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January 2011
For Alumni, Retirees, and Friends of Eugene International High School
Eugene International High School
7th Annual Alumni Newsletter
Educating Global Citizens
Celebrating 26 years of
Eugene International High School
As global citizens at Eugene International High School, we aspire to value diversity,
ambiguity, and discovery––and to act with responsibility, integrity, and compassion.
Looking Back, Moving Forward:
Eugene IHS Celebrates 25 Years
perspective in every endeavor we undertake as a school.
And, just as the original proposal recognized the necessity of
communication in a second language, Eugene IHS remains
the only high school that requires three years of world language study to graduate with our honorary diploma.
by Courtney Leonard, Head Teacher
On July 18, 1984, the Eugene 4J School Board unanimously
approved a proposal to implement a new alternative school,
Eugene International High School.
Eugene IHS was also meant to be an IB school, a very new
and different approach to education in the early 1980s. The
International Baccalaureate Organization began in 1968;
Eugene IHS is one of the original IB World Schools in the
United States. This status was granted to Eugene IHS in
January1987, and IB curriculum was presented to all juniors
during the 1987-88 school year. IB, both the organization
and our school’s program, has grown significantly over
the past twenty-six years. In our first graduating class of
1989, out of 76 graduates, 8 students earned the full IB diploma. This can be compared to our numbers for the 2010
graduating class: of 285 graduates, 82 students were full
diploma candidates. IB is recognized as simply the best in
standards-based education, an education we continue to offer
to every junior and senior in our school, with preparation
completed in the freshman and sophomore years.
From its inception, Eugene IHS was to be a school in international studies with humanities, social science, and world
language as its focus. In addition, it was to be an International
Baccalaureate World School (IB). These two aspects—international studies and IB—continue to define Eugene IHS.
Philosophy and Mission
The original prospectus for Eugene IHS indicates “the underlying philosophy of the international school concept is
the emphasis on the blending of the specialization of foreign
language study with the broad perspective of the history of
cultures of the nations selected for study in order to prepare
students for successful living in an international multilingual community” (1984). The proposal recognized that the
creation of a school in international studies was a logical
and natural response to the challenge of an ever-evolving
global system.
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Our website address has changed. Please
make a note of it for future communications:
www.ihs.4j.lane.edu
This conclusion was based on an examination of the
Oregon Governor’s Commission on Foreign Language and
International Studies, a Carnegie Foundation report entitled
Other Nations, Other Peoples, a survey of families with
high-school aged students, and a 4J District response to high
school reform. The original proposal was brought to the
school board by a group of forward-thinking and premier
educators in our community, who held a unique vision and
ideal for international education.
ON THE INSIDE:
Eugene IHS Happenings
GAPP Exchange Celebrates 20 Years
Grade Level Updates
IB and More
Alumni Corner
Eugene IHS Staff 2010-2011
Retiree Notes
Alumni Notes
Alumni E-Mail Directory
Contact Us
Insert: Eugene IHS Alumni Volunteer Form
Eugene IHS Needs Your Help
The focus on educating global citizens in Eugene IHS has
remained the same, as has the dedication to infusing a global
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LOOKING BACK, MOVING FORWARD
Curriculum and Model
In conceiving of an international high school, the original
proposal outlined several basic assumptions about the
curriculum and model: “The humanities should serve as
the umbrella for the total curricular structure;” and, “An
interdisciplinary approach should be utilized to deliver the
curriculum;” and, “Multicultural and international education
are natural partners” (1984).
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mission statement that “other people, with their differences,
can also be right” (IBO). These assumptions have remained
true and valid in our current milieu.
The proposed organizational structure from 1984 was as
“a school-within-a-school model” that would serve “as a
magnet school for district schools,” and utilize “the facilities and resources of the host high school” (1984). Thus, a
co-location model defines Eugene IHS and still provides
students the opportunity to “specialize in international studies,” and “serves as a catalyst to increase the international
dimension of the regular school program” (1984).
In examining the course offerings of the school from 1984
to the present, these assumptions are clearly reflected with
classes such as Chinese Language and Culture, International
Careers, International PE, Russian Language and Culture,
International Business, International Law and World Values,
and Contemporary Issues.
We celebrate our existence as a unique model of international
education, led by teachers and powered by the remarkable
community of students, alumni, and parents who continue
to support our work.
As we have evolved as a school, what has remained at the
heart of all decisions is the value of maintaining a humanities
focus in an interdisciplinary setting that embraced an ideal of
cultural proficiency. With change, Eugene IHS staff members, ever resourceful, creative and imaginative, continually
reaffirm the commitment to social studies, literature and the
arts, taught in an interdisciplinary fashion, blending topics
and issues to enhance student understanding.
EUGENE IHS FACTOID #1:
The Eugene IHS Picnic has become a traditional
event to start off the beginning of the school year.
Every year, about the second week in September,
all Eugene IHS students and their families are
invited to a picnic held in Alton Baker Park to meet
teachers, play games, and celebrate.
Just as we aspire to today, our original proposal recognizes
that a truly valid multicultural education should incorporate
a global perspective to ensure a close examination of national
and local diversity issues within a larger context. Today, our
mission statement underscores the need to value diversity
to improve the human condition, and aligns with the IBO
This year, in support of One Day One Goal, over 40
students played soccer on Tuesday, September 21
for International Day of Peace, bringing recognition
to a day of global ceasefire (check it out at: http://
www.peaceoneday.org/en/takeaction/football_odog/
about-one-day-one-goal).
25th Anniversary Celebration
We want to encourage alumni to attend this event
as well. Please check the Eugene IHS website in
early September for the date.
On April 23, 2010 we celebrated our twenty-fifth anniversary with a gathering at Lane Community College’s
Center for Meeting and Learning. Former teachers and
alumna, current teachers and students, and community
members all met to be entertained by the Chinese Lion
Dancers, the Spanish Immersion dancers, and student
musicians. Special thanks go to the Chinese American
Benevolent Association, our Spanish Immersion seniors,
David Bao, violinist, and Maria Maita-Keppeler, singersongwriter, for their performances. We are also grateful
to Dwayne Adcock, our founder, Brian O’Kelley, our
benefactor, and Halle Shirk, current student and founder
of Project Our Turn, for their role in reminding us about
the importance of a global education, linked to language
learning and critical thinking. In all, it was a lovely
evening in celebration of international studies.
TRADITIONS IN EUGENE IHS
Eugene IHS Picinc
Eugene Celebration Parade
Opening Assembly
Art Benefit Sale
International Study Abroad Fair
Model United Nations (MUN)
Penny War
Meeting of Great Artists
9th Grade Africa Celebration
Eugene IHS Film Festival
Community Service Fair
Eurasian Conference
Gatsby Ball
Swansong
Farewell Assembly
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EUGENE IHS HAPPENINGS
Project Our Turn Founder, Halle Shirke,
Selected for National Conference in
Washington, D.C.
my generation plans to do. “I see a world” said Michael Blake,
advisor to Barack Obama at age 27, “I see a world. But you do
not see a world looking down.” So we will keep our heads up,
keep moving forward, keep living a dream outside ourselves,
and keep trying to make a change.
On Wednesday, June 2, 2010 I was fortunate to attend
the Teach Africa Leadership Conference in Washington
D.C.’s State Department. There, ten students from around
the nation joined by 300 students from the metropolitan
area, spoke with students from South Africa, Cameroon,
and Liberia via video conference and learned what it took
to be a leader. What impressed me most wasn’t the “escort
required” on my badge or the fact that we were only floors
away from names like Clinton, Biden, and Obama, nor
was it even the grandeur or fine weather of our nation’s
capital. What impressed me most was the caliber of people
attending the conference. Each and every student was a
bright young individual with plans to make the world a
better place. During the conference we were inspired to be
the best that we could be. To provide effective and ethical
leadership as we joined the global community. We were
told that change begins with a dream, a vision, and the
confidence that you can make a difference.
To learn more about Project Our Turn, please visit our website http://our-turn.wikispaces.com, or find us on facebook
under the name: Project Our Turn. If you have any questions about how to get involved, please feel free to ask at
[email protected].
Article by Halle Shirke, Senior Class 2011
Eugene IHS, South Eugene Campus
The Gatsby Ball
A dedicated and playful group of juniors gathered at the
Amazon Community Center for the annual Gatsby Ball on Friday,
June 4, 2010. The swankily dressed
crowd danced the night away to the
tunes of the 20’s. Dance instructor
Richard McConochie volunteered
his time to teach the Charleston to a
brave group of dancers. Prizes were
awarded for best dressed characters
from The Great Gatsby, though
everyone was deserving. We thank
the student organizers and staff who
attended for their support in making
this joyful event possible.
Three years ago, I started a fundraiser called Project Our
Turn that sought to mobilize the actions of teens into a
global effort supporting the education of students worldwide. Because of the immense support of others and the
confidence that I could make a change, Project Our Turn
has gone from a fly-by-night operation into a full-fledged
charitable organization. The Teach Africa conference has
allowed Project Our Turn to spread its work nationally as
motivated teens across the country start chapters that will
provide aide to countries around the world. In the near
future Project Our Turn has the potential to “go global” as
we continue to reach out to students all over the world who
believe that it is their turn to make a difference, students
like the ones at the Teach Africa Conference.
Having seen such a motivated group of young individuals, I can say that there is much cause for hope for the
future of America and the future of our world. For if it is
indeed these young people who will so soon assume the
leadership roles prepared for them, as is only right, then
so too will the dreams of these leaders follow them in their
duties. Dreams which will bring change and peace to a
world which so desperately needs it. Like the Ugandan
Ambassador at the conference said, you must learn to,
“live a dream beyond yourself,” and that is exactly what
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The Eugene IHS Literary Magazine: Swansong
Swansong 2010 Release Party
The editors of Swansong proudly launched their magazine at Tsunami Books on June 9, 2010 with an open-mic reading. The audience enjoyed cookies and tea while listening to students read their freshly-published work. The advisor,
Jessica Schabtach, honored editors with flowers and gave thanks to all who have supported Swansong in its three-year run.
In total, Swansong published the work of over 70 students from all three Eugene IHS campuses within its 100 pages.
The advisor, Jessica Schabtach, could not be more proud of her student editors (editor-in-chief Xiaolu Liu; poetry editor
Phoebe Sheldon Young; prose editor Torin Rudeen; layout & production manager Rachel Grudzien; publicity manager Amy
Poeschl; and art editor Ivy Chen and junior editors Lydia Hale, Nellie Gayle, Jessica
Lohmuller, Adeline Kim, Genni Koberstein, and Sydney Crabaugh) and will submit the
review to the National Council of Teachers of English for evaluation.
Swansong 2011
The Eugene IHS LiterFor three years in a row, Swansong has achieved a high ranking from the National
ary Review has made a
Council of Teachers of Engilsh (NCTE). NCTE’s Program to Recognize Excellence
comeback for a fourth
in Student Literary Magazines (PRESLM) recognizes students, teachers, and schools
year this year. This
for producing excellent literary magazines. The program’s mission is to encourage
year’s publication will
all schools to develop literary magazines, seeking excellence in writing and schoolbe online and available
wide participation in production. Swansong 2010 received a rank of “Excellent.”
in June 2011.
