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Byline: The Register-Guard

Health services coordinator awarded fellowship

Maxine Proskurowski, a health services coordinator in the Eugene School District Eugene School District (4J) is a public school district in the U.S. state of Oregon. It serves the city of Eugene Elementary schools
  • Adams Elementary School
  • Alternative Kindergarten
  • Awbrey Park Elementary School
  • Bertha Holt Elementary School
, has been awarded a Robert Wood Johnson Robert Wood Johnson was the name shared by members of the family that descended from the President of Johnson & Johnson:
  • Robert Wood Johnson I (1845-1910)
  • Robert Wood Johnson II (1893-1968)
  • Robert Wood Johnson III (1920-1970)
 Fellowship, a three-year program for nurses in senior executive roles in health services, public health and nursing education.

Recipients maintain their current positions while participating in an individual learning plan that includes advanced leadership curriculum, seminars and workshops. Only 20 fellowships are awarded nationally each year.

Teacher honored for strides in marine education

Pat Williams has received the 2003 Teacher of the Year Award from the National Marine Educators Association.

Williams, a second-grade teacher at Edison Elementary School Edison Elementary School is the name of many primary schools, with most of them named after Thomas Edison. They include:
  • Edison Elementary School (Edison, Washington)
  • Edison Elementary School (Tacoma, Washington)
  • Edison Elementary School (Santa Ana, California)
, was recognized for effective and innovative teaching, for promoting marine education and for continued professional development in marine education for herself and her colleagues.

Prairie Mountain student wins poster contest

An anti-smoking poster by Alena Woods took first place in the state Tar Wars poster contest. Sponsored by the Oregon Academy of Family Physicians, the contest is part of a nationwide educational program designed to discourage fourth- and fifth-grade students from using tobacco products.

Her poster, selected from more than 80 entries, will be entered in the national contest. The fifth-grade student from Prairie Mountain Elementary School Mountain Elementary is a public elementary school in Abbotsford, British Columbia part of School District 34 Abbotsford.  in the Bethel School District Bethel School District may refer to:
  • Bethel School District (Oregon)
  • Bethel School District (Washington)
  • Bethel School District 82 in Illinois
 will travel with one parent to Washington, D.C., to participate in the national conference for poster winners.

Three area students earn $2,500 scholarships

Elizabeth Daniken and Laura Lewis, both of Springfield High School Springfield High School may refer to:
  • Springfield High School (Colorado) — Springfield, Colorado
  • Springfield High School (Illinois) — Springfield, Illinois
  • Springfield High School (Louisiana) — Springfield, Louisiana
, and Amanda Layton of Oakridge High School have been awarded $2,500 scholarships from the Discover Card Tribute Award Scholarship Program.

Scholarships are awarded to high school juniors who demonstrate excellence in many areas of their lives. Winners must maintain a minimum 2.75 grade point average and must demonstrate accomplishments in three of four areas - special talents, leadership, obstacles overcome and community service.

This year's nine state winners were selected from a pool of more than 8,000 applicants. Winners from each state will compete for nine national scholarships, each worth $25,000.

Cottage Grove junior tops division in spelling

Erika Hoaglund has won first place in Division Three of the Lane County Spelling Contest. The Cottage Grove High School Cottage Grove High School is a public high school located in Cottage Grove, Oregon. It has a newer school building, opened in 2003 to replace the old high school building that was built in 1939 and held its first classes in 1940.  junior will take part in the state contest in September.

Springfield student to attend medical forum

Mia Cadwell of Springfield will attend the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine in San Francisco from June 22 to July 1.

The career development program will include information about public health, medical ethics, research and general practice. Students will visit medical facilities and clinics, interact with physicians, researchers, scientists and medical educators, and will diagnose and develop treatment for a fictional patient.

Eugene students win national Spanish awards

Several Spanish immersion students at Eugene International High School Eugene International High School is a high school located in Eugene, Oregon, United States. Part of the Eugene School District, it is an alternative school in international studies located at its four host schools South Eugene High School, Sheldon High School, Churchill High  received awards in the 2003 National Spanish Examination.

Shelby Martin took first in the nation. She and Christopher Keady also took first place in the state of Oregon.

Second-place state winners are David Gomez, Holly Jackson, Eric Faulk, Carly Bradshaw and Caitlin McKimmy.

Liliana Iboa, Annaliv Gibbons, Sarit Gluz, Jeff Randall and Natalie Stafl are third-place state winners.

School district honors civil rights achievements

The Eugene School District Equity Committee has announced the winners of this year's awards for achievement in promoting civil rights and equity in schools.

Recipients are: Nick Gerlach, Churchill High School student; Katherine Gorham, Jefferson Middle School Jefferson Middle School is a middle school located in Jefferson City, Tennessee. The middle school is home to the football team the Elks, which has won more conference champs than any other middle school in Tennessee.  teacher; Chris Tofte, North Eugene High School North Eugene High School is a public high school of about 1,200 students in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It is located at 200 Silver Lane near the Santa Clara area of Eugene.[1] North Eugene's mascot is the Highlander.  teacher; Barbara Tolbert, Lane ESD regional consultant; Anne Knight, Jefferson Middle School secretary; Kevin Boling, Westmoreland Elementary School principal; Paul Jorgensen, Jefferson Middle School principal; Gerardo Ochoa, a volunteer at Jefferson Middle School; the ELL Success Program at North Eugene High School; the homeless program at Eastside Elementary School; and Skipping Stones, a local multicultural magazine.

Harvard Club honors outstanding area juniors

The Harvard Club of Eugene has named this year's winners of the Harvard Prize Book, presented to outstanding junior class students who display excellence in scholarship, high character and achievement in other fields.

The winners are Mary Pilon, Churchill High School; Javier Hernandez, North Eugene High School; Loren Wheeler, Oak Hill School; Shelby Martin, Sheldon High School Sheldon High School may refer to:
  • Sheldon High School (Eugene, Oregon)
  • Sheldon High School (Iowa)
  • Sheldon High School (Missouri)
  • Sheldon High School (Sacramento, California)
  • Sheldon High School Summer Theatre, Sheldon, Iowa
; Arun Storrs, South Eugene High School South Eugene High School is a public high school located in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It was founded as Eugene High School around 1900, and was located at Willamette Street and West 11th Avenue in a brick building that later served as Eugene's city hall. ; James Halttunen, Springfield High School; Jessica Varin, Thurston High School Thurston High School is located in Springfield, Oregon in Lane County. Their mascot is a black colt. Shooting
On May 20, 1998, student Kipland "Kip" Kinkel killed his parents, William and Faith, both Spanish teachers at local high schools.
; and James Jay Admire, Willamette High School.

Each student received a certificate and the book, "Making the Most of College, Students Speak Their Minds."

Pleasant Hill student advances in essay contest

Conor Teal, a student at Pleasant Hill Junior High School, has been selected seventh-grade winner in the Northwest Division of an American history essay contest sponsored by the Daughters of the American Revolution Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), a Colonial patriotic society in the United States, open to women having one or more ancestors who aided the cause of the Revolution. The society was organized (1890) at Washington, D.C. . His essay will advance to the national contest. The essay topic was "A Letter from Valley Forge; Winter 1777-1778."
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