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At the first annual GAPS Student All-Stars Celebration, the School Board honored outstanding students from each school. Students were nominated by school staff and introduced by the school principal.

Calapooia Middle School All-Stars are: 

Katelyn Haury

Katelyn leads by example. She is a kind, helpful, hardworking student. Katelyn approaches every challenge with enthusiasm and a positive attitude, leaving Calapooia Middle School a better place.

Vadim Hubenya (not present)

Vadim Is a positive role model among his peers. He is hardworking, dedicated and capable student who gives 100% effort to every task. Vadim’s positive attitude, amazing work ethic and kind heart impact Calapooia Middle School every day.

At the first annual GAPS Student All-Stars Celebration, the School Board honored outstanding students from each school. Students were nominated by school staff and introduced by the school principal.

Lafayette Elementary All-Stars are: 

Sabrina Zhang (pictured)

Sabrina Zhang is a new student to Lafayette Elementary, and she has quickly proven she is a very respectful, responsible girl who makes excellent choices and always tries her best.  In fact, she goes above and beyond, asking what more she can do, and taking on more responsibilities than is expected of her. She takes pride in her classroom job and in her school work, and is an example to all.  She has a very bright future ahead of her.

Allie Kennedy (not present)

Allie Kennedy is a kind, caring, helpful student who is well-liked by everyone.  She is always wanting to go the extra mile to help out someone who may need it, or to work on the classroom library, file papers, hand out newsletters, clean up after others, and more.  Allie is very responsible and makes excellent choices, and she tries her very best in class. Allie is an exceptional member of our class and Lafayette Elementary School School.

Tonight, the School Board recognized students from each school in the district for their citizenship and outstanding school and community service. The event was the first annual Recognition of Student All-Stars awards ceremony, held at South Albany High School.

In a move away from student all-star recognition at School Board meetings, the special ceremony was a festive opportunity to praise students for their efforts and character that doesn’t compete with School Board business each month and ensures that families can better celebrate their kids’ achievements.

Students were nominated by school staff. Principals from each school presented the certificates to students, who shook hands with all School Board members and posed for a school photos. In all, 44 students were recognized.

Principal comments and school photos will be posted for each school this week. 

Five South Albany High School seniors were recently awarded scholarships to study education at Western Oregon University.

The future teaching students toured the school and met College of Education Dean Dr. Mark Girod.

The students won a Bilingual Teachers Scholars program scholarship, also know as the “grow your own” program, which will cover more than half of the university tuition costs for five years and grant them other privileges during school and after graduation.

The students awarded the scholarship are:

Marco Reyes (not pictured)
Alexia Anaya (not pictured)
Esmeralda Aviles
Itzel Alvarez
Anakaren Puentes

Six other students ((pictured) also attended and are interested in becoming teachers. They will apply for the scholarship next year.

Estudiantes de SAHS ganan becas para el Facultad de Educación de WOU

Cinco estudiantes del ultimo año de la preparatoria de South Albany High School, fueron
recientemente premiados con becas para estudiar educación en la universidad Western
Oregon University- WOU.

Los futuros estudiantes para maestros, visitaron la escuela y conocieron al Rector Dr.
Mark Girod de la Facultad de Educación.

Los estudiantes ganaron una beca para el programa Bilingual Teachers Scholars
program (Maestros Bilingües), también conocido como el programa “grow your own”, el
cual cubre más de la mitad de los costos de matrícula de la universidad por cinco años y
les otorga otros beneficios durante la escuela y después de la graduación.

Los estudiantes premiados con la beca son:

Marco Reyes (no está en la foto)
Alexia Anaya (no está en la foto)
Esmeralda Aviles
Itzel Alvarez
Anakaren Puentes

Otras seis estudiantes (en la fotografía) también asistieron y están interesadas en
convertirse en maestras. Ellas solicitaran la beca el próximo año.

Congratulations to Casey Brooks from West Albany High School for earning honorable mention in the inaugural Next Gen Personal Finance (NGPF) PAYBACK Challenge essay contest.

The award comes with a $500 scholarship prize. Casey was one of three honorable mention award winners from Oregon and was selected from 500 submissions.

For more information, read the press release:

PALO ALTO, California, April 26, 2018- Next Gen Personal Finance (NGPF) is pleased to announce three students from Oregon have received an Honorable Mention Award in their inaugural PAYBACK Challenge. Congratulations to Casey Brooks from West Albany High School(Albany), Kaitlyn Wornath from Tigard High (Tigard), and David Hoang from Franklin High School (Portland ).

This essay contest attracted over 500 submissions from students in all fifty states. After playing the game, students wrote a 250-word essay with the following prompt:

“How could you use the online game, PAYBACK, to have a conversation with your parent/guardian about paying for college?”

Teachers from over 500 classrooms nominated the best student essay. NGPF staff then reviewed these essays, judging them based on the following criteria:

• Indicates an understanding of key concepts learned by playing the game PAYBACK.
• Addresses concerns their parents/guardians may have about this sensitive topic.
• Takes a creative approach to engaging parents/guardians in a conversation about
  college.

Each of the 150 Honorable Mention winners will receive a $500 award from NGPF to be used for educational purposes.