Copies of Swansong are available in each campus’ Eugene IHS office.
The first writing assignment in 9th grade Global Literature this year was “My Story.” Students were to write a
story from their own lives. The following student’s story, which she sent to Willie Nelson, is posted on his
website at: http://www.willienelson.com/story/news-pedernales_poo_poo/somewhere_over_the_rainbow-6
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
09/16/10 By Zsofika Wigney, Churchill 9th Grader, My
Story
I once sent a letter to Willie Nelson when I learned about
the concert and decided to go. In my letter I invited him
to my home and told him about my surroundings. I even
explained about Annie the dog and to say “down” when
she jumps. I also talked about directions to my house and
whether he wanted to go himself or with me. I sent the
letter and was hoping for a relatively quick reply, but it
took a little while; however, it was worth it. Indeed, after
2 days I grew listless with waiting for it.
Eventually the reply came: it was from his daughter, Lana,
who read it to him. In the letter Lana invited me backstage
after the concert to meet Willie and have a photo taken
with him. Lana said Willie would be honored to meet me.
I was so excited that I danced on the dining room table!
The letter also said that he has a great-granddaughter with
Asperger’s, just like me.
To this day, I anxiously wait for the weekend of September
19th, only three days away! Although I have long despaired
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of ever meeting him, I now know that the time draws ever closer;
as I write, an angel has kissed me in knowing that Destiny had
me in mind when planning this, that Destiny herself writes in
her book that Zsofika needs a concert for her dream to come
true. Willie is one of the very few (myself included) who have
spoken personally and alone with Destiny. I benefit knowing
that for me this is an opportunity as precious as 107 sapphires!
I used to think that Willie Nelson was a rainbow, but now at
fourteen years of age I have come to know that Willie Nelson
is not a rainbow but is the rainbow…
THREE DAYS LATER...
Eugene IHS Student Government
2011 Africa Celebration
AND
Eurasian Conference
Funded!
Eugene IHS Student Government is committed to making a difference in the world and has chosen to support
the Kiva Foundation which hosts micro-loans to people
around the world.
Each year we hold the cross-campus Penny Wars to generate funds for worthy programs. This year the Penny War
raised $291 and the Churchill campus was the winner.
Courtney Leonard’s proposal “Africa Celebration”
was awarded $2,000 on Nov. 1 by the EEF board of
directors. Also funded was Wade Powell’s proposal
“Eurasian Conference” for $2,000.
We held regional car washes in September and raised about
$300. We are also planning a spring dance in March.
Gifts to the Eugene Education Fund made possible
100 grants so far, and more may be sponsored by
year end. Details are at www.eef.lane.edu.
Please visit the Kiva site at www.kiva.org to see how we
will use our resources in this wonderful world. Please
volunteer to match our funds and help us make a difference.
Grant support is in addition to donor-earmarked gifts
parents and neighbors make through EEF. This
steady support means our kids get wider opportunity
and more individual attention.
Contact our president Ben Taube, or our advisor Wade
Powell ([email protected]) if you have questions.
Some of our dreams remain unfulfilled here at Eugene IHS. If you have not already made a gift this
year, would you consider doing so now?
Below are just a few of the people we have helped
so far.
Make your check payable to “Eugene IHS EEF” and
mail it to EEF, P.O. Box 1015, Eugene OR, 97440,
or bring it to our office.
You can also contribute by credit card or monthly
bank transfers. For more information call
541-343-6877 or write [email protected]
EUGENE IHS T-SHIRTS
Short sleeve shirts—$10
Jerseys and Long Sleeve—$12
COMING ATTRACTIONS FOR
STUDENT GOVERNMENT:
Eugene IHS Film Festival (Jan 13th)
Eugene IHS Cross-Campus Penny Wars (Nov-Dec)
Eugene IHS Spring Dance (Mar 12th)
Eugene IHS T-Shirt Design Contest (End of Year)
On sale NOW in the Eugene IHS offices.
This year's Eugene IHS t-shirt was designed by
KareyElly Lindsay, Churchill senior.
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GAPP EXCHANGE CELEBRATES 20 YEARS
Eugene IHS and Gymnasium Wendalinum recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of their German American
Partnership Program exchange. We welcomed eighteen students and two teachers from St. Wendel, Germany.
While they were here the guests attended classes, tried American food, gave presentations on their homeland,
hiked Silver Falls and Smith Rock, played laser tag, explored the state capitol building, took in the High Desert
Museum, learned about U.S. government from Lane County Commissioner Pete Sorenson, gave an interview for
Skipping Stones magazine, and made many, many new friends. Their busy schedule then took
them to San Francisco before they headed home. Next summer a delegation of Eugene students
will visit St. Wendel and continue the tradition. The letter below was sent by St. Wendel’s GAPP
coordinator, Wolfgang Ulbrich.
Dear GAPP friends,
With substantial assistance by the German-American
Partnership Programme and the St.Wendel based
German-American Friendship Group Lane County around 200
students and 14 teachers from both sides of the Atlantic have
so far enjoyed and profited from the three-week intercultural
education. We would very much like to continue this successful
work and contribute to mutual understanding across borders
and develop personality of young people.
The forthcoming visit of St. Wendel exchange students
to Eugene will be from: Sep. 25 to Oct. 19, 2010.
English teacher Heinz Roehrig is chaperoning the
Wendalinum group together with our principal
Heribert Ohlmann.
As I started the programme with a visit to the International
High School, Eugene with a group of ten St. Wendel girls
on March 30, 1990, we can now celebrate 20 years of
our successful Wendalinum – IHS GAPP exchange programme. So it is a lucky coincidence that our principal is
co-chaperoning this year’s Wendalinum student group. I
hope you can somehow integrate this anniversary into a
potluck or any other school welcoming event.
As very few teachers still know about the beginning of
the programme I guess I should briefly inform those
who have joined the programme fairly recently about the
previous exchanges and the teachers involved. Our first
three visits to Eugene by St. Wendel students were chaperoned by me alone. In spring 1990 we were welcomed
by Dwayne Adcock from the 4J School District and IHS
Head Teacher Jon Doornink. Dwayne and Jon helped
substantially to bring about the exchange of the young
IHS. In 1997 Heinz Roehrig accompanied me to Eugene.
Two years later Heinz was joined by Andrea Bechter. On
our next four tours I took with me Brigitte Moll (2002),
Dorothee Trenz (2004), Guenther Kuntz (2006) and Sara
Buech (2008). On the American side it was SEHS guidance counselor Laurene Larson who took the first two
American student groups to St. Wendel. The next two tours
were chaperoned by IHS teacher Steve Smith. Then SEHS
German teacher Yasmin Staunau continued the programme
twice. In 2007 SEHS German teacher Kathy Saranpa
accompanied American students to St. Wendel with Indira
Bakshi. Kathy and others later were joined in the preparations by Kyle Yamada. In 2009 IHS teacher Craig Wiebe
and Carrie Grabowski took Eugene students to Germany.
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Wolfgang Ulbrich
Gymnasium Wendalinum
St. Wendel
GAPP-coordinator
EUGENE IHS FACTOID #2
Our Opening Assembly, long a tradition in Eugene IHS,
sets the tone for the year ahead. This year, we shared our
collective experience by exploring the power an individual
has to change the world.
The message was simple and powerful: Every one of us
has the power to change the world. All it takes is an idea,
an inspiration, an education, some connections and a commitment to take action.
At our Opening Assembly we heard from two students—Ari
Hirschstein and Terry Cobian—who traveled to Ghana
and Argentina, respectively, to complete service projects and
cultural exchange designed to increase intercultural understanding. We also heard from alumni Michelle Spresser
who lived and worked in Swaziland, sharing her talents and
willingness to make a difference at an AIDS/HIV clinic in
a remote area. She spoke of the children she met and her
daily interactions—the small kindnesses that served to
make their lives more comfortable and hopeful.
Also, students donated canned food to FOOD for Lane
County at the Assembly, a small action to help combat
hunger.
GRADE LEVEL UPDATES
9th Grade News
Africa on the Horizon
Won Tan Nara Drum &
“Lou Radja had students in
Dance Ensemble, this
the palm of his hand from
year’s performers, clearly
the moment he spoke to
knows the power of one.
them during his workshop on
Their most recent Eugene
Education at the Teach Africa
performance, entitled,
Youth Forum at Portland State
“We are One” attests to
University. Lou’s genuine
the power we tap when
warmth and gift for relating to
we recognize our comyouth radiated throughout his
monality; as humanity, we
presentation and afterwards
hold tremendous potential!
as the students followed him
Their dance workshops are
down the hall, eager to learn
hosted by Alseny Yansane,
more from him. An hour was
a 14-year-veteran of the
not enough!” says Karen
world-renowned Ballets
Ettinger, K-12 Director of
Africains, and Andrea
the Education World Affairs
DiPalma Yansane, who
Council of Oregon.
has been performing and
teaching West African
For more information and
dance since 1994. They
to “meet” Lou online, visit
have received high praise
www.louradja.com.
for their group’s engaging,
high-energy performances, which magically connect individual audience members to
each other, as well as to the world of West African rhythms,
song, percussion, and dance.
The 9th grade team would like to offer sincere thanks and
gratitude to the Eugene Education Fund, which, this year, has
generously granted our request to fully fund our annual Africa
Conference! This support, which mostly covers facility costs,
also allows us to invite engaging, powerful, impactful speakers
and performers, and is crucial for a successful event.
This year, in part thanks to this additional funding, our team
was able to invite international speaker, Lou Radja, to participate as this year’s keynote speaker and Won Tan Nara Drum
and Dance Ensemble as the day’s performers.
According to his website, www.louradja.com, “Before moving
to America, [Lou] lived in the Democratic Republic of Congo
[DRC]. He graduated from Portland State University with
a degree in International Affairs, focusing on issues related
to African development.” He has worked on the African
American Health Coalition, Inc., and is also Co-Founder and
Executive Director of EduCongo, which is currently working
to provide education in the DRC for children in need, through
its “Power of One” campaign.
The message of the “Power of One” fits seamlessly with the
Eugene IHS theme for the year. Through the Opening Assembly in September, our participation in the Peace One Day
campaign, and now including Mr. Radja at our Africa Celebration, this year in Eugene IHS has been focused on the power
we all have to make the changes we wish to see in the world.
For all of this year’s 9th graders, we hope that Won Tan Nara,
Mr. Lou Raja, and the Africa Conference as a whole, will
surely communicate the incredible impact that one – one
moment, one choice, one person, one event – can have.
“Won Tan Nara Drum & Dance Ensemble is a high energy, extremely talented and totally motivated group of
individuals. Mixing the power of the musicians with the fresh choreography of the dancers, their performance is
awesome.
