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Volume 8:1
Published for Puyallup School District's C
omm
unity Partners for a Quality Future
August 2002
New
Stewart E
lementary School opens its doors
For sixth grader Jacob Gibbs, one of the
biggest thrills about walking into new
Stewart Elem
entary School this September
will be having bigger classroom
s and newcom
puters.
For fourth grader Derrick B
utler, being theonly elem
entary school in the District w
itha cafeteria is pretty cool in itself. N
ow, hesays, he doesn�t have to w
orry aboutspilling m
ilk or juice on his desk.
But for little Josh H
umiston, everything
about the school is exciting. When the
incoming kindergartner gathered w
ithother students for a photograph at theconstruction site in June, his eyes w
erebig as he gazed up at the tw
o-storybuilding w
here he will soon learn to add
and subtract, read and write, play on the
playground, and meet new
friends.
While the children excitedly talked about
their futures at the new school, several of
their parents and grandparents fondlyrecalled generations of students w
ho came
before them in the old Stew
art buildings.D
iane Kastam
a�s three children attendedStew
art Elementary over the years, and
her grandson, Michael, w
ill enter firstgrade this fall. �This is so exciting,� saysK
astama. �I drive by it every day and can�t
believe it. It�s for the whole com
munity.�
The 44,000-square-foot building adjacentto K
arshner Museum
has a list of uniquecharacteristics. W
ith its close proximity to
the museum
, the school has severaldisplay areas on the m
ain first floorcorridor, as w
ell as a showcase in the
library, to display museum
artifacts,student art, and projects.
Student work w
ill also be showcased on a
two-story high display w
all, visible fromthe first and second floors and enhancedw
ith special lighting. A �project room
�has also been designed so that learningcan be enhanced w
ith hands-on, interac-tive projects. The room
has a kiln, dryingracks, and secured storage for clay
projects. It is also wired to accom
modate
computers, and Principal Laura K
ing hopesone day to have Stew
art students hook upw
ith other schools to have students sharetheir projects or gather research. Everyclassroom
also has a closed-circuitm
onitor, which allow
s presentations orlessons to be broadcast schoolw
ide.
�The exciting thing about this building isthat it w
as a process that involved thecom
munity, staff, and parents, and early
on students as well,� says K
ing. �It�s abuilding designed to support a program
,w
hich is different from having to figure out
our program around a building.�
While the school has been built to house
440 students, it is expected to open with
about 270 students from the Stew
artattendance area, plus additional studentsfrom
crowded neighboring elem
entaryschools. Long-term
plans include addingclassroom
s on the south end of theproperty and creating a shared entry forboth the school and K
arshner Museum
.
The $9.5 million project, paid from
a 1997bond, includes a cooling system
, lots ofw
indows on both floors, and a foundation
that has been reinforced with steel rods
and concrete to provide stability in anearthquake. The exterior is m
ade fromconcrete block colored to look like brick,and tw
o rectangular gazebos serve asgatew
ays to the school.
A new
big toy will also greet students on
the first day of school, and King says the
school is still accepting contributions tohelp cover the $50,000 cost of the struc-ture. PTA
held several fund raisers lastyear, including the sale of inscribed bricksthat line a 20-foot path near the frontentrance tow
ard Karshner M
useum.
The public is invited to attend adedication cerem
ony at the newStew
art Elementary School at
2 pm Sunday, O
ctober 13.
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Susan GourleySuperintendent
Creating opportunities for all children
Superintendent's Message
Welcom
e to a new year in the Puyallup
schools. We are looking forw
ard toan exceptional year of teaching andlearning!
We have been hard at w
ork over thesum
mer preparing for this school year.
Our B
oard met in July to review
progresson last year�s strategic directions and toset new
goals for this year. Our num
berone priority continues to be studentachievem
ent, and we have set challeng-
ing goals � m
oving the bar higher for allour students.
As w
e work to help each child achieve
more, w
e will also be expanding our
academic options for students. O
ver thecom
ing months, w
e will be developing new
courses and educational alternatives andoptions to help ensure that all students are
provided opportunities for success.
We w
ill continue on our �financial diet� �this, the second year of our three-yearplan to bring revenues in line w
ithexpenses. W
e take very seriously our
responsibility to be good stewards of the
funds that you�our com
munity�
haveentrusted to us.
We are proud to say that during the
past year, we exceeded our financial
targets � and w
e will be w
orking hardto do that again this year!
Housing our 20,000-plus students
continues to be a huge challenge forus. W
e will be w
orking throughout theyear to develop options w
hich will
allow all our students to have suffi-
cient and adequate spaces in which to
learn. Currently, a com
mittee of 42
comm
unity and staff mem
bers arew
orking on both short- and long-termoptions. Their w
ork will guide our
student housing decisions in them
onths and years to come.
I want to thank you for your support
and assistance over the past two years
that I have served as your Superinten-dent of Schools. I value and appreciatethe dedication and com
mitm
ent youhave m
ade to our schools and to ourstudents.
Your comm
itment w
as particularlyevident to m
e during our levy electionsthis past year. A
fter failing our firstelection, you pulled together for ourstudents so they w
ould not lose thegood things w
e have built here inPuyallup. B
ecause of your support, we
passed our first-ever, four-year mainte-
nance & operations levy w
ith over 68percent �yes� vote �
an M &
Oapproval rating not seen in Puyallup inover 10 years. O
n behalf of our stu-dents and our School B
oard, I thankyou for that �
and for the work that
you continue to do as our partners ineducation.
If you are not yet a mem
ber of our team,
we invite you to join us by becom
ing a�C
hampion for C
hildren.� To become a
part of the team, contact the D
istrictoffice at (253) 841-8703.
Me
eke
r Ele
me
nta
ry Sch
oo
l staff w
alk in
Jun
e to
raise
mo
ney fo
rth
e A
me
rica
n C
an
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ty du
ring
the
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lay fo
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Diana SeeleySchool BoardM
ember
Getting ready for a new
school yearD
istrict participatesin P
uyallup Fair D
ay
QU
EST is a program for highly capable
elementary students in the Puyallup
School District. Testing dates are
September 9, 10, 12, and 13 (grades 3-6);
September 16, 23, and 30 (grade 2), and
Fridays, January 10 - 31 (grade 1).
