EDUCATION ACHIEVEMENTS.Byline: The Register-Guard Thurston student earns $10,000 scholarship Sara Varin, a 2007 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. graduate, has been named a recipient of an Oregon University System The Oregon University System (OUS) consists of seven public, four-year universities in the State of Oregon administered by the Chancellor of the OUS, who serves at the will and pleasure of the Oregon State Board of Higher Education. AeA Technology Scholarship. She was among nine recipients statewide to earn the competitive $10,000 award, which will support Varin's attendance this fall at Oregon State University Oregon State University, at Corvallis; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1858 as Corvallis College, opened 1865. In 1868 it was designated Oregon's land-grant agricultural college and was taken over completely by the state in 1885. where she plans to study chemical engineering. The program, sponsored by Intel and other technology-focused companies, is part of a larger, sustained state effort to "grow our own" engineers and computer scientists. Local students awarded Oregon scholarships Several local high school graduates are among the 20 Oregon scholarship recipients to receive $1,500 awards from SELCO Community Credit Union. The awards went to children of employees who demonstrated a combination of scholastic achievement and community involvement. The recipients are Celia Beauchamp of 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. ; Brittany Cox of Elmira High School
Willamette, or "Wil-Hi," is located in the Bethel-Danebo area of west Eugene, and is the only high school in the Bethel School District. ; Jennifer Lam of Springfield High School Springfield High School may refer to:
South student places first in state for French exam Lea Zagorin, who just finished her freshman year at South Eugene High School, was ranked first in the state in the 72nd annual national French competition, Le Grand Concours. Le Grand Concours is a national exam sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French The American Association of Teachers of French (AATF) is a professional organisation for teachers of French in the United States. Teachers may be involved in primary, secondary, or university education. Additionally, retired and student teachers are welcome. . Students were evaluated for their written, oral and listening comprehension skills in French. More than 80,000 students in 50 states competed in the event. Students at Roosevelt Middle School also fared well in the contest. Earning silver medals were eighth-grader Alex Berenstein and seventh-graders Ian Etherington, Jamie Kooiman and Madeline Moulton, and taking bronze medals were eighth-grader Madison Singell and seventh-graders Rylee Glassman, Katie Land and Claire Marshall. Springfield students' art chosen for calendar The following students won the Springfield Education Foundation Student Art Calendar Contest and will have their work featured in the 2007-08 district calendar: Jordan Burk, grade 10, and Amanda Vandenheuvel, grade 11, Springfield High School; McKenzie Curtis, grade 7, Walterville School; Chris Amador and Anna Shelby, grade 4, Goshen School; Ashlee Schulz, grade 6, and Rhett Ybarra, grade 7, Thurston Middle School; Kayla Carlile, grade 4, Gabino Barrerra, grade 3, and Nalin Sayvongsa, grade 5, Yolanda Elementary; Rachel Stanton, grade 8, Briggs Middle School; Heidi Minson, grade 4, and Patrick Kohl, grade 5, Mohawk Elementary; Evan Fritch and Jenna Bergstrom, grade 10, Meghan Heineman, grade 11, and Corey Irvin, grade 12, Thurston High School; Taylor Roberts, grade 8, Agnes Stewart Middle School Stewart Middle School' is the name of some schools in the US:
Jordan Burk's work will appear on the front cover. The calendars will be available for $10 in school offices beginning in August. The proceeds will fund classroom grants for Springfield teachers. South student earns scholarship to study Arabic Kana Hammon, who just finished her junior year at South Eugene High School, has been awarded an AFS 2007 Youth Ambassadors Arabic Summer Language Institute Scholarship, a distinction shared by only 25 high school students nationally. Nearly 200 students throughout the United States were nominated for this merit-based program, which awards full scholarships for a summer study program in Cairo, Egypt. The study program is sponsored by AFS Intercultural Programs/USA and the Educational and Cultural Exchange Bureau of the U.S. Department of State. The scholarships were awarded on the basis of academic excellence, a series of written essays, a demonstrable interest in learning the Arabic language and making a commitment to continue Arabic classes upon returning to the United States. |
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