And then there is Alseny-a truly amazing athletic performer with a stage presence that can keep an audience captivated for what seems like forever, and then bring them to their feet cheering for more. I hope
those who have seen what they bring to the world of performance art, know just how lucky they are. At
the fifteenth annual 2009 Dance for a Reason benefit concert, they were the finale performance. I watched
1800 people standing, screaming, as they watched this group show what great entertainment is all about.”
Geni Morrow, Executive Director, The EDGE, Producer, Dance for a Reason, Owner, The Reach Center
For information about upcoming Won Tan Nara Drum & Dance Ensemble performances, classes, and workshops,
visit them on the web at www.wontanaraproductions.com.
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GRADE LEVEL UPDATES
10th Grade News
Although the sequencing of units may shift from year to
year, the core curriculum of sophomore year in Eugene IHS
remains essentially the same. Global History still undertakes
the impossible task of covering all of the human experience
from its origins to the modern age, focusing primarily on
Europe and Asia. Global Literature and the Arts still examines
the creative expression of the cultures in the regions students
study in their history course, with a special focus on how
time and place impacts the craft of writing. Comparative
Values and Belief Systems still offers a sweeping overview
of world religion and philosophy, and our students continue
to expand their knowledge and skills through their work on
independent study projects.
Please visit our Eurasian Conference web page where
students research, manage their assignments, and create blogs
in preparation for this special day. Browse the site and read
about the various issues that Eugene IHS sophomores will
be tackling at the conference.
The Eurasian Conference web page is located at:
http://staff.4j.lane.edu/~wiebe/ihs/eurasian/eurasian.htm
Now, as in the past, the Eurasian Conference is a vital part
of our continuity as a program. It’s exciting to learn that so
many of our alumni are inspired by this day-long simulation
and now find themselves performing similar work in the global
arena of the real world. As we hear back from our graduates,
we are pleased and impressed by how many of you have found
careers in international relations. May you, our Eugene IHS
graduates, continue to grow in the understandings that you
shared with us while you were here.
At the same time that the world rides on turbulent winds,
Eugene IHS sophomores are working for a peaceful resolution
of global issues at the annual Eurasian Conference, formerly
known to students as the Middle East Conference. One of the
showcase events of the tenth grade year, the conference will
bring students together from all the high school campuses.
In years gone by, the event was held in rooms 540-541 at
South Eugene High School, but we outgrew that venue many
years ago. This year, students from Eugene IHS campuses at
South, Sheldon, and Churchill will be joined by North IHS
students on May 20th at the Lane County Fairgrounds in the
Wheeler Pavilion to discuss, debate, and vote on a host of
complex international issues. It should be quite a colorful
assemblage as students are now required to attend dressed
in the attire of their assigned state.
2002 Eurasian Conference
Toga! Toga! Toga!
The “Meeting of Great Artists” takes place annually in
January. Sophomores across campuses join together
and dress up as the “great artist” they research, discuss
topics with other great artists, and then perform skits
while keeping in character.
In October, 10th grade literature classes at each
campus hold Greek toga parties as an introduction to
studying ancient Greek drama. Students come to the
toga party as Greek Gods and Goddess.
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GRADE LEVEL UPDATES
11th Grade News
The shift from sophomore to junior is often quite dramatic.
The increased rigor and introduction to IB level curriculum
makes this one of the most challenging years in Eugene IHS.
This year’s crew of teachers include Eugene IHS veterans:
Joshua Hamill, Christine Pettingill, Jessica Schabtach,
Steve Smith, Craig Wiebe, and Kyle Yamada.
international emphasis continues in the exploration of trade
and development. Over the course of the year, our students
write four formal analyses of current economic trends. After
scores of students take the IB economics test, we end the year
by looking at the issue of HIV/AIDS on a global scale. This
year, for the first time, students will enjoy a quarter of TOK
in the junior year.
In Literature of the Americas, our students continue to read
books and dozens of poems and short stories by U.S. and
Latin American authors such as Hawthorne, Fitzgerald,
Cather, Whitman, Frost, London, Perkins-Gilman, Hughes,
Esquivel, and Garcia Marquez. They write in-class essays
and take-home essays and complete creative projects including poems, visual art-work, portfolios of original work, and
character role-plays. Students also give a ten minute oral
presentation combining analysis and creative interpretation
of a particular work we have studied.
In Junior Projects, all juniors now complete 150 hours of CAS
(Creativity, Action, and Service), begin to investigate colleges,
make plans for testing, and learn to write a résumé. Also, the
highlight for any Eugene IHS student begins at the start of
second semester. This, of course, is the extended essay/senior
paper, as ideas are considered, research questions are conceived,
technical advisors are found, and students complete blueprints
for their upcoming papers, the process for writing their research
paper is underway. You can check out the Junior Projects packet
on the Eugene IHS web page!
In History of the Americas, our students study the age of
Columbus and the Conquest, and take a look at independence movements in the region, including the American
Revolution. We examine the causes of the Civil War and
Reconstruction, the Great Depression and the New Deal,
the rise of Castro in Cuba, and the Mexican Revolution.
The study of immigration to the United States and the rise
of organized labor overlaps with the related readings in
our literature class. In addition, all of our students now
successfully complete a sophisticated historical investigation. This year juniors will take a deeper look at the Civil
Rights Movements in the Americas.
So there you have it, the hardest year perhaps, but after
twenty-six years for Eugene IHS the junior year is certainly one
of the most fun and engaging for teachers and students alike.
As for Economics, students focus on the interplay between
supply and demand, how unemployment, interest rates,
and inflation, are interrelated, and the differences between
a depression and a recession, inflation and stagnation,
as well as trade deficits and the national debt. Greater
Please help!
We a r e w o r k i n g t o
expand our list of internationally affiliated
agencies where students may volunteer or
complete internships. If you know of an
agency that may be interested in having
student volunteers please contact Lynne Given
at [email protected]. Thanks!
Technical Advisors Needed!
Do you have an expertise in one or several areas
of study? Do you want to understand the senior
paper process better? Are you willing to spend time
mentoring a high school student? Then, consider
becoming a technical advisor!
Currently, technical advisors are needed in many
different subject areas, across all campuses. Please
call your Eugene IHS campus today and lend your
support to a Eugene IHS junior who is just beginning
the research process!
French Immersion students reading to
Fox Hollow 5th graders in 2006
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GRADE LEVEL UPDATES
12th Grade News
With three years of Eugene IHS experience behind
them, seniors are now reflecting on their journeys thus
far and eagerly looking ahead to new experiences.
Alumni will remember many of the rites of passage seniors
have already completed this year. As always, the senior paper
was a great challenge, but also a source of great satisfaction
and pride. As seniors came to school on the Monday before
Thanksgiving to turn in their papers they shared victory
snacks with their classmates and reflected on all of the hard
work they had put in. The papers—4000-word research
essays requiring extensive scholarly research—covered
numerous disciplines and explored a myriad of topics,
from drumming to psychology to renewable energy.
volunteer work for all Eugene IHS seniors, who will be completing 100 hours of community service between now and April.
Graduation, while it still seems distant to some, is approaching quickly. Seniors will soon be auditioning to perform in the
Hult Center graduation ceremony and in the farewell assembly.
Meanwhile, Spanish and French immersion classes are beginning to prepare for immersion graduation ceremonies, which
will celebrate their twelve years of immersion education. And,
of course, in their final days of class seniors will reflect on
lessons learned, friendships made, and knowledge discovered
throughout their four years in Eugene IHS. As they move on
to new endeavors at school, at work, and abroad, we hope these
global citizens will send back word of their adventures to inspire
future generations of Eugene IHS students and teachers.
Meanwhile, students have pursued their studies in Theory
of Knowledge, 20th Century Global History, and 20th
Century Global Literature. While the courses themselves
would be familiar to any Eugene IHS alum, curriculum
changes have given teachers and students exciting new
areas of study. The new history curriculum, created in
response to new International Baccalaureate curriculum
standards, shifts focus toward the second half of the
twentieth century, with special emphasis on the Cold War
and on modern China. Literature teachers are excited to
bring two new books, 1984 and Balzac and the Little
Chinese Seamstress, into the literature curriculum. And of
course, students continue to grapple with the Big Questions as they hone their TOK papers and presentations.
The 2010-2011 school year promises to be a busy one for IB
testing, with over 100 individuals registered as Diploma or
Certificate candidates. IB Diploma candidates are also hard
at work on their CAS activities. And of course, spring means
Senior Paper turn in
day at South (2009)...
Oh, what a feeling!
THE SENIOR PAPER, PAST AND PRESENT
One of the major features of the Eugene IHS experience is, of course, the senior paper. Writing this paper allows students to
pursue their passions in a realm outside of the classroom. Even after twenty-six years, seniors are still sweating through writing
their rough drafts in October and finalizing their papers that are due in November. The paper is a requirement for all International
Baccalaureate Diploma candidates, but we know it’s important, so we require each Eugene IHS student to engage in a rigorous
research process with the same expected outcome: a 4,000-word serious research essay.
Do you remember writing your senior paper? Do you recall the hours you spent at Kinko’s the night before it was due? Do you
still keep in touch with your technical advisor? Did you finally learn to navigate the stacks at the Knight Library? Certainly you
haven’t forgotten TINJARP?
We would love to hear about your senior paper experience! What did you value most about the process? How did it help
you later in life? What is your favorite memory from writing the paper? Please share with us, so we can share with our current
students! You can e-mail comments to Lynne Given, Eugene IHS Secretary, at [email protected] or send a letter to Eugene IHS
Alumni, Eugene International High School, 400 E. 19th St., Eugene, OR 97401.
As we move to the next twenty years of Eugene IHS, the senior paper will remain a cornerstone in our curriculum, a constant in
a rapidly changing state of education.
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IB AND MORE
Dear IB Alumni,
I hope your IB education has served you well as you have
moved into the world beyond high school! While some
of you chose to sit for IB exams, all of you experienced
an IB education during your years at Eugene International
High School. It’s an education that is increasingly coming
to be seen as the finest possible in preparing students both
for higher education and for life.
The growing popularity of IB is certainly reflected in our
growing number of candidates. While our first graduating class in 1989 had 8 diploma candidates, this year we
have 69 diploma candidates along with 39 certificate
candidates and 106 anticipatory candidates. The growth
we have experienced as a school can also be seen at the
state level. When Eugene IHS became affiliated with IB
in January, 1987, we were the only school in Oregon to
offer the IB diploma program. Today, there are now 19 IB
schools in the state. The newest of these is North Eugene
International High School which is modeled closely after
Eugene IHS.
Recent research increasingly shows that an IB education is a
good predictor of success in higher education. As a result we
are seeing a steady improvement in university recognition of
the IB diploma. Last January, Oregon adopted a statewide IB
policy that gives up to 45 credits at any Oregon higher education institution for a diploma score of 30 or higher. The state
will also be giving credit for not only HL tests, but all SL tests
as well with a score of 5 or above.
The International Baccalaureate provides an exceptional educational opportunity, but it is clearly our students who have
carried IB to its full potential. It’s truly gratifying to read all
of the comments from our Eugene IHS alumni to hear what an
IB education has meant to each of you. Thank you for having
enriched our IB program during the time you shared with us
as a student in Eugene IHS!