In the pullout program, selected students
spend one full day per school week at
the enrichment center located behind
Maplew
ood Elementary. The goal of this
program is to provide challenges for
students with high ability, academ
icaptitude, or unique creative thinkingability. R
eferrals of students for QU
ESTcan be m
ade by staff, parents, students,and com
munity m
embers. Form
s areavailable at the Q
UEST office or at any
elementary school office. Students
interested in placement in this program
are administered ability and achievem
enttests at the Q
UEST building, 428 11th
Street SW, Puyallup. C
ompleted parent
forms m
ust be on file in the QU
ESToffice before testing takes place.
For more inform
ation, contact theQ
UEST office at (253) 841-8751 or visit
its web site at w
ww
.puyallup.k12.wa.us/
programs/quest.
Quest testing dates
Students will have an opportunity to
demonstrate w
hat they are studying inschool through displays and perfor-m
ances September 11 at the W
esternW
ashington Fair. The theme this year is
"Com
ing Together" in mem
ory of liveslost in the tragic events of last year.Student exhibitions and perform
ancesw
ill be featured throughout the entireday in the Education B
uilding.
Am
ong The Puyallup Fair sponsoredexhibits is "Stars and Stripes Forever," a12,000-square-foot living tribute toA
merica's leaders and an exploration of
Am
erica from its revolutionary begin-
nings to the present. An actor portraying
Thomas Jefferson w
ill greet visitors inthe "H
all of Presidents," where guests
will be surrounded by life-size im
ages of43 A
merican presidents. Students w
illalso enjoy a range of interactive chal-lenges and activities.
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rs.
Golden A
corn,Z
eiger winners
The Daffodil PTA
Council nam
ed theannual Zeiger and G
olden Acorn aw
ardw
inners during its spring Golden
Acorn banquet.
Beth B
estrom and Lloyd Freudenstein
were nam
ed recipients of the ZeigerAw
ard, established in 1994 to honorEdw
ard Zeiger after 42 years of serviceto students in the D
istrict. Bestrom
hasbeen a non-stop supporter of school,com
munity, and PTA
since she beganvolunteering in 1991. Freudenstein hasserved as a D
istrict teacher, junior highand high school principal, and D
irectorof Pupil Services. H
e was actively
involved last spring as co-chair of theCitizens' Com
mittee for Education.
Golden A
corn winners are: D
eannaR
ine, principal at Woodland Elem
en-tary; B
renda Lawson, vice president of
the Woodland Elem
entary PTA; Jodi
Scott, co-president of the Shaw R
oadElem
entary PTA; Cheryl Child,
secretary of the Daffodil PTA
Council
and Spinning PTA; and Tippi M
ahan,president of the D
affodil PTA C
ouncil.
Welcom
e back. Often w
e think of summ
eras our season of renew
al � a tim
e toindulge in fam
ily and friends, enjoy a goodbook, or learn a new
skill. But for m
any,sum
mer is a tim
e of preparation as teachersand staff focus on the day w
hen theschool doors again open to the creativeand eager m
inds of our students. For them,
each opportunity of summ
er served toalign the D
istrict�s efforts on studentachievem
ent.
While our staff has been busy preparing
this summ
er, the board has also been hardat w
ork. The board met in July to establish
the strategic directions for the coming
year. The strategic directions provide thefram
ework for adopting and evaluating
learning goals, aligning delivery ofinstruction w
ith the goals, and assessingprogram
s and student performance. (See
Superintendent�s Message on page 2).
In July, we also m
et with the
superintendent�s cabinet to hear the thirdof four quarterly reports on progresstow
ard meeting the 2001-2002 strategic
directions. Following that presentation, w
ediscussed progress on each direction anddeveloped recom
mendations for this
year�s goals. Recom
mended w
ork plansw
ere then developed and presented to usby the superintendent and her cabinet.
While this w
ork was being accom
-plished, others concentrated on fillingour schools and classroom
s with the
best employees. W
e will begin this year
with new
principals at many of our
schools. Several staff mem
bers will be
new to the D
istrict since we said
farewell to m
any who retired or m
ovedon in June. Each new
staff person was
hired based on the best match to the
District�s strategic directions and his or
her ability to meet the individual
school�s goals and priorities.
As w
e look back upon the summ
er, I wish
to extend my appreciation and gratitude to
each of you who w
orked tirelessly gettingready for the start of school. W
e lookforw
ard to a school year that is filled with
excitement, enthusiasm
, and the knowl-
edge that we are w
ell prepared to achieveour goals this year.
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New
Puyallup L
ibrary meets student needs
Reading tutors help
Stewart students
Students make
gains on basicskills testStudents in grades three and sixcontinue to im
prove on the annual basicskills test given each spring, w
ith them
ost significant gains reported this pastyear by sixth graders in m
athematics.
Results of the Iow
a Test of Basic Skills
(ITBS) taken last M
arch also showsteady im
provement in both grades in
usage and expression skills in writing, as
well as gains in science, social studies,
and research.
Students throughout the State aretested each spring in m
ath, language,reading, social studies, science, andinform
ation. Students in grades threeand six dem
onstrate their grasp of basicskills by responding to a series ofm
ultiple-choice questions. The scoresare reported as percentile points,m
eaning students perform as w
ell as orbetter than a certain percentile of otherstudents in the nation. The nationalaverage score is 50 and is based on anational sam
ple selected from 1995.
The Puyallup School District typically
scores at or near the State average onthis test, and W
ashington State scores 6to 10 percentage points above thenational average, says Paul D
ugger, who
retired in June as the District�s assess-
ment coordinator.
In reading, there was increm
ental growth
in both grades. Dugger says m
ore canbe done in the area of language skills,including punctuation, capitalization,and spelling in kindergarten throughgrade tw
o. Third graders scored belowthe national average in each of thoseareas at grade three, but rebounded ingrade six to at or above average.
Puyallup�s continued steady growth is a
sign that school reform efforts are
having an impact, says D
ugger. �As-
sessments such as ITB
S help informeducators how
best to design a child�slearning experience.�
Edgemont Junior H
igh School studentA
shley DeVaney is one of nearly 30
Edgemont students w
ho helped Stewart
Elementary School students, like fifth
grader Scott McLucas, last year in reading
and other subjects. Puyallup High School
students have traditionally tutored Stewart
students, however the elem
entary school'stem
porary relocation to North H
ill last yearm
ade it difficult for more than a handful of
those students to travel to and from the
high school during the day. Peg Huard,
Stewart rem
ediation specialist who started
the tutoring program 10 years ago, says she
is thankful for the extra help from all of the
tutors and is looking forward to continued
school partnerships this year.
