School Zone June 2018 by Siuslaw News

THE SIUSLAW NEWS SCHOOL NEWSLETTER ❚ May/June 2018

SCHOOL ZONE A Monthly Newsletter for the Siuslaw and Mapleton School Districts and Community Groups

Mapleton 4-H Club gains hands-on experience at Florence Farmers Market

he Mapleton 4-H Community Club is bringing fresh eggs from their hens to the new Florence Farmers Market as one of the market’s community booths. “Members have been eager and inspired to learn about their hens and raise them for healthy eggs as a result of the egg stand opportunity,” said 4-H leader Lauren Hesse. Junior members Sarah, Isaiah and Noah Emerson and Ariana Galvan-Mendez, along with Cloverbud members Abby Galvan-Mendez and Lucie Burruss, have been learning about poultry since February 2018. Leaders Angela Emerson and Hesse assist in guiding the members through 4-H Poultry Project curriculum. The Florence Farmers Market is on Tuesdays from 3 to 7 p.m. at Bay and Kingwood streets in Historic Old Town Florence. Since Mapleton School District is still in session un-

Shakespeare via ROCKET

til 3:45 p.m., 4-H members who are students there will begin coming to the Market in mid-June. The Emersons, who are home-schooled, participated on May 22, helping to sell their eggs and those contributed by Burruss’ hens. Two dollars from every dozen sold goes directly into the club funds, and the remainder goes to the club member who needs to buy the feed and supplies to care

for a healthy flock. Students will have the opportunity to interact with other farmers at the market and meet the community members who visit the egg stand. Mapleton 4-H thanks all those active in the Farmers Market and the Siuslaw Vision for its support of our Siuslaw communities. For more information, visit RiverCal.org or contact siuslawvision@gmail.com.

ome one, come all to Shakespeare in the Park as ROCKET (Rad Oregon Coast Kids Educating Together) performs “King Richard III” at Honeyman Park on Saturday, June 9, at 10 a.m. In addition, there will be a performance on Tuesday, June 12, at 3 p.m. at the Florence Farmers Market on Bay Street. ROCKET is a homeschool activity group in Florence. It is a place to share information, support each other and coordinate group activities and events. For more information, email tina.ferkey@yahoo.com or visit ROCKET on Facebook.

Take a leap and audition for the second season of Flight, CROW’s dance team

pen Auditions for CROW’s Flight Dance team will be held on Saturday, June 9, at 10 a.m. at the CROW Center for the Performing Arts, 3120 Highway 101. No experience is required, and dancers must be 10+ by that date to audition. Youth who audition are asked to wear dance attire and bring ballet and/or jazz shoes. Dancers will be taught a challenging but brief combination and judged on their ability to pick up new choreography quickly, variety of dance/performance skills, stage presence and overall technique. Flight is an annual program, and the team is required to re-audition each year. There are limited spaces available, and dancers will be selected based on merit, attitude, professionalism and work ethic. There are two income-based full scholarships are available for Flight. Cost to participate in Flight for 2018-2019 is $300 for new members and $240 for returning members. Tuition may be paid in two installments

Practices will be held on Tuesday afternoons from 4:15 to 6:30 p.m. and run July 2018 to May 2019. Summer Flight practices will be held in July and August, but dancers may be excused if unavoidable family vacations are planned, etc. New this year will be several dance workshops taught by various instructors in an effort to broaden technique, increase stamina and build overall skills. “My long-term goal is to provide opportunities for the Flight Dance Team to travel and participate in dance competitions,” said Heard. “In the meantime, Flight dancers will be provided with as many local opporPHOTOS BY CHANTELLE MEYER/SIUSLAW NEWS tunities to perform as possible.” The first season of CROW’s dance team ended during the Rhody These will include The Holly JolCourt Coronation on May 17, when Flight danced to “Thunder” ly Follies, CROW’s Spring Dance and “Sandstorm.” The second season begins this summer. Showcase, Elks Christmas Party, over two months. Rhody Pageant and miscellaneous community Flight dancers are responsible for purchas- events. ing two to three costumes per year, with an apIf you have questions, email Heard at proximate per costume cost of $40 to $50, as crowtheatrekids@yahoo.com or call 541-999well as several pairs of shoes. 8641.

