EDUCATION EXTRA.Byline: The Register-Guard Rotary Club honors Marist, Sheldon students The Eugene-Delta Rotary Club has honored two students for their outstanding academic and community service work. Noelle Wildish of Marist High School and Brittany Osterhout of Sheldon High School Sheldon High School may refer to:
Crow students win state honors for posters Jonathon Beu and Jordan Kihn-Stang, students at Crow Middle/High School, have won the 2006 Oregon Radon radon (rā`dŏn), gaseous radioactive chemical element; symbol Rn; at. no. 86; mass no. of most stable isotope 222; m.p. about −71°C;; b.p. −61.8°C;; density 9.73 grams per liter at STP; valence usually 0. Poster Contest in the computer-generated and hand-drawn categories, respectively. The statewide contest aims to highlight the risks posed by exposure to indoor radon. The posters may be viewed at www.nsc.org/issues/radon/radon_poster.htm. As state winners, their posters were entered into the National Radon Poster contest, sponsored by the National Safety Council, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The winners of the national contest will receive an all-expense paid trip to Washington, D.C., to attend an award ceremony next month. Local students place in photo competition Savannah Savannah, city, United States Savannah, city (1990 pop. 137,560), seat of Chatham co., SE Ga., a port of entry on the Savannah River near its mouth; inc. 1789. Rain, 8, of Eugene, won a third-prize award in the October 2006 Cricket League photography competition, and Amanda Merritt, 16, of Springfield, earned an honorable mention. Each entrant en·trant n. One that enters, especially one that enters a competition. [French, from present participle of entrer, to enter, from Old French; see enter. was asked to submit a photo of some form of water. Savannah's photo appears in the January 2007 issue of Cricket, a national children's magazine featuring short stories, poems, articles and illustrations by children's authors and artists. Each month, the magazine sponsors a different writing or art competition, yielding 700 to 800 entries. Students recognized for volunteer work Courtney Lawrence, a senior at Lifegate Christian School A Christian School is a school run on Christian principles or by a Christian organization. The nature of Christian schools varies enormously from country to country according to the religious, educational, and political culture. , was named the Lifegate volunteer of the year in the 2007 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program. Junior Nyssa Runyan received a Certificate of Merit for her volunteer community service. Sponsored by Prudential Financial and the National Association of Secondary School Principals The National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) is a United States educational advocacy organization consisting of secondary school principals. To promote excellence among middle school and high school students, NASSP founded and still sponsors the National Honor , the awards recognize outstanding community service by young Americans. VFW See Video for Windows. post recognizes essay contest winners The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 293 and its Ladies Auxiliary honored the winners of their essay competition Dec. 14. Natalie Sonnenfeld, a senior at Churchill High School, won the Voice of Democracy award for her essay on "Freedom's Challenge," and Stephen Staszewski, an eighth-grader at Kennedy Middle School Kennedy Middle School can mean at least two things:
A government bond issued in face value denominations from $50 to $10,000, with local and state tax-free interest and semiannually adjusted interest rates. savings bond A nonmarketable security issued by the U.S. . Waldport group wins grant to help fight speeding Students at Waldport High School have earned a $3,500 grant from State Farm Insurance to educate their peers and the community about the dangers of driving. Waldport is one of 10 Oregon high schools to win a Shift Into Safety Grant from the state's largest auto insurer. The grants, of between $2,000 and $5,000, are for campaigns to help change teens' thinking and behavior behind the wheel. Led by adviser Lynn Chamberlin, the Waldport students will design a public outreach project called "No Need for Speed," which will tackle the problem of speeding. |
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