Students who need a quiet place to study,
a meeting room
to work on group projects,
a computer to do research, the latest
books and reference materials, or sim
ply acom
fy place to relax by the fire with a good
book will find their academ
ic needs servedat the new
city library.
The two-story, 39,000-square-foot library
across from Pioneer Park in dow
ntown
Puyallup, is scheduled to celebrate itsgrand opening A
ugust 31.
The new library is three tim
es bigger thanthe one it replaces a block aw
ay andfeatures a children�s section, young adultarea, adult fiction/non-fiction and historysection, large print books, reference area,N
orthwest Puyallup H
istory room, reading
lounge encircling a gas fireplace, small and
large meeting room
s, study carrels, andcom
puter lab.
There will be 57 com
puters, with access on
both floors, to meet the grow
ing demand for
internet and reference use, 4,000 new D
VD
s,and 25 percent m
ore books and materials,
says City Librarian Gay U
hl, who has w
orkedfor the library for 30 years.
�We hope to service m
ore students and givethem
a place to study,� says Uhl. D
isplaycases near the front entrance w
ill also serve tofeature student art or other educationalpresentations.
Several Puyallup High School students w
hohad a tour at the library in June w
ere excitedabout the m
odern architecture, including asky bridge on the second floor and num
erousw
indows providing view
s of Pioneer Park andM
ount Rainier. The steel-framed building w
itha brick facade is designed to reflect thehistoric nature of dow
ntown, says U
hl. On
the first floor, 4 x 6-foot copper panels
designed by artist David Strong w
ill greetvisitors w
ith images of Puyallup�s history,
including daffodils and other identifyingcharacteristics. A
clock tower on the East side
of the building facing Meridian Avenue w
illhave chim
es hourly during the day.
The library was funded w
ith a $9.9 million
bond approved by voters in 1999.
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Phoenix students learn life skills on ropes course
Retired staff
receive recognitionM
ore than 30 employees retired this
summ
er, and those who announced
their retirement before school let out
were recognized in June w
ith a specialreception at the School B
oard meeting.
The list below reflects retirees an-
nounced through July 12, 2002:
Adm
inistrative Staff:Terry C
avender, director of athleticsM
ellissia Christensen, principal
Paul Dugger, principal
Certificated Staff:
Bonnie B
eaudoin, teacherPatricia B
ryant, counselorM
ary Cordes, second-grade teacher
Kenneth C
ulver, English teacherScott Em
ry, teacherW
arren Foltz, special services teacherErvin G
ebhardt, teacherG
eorgine Gillispie, librarian
Gordon H
erdener, PE teacherPam
Kinkela, activities coordinator and
teacherM
ary Martin, second-grade teacher
Christine M
cBride, English teacher
Nancy Polich, counselor
Nadine Q
uast, first-grade teacherLinda R
atcliffe, first-grade teacherLynette R
esch, teacherW
ayne Resch, teacher
Lynda Robison-B
adger, school psy-chologistStanley Silvernail, counseling servicescoordinatorD
ina Snider, history teacherM
ervina Sturgeon, first-grade teacherD
aniel Thurston, social studies teacherJam
es Wiitala, science teacher
Classified Staff:
Jerome A
ffeldt, bus driverN
ancy Arvidson, paraeducator
Lavonne Bailey, food services
Rose D
obbs, food servicesJeanne G
oter, office manager
William
Levene, HVA
C foreman
Janice Morgan, student services
secretaryJacqueline M
orris, food servicesR
aymond Stahl, stadium
manager
Sharon Stubblefield, office manager
Marcia U
pchurch, paraeducatorEllen W
oodiwiss, office m
anager
There were m
ixed reviews as a group of
students from W
alker High School�s
Phoenix Program approached �The W
all�on the W
ashington State University high
ropes course in Bonney Lake.
Stephany McQ
ueary confidently statedshe w
ould be able to conquer the 12-foot w
all. Others w
ere not so sure.�You�re crazy!� �I w
ould never dothat!� �It�s highly im
possible!� pro-claim
ed different voices.
Phoenix teacher Rex Tucker pulled the
group together and discussed the rules ofthe activity. H
e reminded them
of the toolsthey needed in order to be successful �both individually and as a team
. After
problem solving and trying out several
ways to scale the w
all most effectively,
each of the students, one-by-one with the
help and encouragement of team
mates,
reached the top.
Afterw
ards, the group gathered in a circleand reflected on the activity by applying itto their lives. Tucker asked the group,�W
hat is the 12-foot wall in your life?�
Some identified the w
all as challengessuch as fam
ily, school, money, and health.
He furthered the discussion by asking,
�What w
as the best way to overcom
e thisobstacle?� and �D
o you feel successful?�Students answ
ered the questions with
honesty and respect for each other.
This sort of cooperation and groupdynam
ics was form
ed throughout lastyear w
ith "Challenge," a new
addition tothe Phoenix Program
�s scheduled dailycurriculum
. Phoenix Program is a m
iddleschool alternative for youth that strivesto reconnect students w
ith schoolthrough creative teaching techniques.The program
is housed on the Walker
High School cam
pus.
Students spend a half hour at the end ofeach school day on C
hallenge, a portableropes course sim
ilar to, but on a smaller
scale than, the WSU
high ropes course.
"We started doing ropes activities last
year, but it wasn�t until w
e got thefunding from
Safe and Drug Free Schools
that we w
ere able to add it to the curricu-lum
,� says Tucker, who proposed the idea
along with Phoenix teacher M
arkK
enneally.
Students wrote proposals to the Puyallup
School District com
mittee for Safe and
Drug Free Schools. The m
oney allowed
them to com
mission R
oger High School�s
Industrial Arts program
to build 37different initiatives or activities. Theinitiatives m
ake up the portable ropescourse consisting of w
ood planks, ropes,poles, PV
C tubing, and m
ore. The items are
used in conjunction to make up different
physical challenges, and helmets and
other safety equipment is w
orn.