Submit to School Zone September to May Each school year Be a part of this monthly newsletter for students in the Siuslaw and Mapleton school districts. Email Siuslaw News Features Editor Chantelle Meyer at cmeyer@ thesiuslawnews.com

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MAPLETON Mapleton Class of 2018 Releasing steelhead

n May 2, Mapleton Middle School students Brooke Prewitt, Jasmine Davis and Jeffrey Ramsey and high school student Jaxon Packebush volunteered with Jim Grano and the Florence STEP (Salmon and Trout Enhancement Program) to help elementary students kindergarten through sixth-grade release their steelhead fry into a nearby creek. The students started with an aquarium of fish eggs in each classrooms, awaiting their arrival in anticipation of setting them free. — Submitted by Terri Johnston, Mapleton Community Service Coordinator

apleton High School’s graduating Class of 2018 consists of Alexis Gierke, Quincy Rusk, Cole Spencer, Dominic Wells, Alyssa West and Tanner Wilson. Graduation will be on Saturday, June 9, at 2 p.m. in the Mapleton High School Gym. The baccalaureate service will be Wednesday, June 6, at 6 p.m. at the Mapleton Evangelical Church, 87978 Riverview Ave. in Mapleton.

COASTAL COMMUNITY Students hold first show at Dragon Art I n June, some of Florence’s youngest artists will be displaying their work in their very own gallery show at Dragon Art Studios on Highway 101 in Florence. The Dragon Art Illustration Club’s first art show began with a reception on June 1. “These young artists have been working on their characters for several months, and have each created a three-panel story sequence to share,” said Dragon Art Instructor Kassy Keppol. “Come to the gallery to see the work of our youngest artists.” Dragon Art will also be holding sessions on arts, crafts and sewing. For more information, visit www.kassykeppol.com.

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Rotary Club of Florence is proud to have given out $43,500 in Scholarships.

Congratulations Graduates.

Lainey Goss.............$10,000 Jordan Northrup......$6,000 Isela Galli..................$5,500 Hayleigh Middleton.$2,000 KC Tatum...................$2,000 Logan Linder............$2,000 Abigail Coday...........$2,000

Evan Teter ..............$2,000 Jared Brandt ..........$2,000 Kyle King................$2,000 Ricky Huff ..............$2,000 Kaylee Graham......$2,000 Zoe Gonzaga .........$2,000 Issac Griffes ...........$2,000

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SIUSLAW Blooming artwork |

Siuslaw Elementary School’s second-grade classrooms made beautiful rhody art for the 111th annual Rhododendron Festival in Florence in May. “We loved to showcase our art!” said teacher Heather Crossley.

Knowledge Bowl Teams Siuslaw students take science underwater finish 4th and 16th in S Eugene Brain Bowl

On May 7, 11 members of the Siuslaw Middle School Knowledge Bowl Team competed as two teams at the 2018 Lane County Brain Bowl held in Eugene at Lane Community College. This tournament is held annually and involves teams from all over Lane County, but primarily Eugene middle schools. The Siuslaw Middle School Team of Chad Hughes, Beau Erickson, Hannah Warner, James Smith, Ian Sissel and Jeff Edman, plus one other student, placed fourth out of 26 teams.

In fact, the scoring was so tight between the top four teams in the tournament, Siuslaw was only a couple of correct answers behind the first place team from Cascade Middle School in Eugene. The other Siuslaw Middle School Team of Victoria Schlager, Jason Rawlins, Graci Immel, Kyle Hughes and Jacob Blankenship finished 16th out of 26 teams. “It was a great season and Knowledge Bowl will resume again next fall,” said Patrick Wondra, Knowledge Bowl adviser. “Way to go Viks!”