Fondly,
Marilyn Curtis, IB Coordinator
On Thursday, December 9, 2010 Eugene IHS held the annual Art Benefit Sale in the South Eugene High School
cafeteria. This year the money went to benefit Project Our Turn, “a student-run organization which seeks to
provide educational opportunities to prospective students in underserved communities all around the world.”
In the near future, Project Our Turn will be fundraising for desks for a high school in Uganda, and to
establish Project Our Turn as a non-profit organization.
Once again, students shared with
us their amazing talents. Thanks
to all of the students, staff,
parents, families and friends who
were part of this event.
Eugene IHS this year engaged in a serious review of our community service requirements and standards. As a result,
students graduating in 2012 and beyond, instead of completing 130 hours of service over the course of junior and
senior year, will now complete 150 hours of Creativity, Action, and Service (CAS) over two years.
In examination of our requirements, we focused on students as reflective and open-minded risk-takers, who strive to
be balanced and principled as emerging global citizens. We are pleased students will now have more flexibility in,
and personalization of, their learning as they complete their hours. Students will have the opportunity to reflect upon
an increased awareness of personal strengths and weaknesses, new challenges undertaken, collaborative work with
others, perseverance and commitment to activities, and engagement with the ethical implications of their work and
with issues of global importance.
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IB AND MORE
The IB World Student Conference took place August
9-13, 2010 on the campus of Oregon State University.
What an amazing week! The energy and enthusiasm of
almost 300 students from around the globe was infectious and hugely inspiring. By the end of a very busy
week, which included working with Michael Furdyk
of TakingITGlobal, hearing from Daniel Pauly, videoconferencing with Jeremy Gilley from Peace One Day,
and then working in Global Action Teams to create a
project leading to a better and more peaceful world, students were truly engaged and empowered in their role as
global citizens.
Representatives from Eugene IHS included: Gina
Bauer, Emily Brixey, Duncan Fuchise, Carter Thallon,
and Malachite Wyld.
The conference could not have happened without
Marilyn Curtis' clear vision, attention to detail, and incredible year-long commitment. Her grasp of the conference’s purpose and role in bringing together IB learners
from all over the globe cannot be overstated. Bravo to
Marilyn for turning over her summer to planning and
executing the week’s
events and for surviving an intense week of
activity!
Jocelyn Harley should
also be recognized for
her work as the facilitator of a Global Action
Team. Working with
a group of about 20
students (and several
different
languages),
she was responsible
for guiding a diverse
group towards a completed action plan. The
premise of the conference—that
students
would work in cross-
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cultural groups—would not have worked without the support
and willingness of facilitators like Jocelyn to
engage students.
Other members of
the IHS family also
played a critical role
in the conference.
Our head teacher,
Courtney
Leonard,
not only devoted endless hours to planning
the event and troubleshooting throughout the week, but also
made an inspirational plenary presentation that proved a highlight of the week’s events. Two of our alumni, Marta Tolmach
and Natalie Radich, spent a week in the OSU dorms serving
as chaperones and another alum, Wells O’Byrne, captivated
the hearts of the conference participants by organizing a miniWorld Cup soccer tournament that ran throughout the week.
Kudos to everyone!
In all, the week was a smashing success and a great reminder of the importance of allowing all our students to maximize their own visions, curiosity and
empathy. You can follow the conversation via the
facebook page: IB World Student Conference or check out the
website at: http://oregonstate.edu/conferences/ibwsc.
ALUMNI CORNER
On Kings, Safaris, and Law School
5/10/10 by Jake Klonoski, Class of 1998
Greetings all,
After making so many of you happy by announcing I had
finished my active duty Navy career, I look around me this
afternoon - at the beautiful blue waters of the Indian Ocean, at
the turquoise sky stretching out to touch the nearby shores of
East Africa and at the blond, 6’4’’ Swedish helicopter pilot sitting next to me, and I know I have some explaining to do.
Civilian life in Denver was wonderful if short. My decision to stay in the Navy Reserves while I applied to law
school in December proved consequential. My Navy
Reserve commission had just been approved when an
earthquake struck Port au Prince, Haiti, in mid-January. As
the scenes of devastation came in, the urge to find a
way to help was compelling. When the call came out for
Navy Reservists willing to volunteer and assist in the Haiti
response effort, I talked it over with Katie, who was wonderfully supportive, and then raised my hand for duty in Haiti. I
left in January (2010), but undershot the mark a bit, making it
only as far as Norfolk, Virginia, from which the bulk of Navy
supplies were being shipped to Port au Prince.
There I learned the truth of the adage that “all great military
minds are masters of logistics’’ as my team worked to get
hundreds of tons of supplies moving south. I also discovered,
as we tracked the massive out flux of cargo, that I did not
have a great military mind (perhaps not news to some reading
this). But what one lacks in natural ability one can make up
in long hours and elbow grease, so the job got done. Not that
Haiti is fixed - far from it. They have a long way to go, and I
hope you all are keeping the terrible suffering there in mind,
especially through the hurricane season. But the international
response effort did stop the hemorrhaging in Port au Prince.
After 30 days of learning Navy Logistics, I was ready for
something completely different. As my departure from
Norfolk neared, a friend suggested I look into a job opening in Bahrain where the timeline (a job from March to
July) fit my academic schedule for law school, the mission (counter piracy) was cutting edge and the skill set
of working multinationally (with the European Union) was
one that I possessed. Katie and I had often discussed traveling
to Bahrain together while we were in Naples (she had friends
and connections in Bahrain from teaching and working with
Central Texas College, Europe). After we went through pros
and cons together, I again volunteered.
This time, however, I overshot the mark. Though Katie and I did get to spend two weeks together in Bahrain
(sadly, I had to leave her on Easter morning. She then
headed back to the US), the bulk of the job (April-July), I
found out after I had been accepted for it (the Navy way!),
involved deploying on the Swedish command ship HMS
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CARLSKRONA off the Horn of Africa to protect food shipments
to Somalia and passing merchant traffic in one of the busiest merchant corridors in the world from the scourge of piracy. As far
as I know, I am the only
American in the European
Union’s first Navy Task
Force, seeing history in the
making, and living every
Navy sailor’s dream of
hunting pirates.
So when I found myself off Mombasa last
King Neptune reading his
week coordinating the
Proclamation of Welcome to
response of a Greek frigthe Southern Hemisphere after
ate to the detection by a
CARLSKRONA crossed
Japanese helicopter of a
the equator.
potential pirate ship traveling at high speed through the Gulf of Aden, with a Belgian Special Forces Officer and a Swedish Admiral by my
side and the king of Sweden looking over our shoulders,
it helped to reflect for a moment on how exactly I ended up there. Not
that the king of Sweden is here everyday (that would qualify as
micro management, I believe), but he happened to be visiting last
Tuesday and I still am stunned at the change from applying to law
schools and studying for the LSAT in December to briefing kings
and admirals about pirate attacks in May.
The next day, after pulling into Mombasa, I enjoyed my first day of
liberty in Africa and arranged for a one-day safari for the multinational staff that took us to Tsavo National Park in E. Kenya. There,
face to face with African elephants and a stone’s throw away from
a wild cheetah, I knew I had to share a bit of the adventure. I hope
you all do not mind too much.
But the biggest benefit to the operation thus far has been to offer
distraction during the long wait to hear back from law schools. After
weeks of waiting for decisions and financial aid offers and a lot
of deliberation, I accepted Stanford Law
School’s offer of admission to the Class of
2013. For those who
offered counsel on the
decision or served as
my examples/inspirations unknowingly
- thank you!
All the best,
Jake
EU NavFor taking the fight
to the pirates of Somalia with
the king of Sweden (standing,
center) looking on.
ALUMNI CORNER
Peace Corps Volunteer in Azerbaijan
By Carolyn Williams, Class of 1999
I remember waking up one morning in a Soviet concrete
apartment building to the sound of the local mosque’s call
to prayer. I had to ask myself, is this really my life? Am I
really living here? How did I get here? People have many
different reasons to join the Peace Corps. I have to admit
my reason was mostly selfish. While I looked forward to
helping a community and teaching, I was most excited
about immersing myself in a totally different culture in a
country most Americans have never heard of.
A few months after my husband and I were married, my
cousin came home from Peace Corps in Chad. We devoured his photographs, and were riveted by his stories.
That night, June 24th, 2006, we went home, found the three
unfinished applications we had started over the years and
had the “it’s now, or never” conversation. We looked at our
lives – at our comfortable apartment, our corporate ladder
jobs – and finally submitted our application. A year, three
interviews, endless amounts of paperwork and a week of
frenzied packing later, on June 24th, 2007 we were on a
plane to the other side of the Earth.
I remember a moment on that plane – I looked out the
window and saw a foreign land. I panicked. I had an
intense feeling that’s hard to explain – it was dread, regret
and anxiety mixed with joy, excitement and anticipation.
As a Peace Corps Volunteer in Azerbaijan I had countless
moments just like that. I would get this awed and confused
feeling whenever I would leave my house and walk down
my street – a street lined in high walls with persimmon and
pomegranate trees peaking over their tops. I would feel it when
I was teaching my students in the dead of winter, wearing gloves
and hats because the gas was off in our school and we could see
our breaths. The feeling would come when I would put a pizza
in our little red oven, a pizza that took five hours to prepare and
visits to at least five different shopkeepers in the bazaar. We
would feel a collective wave of this unique feeling whenever
a group of volunteers were together in one place, sharing and
comparing stories by the light of candles and headlamps. It’s
a feeling that’s difficult to describe, but so common that I’m
sure every Peace Corps volunteer has experienced it.
Even though we had to come home after only a year due to
circumstances outside our control, I feel like I was able to
make a small difference in my community and in my school.
Though I know that I made an impact on my community, I
know that the biggest change that occurred during my service
was within me. I learned that family means so much more than
the people who raised me. The host family my husband and I
lived with changed from people with whom we could hardly
communicate, to people it was heartbreaking to leave. I learned
how much I am capable of. My strength and resilience was
constantly put to the test – just walking through the bazaar was
an adventure where I had to stand my ground when bartering
for food, ignore harassment from men and children, and present myself in a culturally appropriate manner. I learned how
small the world is and how connections can be formed in spite
of cultural, religious, and linguistic differences.
As Mary Anne Radmacher said, “I am not the same having
seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” I am not
the same, nor would I ever want to be again.
Let’s learn about Africa!
Parents, guardians, and alumni, the Eugene IHS 9th grade team needs your help. This year’s annual
Africa Celebration for all Eugene IHS 9th grade students will take place on April 22, 2011 at the Wheeler
Pavilion on the Lane County Fairgrounds. This event simply couldn’t happen without the generous gifts of
time and effort we receive from people like you. (Thanks again to our volunteers from last year!)
This year, we need help with the following: booths, supervision/general help, and our panel of judges.