The activities focus on 40 developmental
assets including time use, fam
ily atmo-
sphere, adult relationships, parentinvolvem
ent, and a caring school.
Tucker says the program helps students to
realize difficulties in life and gives them the
tools to overcome them
.
�The purpose of Challenge is to give the
students a visual representation of what
we are theoretically teaching them
,� saysTucker. �They are all very visual learners.B
y putting something in their hands, the
idea we are trying to teach is connected to
the activity they are doing.�
The Challenge program
is clearly working
as represented by the group�s end of theyear trip to the high ropes course. W
hilethe course w
as more difficult than the
portable course at Walker, it tested w
hatthe group had learned throughout theyear. The program
uses the rubric of�Form
ing, Storming, N
orming, and
Performing� w
hen completing a task. They
were able to identify the problem
, do it,reflect upon it, and apply it to their lives.
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righ
t) Mich
ae
l Elia
s, Mike
Mc
Co
rmick, a
nd
Aa
ron
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ag
o h
elp
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ron
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ilma
n sc
ale
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llen
ge
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ll. All g
rou
p m
em
be
rs ha
dto
sca
le th
e 1
2-fo
ot w
all w
ith th
e h
elp
of te
am
me
mb
ers.
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hildren
A snapshot of Superintendent Susan G
ourley's work
The following is a synopsis of som
e of the work that
has been done during Superintendent SusanG
ourley�s first two years. She stresses the accom
-plishm
ents are the combined effort of staff, students,
parents, and the comm
unity.
�A
chieved high academic standards as m
easured byState required tests (W
ashington Assessm
ent ofStudent Learning, Iow
a Test of Basic Skills, and Iow
aTest of Educational D
evelopment), and the State
reading improvem
ent goals at grade four. In the area ofreading, all 21 elem
entary schools made significant
progress in reading. Eleven elementary schools w
ererecognized by the State for m
aking exemplary progress
in reading because they met or exceeded the State�s
three-year reading improvem
ent goal.
�Passed the four-year m
aintenance and operations levyin A
pril with a 68.4 percent yes vote, the highest yes
vote in more than a decade.
�Established a three-year financial plan and com
pletedthe first year ahead of schedule.
�Focused on diversity through increased recruitm
entand enhanced diversity education program
s.
�Led the effort to respond to the D
istrict�s growing
student housing needs by creating a Student Housing
Task Force to develop ways to alleviate crow
dedschools beyond this year due to continued studentenrollm
ent growth.
�D
eveloped partnerships with the com
munity and
established a Com
munities in Schools program
.
�Im
plemented the State fram
ework for the C
omprehen-
sive School Improvem
ent process.
�Im
proved comm
unications through additional publica-tions, m
eetings, and informational kiosks placed in
businesses throughout the comm
unity, and developed acom
prehensive comm
unications plan to provide regularupdates to all stakeholders.
�Expanded academ
ic options for students, includingdeveloping new
courses and educational alternatives.A
reas being explored include internet academy offer-
ings, extended school days or year, and internationalbaccalaureate program
s.
�Provided staff opportunities to strengthen skills inreading, m
ath, and writing instruction.
�C
ompleted a com
mon course of study aligned to the
new State standards and graduation requirem
ents atthe high school level.
�Established a better understanding and partnershipw
ith parents of special education and gifted childrenand created m
ore options for all students.
�R
enewed a partnership w
ith the Chinese visiting
teacher program and expanded the program
to includestudents. Plans this fall are to host several studentsfrom
Shanghai who w
ill attend Aylen Junior High
School.
�O
versaw construction of the new
Stewart Elem
entarySchool, w
hich will open this Septem
ber on time and w
ithinbudget, as w
ell as completion of construction of 1997 bond
projects at Ballou and Edgemont junior high schools.
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Superintendent reflects on first two years in P
uyallupLike m
ost superintendents, Susan Gourley
spent the first day of school last falltouring classroom
s. Only w
hat happenedon that day, according to those close toher, is a reflection of Susan the person,w
ho just happens to also be superinten-dent of the tenth largest school district inW
ashington.
Susan noticed a kindergartner crying, with
her mother and father at her side trying to
calm her on the first big day in elem
entaryschool. They w
ere searching their pocketsfor tissues w
hen Susan walked up and
offered hers.
After asking the child her nam
e, Susanexcitedly told her that both of them
had afirst nam
e that began with a �B
ig S.� As
the child appeared more interested, Susan
noticed the word �Shapes� on the kinder-
garten wall. She invited the little girl to take
her hand and go look at the �Big S�
together. As they crossed the classroom
,Susan saw
another kindergarten girlw
alking alone and asked if she, too, was
looking for a friend. When the answ
er was
yes, she introduced the two girls and told
them w
hile they weren�t seated at the sam
etable, they could still sm
ile to each otheracross the room
. By this tim
e both girlsw
ere visibly relaxing, the school bell was
ringing, and Susan noticed the one who
had been crying leading the class to itsfirst school assem
bly � still clutching hertissue pack, only w
ith a smile on her face.
Her favorite part of being superintendent?
That�s easy, says Susan. Being in schools
with students like the kindergartner w
hosenam
e begins with a "B
ig S." Or being
asked for her �autograph,� followed by a
spontaneous hug, from a sixth grader
celebrating the passage from elem
entary tojunior high school. O
r shaking the hand ofa high school senior m
oving on toeducational pursuits beyond the PuyallupSchool D
istrict.
As she reflects on her first tw
o years assuperintendent and looks ahead to thefuture, Susan�s conversation com
monly
revolves around two key areas �
making
sure no child is left behind, and keepingstudent achievem
ent at the forefront.
cultures and people. But the biggest
challenge, she says, is moving a large
school district of 20,000-plus studentsforw
ard in the area of student achievement.
Setting the bar higher is a difficult thing fora com
munity that has students scoring at
or just above average on skills tests. �Thatis a com
fort zone that�s hard to get out of,�she says. �W
hat I am saying is yes, w
e aredoing a good job, but w
e are capable ofm
ore. We have not tapped our full potential
to move us from
good to great."
Having staff in the right positions,
whether it be school principals or those w
ho
ing the comm
unity through partnershipsand other m
eans, are also contributingfactors to student success, she says. TheD
istrict is ahead of schedule on itsfinancial recovery, and passage of them
aintenance and operations levy lastspring secures continuation of locally-funded program
s.
