Steve Colombo, Eagle Point Middle School art teacher, has been selected for KOOL103.5 -Rogue Federal Credit Union Teacher of the Week. He was nominated for the recognition by a student. Colombo is a 1986 graduate of Southern Oregon University where he received a bachelor of fine arts degree. He earned a master art teacher degree…
Top New Jersey educator is former District 9 student
October 26, 2011 by Leave a Comment
{gallery}10_25_11/libby{/gallery} A former District 9 student recently received a top education honor in the state of New Jersey. Libby (Schmele) Vino was honored recently as New Jersey’s Non-Public Teacher of the Year. She is a middle school math, spirituality and humanities teacher at All Saints Episcopal Day school in Hoboken, N.J. In addition to her…
North is Oregon Ag Teacher of the Year
July 21, 2009 by Leave a Comment
{gallery}07_21_09/north{/gallery}Curtis North, Eagle Point High School vocational agriculture instructor and FFA advisor, was named Oregon Ag Teacher of the Year at a recent conference in LaGrande. The award is given by the Oregon Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association. Each of the 12 districts in the state nominate a teacher from their district. From that list a…
FFA member wins district proficiency contest
February 2, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Eagle Point High School hosted the Southern Oregon FFA District Proficiency contest on Jan. 28. Over 90 members from 13 chapters in the district attended the contest. In one of the most competitive contests in recent history, Eagle Point FFA was able to secure one proficiency award. A proficiency contest is for students with similar…
Two SOU students nurses in practicum at Little Butte
February 11, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Student nurses Phuong Nguyen and Nundu Maingi in nurses station at Little Butte. On February 6, twenty-three first graders converged upon the nurse’s office of Little Butte School. Teacher, Marcia Fecteau, led them through another stage of a multidiscipline project blending math, reading, writing, social studies, and vivid imagination. "We’re lined up to get our…
Growing up in Eagle Point
January 7, 2008 by Leave a Comment
By Anna Zander (Editor’s note- This story appeared in the Aug. 31, 1977 Eagle Point Independent) "Teacher resigns after accusations were made that he leaves his classroom of children alone while he partakes of a chew." This could have been the lead paragraph in a news story in 18893, when Professor Allan…
