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Memo Pad... To serve the community fully, the Mid-county Memo offers this section to highlight celebrations of milestones in our readers' lives, those seemingly small accomplishments that often do not receive the recognition they deserve, and everyday events that should be shared with friends and neighbors along with opportunities to participate in the community. When you send submissions, please include all details that apply: full names of any individuals mentioned, details of the milestone and everyone affected by the event, and a contact name and phone number or email address. Send a photo if you have one. Please identify each individual from left to right (large group shots can simply be identified by the group name) and provide the name of the photographer so we can give proper credit. Memo Pad submissions for the February issue are due Wednesday, Jan. 15. For best results, e-mail Darlene Vinson at editor@midcountymemo.com. Or, mail submissions to 3510 N.E. 134th Ave, Portland, OR 97230. To leave a phone message, call 503-287-8904. The Mid-county Memo fax number is 503-249-7672. Trinity Tigers take top trophy
Parkrose senior earns trip to Washington D.C. and college scholarship Max Denning, a Parkrose High senior, was selected to represent Oregon in the United States Senate Youth Program.
Denning has been involved in student government activities since his first year. This year he serves as student body president, editor-in-chief of the student newspaper, and captain of the mock trial, football, and baseball teams. He also served as the state president of the Oregon Association of Student Councils. His experiences in school government sparked a passion for politics and he plans to major in political science when he enters college next fall. I have a passion for education and social justice, he said. I am striving to someday be in a position where I can promote equality in education and the social-class structure. During his week in Washington, D.C., Denning will attend major policy addresses by senators, cabinet members, officials from the Departments of State and Defense, and directors of other federal agencies, and he will participate in a meeting with a Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Enhancing education for immigrant students
LearnLinks is a comprehensive after-school tutoring and mentoring program at Park Vista and Lincoln Woods, two Human Solutions housing properties with very high numbers of refugee and immigrant families. The LearnLinks program works to meet both the educational and psychosocial needs of children and families by creating a supportive learning environment that promotes academic success. Staff and volunteers provide students with two to four hours of critical one-on-one attention weekly. They assist with homework and reinforce basic skills. In addition, LearnLinks works with parents to increase involvement in their children's education by organizing family activities that provide opportunities for parents and children to spend thinking and learning time together. Honors roll in for choir members Parkrose High School choir members selected to perform with the Oregon Music Educators All State Honor Choir in February are Anh Doan and Ria Walter, altos; Timmy Nguyen, tenor; Ezra Garcia, baritone; and Joe Vongsay¸ bass. Garcia and Jonathan Almasan have been selected to perform in the American Choral Directors Association All-NW Men's Choir and All-NW Youth Choir, held in conjunction with the NW ACDA Convention in Seattle in March. Art now warms homeless
Mackie is a 1999 Parkrose High graduate. |
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