Susan is also quick to point out theim
portance of giving students a voice, anddem
onstrated that comm
itment this past
year by involving all three high schools inthe levy inform
ation campaign. Students
are also participating in the revision of theD
istrict web site and discussion of their
academic needs.
To be a comm
unity of learners, Susan saysthe D
istrict must set the exam
ple. This pastyear she asked adm
inistrators to read threebooks on topics related to im
provingstudent achievem
ent in education, andsom
e schools encouraged their entirestaffs to participate. The readers then m
etin "leadership circles," or discussiongroups, to share how
to apply what they
learned in their daily work.
Board President K
athy Afflerbaugh says
Susan has done �an extraordinary job�since she arrived here from
Salem,
Oregon. �B
uilding positive relationshipsw
ithin this comm
unity is one of Susan�sm
any strengths.�
Last year, Susan named C
hampions for
Children as the D
istrict�s theme. She says
she decided to use the theme again this
year because, �It speaks to a value and astrength of this com
munity, and is a w
ayfor us to affirm
and recognize those who
give in sometim
es small and invisible w
aysto others.�
As Susan looked at a "com
fort quilt" ofsquares handm
ade by nearly 50 parents,students, and staff m
embers, she said she
wanted to thank the schools and com
mu-
nity for their support during the loss ofeach of her parents over a five w
eek periodthis past spring. "M
y family is a big
priority for me, and people have been so
giving, so compassionate."
Susan spends as many w
eekends aspossible w
ith her husband, Barry, who is
superintendent of the Hockinson School
District near Vancouver. They enjoy going to
the symphony and are becom
ing loyalM
ariners fans. "We are com
mitted to each
other's career and success, and comm
itted toeach other," she says. They have a daughter,Ingrid, w
ho lives in Tacoma.
Looking back on her first two years,
Susan says the best thing she did was to
spend her first year listening andlearning. "It's really been a w
onderfulfoundation for m
e. I know it w
as frustrat-ing for som
e people who w
anted me to
do something right aw
ay, but it hasgiven m
e a context and a well thought
out direction for our future."
Pa
ige
Bo
yer, a
sixth g
rad
er in
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ad
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nta
ryS
ch
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l, hu
gs S
usa
n G
ou
rley a
fter th
e su
pe
rinte
nd
en
t sign
ed
he
rye
arb
oo
k.
Which leads to her biggest challenge. Yes,
she says it was tough m
aking reductionsthis past year in staff and program
s � in
essence putting the District on a three-year
financial diet � to bring the budget into
balance. And yes, schools are faced w
ithovercrow
ding. And yes, the D
istrictcontinues to w
ork on the School Board�s
specific direction to create a learning andw
orking environment that w
elcomes all
support leadership, is critical, she says.N
umerous schools w
ill be opening undernew
leadership this year, most notably at the
secondary level with new
principals at more
than half of the junior highs, and two of the
three comprehensive high schools (see
administrative changes on page10).
Having enough m
oney to supportstudent achievem
ent efforts, and involv-
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hildren
Ard
ith M
uckia
n, a
bu
s drive
r in P
uya
llup
for 2
5 ye
ars, h
as w
on
pra
ise fo
r no
ticin
g a
tod
dle
r wa
nd
erin
g o
n W
ildw
oo
d P
ark D
rive.
Coaches honored
Students recognizedA
merican Legion Post 67 recognized tw
ostudents for speeches they deliveredlast spring at the A
merican Legion
Oratorical C
ontest at Central W
ashing-ton U
niversity. Hans Zeiger, a senior this
year at Puyallup High School, w
asnam
ed a winner for his speech on the
importance of the pream
ble to theC
onstitution as the �Agenda of Liberty.�
Matt M
ay, who graduated from
Rogers
High School in June, took second place
for his speech on the obligation ofA
mericans to vote and participate in the
democratic process.
Emerald R
idge High School senior N
icoleD
raney was nam
ed a senator in June atEvergreen G
irls State and attended Girls
Nation in W
ashington D.C
. in July.
David Savage, of R
ogers High School,
Craig Tronset, of Puyallup H
igh School,and Tim
Field, of Emerald Ridge H
ighSchool, received the rank of Eagle, thehighest rank offered by the B
oy Scoutsof A
merica. They are from
Troop 598.
The following coaches, advisors, and
teams received special recognition for
their efforts in the 2001-2002 season:
Five Puyallup High School coaches
received Coach of the Year honors: Tony
Batinovich, volleyball; John W
etterauer,m
en�s basketball; Gordon U
nruh, boyssw
imm
ing; Sue William
s, girls track; andC
arrie Bott, dance team
.
Wayne Farris, m
en�s soccer coach atEm
erald Ridge H
igh School, was nam
edSPSL South D
ivision coach of the year.R
ocky Poulin, wom
en�s tenniscoach,w
as responsible for the wom
en�steam
winning the SPSL South D
ivisionsportsm
anship award for the second
consecutive year.
From R
ogers High School, H
eatherH
oskins was nam
ed girls swim
ming
coach of the year from the South Puget
Sound League and West C
entral District.
Beth W
ing was nam
ed girls basketballcoach of the year by the South PugetSound League.
Ken B
enny accepts new job in O
lympia
Bus D
river reportstoddler w
anderingalone on busy roadA
rdith Muckian had dropped off her
students at Wildw
ood Elementary School
and was heading her school bus north on
Wildw
ood Park Drive w
hen she spotted atoddler running barefoot in a diaper and T-shirt w
ithout supervision.
�The baby was running betw
een a fence, aparked RV, and up and dow
n the edge ofW
ildwood Park D
rive,� says Muckian,
who im
mediately used her tw
o-way radio
to contact District transportation dispatch.
Dispatch then contacted the Puyallup
Police Departm
ent.
Meanw
hile, Muckian stopped her bus
and watched w
hat she guessed to beabout a one-year-old to m
ake sure shew
ould not run into the road or be pickedup by a stranger. A
fter darting about thearea for a short tim
e, the toddler went into
the yard of what ended up being her
home through a hole in the fence. �I
thought, what is that baby doing out
there? And w
here are the parents?�
Meanw
hile, about 10 cars backed upbehind the school bus, and w
ithin minutes
police were on the scene. M
uckian, a 25-year veteran bus driver, helped police
locate the home, then returned to the bus
barn for the rest of her work day, w
hichincludes runs to Edgem
ont Junior High,
Fruitland Elementary, and a vocational
education school in Tacoma for special
education students.
