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March 22, 2010

News Releases 3-22-10
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North Clackamas dance and drill teams triumph at state

In the state championship, dance and drill teams from North Clackamas made a strong showing, with Clackamas High and Rex Putnam High finishing second and third respectively in the 6A Show Division, and Milwaukie High placing 8th in the 6A Small Division.

All three schools boasted a number of individual winners. Milwaukie High’s Susie Britzman took 2nd place in Drill Down, with Clackamas High’s Haley Martin finishing 4th. Five students were named to the All-State Team: Allyson Noble, Haley Martin, and Meagan McLafferty of Clackamas High, and Myriah Klinger and Sonja Ellicot of Rex Putnam High.
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Milwaukie High teacher named Claes Nobel Educator of Distinction

The National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS) selected biology teacher Ken Blacksmith of Milwaukie High as a Claes Nobel Educator of Distinction. A role model to pupils, Blacksmith was nominated by student Ashley Hooper for outstanding dedication and commitment to excellence in the classroom.

Student members of MSHSS have the opportunity to nominate the educator who made the most significant contribution to their academic career. The Claes Nobel Educator of Distinction award recognizes teacher role models who have made a lasting difference in their classroom by encouraging students to strive for excellence.

“Dedicated educators who exhibit a commitment to excellence deserve our highest praise and appreciation,” said NSHSS President James Lewis.
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Trailblazers visit Happy Valley Middle School to recognize Read to Achieve success

On March 18, students and staff at Happy Valley Middle School were surprised by a visit from players from the Portland Trailblazers basketball team, plus their mascot Blaze the Trail Cat. Jerryd Bayliss and Martell Webster were on hand to recite the Read to Achieve pledge, award prizes, and donate books to the school library.

All seventh graders at the school participated in the Blazers’ Read to Achieve Program, which encourages elementary and middle school students to read. The school was recognized as one of the program’s top three schools in the Portland area.
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Happy Valley Elementary to host cultural arts competition

The Multicultural Committee at Happy Valley Elementary is hosting a school wide cultural arts competition with the theme “The World Beyond Us.”

Judges for the event include Happy Valley artist-in-residence Larry Verdoorn, Campbell Elementary Principal Curtis Long, parent and former English teacher Hope Frane, photographer Chris Lewis, and Oregon Senator Rod Monroe of Senate District 24.

All art entries will be displayed at Clackamas Corner Library during the last three weeks of April. In May, all artwork will be judged and available for viewing at Happy Valley Elementary.

Sponsors for the event include Yellow Mountain Stoneworks, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Tears of Joy Puppet Theater, I Made This, Pho Huy Vietnamese Restaurant, Ji Xiang Ru Yi, Milwaukie Bowl, The Children’s Course, Chris Lewis Photography, Balloons Made Art, and the Clackamas High School Festival of the Arts.

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Milwaukie High to stage The Owl and the Pussycat

Students at Milwaukie High will stage Bill Manhoff’s The Owl and the Pussycat, a play made popular on Broadway by actors Alan Alda and Diana Sands and on film by George Segal and Barbara Streisand.

The play tells the story of an aspiring San Francisco author whose complaints to the landlord result in his neighbor, an aspiring “model and actress” being evicted from her apartment. When she knocks on his door, figuring he owes her a bed for the night, hilarity ensues.

Performances are scheduled at 7 p.m. on April 15, 16, and 17 in Milwaukie High School’s new black box theater. Tickets will be sold at the door for $5. The play is not recommended for children.
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Concord School plans rummage sale, native plant sale fundraisers

Concord Elementary plans two fundraisers to benefit student learning. A rummage sale will help fund Outdoor School, part of the sixth grade curriculum that teaches environmental science. A native plant sale will benefit the school’s community garden.

Tax-deductible donations can be dropped off the week of April 19 to 23 at Concord School, located at 3811 SE Concord Road. For drop-off hours, phone the school at 503-353-5400. Please include hangers for any clothing items.

Both fundraisers will take place at the school on Saturday, April 24, time to be announced. The plant sale features seed planting activities for children, ProGrass volunteers on hand to answer landscaping questions, and a mini-seminar on container-scaping by a ProGrass designer.