The West Linn-Wilsonville School District honored 44 educators on Thursday, April 18 at the annual Celebration of Excellent Teaching. The Celebration of Excellent Teaching event honors teachers who are moving from Probationary to Contract Status after three years in the West Linn-Wilsonville School District.
Superintendent Dr. Kathy Ludwig, School Board Chair Ginger Fitch, Human Resources Director Kathe Monroe, WWEA President Lane Johnson, and building principals congratulated the group of accomplished educators before each was awarded an official certificate. Principals and District leaders spoke words of praise for each educator, capping off a wonderful night of teaching excellence. Educators who were honored on April 19 include:
Administration Building/Student Services: Brittany Bucholz, Nancy Buchwald, Julia Carples, Rachael Wheeler
Athey Creek Middle School: Shannon Heaton, Claire McFadden
Boeckman Creek Primary School: Heather Magnuson, Deborah Pritchett
Boones Ferry Primary School: Myndi Brand, Rachel Nelson, Cathy Scoggins, Kimberly Stormberg
Cedaroak Park Primary School: Jessica Orth, Tony Zadan
Inza R. Wood Middle School: Carli Bates, Scott Mayes, Kaeli Porter, Stacia Wilson
Lowrie Primary School: Stacey Dolezal, Elisa Garcia, Carmen Ryan, Michelle Warner
Meridian Creek Middle School: Kathryn Rambo, Carly Voigt
Rosemont Ridge Middle School: Ty Marshall, Emma Pattishall
Stafford Primary School: Ann-Marie Colton, Patricia Young
Sunset Primary School: Christine Chang, Mollie Hyman
Trillium Creek Primary School: Jocelyn Johnston, Maria Lira-Wiser, Garret Yoshiwara, Laura Zimmer
West Linn High School: Bryan Geurts, Carolyn Hawes, Molly Lewis
Willamette Primary School: Claire Baker
Wilsonville High School: Anna Kubitschek, Bonnie Robbins, Aaron Slick
More than 70 West Linn-Wilsonville high school students and another 30 middle school students competed in the Northwest Science Expo on Friday, April 12 at Portland State University. Dozens of those students received awards and scholarships, serving as tremendous representatives of West Linn-Wilsonville among some of the brightest students from the Pacific Northwest.
Of note, Wilsonville High Senior Nathan Tidball won first place in the Chemistry category for his project titled "Acrylate Polymerization: Formation of UV Curable Antimicrobial Surfaces"; and West Linn High School's Pooja Jain and Neel Jain won first place in the Electrical and Mechanical Engineering category for their project titled "Skyhound: A low-cost, 3D printed autonomous WiFi tracking search drone to locate missing victims of natural disasters." Dozens of other middle and high school students placed in category competitions and also won special awards. See the full list of award winners.
Greetings West Linn-Wilsonville School Community -What makes this district so special is that while we draw upon students, families and patrons from two cities, we are ONE community, made stronger by our mission of creating learning communities for the greatest thinkers and most thoughtful people for the world. We have compelling District Goals, that drive strategies and actions for improving how we teach, learn and lead in cultures that are inclusive, courses that are academically rigorous and results that generate equitable outcomes for each child.
This year, our West Linn-Wilsonville theme is “Leading for all.” We continue to focus our leadership moves, our instructional practices and our district resources to ensure each child, every child achieves success in our schools.
To a great 2018-19 year!
Kathy Ludwig, Superintendent