If you : * are a part of, or know of, an organization that would like an educational,
interactive booth at the event;
* have experience traveling, volunteering, or working in Africa and would
be willing to staff an educational, interactive booth at the event; or
* if you would like to volunteer to be on our panel of judges or recommend
a judge for our panel, or just help with supervision/general help;
Please contact Wade Powell at [email protected].
If you would like to make a monetary donation to help fund the Africa Celebration, please contact
Wade Powell at the e-mail address above, or any of our Eugene IHS offices.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you soon!
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EUGENE IHS STAFF 2010-2011
Ninth Grade
Joshua Hamill
Caleb Kostechka
Kendall Lawless
SI Geografia Universal
Global Literature
Global Literature
Cultural Aesthetics-Art/Drama
Global Literature
Cultural Aesthetics-Art/Drama
Global Health
Global Geography
Global Health
Global Geography
FI Geographie Mondiale
Jackie Owens
Christine Pettingill
Wade Powell
Deon Saraceno
Melodee Soczek
Craig Wiebe
Tenth Grade
Marilyn Curtis
Amy Duncan
Rebecca Hammons
Joanne Moorefield
Wade Powell
Craig Wiebe
Comparative Values & Beliefs
Global Literature & the Arts
Global Literature & the Arts
Global History
Global History
Global History
FI L’histoire Globale
Comparative Values & Beliefs
Jenelle Youngblood
Eleventh Grade
Joshua Hamill
Jessica Schabtach
Steve Smith
Craig Wiebe
Kyle Yamada
Twelfth Grade
Amy Duncan
Jocelyn Harley
Caleb Kostechka
Courtney Leonard
Joanne Moorefield
Jessica Schabtach
Steve Smith
Melodee Soczek
History of the Americas (IB)
Literature of the Americas (IB)
Literature of the Americas (IB)
Comparative Political &
Economic Systems (IB)
FI Histoire Des Américas (IB)
Comparative Political &
Economic Systems (IB)
History of the Americas (IB)
20th Century Global Literature (IB)
Theory of Knowledge (IB)
20th Century Global History (IB)
Theory of Knowledge (IB)
Support
Courtney Leonard
Marilyn Curtis
Ian Ogden
Head Teacher
IB Coordinator
Learning Support
Clerical
Peggy Farris
Lynne Given
Sue Martichuski
Mindy Schifberg
Secretary, Eugene IHS @ Sheldon 541-790-6636
Secretary, Eugene IHS @ Churchill 541-790-5225
Secretary, Eugene IHS @ South 541-790-8030
Secretary, Eugene IHS @ South 541-790-8030
Eugene IHS staff e-mail addresses 2010-2011
To send an e-mail to any of the addresses below, add:
Marilyn Curtis
Amy Duncan
Peggy Farris
Lynne Given
Joshua Hamill
Rebecca Hammons
Jocelyn Harley
Caleb Kostechka
(curtis_m)
(duncan_a)
(farris)
(given)
(hamill)
(hammons_r)
(harley_j)
(kostechka_c)
Kendall Lawless
Courtney Leonard
Sue Martichuski
Joanne Moorefield
Ian Ogden
Jackie Owens
Wade Powell
(lawless_k)
(leonard)
(martichuskis)
(moorefield_j)
(ogden_i)
(owens_j)
(pettingill)
(powell_w)
@4j.lane.edu
Deon Saraceno
Jessica Schabtach
Mindy Schifberg
Steve Smith
Melodee Soczek
Craig Wiebe
Kyle Yamada
Jenelle Youngblood
(saraceno_d)
(schabtach)
(schifberg_m)
(smith_st)
(soczek )
(wiebe)
(yamada)
(youngblood)
Eugene IHS is proud to announce Whitney Sweet-Merrill, junior at Churchill, as the third recipient of the Eugene IHS Travel Scholarship! She plans to travel with Deon Saraceno this summer to Egypt. What a wonderful opportunity for such a deserving young woman.
We look forward to having her share her travel stories with us. Again, our thanks go to Brian O’Kelley, Sara at The Oregon Community
Foundation, the scholarship committee, and the applicants.
If you would like to contribute to the Alumni Fund for Eugene IHS simply go to the Oregon Community Foundation website at:
http://oregoncf.org. Once there you can click on “For Donors” to find out the different ways you can give back to Eugene International High School, then contact the Oregon Community Foundation at (541)431-7099.
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EUGENE IHS STAFF 2010-2011
Good-bye and Good Luck!
Several teachers left Eugene IHS last year, and we will miss them all.
Jennifer Diallo will be sorely missed as a French Immersion and Global Geography teacher. Ms. Diallo’s creativity and
passion for her work, her project-centered approach to classes, her global vision, and support of students are aspects to her
teaching we deeply admire.
Gretchen Lieberman has been teaching 9th grade Cultural Aesthetics and worked with students as our Learning Support
Specialist—her efforts were tireless in supporting many students in a rigorous curriculum. Ms. Lieberman’s unique internationally-focused background made her a natural fit in Eugene IHS.
Jim Holm taught in Eugene IHS for nine years prior to his retirement. Mr. Holm taught the intricacies of IB Economics,
and is famous for his “Ever Wonder Why?” anecdotes. His passion and dedication to his students is legendary, but new
adventures beckon, beginning with a trip to Finland.
Jesse Scott has taught 10th grade Global History and Values and Beliefs in Eugene IHS for the past several years. Mr.
Scott is an inspiring and encouraging teacher, again with unique ties to the global community. Mr. Scott will be teaching
at Kennedy Middle School.
Both colleagues and students will miss these teachers tremendously, and we thank them for their commitment, energy and
vision for Eugene IHS.
Donate to the Eugene IHS
Travel Trunk!
WANTED:
We have started a “Travel Trunk”
for Eugene IHS student travelers
in need of assistance. Our goal
is to collect donations of travel
items that students may
check out for use during our
Eugene IHS trips. If you have any items you
would like to donate including, but not
limited to: backpacks, money belts, lightweight
active clothing, hiking boots, etc., please drop them
off in one of our Eugene IHS offices or contact Deon
Saraceno at [email protected]. Thanks for
supporting our young world travelers.
Water map from
the April 2010 edition
of National Geographic
If you subscribe to National Geographic
and would like to donate the water map
that came in the April 2010 edition please
drop it off in any Eugene IHS office. We'd
like to use this map in our 9th grade Global
Geography classes next year.
The 8th Annual Eugene IHS Film Festival was held on January 13, 2010 at Churchill
High School. The contest was open to all 4J high school students. Film submissions
were to be approximately 8 minutes in length, with a PG rating. The submission fee
was $5. The 1st and 2nd place winners won cash prizes and the rest received recognition.
This year, first place went to Churchill students Jacob Anderson, Evan Andreason, Tyler Ligon, Thomas
LoSciuto, Paul Willey, and Jeremy Henninger-Jiang for the production of Sharing Is Caring.
We are proud to be able to offer this creative outlet to our talented students and are always amazed at the
quality of their work.
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RETIREE NOTES
We appreciate your willingness to be a part of our Eugene
IHS alumni newsletter.
Jon Doornink retired
in 1995. He lives in
Cheshire, OR, but is currently living aboard and
We are continually updating
our alumni database. Please
cruising his sailboat in the
inform us of any new address
western Mexican waters
or e-mail changes. You can eof the Sea of Cortez to
mail any information to Lynne
Manzanillo. He enjoys
Given, Eugene IHS secretary,
photography, sailing, fishat: [email protected].
ing, hiking, camping, road
and mountain biking, skiThank you for continuing to
ing, traveling in the U.S.
be a part of our Eugene IHS
(West and Southwest),
family.
sailboat and powerboat
cruising, and gardening
vegetables, flowers, fruits, and grapes. He travels to
Canada and Mexico yearly. He has a daughter who is the
Reedsport, OR School District Counselor.
Subjects taught in Eugene IHS: World Health, International Physical Education, Theory of Knowledge, Senior
Projects. He was the first Eugene IHS Head teacher and
an International Baccalaureate Coordinator.
Fondest Memories: “Enjoyed proctoring IB Examinations
last Spring. Always an inspiration to participate in the
growth of young people.”
Susan (Potter) Delaney retired in 2000. She lives in
Portland, OR. She spends her time traveling every year,
mostly in the USA and stays close to family. She also
works part time for Camp & Retreat Ministries of OregonIdaho (www.gocamping.org). She likes to play Mahjong,
is taking post-graduate classes, and enjoys Portland. She
traveled to China in 2000. Her daughter was recently
married last summer and her son just bought a house and
is engaged to be married this summer. Her mother passed
away last summer.
Subjects taught in Eugene IHS: 10th Grade Literature
Fondest Memories: “I’m so proud of the work we did
as IHS teachers, and I’m proud of the work that the IHS
students put into their educations. I hope everyone is
keeping up with Harry Potter’s journey through the Hero
Cycle and able to sail through the daily crossword puzzle
with all those wonderful SAT vocabulary words you had
to memorize! Keep learning; it’s fun!”
Fondest Memories: “I loved my time
with IHS. Working with Bob Veeck
and Alice Jagger during my student
teaching year (1997-98), I had a
blast working with over 400 students
at Churchill, South, and Sheldon.
Hired as a teacher in 1998, I taught
Global History at Churchill and
later at South too. I have absolutely
wonderful memories of IHS staff
and students. I truly believe that IHS
students were among the very top
students in the state of Oregon. The
level of dedication of our students
was incredible (hopefully it still Welcome new teacher,
is!!) and their work products were
Steve Smith.
often astoundingly accomplished.
The integrated curriculum model
of IHS was ahead of its time, and is the strongest that I have
encountered at the high school level. There were so many good
times in the classroom that they are too numerous to count.
My heart will always be with IHS and Global History!! It is
not hard to conjure up The Middle East and later the Eurasian
Conference, Alexander’s Footsteps, Stavrianos (I sadly suspect
that Stavi is no longer being used), classroom debates, NSA,
revolutions, marching in the snow... this list goes on...”
Ron Lancaster retired in 2003. He lives in Eugene, OR. He
has taught courses in the teacher training programs of Pacific
University and the University of Oregon. Last summer he was
a staff member of the National Endowment of the Humanities
institute, Ancient MesoAmerica in Oaxaca, Mexico, and is looking forward to doing the same again this summer. He has now
become a member of the growing ranks of grandparents.
Subjects taught in Eugene IHS: 12 th Grade Modern
International History, 11th Grade History of the Americas
(originally the senior history course).
Fondest Memories: “In all ways, my years as an IHS teacher
were very satisfying and great fun!”
Founding Father of Eugene International High
School: DWAYNE ADCOCK
Twenty-six years ago his forward-thinking vision
for international education and immersion
language study set the foundation for the
establishment of Eugene IHS as an alternative
high school in Eugene School District 4J.
Dan Sterling left Eugene IHS in 2002. Post-IHS he has
worked as a school administrator in the Portland area as a
Vice-Principal at Lincoln High, Vice-Principal at Waluga Jr.
High School in Lake Oswego, and is currently the Principal
at Bryant Elementary in Lake Oswego.
