Awards honor 12 school `aces'.Byline: Anne Williams The Register-Guard ACE AWARD WINNERS The awards honored one administrator, one teacher, one classified employee and one volunteer in each of the three school districts in Eugene and Springfield. Eugene: Gustavo Martinez-Padilla, assistant principal at 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. ; Leah Roderick, second-grade teacher at River Road/El Camino del Rio Del Rio (rē`ō), city (1990 pop. 30,705), seat of Val Verde co., W Tex., on the Rio Grande opposite Ciudad Acuña, Mexico; founded 1868, inc. 1911. Elementary School elementary school: see school. ; Randy Williams For the baseball player, see . Randy Williams (born 23 August,1953) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the long jump. He competed for the United States in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the long jump where he won the gold medal. , lead custodian at Roosevelt Middle School; and Ellen Brunson-Newton, volunteer at Roosevelt Springfield: Jeff Mather, principal at Springfield Middle School; Kathleen Caulley, language arts language arts pl.n. The subjects, including reading, spelling, and composition, aimed at developing reading and writing skills, usually taught in elementary and secondary school. and math teacher at Riverbend Elementary School; Judy Wood, administrative secretary at Maple Elementary School; and Judy Sheppard, a retired teacher and volunteer at Douglas Gardens Elementary Bethel Bethel, in the Bible Bethel (bĕth`əl) [Heb.,=house of God]. 1 Ancient city of central Palestine, the modern Baytin, the West Bank, N of Jerusalem. : Tim Keeley, interim superintendent; Jenny Sink, eighth-grade teacher at Prairie Mountain School; Larry Kadrmas, daytime custodian at Meadow View School; and Alicia Allen, Parent Teacher Organization president and active volunteer at Fairfield Elementary School Celebrated teacher and former Marine LouAnne Johnson, who was portrayed by actress Michelle Pfeiffer in the 1995 film "Dangerous Minds," had the crowd laughing right out of the gate at the inaugural A Champion in Education Awards ceremony Wednesday at the Hult Center for the Performing Arts The Hult Center for the Performing Arts is a performing arts facility in Eugene, Oregon, opened in 1982. 27 architectural firms competed for the opportunity to design the Center, but in the end the Eugene City Council awarded the contract to the New York firm of Hardy . "I know what you're thinking," said Johnson, who is in her 50s and wears her dark hair cut short. "She doesn't look like a Marine, but she looks exactly like Michelle Pfeiffer." But in a speech sprinkled with wry humor and laugh-out-loud anecdotes, Johnson made clear her reverence for the thousands of other schoolteachers - as well as administrators, support staff members and volunteers - who help children believe in themselves. "When students believe that success is possible, they will try," she said. Wednesday's first-of-a-kind ceremony honored 12 such people, four each from the Eugene, Springfield and Bethel school districts. The ACE Awards program was launched by the Eugene and Springfield chambers of commerce, in collaboration with the three districts and the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. College of Education, with primary sponsorship from Oregon Community Credit Union. The fledgling program's purpose is twofold, Dave Hauser, president of the Eugene Chamber of Commerce, told the crowd of at least 300: to connect education and business in positive ways, and to highlight the outstanding contributions of public school employees. Each honoree's school will receive $1,000. His counterpart in Springfield, Dan Egan, pledged that the program - which generated 65 nominations across the three districts, despite being pulled together somewhat hastily - will be an annual tradition. "This award tonight, this whole event, is about making a difference," he said. Johnson talked about what she got out of her experience as an intern at an inner-city high school in California, in the 1992 book, "My Posse My Posse was the only release by rap group C.I.A.. The record has received more than one pressing by record companies Macola and Kru-Cut. Lonzo Williams was credited for executive production of the 12" single. Personel include Dr. Don't Do Homework." "These at-risk kids taught me how to be a teacher," she said. |
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