Betsy C
eccanti, driver trainer and accidentinvestigator in the D
istrict�s transportationdepartm
ent, says the police called later tosay that the bus driver saved the child�slife. �H
e said the child definitely couldhave been a victim
, hit by a car, or taken
by someone. H
e said this driver has beenw
ell trained, was observant, and did a
wonderful thing.�
Ceccanti says bus drivers are trained to
watch for hazards of all kinds. A
s forM
uckian, who w
as clearly a bit over-w
helmed by all the attention, she says,
�This just happened to be me. It could
have been any of our drivers. Anyone that
comes into this position needs to care
about kids and watch the big picture
around them.�
After 27 years in the Puyallup School
District, A
ssistant Superintendent of K-12
Education Ken B
enny left this month to
assume a new
job as Deputy Superinten-
dent of the Olym
pia School District. H
islast day w
as August 9.
Benny im
plemented num
erous programs
and hired many school leaders, including
half of the 10 secondary principals and 15of the 21 elem
entary chiefs. He also
participated in the selection of the threecurrent executive directors.
�I am so happy for K
en,� says Superin-tendent Susan G
ourley. �This is aw
onderful promotion for him
. But, this is a
big loss for us. Ken has
touched so many people
during his career. His
legacy is all around us �all the people he hashired. K
en has made a
huge impact on the lives
of many people.�
Benny says he accepted
the job in Olym
pia because he will be able
to work on developing leadership in the
school buildings and central officeadm
inistration. �Those who know
me
know that is m
y love � helping others
build their leadership.� He says he w
illm
iss most, �the very, very sincere passion
people have for these schools andcom
munity, even people w
ho no longerw
ork here.�
Benny started in this D
istrict in 1975 as ateacher at H
illtop Elementary School. H
isother positions include principal ofN
orthwood and Firgrove elem
entaryschools, planning principal and principalat Shaw
Road Elem
entary School, anddirector of elem
entary education.
He has been active in the com
munity,
including serving on the Board of Directors
for the Mel K
orum Fam
ily YM
CA and
Puyallup Campfire. H
e also is a 20-yearm
ember of the K
iwanis Club, D
affodil Valley.
Ke
n B
en
ny
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Technology Support Center focuses on student learning
Staff mem
ber designsw
restling mat carrier
School registrationinform
ationSchool bells ring Septem
ber 4 forstudents in the Puyallup School D
istrict.
Registration for students new
to theD
istrict is currently under way at all
schools. To register for kindergarten,parents should bring a copy of theirchild's im
munization record and birth
certificate. To register at all other grades,students need a copy of their im
muniza-
tion record, a last report card, and proofof address on a recent utility bill or leaseagreem
ent.
Calendars available
The 2002-03 calendar is available.C
ontact your school principal to receivea copy. C
opies are also available fromthe Education Service C
enter at 302Second Street SE in Puyallup.
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.
In an effort to provide more support to
student learning, the Technology SupportCenter has restructured its organization,including the creation of tw
o new staff
positions. TSC has also started redesign-
ing the District�s w
eb site and exploringw
ays to connect schools more w
ith thecom
munity.
Because State education reform
efforts arerequiring staff to pay m
ore attention tostudent perform
ance data, TSC has hired a
systems analyst to help devise w
ays tocoordinate that inform
ation and helpteachers and other staff access it quicklyand easily.
Joanne Kendrick, form
erly a consultant toThe B
oeing Com
pany, will be exam
iningw
ays to make sure inform
ation such asgrades, test scores, and specifics oncurriculum
and course content are easy toretrieve. �W
e want teachers to have the
kind of access to information that w
ill helpthem
make good decisions about w
hathappens in the classroom
,� says Mike
Hodgson, director of technology.
Helping teachers understand how
to best
use technology in their classrooms is a
key role of Brenda O
sborn, hired in thenew
position of instructional technologycoordinator. O
sborn was a building
learning specialist last year at Wildw
oodElem
entary School and a teacher beforethat at Sunrise Elem
entary School.
A com
mittee of staff has also been
working w
ith comm
unity representativesand students the past several m
onths tobegin redesigning the D
istrict web site.
Focus groups have indicated a desire form
ore options for parents and students toaccess im
portant information, as w
ell ashave an updated, visually appealing site.
Hodgson says he is interested in
pursuing how schools can be m
oreinvolved in the com
munity. O
ne idea, hesays, w
ould be to have an annualstudent technology fair sim
ilar to theD
istrict science fair. He also w
ants toexplore w
ays to involve students andpartner w
ith the comm
unity to expandcom
puter skills. �We w
ant to find uniquew
ays to engage the public,� he says.
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Leska W
etterauer has beenappointed executive director ofsecondary education. Leska hasserved the past four years asdirector of career and technicaleducation. B
efore that she was
assistant director of vocationaleducation. She began teaching
business education at Rogers H
igh School in 1988. Shehas a bachelor's degree from
Washington State
University and a m
aster's degree from C
entral Wash-
ington University.
District announces adm
inistrative changes for 2002-03
Rogers H
igh SchoolScott Brittain is the new
principal atRogers H
igh School. Scott comes to
Rogers from Ballou Junior H
ighSchool, w
here he served as itsprincipal since 1998. H
is previouspositions include serving as assistantprincipal at Puyallup and Rogers highschools and teacher at Puyallup H
ighSchool and K
alles and Aylen junior high schools. Scott beganteaching science and m
ath in 1982 at Aylen Junior High. H
e hasa bachelor's degree from
Western W
ashington University and
master's degree from
University of Puget Sound.
The following people have been selected to fill leadership
positions this year, including elementary and secondary
principals and several District adm
inistration posts.Note: The people featured w
ith photos and biographicalinform
ation include those named by the Connections copy
deadline. Staff positions announced just prior to this editiongoing to press July 31 include: Brian Low
ney, assistantprincipal at Rogers H
igh School; Krista Bates, assistant
principal at Ferrucci Junior High School; Barb Pope, assistant
principal at Rogers High School, and D
ave LaBounty,assistant principal at Puyallup H
igh School. For additionalinform
ation about a specific school, please contact the schooldirectly or the D
istrict office at 841-1301.