Subjects taught in Eugene IHS: 10th Grade Global
History
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RETIREE NOTES
Elizabeth Lorish retired in 2003. She lives in Eugene,
OR. She teaches private piano lessons (Elizabeth’s Piano
Studio) and performs weddings and memorials (Certified
Celebrants of Lane County). She spent three weeks in
Europe which included a 10-day cruise around the British
Isles on the Queen Mary II and time in London and Amsterdam where she visited Saskia Strauss, another former
Eugene IHS teacher. On another trip she spent four weeks
in Europe visiting Sienna (where she performed a wedding), Florence, Bern (where she visited a college friend),
and Amsterdam (where she visited family and friends).
She also takes yearly trips to Hawaii and she built a cabin
in Cannon Beach and loves to go there. She finally had
her second knee replacement surgery in August, and this
time it was very successful. Both of her kids now live in
Portland.
Subjects taught in Eugene IHS: 9th Grade Cultural Aesthetics, 9th Grade Health, and 9th Grade Global Literature.
Fondest Memories: “More than anything, I loved the
students at IHS and especially love running into them in
and around Eugene. Whenever I travel, I think of things
I want to bring back to share in the classroom and then I
stop, ‘Wait! I’m not teaching anymore.’ These moments
are bittersweet.”
Luke Roth retired in 2007. He lives in Eugene, OR and
retired last year as the Sheldon girls basketball coach. Currently he enjoys traveling, gardening, bicycling, reading,
photography, camping, and is a Duck football fanatic (will
attend the national championship game). In 2009 he went
to France and did a walking tour of Alsace. Recently he
went to British Columbia and then France again (southern
France and Paris). He is still married to his wife of 34
years, Catherine, who is a dental hygienist. His son is a
1997 IHS graduate and University of Oregon graduate and
works for the City of Eugene as a Transportation Planner.
His daughter is a 1999 IHS graduate and is currently in
nursing school. His grandson attends Buena Vista Spanish
Immersion kindergarten.
Subjects taught in Eugene IHS: 12th Grade Global Literature,
9th Grade Global Literature, 9th Grade Cultural Aesthetics
(film studies, PE, Health).
Fondest Memories: “IHS was a wonderful, challenging
teaching experience with many motivated students over the
years. Especially early on, when class sizes were reasonable,
IHS was nearly the most perfect teaching assignment in
4J. I’m thankful to have had the good fortune of teaching
alongside some brilliant colleagues.”
EUGENE IHS RETIREES INCLUDE:
Connie Burden retired in 1994
Jerry Keuter retired in 1994
Jon Doornink retired in 1995
Marna Schultz retired in 1995
Ione Jorgenson retired in 1997
Kay Hackelman retired in 1998
Mike Helm retired in 1998
Pete Ogan retired in 1998
Charlie Shoup retired in 1998
Pat Sullivan retired in 1998
Harry Beaudet retired in 1999
Kathy Turay retired in 1999
Bob Veeck retired in 1999
Susan Delaney retired in 2000
Alice Jagger retired in 2000
Leslie Skelton retired in 2000
Howard Yank retired in 2001
Caron Cooper retired in 2002
Ron Lancaster retired in 2003
Elizabeth Lorish retired in 2003
Laura Sherrill retired in 2003
Dale Sturdavant retired in 2003
Larry Sutton retired in 2003
Hiett Cooper retired in 2004
Debbie Duke retired in 2004
Margaret McCoy retired in 2004
Bev McDuffie retired in 2004
Luke Roth retired in 2007
Steve Knox retired in 2008
Susan Mannheimer retired in 2009
Carol Stephenson retired in 2009
Jim Holm retired in 2010
Eugene IHS Staff 2004-2005
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ALUMNI NOTES
CLASS OF 1993
Kimberly (Burkland) Pray is married and lives in Portland,
OR. She is the Assistant Director of the Green Business
Initiative at the University of Oregon School of Law where
she is in charge of development, supervision and organization, as well as implementing the vision and goals for
the Green Business Initiative and Portland Program. She
also works as General Counsel and Consultant for Blue
Tree Strategies, Inc.
Dear Alumni,
where she serves as
We appreciate your enthusiasm to
in-house legal counsel
be a part of our Eugene IHS alumni
and works on grant
newsletter. We are continually
proposals. In addition
updating our alumni database.
she works with the
Please inform us of any new address or e-mail changes. You can
Dorsen/Filler Fellowe-mail any information to Lynne
ship with the Society
Given, Eugene IHS secretary, at:
Of American Law
[email protected].
Teachers to advance
organizational develIf you know of any Eugene IHS
opment
goals through
graduates please pass the informafunding
and grants.
tion along to them.
She participates in the
work of the Issues in
Legal Education, Academic Freedom, Access to Justice,
Human Rights, and Affirmative Action committees.
College: BS Environmental Science, 1997 Brown
University. J.D., 2008 Gonzaga University School of Law.
LL.M., 2009 University of Washington Graduate Program
in Taxation.
International Experiences: Volunteered at Amigos de las
Americas in the Dominican Republic. Traveled to France,
Italy, and Switzerland.
CLASS OF 1994
Dayna (Ruhoff) Linderman lives in Folsom, CA and is a
Supervisory Examiner for the FDIC. She examines banks
to analyze their financial condition and verifies compliance
with federal rules and regulations, and manages a team of
12 examiners. She is married with two children and very
active in her church where she sings in the band and is a
member of their Vision Team.
College: BA International Business, Minor Spanish, 1998
University of Puget Sound
International Experiences: Lived in Seville, Spain for a
semester during college. Traveled all over Europe, Asia,
and Australia, and has been to Central America.
Reflections: “Between being part of IHS and traveling
internationally, my point of view on life was different from
those I encountered in college. It helped me look beyond
the things within my grasp to a broader picture. I even
forced my boyfriend (now husband) to travel internationally on his own, knowing that if he was going to truly
understand me, he had to have that broader perspective.
Thanks IHS!”
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Heidi (Stout) Tretheway works for Colliers International and
recently received a significant promotion to Senior Marketing
Manager for Global Strategic Initiatives. Also, on a monthly
basis through Colliers University, she teaches live, online webinars for a large group of international students (Colliers professionals) on the subjects of marketing and service excellence. Her
most recent class, a Case Study Workshop, included Colliers
professionals from Bulgaria, Latin America, the UK, Australia
and North America. She previously worked as a reporter at
American City Business Journals and covered real estate, economic development and health care for the Portland Business
Journal, at Horvitz Newspaper Group and covered events in
the city of Kent, WA, and at Sound Publishing as a reporter
and chief and covered courts, crime, community, politics, and
wrote a food column for 16 community newspapers in Western
Washington. She is an Oregon Licensed Real Estate Broker,
was named a “Rainmaker” by the Daily Journal of Commerce
in Portland, and earned the “Leadership in Service Excellence”
award from Colliers International. She and her husband just
had a second child. She lives just outside Portland, OR and
enjoys fishing, crabbing, farmer’s markets and traveling as a
family (recently to Munich, Germany).
College: BA, Communication: Journalism, 1998 Pacific
Lutheran University. Fellow, Knight Center for
Specialized Journalism, 2003 University of Maryland, College
Park. Knowledge Partner (highest designation available), 2007
(professional certification) Colliers University.
International Experiences: Studied abroad at Lancaster University in England for a year. Taught at Colliers International’s
global training camp with 60+ professionals from 20+ countries
attending each session, four sessions at Brentwood College
School in Victoria, Canada. Provided marketing services on
behalf of a large Austrian client with events organized in Hungarian, German and English and a reception aboard the original
Orient Express (in Budapest). Orientation and training trips to
various global cities including Budapest, Hungary, Bratislava,
Slovakia, and Montreal, Ottawa and Vancouver, Canada. Taught
at Colliers’ global training camp in Prague, Czech Republic.
Taught at Colliers’ global marketing meeting, with marketers
from all world regions attending.
Reflections: “As part of a global organization in 480 offices
and 61 countries, being internationally literate is incredibly
important to my professional credibility. There is an assumption
that North Americans, particularly those from the US, know
very little about the geography, language, customers and way
of life of other nations -- and sadly, that is often proven true
by some high-ranking professionals. I draw on lots of my IHS
classes and experiences to better approach my international
colleagues.”
CLASS OF 1995
Kristen Faust is an IB Math Teacher and IB Coordinator at
Biotechnology High School in Freehold, NJ. She is married
and just bought her first house.
ALUMNI NOTES
College: BA Math and Physics, 1999 Knox College. MS
Curriculum and Instruction, 2004 Drexel University.
Reflections: “Technically, I probably owe my current
job to IB. It is not a well-known program in NJ, and
the administrators and superintendent who interviewed
me were shocked when I said I’d not only heard of the
program, but graduated from an IB school. I spent the
past 5 years helping build the IB program in our school,
which I could not have done without the knowledge and
skills I gained from the program. My knowledge about
the program itself, how colleges recognize the courses and
exams, as well as the communication skills I learned, and
my conviction that it is a valuable program with benefits
that far outreach the college credits and knowledge that
I gained, helped me convince my school community that
IB was the right program for us. In our second year as
an IB school, 89% of our graduating class earned an IB
diploma. I couldn’t be prouder. On a more holistic level,
IB prepared me for our global society and gave me perspective and confidence in my abilities and responsibilities as
a member of this society.”
Christina Heid is married and lives in Washington, DC
and is an International Projects Director for the American Bar Association, Section of International Law, and
ABA-UNDP International Legal Resource Center. She
directs the section’s International Legal Resource Center
(ILRC), a joint initiative with the UN Development Programme, that provides technical legal assistance to UNDP
offices worldwide; coordinates legislative analysis and
legal research on substantive topics upon request from
UNDP and International Finance Corporation; directs the
section’s International Legal Exchange (ILEX) program,
which includes country briefing trips for legal experts and
judges; plans, implements and manages the section’s International Models Project on Women’s Rights (IMPOWR);
and develops and writes ABA policy positions on public
international legal topics including human rights, corporate
social responsibility, and international
institutions (UN and
International Criminal Court). Previously she was a
Research Assistant
for the Institute for
European, Russian
and Eurasian Studies in Washington,
DC where she organized and managed research for
Deon Saraceno and students
scholars on issues
studying Japan in 2002
related to German
unification.
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College: BA International Studies and German Language &
Literature, Certificate in European Studies, 1999 University of
Oregon. MA European and Eurasian Studies, Focus on Human
Rights, 2003 Elliott School of International Affairs, George
Washington University. Certificate Training, International
Training Programme for Conflict Management, 2003 Scuola
Superiore Sant’Anna (Pisa, Italy).
International Experiences: Studied abroad in Berlin, Germany
and Freiburg, Germany. Was an intern at the U.S. Mission to
the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in
Vienna, Austria. Was an intern at Action Reconciliation Service
for Peace in Berlin, Germany. Attended international meetings
in Europe, Asia and West Africa.
