks after the initial
Transportation (ODOT). Both
agencies are very interested in meeting. The preliminary de
completing the final link, bring signs would then be reviewed
ing the park into the Port of at a public hearing.
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