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KID SCOOP

Kid Scoop runs every Wednesday during the school year in the Siuslaw News and features educational stories and fun activities for families. The activity page is part of the Siuslaw News’ Newspapers In Education program, in which teachers from Siuslaw and Mapleton school districts may request copies of the local paper to use as curriculum in their classroom. Call 541-997-3441 for more info.

iuslaw middle and high school sent five teams to the to the Oregon Regional MATE (Marine Advanced Technology Education) ROV (remotely operated vehicle) Competition in Lincoln City on April 28. The “Jet City” competition was divided into three different categories: Scout, Navigator and Ranger. Students came from all over Oregon and Washington to compete at this event. Each team built a functional ROV to complete underwater tasks, such as lifting simulated airplane wreckage from the pool floor, turning valves, placing wave current monitors and removing debris. In addition, the underwater mis- Siuslaw sent teams from the middle and high schools to the April MATE ROV competition in Lincoln City. sions teams were required to present a dis- sign and build their ROV bodies. Students Siuslaw High School team that competed play to judges and participate in a question used PVC tubing, duct tape and ingenuity. in the Navigator class placed second. and answer session, and their ROV had to As a part of the engineering design proThe competition was made possible pass a safety check prior to going into the cess, students had to test and redesign through a grant from Ocean Guardians pool. their ROVs as needed. Schools. The students spent many hours preparing In the pool, students were able deter“In our commitment to this grant and for the competition in the classroom and mine buoyancy and adjust for a neutral to the conservation of our watershed, the after school. They built controller circuit buoyancy using pool noodles to be able to middle school students will be taking their boards by soldering the various compo- better navigate their ROV. ROVs to local lakes to test water quality nents into their correct positions. They also The Lincoln City competition was and compare it to data that was gathered used the engineering design process to de- capped off with an awards ceremony. The last year,” said adviser Alexis Wells.

Siuslaw bands place in Top 10 at state Siuslaw Schools Director of Bands Chris Rowbotham was complementary about the efforts of his Symphonic Band students at OSAA State Band Championships in Corvallis in May. “We placed seventh in the 4A Division at state. That’s a major achievement, given there are 40 Bands at the 4A level in Oregon,” Rowbotham said. He credited the support of the greater Florence community for the continued success of 97J Bands. “It’s a tribute to our students, parents and volunteers — as well as the members of the Florence Elks Lodge No. 1858,

PHOTO BY HEATHER RICHMOND the Oregon Coast Military Mu- it without them,” Rowbotham seum, Florence Rotary Club, Pa- said. The Siuslaw band marched cific Coast Wind Ensemble and so many others. We couldn’t do in the Rhododendron Festival

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On May 24 and 25, Siuslaw Middle School held its annual STEAM Fair to showcase Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics projects. Students in sixth- and eighthgrades entered projects into the fair in the following categories: 2-D art, 3-D art, woodshop, science experiments, field work and Rube Goldberg projects.

ello, and welcome to Viking Hour — the only student produced radio show on the entire Oregon coast. I am pretty grateful that I have been a part of this wonderful program for the last two years. Viking Hour is a show that airs at 7 P.M. every Monday in the school year until the last the Mondays. In this article, I will discuss how I got involved, the board and the essence of the show. It all started back in 2016, when I heard commercials about Viking Hour on the LCST/KCFM Coast Radio one night. Hearing that it was produced by Siuslaw High School students, I decided to try and find a way to work my way towards it. I told my mother the news, and she said it would be a great idea to join a radio program. I then asked who was in charge of Viking Hour. It then turned out to be Claire Waggoner, a very successful student who is now attending her first year of college. I was in P.E. one day when my teacher Mr. Pool, told me some-

one needed to see me. It was Claire, who asked if I was interested in joining Viking Hour. I told her that I heard a lot about Viking Hour lately, and if there was any way that I could get on the show. She then told me that I could come the following Monday for my Viking Hour debut. The next Monday came, and I was ready for some of the business. When Claire came, she brought scripts for each person who attended. She was also the one that ran the board every Monday. The first night was an overall good experience of what it is like to be on the radio. Things started to turn around after the 2017 school year. Claire had graduated and we were left taking turns on the board. I decided to see what it was like running the board, so when the radio producer, George Henry, asked who was to run the board that night, I decided to step up. At first, the board looked hard to operate. There were many buttons. Red, yellow and white buttons, as well as many sliders that

The students spent time in and out of class preparing their projects for entry into the fair. On the evening of May 24, parents were invited to view the projects. Many students were on hand at the fair to talk about their projects with the guests. On May 25, classrooms were invited to view the projects and vote on their favorite projects. The winners in the following

