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Juan Carlos Mora Flores wins 1996 CHALE Award

Juan Carlos Mora Flores of Whiteaker School has won a 1996 CHALE Award. The CHALE Awards are given to Latino students from Eugene Public Schools, Lane Community College, and University of Oregon.Many students were nominated from District 4J, out of about 800+ total Latino students in the district. Here is a link to information about Juan.

Whiteaker on TV

Betty Snowden of Jean Tate did a two-part story on Whiteaker on Channel 4, KEVU. Trying to raise money for our Adopt a Class Program. She Interviewed several folks around the school, including Principal Don Jackson and our Nurse Maxine Proskurowski. They discuss some of the needs of the school and the neighborhood community.

Mr Randall's Farm

We take a lot of trips to Mr. Randalls Farm here at Whiteaker. He has lots of cows, a really cool tractor and trailer for hay rides, a pulley ride out of the trees that is real fun, and a trampoline. He takes us around the farm and lets us feed the cows old apples and stuff. There are horses next door too! We always have a great time. Most all classes go once a year, and have been going for years. MOO CHAS GRACIAS Paul!

Balloon Lands at School

A flying Whopper landed at the playground last week as the Radio station Magic94 with Dennis Mikata landed during first period. Lesson plans fell to the wind as the kids crowded around as the hot air balloon landed. Dennis had breakfast with Don Jackson and chatted with the kids. Dennis sure thought Don gets a lotta hugs!

Awards Pile Up for Whiteaker

At a recent awards ceremony in Portland, Whiteaker Community School was one of only seven schools in Oregon, three of them elementary, to recieve the Associated Oregon Industries Outstanding Elementary School Award. President Clinton wrote a very nice letter to Whiteaker acknow- ledging our award and excellence. Principal Don Jackson was on hand to receive the award and to give a good speech. Hooray for our hard work!!

Visitors

Two researchers from the U.S. Library of Congress were in the building while visiting schools to see how federal laws and programs affect students. They were especially affected by the "worry wall," though they were quite impressed by the rest of what they saw as well.
James Stedman and Wayne Riddle toured the building with Principal Don Jackson after hearing through the grapevine that Whiteaker was an excellent school. They visited classrooms and roamed the halls, talking to teachers and students about the programs available here. Due to the large amount of social services provided in the building, the men were looking closely at how social services and education mix.

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