Stahl Junior High School
John Bustad is the new principal
at Stahl Junior High School.
Bustad has been co-principal at
Rogers H
igh School since 1998.H
is previous positions includeprincipal of B
allou and Kalles
junior high schools, viceprincipal at B
allou Junior High,
and vice principal at Rogers H
igh. He began teaching
social studies at Rogers H
igh School in 1969. He has
his bachelor's and master's degrees from
PacificLutheran U
niversity.
Ferrucci Junior High
SchoolM
ark Vetter is the new principal at
Ferrucci Junior High School. M
arkcom
es to Ferrucci from Stahl Junior
High School, w
here he served asprincipal since 1998. H
e has alsow
orked as assistant principal atStahl Junior H
igh School. Mark
began teaching in 1983 at BallouJunior H
igh in social studies and gifted education. He has a
bachelor's degree from W
ashington State University and a
master's degree from
Seattle University.
Northw
ood Elementary
School
Waller R
oad Elementary
School
Clara D
avidson is the newprincipal at N
orthwood Elem
entarySchool. C
lara served last year asan adm
inistrative intern at ZeigerElem
entary School. She has alsoserved as a teacher at both Zeigerand Sunrise elem
entary schools.C
lara started teaching third gradein 1987 at Sunrise Elem
entary School. She has a bachelor'sdegree from
University of Southern Florida and a m
aster'sdegree from
City U
niversity.
Guy K
ovacs is the new principal at
Waller R
oad Elementary School. H
ecom
es to Waller R
oad after servingtw
o years as assistant principal atFirgrove Elem
entary School. Guy
served as an administrative
assistant/ intern and curriculumspecialist in 1999-2000. B
efore that, his experienceincludes teaching social studies at K
alles Junior High
School and fifth and sixth grades at Wildw
ood Elementary
School. He began teaching at W
ildwood Elem
entary in1990, then spent tw
o years teaching in China before
returning to Puyallup. Guy has a bachelor's degree from
Pacific Lutheran University, a m
aster's degree from C
ityU
niversity, and an administrative credential from
Central
Washington U
niversity.D
irector of StudentServicesM
argie Jensen has been named
director of student services.Som
e of Margie's duties w
illinclude: counseling adm
inistra-tors on m
atters of studentdiscipline; providing leadershipin policy developm
ent andim
plementation around student
discipline, school safety, and school security; working
on issues related to curriculum, school leadership, and
managem
ent; providing support within the Safe and
Drug Free Schools program
; and working w
ith theD
istrict's international exchange students. Margie joins
the administrative team
after serving since 1998 as co-principal at R
ogers High School. B
efore that, she servedas vice principal at B
allou and Kalles junior high
schools. She began teaching PE and health at AylenJunior H
igh in 1974. Margie has a bachelor's degree from
Washington State U
niversity and a master's degree from
University of Puget Sound.
Executive Director of
Special Services
Director of D
evelopment
Executive Director of
Secondary Education
Bill B
udge has been appointedexecutive director of specialservices. In this position, he w
illoversee special education, Federal,State, and local rem
ediationservices, guidance and counseling,English as a Second Language(ESL) program
s, and other federaland State program
s. He has served as director of special
services program com
pliance for the past two years in
Puyallup. He also served one year as assistant director of
pupil services. Prior to that he served as director ofspecial services in A
berdeen, director of special educa-tion in M
ontana, and a school psychologist in Elma and
Lacey, WA
, and in Montana. H
e began his career ineducation in 1978 as a school psychologist in M
ontana.B
ill has his bachelor's and master's degrees from
theU
niversity of Montana.
Linda Quinn is the D
istrict'snew
director of development and
will be in charge of obtaining
grants and brainstorming on new
learning programs. She com
es tothis new
post after serving two
years as principal and a year asplanning principal at Em
eraldR
idge High School. She has also
served as principal at Puyallup High School and Aylen
Junior High School, and vice principal and teacher at
Edgemont Junior H
igh School. She began teachingEnglish at Puyallup H
igh School in 1974. Linda has abachelor's degree from
Washington State U
niversity anda m
aster's degree from W
estern Washington U
niversity.
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All available space is sought to
house students in crowded schools
Parent volunteer directs traffic outside B
rouillet Elem
entary
Bro
uille
t Ele
me
nta
ry Sch
oo
l stud
en
ts wo
rk o
n c
om
pu
ters fro
m a
po
rtab
le, wire
less lab
that c
an
travel b
etw
ee
n cla
ssroo
ms.
Pa
ren
t volu
nte
er R
ob
ert D
oy d
irec
ts traffic
en
terin
g a
nd
leavin
gB
rou
illet E
lem
en
tary S
cho
ol.
To parents like Tamm
y McLelland w
ho turnsouth onto G
em H
eights Drive at the end of
each school day, Robert D
oy is a lifesaver.H
e has also won praise from
truck driversw
ho haul loads to and from the nearby
Silver Creek construction site, as w
ell asw
aves and smiles from
school bus driversand neighbors in the com
munity.
A retired arm
y sergeant and father of three,D
oy volunteered 15 minutes every after-
noon last year � and plans to continue hisservice again this year �
directing traffic infront of Brouillet Elem
entary School.Brouillet recorded the third largest enroll-m
ent last year among the D
istrict's elemen-
tary schools with 709 students.
Last fall, Doy says he began the year
meeting his daughter, K
iana, in his parkedcar across the street from
school. �I would
watch, and the student crossing guards
would do their best to get cars to stop and
kids across the crosswalk. B
ut I witnessed
several hazardous incidents."
Doy knew
he needed to step in and help ashe w
atched the large volume of cars
heading north and south on the heavilytraveled G
em H
eights Drive, buses and cars
turning left into the school and right out ofthe school, parents lined up to turn southacross the traffic, and student w
alkersw
aiting to cross the street.
After getting approval from
schooladm
inistrators, Doy started appearing in the
middle of the road a few
minutes before the
final bell. He uses an orange flag, w
ears asafety vest, and draw
s from years of
military experience directing traffic.
Doy estim
ates about 150 cars and fourschool buses pass through in the 15m
inutes. �Without him
there, the situationw
ould be a nightmare,� says M
cLelland.
