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Good News About Students and Staff at Greater Albany Public Schools
Two Albany school bus drivers are headed to an international safety competition in July. Greater Albany Public School District's bus drivers recently competed in a regional safety exercise (known as a Bus Rodeo) in Lebanon, and represented our district well.
The top finishers in that event advanced to the state level competition held May 31 at the Deschutes County Fair and Expo Center in Redmond. Albany drivers again drove very well, achieving the following results:
- 1st place Minibus: Janet Turner
- 3rd place General Conventional: Virginia Smythe
- 3rd place Team: Janet Turner, Veronica Taylor, Virginia Smythe
Bus drivers Janet Turner and Virginia Smythe qualified for, and were invited to, the upcoming International School Bus Safety Competition in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, slated for mid-July. Turner and Smythe are two of six Oregon drivers who will compete in Calgary. The annual competition is organized by the National School Transportation Association (NSTA) with the cooperation of industry partners.
The "Mundos Diferentes" Hispanic Club at South Albany High School conducted a fund raising event on Saturday, May 3, 2008. The event was coordinated with Greg Roe, Executive Director of the Linn County United Way. The club donated $600 to the United Way to assist with a dental van to bring dental services to low-income families with no dental insurance. The van will come to the South Albany High School campus on June 13 and Mundos Diferentes Club members will assist in translating for the service.
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North Albany Middle School teacher, Katy Kelly, was selected as 2008 Outstanding Technology Educator of the Year by the Northwest Council for Computer Education.
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South Albany High School teacher Pam Bene', who has been teaching at South for 16 years, was named Family Consumer Sciences Teacher of the Year for the State of Oregon by the Oregon Association for Family and Consumer Sciences.
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Oregon Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance has honored West Albany High School teacher Danielle Blackwell, naming her Oregon High School Physical Education Teacher of the Year.
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South Albany High School seniors Tyler Tuner and Ryan McMinds, students in Carla Streng's AP Biology class, qualified as national semifinalists in the 2008 USA Biology Olympiad.
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