By DEB LARAWAY
Pine Grove Correspondent
June 6, 2007

Here is the list of students and their awards from the Panda Pride Award ceremony at Pine Grove School on Friday, April 13.

Principal Kelly Beard, along with all the teachers, presented awards and no one seemed superstitious even though it was Friday the 13th!

Kindergarten: Best Helper- Alejandro Vega; Best Friend – Ana Pille; Most Improved Mathematician – Gracee Dillingham; Good Reader – Mauro Bobadilla; Creative Writer – Brandon Rivera & Elizabeth Weekly; Hard Worker – Cristian Rodriguez.

First: Great Helper — Adamaris Galvan; Fantastic Friend – Brizeida Torres; Marvelous Mathematician – Enrique Carranza; Remarkable Reader —Michelle Maldonado; Excellent Writer – Morelia Rivera; Wonderful Worker — Marcos Hernmosillo; Terrific Handwriting — Benny Ybarra.

Second: Eye of the Artist – Luke Holste; Respect and Cooperation — Jonathan Chamonica Baeza; Master Mathematician – Cielo Rivera; Reading Champ — Sydney Webster; Most Improved Reader — Esmeralda Magana; Responsibility Rocks — Adrianna Vaca.

Third: Best Helper — Karina Heredia; Perfect Penmanship – Jose Alex Valdez; Magnificent Mathematician — Alexandra Hermosillo; Improved Reader — Maria Magana; Best Writer — Rush Webster; Best Worker — Aniceto Vences.

Fourth: Respect Award — Alex Gutierrez’ Hard-Working Historian – Fidel Quintana; Creative Problem Solver – Avery Holyoak; Best Reader – Emily Viuhkola; Best All Around Student — Salvador Diaz.

Fifth: Amazing Artist — Stacia Hamilton; Respect Award — Azalea Serrano; Mighty Mathematician – Erik Galvan; Creative Thinker —Hugo Vega; Premier Poet — Esmeralda Castro; Creative Thinker – Hugo Vega; Hard Worker — Maritza Quintana.

Great Kitchen Helper: Third grade – Araceli Valladares and Karina Heredia. Fourth grade — Kelsey Wells and Joel Quintana, Fifth grade — Emily Scobee and Jorge Magana.

There were many PE Awards — Nekaila Calderon, Cristian Rodriguez, Michelle Maldonado, Benny Ybarra, Dominique Silva, Luke Viuhkola, Maria Magana, Emy Gutierrez, Erica Silva, Joel Quintana, Paige Dominguez, Herman Munoz.

Best Sportsmanship —Gracee Dillingham, Adolfo Bobadilla, Jenna Mosqueda, Enrique Carranza, Emily Rodriguez, Jose Diaz, April Cecilia Martinez, Jose Alex Valdez, Daniel Hermosillo, Danelly Quintana, Erik Galvan.

Best Energy — Elizabeth Weekly, Mauro Bobadilla, Brizeida Torres, Kevin Galvan, Cielo Escamilla, Jenna Chamness, Carlos Ybarra, Danette Leon, Alex Guitierrez, Maritza Quintana, Jorge Magana.

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A Pine Grove Elementary School Alumni Reunion is currently in the planning process scheduled to be held in June 2008.

Please spread the word to all the history buffs or genealogy experts in your family along with friends and family members. Please give Cindy Blachly a call at 387-4996 with any information or pictures or history you might have.

The plan is to celebrate the value of this great country school and the many generations of families it has educated and the many future generations it will educate.

A mailing list is beginning to be compiled and you can visit the following Web site for more information www.freewebs.com/pinegrovereunion.

There will be many activities planned along with an alumni group photo etc. More information will be given as events are firmed up. This should be the reunion of all reunions!

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A reminder of the Safeway Scrips program that is still ongoing at Pine Grove School and will continue through the summer. Just by buying groceries with Safeway’s e-scrip program you donate a portion of every purchase directly to the Pine Grove School account. If you haven’t signed up please do so at www.escript.com.

Click on sign up — It’s free and enter Pine Grove’s ID No. 8565724. You will need your red Safeway card to enroll. This is a great way for the school to make extra money for field trips and other school activities. If you’re already enrolled Thank-you!

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May Activities at Pine Grove School included Hispanic Cultural Night which was very successful and enjoyed by everyone. Third, fourth and fifth graders took our Oregon State Assessment Tests. Parents Lisa Crompton, Julie Clark and Kris Lariza all participated in the Oregon Lottery Scratch-it for Schools fund-raiser.

They furiously scratched for five minutes and brought in $1,162 for the school. A digital video camera will be purchased with some of the funds for recording classroom activities, student programs and community events. Remaining funds will be put into PTO funds for further provisions of needed materials and funding to classroom teachers.

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There will be an upcoming Talent Show scheduled for Thursday, June 14, at noon. Any Pine Grove student or staff member may try out and participate. Parents are invited to attend.

I still remember a talent show I tried out for when I was in elementary school.

Yes, they had color photography (back then) because I have a picture of my skit along with my other friends who performed to “A Tisket, A Tasket.”

Thank goodness I learned at an early age stage work was not in my future. Otherwise I would be on “American Idol” thinking I could sing or dance!

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