I assumed adjusted volume. He then told me that I would focus on a few things on the board. Eventually, I got used to it. But that doesn’t mean I didn’t make mistakes. There was the occasional flaw with the board, and I would try and focus my hardest to get the problem resolved. Most times I was able to, but there were a few times where George had to fix the problem. The board can be a challenge that can be taken just a few buttons at a time. The essence of the show is probably the most important aspect for the community. The show is intended for our high school peers to listen to — to see what is going on at school, what school-related events are coming up and what is popular. However, it’s not just meant for high schoolers. It can be for all of the community. Viking Hour is the only local student produced show on the radio. That is something that we should be very lucky for. I also like to think of it as an intern ser-

Grand Floral Parade and held the final concert of the year on Monday night. — Submitted by Rachel Pearson categories were: • 2-D Art – Malaia Snider, “Party Llama” • 3-D Art – Dane Muller, Carved Totem Pole • WoodShop – Jane LaCouture, Bench • 6th Grade Science – Hunter Pemlock, Combustion Engine • 8th Grade Science – Camryn Rose, “Does Smell Affect Taste?” BY RAMIRO RAMIREZ Siuslaw High School Student

vice for the radio station. Putting a student’s voice out there can be a very good thing because, hey, now you’re known around town and with some of the citizens in the area. This show is meant for more than just high schoolers. Viking Hour today seems like it is a little bit unstable. There are somethings that we are sure to get a hang of in the future. For example, Claire brought scripts for each person to read for the show, which I think we should return to. It gives less hassle to the speaker and prevents people from talking over each other. However, despite the challenges we face, the show still has the feeling of a nice evening radio show. I encourage high school students who are reading this to join Viking Hour next year. We are off the air for the summer season, but we’ll be back in September. Thank you for listening, and I’m Ramiro Ramirez, (almost) high school junior, signing off.

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Jeff Schinkel, Graphics

Vol. 34, No. 26

A Walk in the Woods

Even if you don’t live near the woods or a park, chances are there is nature around you. You can explore nature in your world by simply sitting quietly and observing. Take the form below with you and sit outside for 10 minutes and write down or draw what you observe.

A forest is filled with some interesting things to see, hear, feel and do. But it isn’t always possible to get to the woods. This week, Kid Scoop takes you on an adventure in the woods.

LOCATION: DATE:

Animal Groups

TIME:

What do you call a group of these woodland animals? Circle every other letter under each animal to discover the answer!

Woods Watcher

WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE:

Look closely at this picture of the woods. Can you find each of the following?

PORCUPINES

RASPDRNI RCZKTLME

mushroom bird’s nest animal track spider web bird feather

two caterpillars moss five butterflies acorn six ladybugs

SQUIRRELS

DALSMCOU YRKRTY SKUNKS

JAFSMUWR PFYEUIVT FOXES

Find the two identical identic id tical camp scenes. sce en ne es.

TAPLQEN AKSVH

Woodsy Words

Look through the newspaper for five or more words that describe the woods. Put the words in ABC order. Standards Link: Language Arts: Put words in alphabetical order.

Put Out That Campfire!

WHAT IS IT DOING?

There’s nothing like a cozy campfire after a long day of hiking in the woods. But some campers didn’t make sure this campfire was all the way out. Get the bucket of water to the campfire to put it out!

START

PLANT TREE MAMMAL

Who is walking in the woods? Match each animal to its footprint. Do the math to check your answers. raccoon deer 19 - 6 18 - 4

bear

squirrel 23 - 7

21 - 6

rabbit 10

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.

17 - 7

ADVENTURE PORCUPINE MUSHROOM FEATHER SPIDER TRACK WOODS ACORN WOLF PINE TREE BIRD NEST DEER WEB

Find the words by looking up, down, backwards, forwards, sideways and diagonally.

E E E R E D N D R

BIRD INSECT OTHER

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.

P S X

B R E E D P

I E M U S H R O O M

This week’s word:

P L E O T R E K O N

OBSERVE

U A N R T N C U W N

The verb observe means to notice or watch something.

C R E H T A E F E R R R S N R A L V B O O L T T

O W O D C

P O D L W P A N D A Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recongized identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

Jaclyn could observe the nest in the tree from her bedroom window. Try to use the word observe in a sentence today when talking with your friends and family.

Nature in the News

Look through the newspaper for news articles about the natural world. Is it good news or bad news? Write a letter to the editor telling your opinion about the natural-world news you discovered. Standards Link: Reserach: Use the newspaper to locate info.