Reflections: “I feel very lucky that I was able to attend a public international high school. I received an amazing education
and it prepared me for my undergraduate and graduate school
experiences.”
Ben Temple is currently a stay-at-home dad. Duties: you name
it. He is married and has three children. He was a Military
Officer in the U.S. Army where he worked in Logistics and
Personnel Management.
College: BA, 1999 Wheaton College
Bronwyn (Wenger) Brestle welcomed her third baby girl this
summer and the older sisters are thrilled!
College: BA Spanish and English, Middlebury College.
MA Education, Pepperdine University.
CLASS OF 1996
Kirsten Harma lives in Vancouver, BC. She has previously
worked as a Water Quality Specialist for Island County Planning Department; a Biomonitoring Volunteer for Asociación
ANAI in Talamanca, Costa Rica where she did field studies to
determine stream health, environmental education, and technical
support to the biomonitoring program; and as a GIS Analyst
for Pacific Biodiversity Institute.
College: BS, 2001 Western Washington University.
MS, 2010 University of British Columbia.
International Experiences: Costa Rica. Studied abroad in
Oaxaca, Mexico as part of her undergraduate degree where she
took courses on archeology, history, environment and development and wrote her college honors thesis on water pollution
in Oaxaca. AFS Community Service Volunteer in Caracas,
Venezuela where she worked at a Natural History Museum
in Caracas and took various field trips to the countryside to
collect specimens.
Renee (Purdy) McKenna is married and lives in San
Francisco, CA. She is a first grade teacher for the San
Leandro Unified School District. She was a Teach For America
Peace Corps Member in Phoenix, AZ and then a Bay Area
Recruitment Director.
College: BA Spanish, 2000 Willamette University. M. Ed.
Curriculum & Instruction, 2002 Arizona State University
ALUMNI NOTES
CLASS OF 1997
Marian Hart lives in San Diego, CA and is an English as a
Second Language Instructor in the English Language Institute
at the University of California San Diego. She teaches English
to international students from around the world. Previously
she worked in the same field at ELS Language Services in
Bristol Rhode Island and in San Diego, CA. She also worked
at Survivors of Torture, International in San Diego, CA as
a Development Coordinator, among other positions. She is
married and the mother of twins, living the good life in the
land of endless sunshine and fish tacos, and has been growing
her own tomatoes for a few years. Excellent results!
College: BA International Relations and Spanish, 2001
University of the Pacific. MA Applied Linguistics, Georgia
State University.
International Experiences: Studied abroad in Managua,
Nicaragua and studied abroad in Havana, Cuba.
Rayne Gaisford is married in lives in New York, NY. He
is the Senior Vice President, Risk Management, at Plural
Investments where he works in an oversight and advisory
role within a multi-manager long/short U.S. equity hedge
fund and also oversees the build out of risk management and
trading infrastructure. Previously he worked as a Senior Risk
Associate at Pequot Capital Management, a leading multistrategy hedge fund with $7 billion under management, where
he worked on a tight team of risk professionals to evaluate,
monitor and minimize risk for a variety of funds including:
long/short fundamental equity, focused equity, credit, short
credit, event-driven, emerging multi-manager and market neutral. He also worked within Goldman Sachs Equity Research
on single stock equity options, evaluating implied volatility as
a pricing instrument to understand inefficiencies in the options
market. He recently climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro: http://picasaweb.google.com/gaisford/201008TanzaniaBest#.
College: BS Finance, 2004 University of Oregon
International Experiences: Lived in Japan in college.
Traveled all around Europe, Asia, South America, and recently Africa.
Josh Ladau lives in San Francisco, CA.
Melissa Pritchard lives in Barcelona, Spain and is a
Grade 2 teacher at The Benjamin Franklin International
School.
College: BAFA, 2001 Alfred University. Contemporary
Jewelry, 2005 Escola Massana. MA Education, 2008 Oregon
State University.
International Experiences: Has lived abroad in Europe
since 2002 and traveled extensively throughout Europe and
Africa. Became trilingual with Catalan and continues with
her Spanish.
Andrew Heid is the Principal Licensed Architect at NOA,
Architecture in New York, NY (www.noarchitecture.com).
He previously worked as an Architect for Rem Koolhaas/
Office for Metropolitan Architecture, in New York and
Rotterdam (www.oma.eu).
College: BA, 2002 Yale University. Master of Architecture,
2006 Princeton University.
Jake Klonoski is married and lives in Menlo Park, CA. After
serving in the U.S. Navy for several years he is now attending
Stanford Law School in Palo Alto, CA.
CLASS OF 1998
Hunt Allcott lives in Cambridge, MA and is an Assistant
Professor of Economics at New York University. He is an
Energy and Society Fellow at MIT Department of Economics.
He is also a Senior Researcher with ideas42, a think tank that
works with companies and government agencies to apply
insights from behavioral economics to policy and business
problems. They work on problems in finance, international
development, health care, and energy and environment.
College: BS 2002, MS 2002, Stanford University.
PhD, 2009 Harvard University.
International Experiences: Lots! He did work in India,
Nicaragua, Venezuela, Chile, and London, etc. He also studied
drumset and hand drums in Cuba for about five weeks, which
was a dream come true.
Reflections: “My best and worst memory of IHS is when we
tried to start an IHS Newspaper, which ended up with me in
somebody’s office (Mrs. Cooper?) getting a lecture on how
real newspapers don’t include swear words. Sorry.”
Graham Mowday is engaged and lives in Hamilton Township,
NJ and works through a public interest fellowship through
Northeastern University, working on foreclosure defense and
consumer bankruptcy with South Jersey legal services.
College: MA, 2002 University of California, Berkeley.
J.D., 2010 Northeastern University.
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Class of 2004
ALUMNI NOTES
International Experiences: United States Peace Corps
Volunteer in Azerbaijan (2007-2008). She taught English at
a public school and ran music, writing, cultural and language
clubs for community children. She has also travelled in
Europe (England, France, Switzerland, Italy), Turkey, Costa
Rica and Venezuela.
Reflections: “IHS helped foster my love of travel and my
desire to see the world. It also helped me understand that
knowledge of the world, especially first-hand, would help
me become a better teacher and a better citizen.”
Kim Thompson is an Environment Officer for the United
States Agency for International Development (USAID). She
works on environmental compliance and advising for USAID’s
international development projects. She is currently in training
in Washington, DC, but will soon be stationed internationally.
In the past she worked as a Consultant for World Resources
Institute in Washington, DC, an international environment and
development policy think-tank. She conducted research on
access to justice, human rights and climate change adaptation
planning. She also worked as a Lead Academic Instructor in
the International Sustainable Development Studies Institute
in Chiang Mai, Thailand where she taught academic courses
to college juniors from the USA on the topic of sustainable
development in Thailand.
College: BA Sociology, 2002 Kalamazoo College.
MS Environment and Development, 2008 London School
of Economics.
International Experiences: Lived and worked in Thailand.
Joined the foreign service with USAID and will be working
internationally starting in 2011.
Jennifer (Miner) Weaver lives in Greensboro, NC and is a
Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro. She does research on parenting
and young children’s social development and is currently
working with a group of researchers on a longitudinal study
looking at the social, cognitive and emotional predictors of
academic success in the early school years. She is married,
and last June welcomed their son with great joy.
College: BA Psychology, 2003 University of Oregon, Clark
Honors College. MA Social Ecology, 2005 University
of California, Irvine. Ph.D. Developmental Psychology,
2009 University of California, Irvine.
Reflections: “The IB experience was a wonderful preparation
for the pace and intensity of college life.”
Justin Volmert is an attorney in Chicago, IL.
College: A.B. Human Biology (Child & Adolescent
Development), 2002 Stanford University. J.D., 2007 George
Washington University.
CLASS OF 1999
Melinda (Mindy) Dalcour Jones lives in Lowell, AR and is
a Registered Nurse on a Surgical/Seniors Unit at Washington
Regional Medical Center. Previously she worked at Target as a
Team Leader. She is married and has two children and is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.
College: BS Biology, BS Business Administration,
2004 Oregon State University. BS Nursing, 2009 University
of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
Reflections: “IHS provided me with a well-rounded education that more than adequately prepared me for college as
well as the ability to see life from a different perspective. I
have an appreciation for different cultures and peoples of the
world. In 1995, I had the privilege of traveling to Australia
for the IB Conference with some other IHS students. It was
an amazing, eye-opening experience. A couple years later,
I traveled to Japan as an exchange student. Both of these
international experiences and IHS have shaped the way I
view the world today. In the future, I plan to travel to other
countries on short term mission trips as a nurse.”
Carolyn (Frosaker) Williams is married and lives in Eugene,
OR. She is a 4j substitute teacher. She subbed in the Sheldon
library long term earlier this year and is now subbing long
term in Eugene IHS.
College: BA in English, 2004 Oregon State University.
MAT, 2009 Pacific University.
Ugly Sweater Day has become a tradition in
some 9th Grade Global Literature Classes.
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ALUMNI NOTES
Anne (Newland) Bolster has been living in Barcelona,
Spain teaching, living and starting a family. She is married
and has a son. She worked as an Elementary English and
Science Specialist at Àgora Centre d’Estudis in Sant Cugat de
Valles, Spain. She has also worked as a 3rd grade classroom
teacher at St. John of the Cross in Lemon Grove, CA and
an 8th grade English and social studies teacher at Memorial
Academy in San Diego.
College: BA English Linguistics, Minor TESOL,
2004 University of California, Los Angeles. MA
Education, Elementary Math Specialization, 2005 University
of California, San Diego.
International Experiences: Went to Ceské Bud’ejovice,
Czech Republic as a Rotary Youth Exchange student.
Noah Philips lives in Santa Barbara, CA.
College: BS Chemistry, 2003 Harvey Mudd College.
Ph.D. Materials, 2008 University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Brian Wilkinson is married and lives in Eugene, OR. He
is a Physical Therapist and Professor at Lane Community
College.
College: BS Exercise Science, 2003 Oregon State
University. Doctorate Physical Therapy, 2006 University of
Southern California.
International Experiences: Student exchange program
in Bordeaux, France, then went back as a chaperone with
the program.
Reflections: “I was a full IB candidate and I appreciated not
only receiving college credit as a freshman but also the fact
that many colleges and universities recognized my distinction among my peers. The IB program is worthwhile for the
purposes of preparation for college (especially in simulating
‘finals week’), and promotes tenacious learning for a future
in academia.”
2002 MUN Conference
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CLASS OF 2000
Alison (Stark) Leiman is married and works for the USDA
Forest Service in Washington, DC as a Grants and Agreements
Policy Specialist. Her job involves work at the headquarter
level on grants and agreements policy and the review and
selection of incoming agreements, as well as work in collaboration with all Forest Service areas including International
Programs, State and Private Forestry, Forest Product Research
and Watershed Restoration to set and advise policy for partnership and collaboration across the agency. Prior to moving to
Washington, DC and working for the federal government, she
worked in the non-profit sector in El Paso, TX at the YWCA
El Paso Del Norte Region in youth programming, leadership
development and border issues. Prior to that, she worked in
the Seattle/Tacoma area at the YMCA of Greater Seattle in
financial development, and as a Program Manager for Corporation for National and Community Service programs at
the Red Cross-Mount Rainier Chapter.