This is the third in a series of articles onthe student housing situation in thePuyallup School D
istrict.
Students will notice changes in how
andw
here they learn and move about in
schools this year as the District im
ple-m
ents creative ways to serve additional
students in already crowded facilities.
At B
rouillet Elementary School, students
will use a w
ireless computer lab on w
heelsinstead of sitting at traditional w
orkstations in a portable classroom
. At H
untElem
entary School, which is seeing a
surge this year in kindergarten enrollment,
students in band, orchestra, and some
vocal music w
ill meet on the m
ulti-purposestage to free a portable for a classroom
.
Throughout the District, students w
illsee m
ore of their teachers team-teaching
in shared classroom space. C
ertainprogram
s or support services will also
be combined in one area or m
oved tonew
locations. And for those w
ho arenew
to the area and among the last to
register, they may find them
selvesenrolled and bused outside of theirneighborhood schools.
Parents also will be dropping off and
picking up children at a new location
adjacent to Firgrove Elementary to
alleviate traffic congestion on Meridian
Avenue. Partnerships w
ith several areachurches w
ill provide additional parkingat Puyallup H
igh and Stewart Elem
entaryschools, and out-of-D
istrict studentsw
ho want to enroll in Puyallup w
ill beturned dow
n at schools that are at orover capacity.
These changes to how students learn,
move around school sites, or are enrolled
are just some of the w
ays District officials
are seeking to provide a quality educationto 20,000-plus students in buildings thathave exceeded the num
ber of studentsthey w
ere designed to serve. The changesare m
ost noticeable at schools on SouthH
ill, where construction has boom
ed inrecent years.
"We are trying to squeeze every little
square foot out of each of these schools,"says R
udy Fyles, director of facilities.
A 42-m
ember Student H
ousing Task Forcehas been m
eeting since last spring todevelop long-range solutions that w
ill
create space for students through at least2006. Sw
itching to year-round school,offering double sessions, creating m
agnetprogram
s, changing to a middle school
model, and offering program
s in non-traditional w
ays are among options the
comm
ittee is exploring.
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hildren
District retires pre-1977 buses
As the school year begins, the Transpor-
tation Departm
ent is eager to begintransporting students w
ith one major goal
accomplished - the replacem
ent of all pre-1977 school buses. School officialsseized an opportunity recently w
henLaidlaw
, a private bus company, called the
District to announce they w
ere sellingpart of their fleet.
"When they called and told us they w
ereselling som
e of their buses, we couldn't
pass up the opportunity to get such adeal and great break on the total price,"says H
enry Ham
mond, director of
transportation. He said the eleven used
buses were purchased for a fraction of
the cost of similar new
buses.
To date, the District has purchased 24
new buses through the Transportation
Levy approved by voters in 2000. Thepurchase of seven late 1990's m
odel used
conventional school buses, as well as
four late model 1990's special needs
school buses, will allow
for the retirement
of all pre-77 school buses a year ahead ofschedule.
"These purchases will bring the D
istrictin line w
ith having a sufficient number of
buses, all with the post-1977 safety
features, to serve the needs of ourcom
munity and its students," says
Ham
mond. W
ith the additional busesfrom
Laidlaw, which w
ere expected toarrive over sum
mer, the D
istrict will have
144 school buses to support the growing
student population.
"The pre-1977 buses have more than
400,000 miles on them
, have had theirengines rebuilt and repow
ered too many
times to count, and virtually everything
has been replaced at one time or another
except the shell," says Ham
mond.
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od
lan
d E
lem
en
tary stu
de
nts h
op
off th
eir sch
oo
l bu
s an
d h
ea
dfo
r cla
ss.
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left) B
oe
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plo
yee
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dit U
nio
n P
uya
llup
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ress
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rvice
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na
ge
r Lo
u W
ilson
, Ro
ge
rs Hig
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oo
l inte
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liza
be
th
Qu
iroz
, a
nd
B
EC
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y.
Student gets on the job training in two-year internship
Elizabeth Quiroz is quick on her feet at the B
oeingEm
ployees Credit U
nion. She opens, closes, and transfersfunds betw
een accounts, processes official bank checks,helps custom
ers with the ATM
machine and bank-by-
phone system, and gives advice on loans and individual
retirement accounts, all w
hile learning a new com
puterupdate to a system
that will be im
plemented in O
ctober.
The 17-year-old is the only high school student south ofSeattle selected to participate in a new
pilot program that
gives a high school junior a two-year
internship in the BECU financial
services industry. Quiroz, a senior this
year, is trained in all phases of the jobat the Puyallup Express Service C
enterinside Top Food and D
rug on SouthH
ill. She also attends employee
trainings and seminars, receives a
competitive salary, and qualifies for a
$1,000 education scholarship at theend of the tw
o years.
�This is just a fantastic opportu-nity,� says Low
ell Johnson, work-
based learning coordinator atR
ogers High. �She has an opportu-
nity to learn some real practical
skills in her career interest.�
Quiroz started the program
last Decem
berand w
orked two hours per day during the
school year, then full time during sum
mer.
She plans to work a couple of hours after
school again this year.
�I think this is such a great opportunity for me,� says
Quiroz, w
ho plans to attend a four-year college with a
career focus in business, marketing, and accounting. �It
opens the door to the real job world.�
Quiroz w
as selected from six students w
ho applied andinterview
ed with Lou W
ilson, manager of the Puyallup
Express Service Center. W
ilson had contacted Johnson, afellow
Rotary Club mem
ber, when she learned of the new
student program.
�Elizabeth is very intelligent and professional,� saysW
ilson, who serves as the student�s m
entor. �She is in aposition to learn about everything w
e do.� Wilson says
she is flexible about scheduling Quiroz�s w
ork hoursaround school and com
munity service projects.
In addition to her regular job duties, Quiroz w
ill be activethis sum
mer in B
ECU
efforts to collect backpacks as part ofK
ids in Need, w
hich provides low-incom
e students inw
estern Washington w
ith basic school supplies. �We try
to give them opportunities they w
ouldn�t otherwise have,�
says Dana M
cCarthy, employm
ent manager.
The BEC
U internship is one of several internships in
the Puyallup School District. O
thers include summ
erinternships w
ith Bates Technical C
ollege, as well as
The Boeing C
ompany in its m
anufacturing and engi-neering fields.
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