College: BA Psychology and Sociology (Honors),
2004 Pacific Lutheran University. MPA Public Management
and Policy, 2007 The Evergreen State College.
International Experiences: Traveled extensively through
Europe and South America. Favorite destinations are:
Argentina, Chile, Israel, Italy and Spain.
Reflections: “I credit IHS for teaching me how to learn.
I felt very prepared when I got to college. I knew how to
write, was already a critical thinker, and could relate to a
diverse set of cultural perspectives. I also understood that it
took hard work and dedication to learning to achieve success in the classroom. These factors were a major advantage
and I feel that they have been a leg up in college and beyond. They are skills that are universal in all academic and
professional settings.”
CLASS OF 2001
Cassandra (Aanderud) Thonstad teaches Math at Newberg
High School in Newburg, OR. Prior to that she worked
for the North Clackamas School District as a High School
Instructional Coach and taught math at Milwaukie High
School. She is married and has three children under 3 years
old (two of them are twins).
College:
BS Mathematics, 2004 University
of Oregon. MA Teaching, 2005 Pacific University.
MAT, 2005 Auckland University.
International Experiences:
Received Rotary
Ambassadorial Scholarship to study in Auckland, New
Zealand. Lived in Auckland and studied for her MAT at the
University of Auckland. Traveled to France and Australia.
Reflections: “Being an IB Diploma recipient enabled me to
skip an entire year of college at the U of O. That saved me
time, money, and gave me the opportunity to study abroad
for my Masters degree. I also found college to be a less
stressful opportunity due to the rigor of courses through IHS
and the IB programs.”
ALUMNI NOTES
Melissa (Barker) Haliski was recently married and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in pharmacology and toxicology
at the University of Utah.
College: BA in Biology and French, 2006 University
of Oregon
Jennifer Davis lives in Seattle, WA and is attending the
University of Washington Foster’s School of Business in
the evening program pursuing an MBA in marketing and
entrepreneurship. She is also working at Kaplan Test Prep &
Admissions as an Academic Manager/Lead Instructor. Her
work includes classroom instruction/tutoring for standardized testing in the Stamford, CT branch. She has also taught
marketing events, oversaw center operations, and provided
academic counseling for students, as well as taught courses
for the LSAT, GMAT, GRE, SAT, ACT. Previously she was
an Instructional Assistant in math and science for a private
middle school in Bellevue, WA. She was also a lead teacher
for a 6th grade math class and assisted in math and science
classes, as well as provided individual tutoring instruction.
She worked with Universal Studios/Entertainment Tonight
as an Intern, Fox Sports as a Production Assistant, as an
Intern/Editor for an independent film with director Ramin
Niami, and in post-production marketing for an independent
film starring Rodney Dangerfield. She participated in the
Susan G. Komen 3-day walk for Breast Cancer and raised
over $2,300 for the foundation, and she is engaged to be
married this summer.
College: BA Critical Studies-School of Film and
Television, BA Visual Anthropology, 2005 University of
Southern California
International Experiences: Traveled to Mexico for day visits
to border towns, a week camp in Baja, and then to Cancun.
Studied abroad in New Zealand at the University of Otago in
Dunedin (South Island) for four months, then traveled to Fiji.
Traveled to Europe for one month including Italy, Monaco,
Croatia, France, England, Spain, and a two week cruise followed by one week in Paris, and one week in London. Also
traveled to Barcelona, Spain. Went on a study tour through
her MBA program to Vancouver, BC and plans to go on
another study tour this spring to either India or Peru to meet
with companies and hear about global business.
Reflections: “IHS provided a great foundation for critical
thinking and a global perspective. I was a full IB candidate,
however I did not pass one section of the test so I did not
receive the diploma. I did receive college credit for various
IB test scores but the credit was not as important as the experience that prepared me for college and more.”
Amy (Farris) Baker is married, has a daughter, and lives in
Eugene, OR. She is expecting her second child in May. She
previously worked as an Instructional Assistant and Mentor
Program Coordinator at Cal Young Middle School, as a Vault
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Teller at Selco Community Credit Union, and as a Senior
Teller at Bank of America.
College: Major Elementary Education, Minor Special
Education, 2005 University of Oregon
International Experiences: Traveled through Western
Europe. Traveled to Japan when her husband was asked to
play in a concert.
Reflections: “I really enjoyed my time in IHS. I felt like I
had a lot more freedom to express myself and be creative
because of the program.”
Kevin Lee is engaged and lives in Shoreline, WA and works
as a Systems Analyst at Tryarc LLC. Prior to that, he was a
Project Manager for an ERP system at Vision 33.
College: BBA Finance – Management Information Systems,
Gonzaga University
International Experiences: Did a home-stay in Bordeaux,
France. Went sightseeing in London, Paris and Brussels.
Went to the Olympics in Vancouver, BC.
Reflections: “Being part of the IB program helped prepare
me for college and gave me an advantage over other applicants. At visitation to Gonzaga, they read my profile as
an example of high caliber applicants based partly on my
involvement in an ‘extensive IB program’. Thank you for
a great experience.”
Laila Mirsepassi lives in New York, NY and works at
BlackRock in investor relations. She previously worked
at a defense contract management agency as a contract
administrator.
College: BA Business Administration – International
Business, Minor French, 2005 Seattle Pacific University
International Experiences: Studied abroad in London at
Oxford University and American Intercontinental University,
with extensive side travel through Western Europe. Other
travel highlights include: Central America, Mexico, Greece,
Iceland, Denmark, Portugal, and Spain
Eugene IHS students continue to be involved in
Model United Nations, a program that aims to spread
the values of international understanding, cooperation and peace. Through speeches, debates, bloc
meetings, and secret diplomacy, students receive an
exciting lesson in the complexities of global affairs.
This year the annual MUN conference will once
again take place in April, 2011 at the University of
Oregon. We like to use the slogan from Eugene IHS
alumnus Hunt Alcott, “MUN is FUN.”
ALUMNI NOTES
Emma Piper-Burket is currently working on a
cross-platform media project about agriculture in Iraq
(The Iraqi Seed Project). For more information visit:
www.iraqiseedproject.com/ seedsofkurdistan.tumblr.com.
She is also the co-founder of Kitchen Caravan
(www.kitchencaravan.com), an online cooking show about
sustainable food culture. She has been making educational
cooking videos and short web-documentaries about food
production from around the world since 2007.
College: BA Arabic Language and Linguistics/Classical
Studies, 2005 Georgetown University
International Studies: Studied abroad at American
University in Cairo.
Professional Teacher at Parkrose Middle School where she’s
teaching the first two levels of English for the
Speakers of Other Languages. Her students
are from Mexico, Somalia, Thailand, Laos,
Micronesia, and Vietnam. She was a Culture and Language
Assistant in Junta de Andalucia and she taught English in
Malaga, Spain. She also used to manage Gervais Salon in the
5th St. Public Market in Eugene.
College: BA English Literature, 2006 University of Oregon.
MA Education, 2010 University of Oregon.
International Experiences: She has traveled to France,
Guatemala, Honduras and Belize, Spain, England, Ireland,
Czech Republic, Austria, and Hungary.
Sharma Rapoport lives in Eugene, OR and is a Child &
Family Therapist at The Child Center.
College: BA Middle Eastern Studies, 2004 University of
Michigan. MA Professional Counseling, 2009 Northwest
Christian University.
CLASS OF 2003
Grace Eickmeyer is currently working as a TEFL volunteer in
the United States Peace Corps in Crimea, Ukraine.
College: BA Political Science, Summa cum laude, Phi Beta
Kappa, 2006 University of Oregon,
International Experiences: In 2005 traveled to South Korea to
meet her biological family. Studied abroad in Oviedo, Spain.
Took a trip to Senegal. Lived and worked in Cairo, Egypt.
Took a trip to Thailand and Burma. Also traveled to England,
Morocco, and Greece.
Reflections: “IHS helped me cultivate my intellectual curiosity.
In speaking with my friends who did not attend IHS, I realize how lucky I was to have such a rigorous, stimulating high
school education. IHS put me on the path I am today, continuously exploring, questioning, and wondering about the world.
I remember when IHS was reevaluating its mission statement.
At the time, I found it a bit trite and did not fully appreciate its
meaning. Now, I truly feel like I am a global citizen and I owe
a debt of gratitude to IHS for giving me my start in becoming
one. As a sidenote, living in Crimea for two years has given a
whole new meaning to ‘warm water port.’”
CLASS OF 2002
Sky Brandt lives in Bethesda, Maryland and is a Senior
Program Associate for the Academy for Educational
Development where he works with the International
Visitors Leadership Program sponsored by the U.S.
Department of State. Prior to that he worked as a guide for
Finca La Anita, Colonia Libertad in Costa Rica where he
offered guided day-time tours of a small resort and active
farm in rural Costa Rica. He was also a Program Coordinator for the Institute of International Education (IIE) where
he worked on various aspects of the Humphrey Fellowship
Program and a Project Assistant for the National Democratic
Institute for International Affairs (NDI) where he assisted
with backstopping various grants and programs focused
on civil society and governance in East Asia.
College: BA International Studies/Chinese/Asian
Studies, 2006 University of Oregon. Master of Public
Administration (MPA), 2008 Cornell University.
International Experiences: Studied abroad in Shanghai,
China and in Taipei, Taiwan. Traveled to India with Cornell
University. Did study and research in Kirtipur, Nepal. Also
traveled to Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Reflections: “IHS was a great opportunity and it set the
stage for my academic work in college and graduate school.
One of my brothers just entered the program at South and
I made a point of warning him about coloring between the
lines in geography class, although, we didn’t have Google
Earth back then.”
Jacqueline Fitzgerald lives in Portland, OR and has
her license to teach Secondary Language Arts, Secondary English for the Speakers of Other Languages, and
Middle School Social Studies. Currently she is an ESL
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Egypt Trip with Deon Saraceno in 2006
ALUMNI NOTES
Erin Noble is the founder of BrewMinded and e-mail
newsletter business. His role includes website development,
e-mail newsletter development, search engine optimization,
copy editor, and advertising sales. His was also the founder,
GreenBuildHub where he did website development,
e-mail newsletter development, and was copy editor. Prior
to that, he was the New Business Director for West Wind
Forest Products. His job included: shipping and receiving
management, website development, and FSC laminated
stock sales. He is single, loves delicious cappuccinos,
and in his spare time, hikes, runs and does yoga. Life accomplishments he is most proud of: he founded an e-mail
newsletter business with his high school doubles partner;
he hiked 1,000 miles on the Pacific Crest Trail; he was
nationally ranked with the Pomona College Tennis team;
and he was accepted to Pomona College and graduated
Magna Cum Laude.
College: BA Mathematical Economics and Molecular
Biology, 2007 Pomona College
International Experiences: Lived in Beijing, China. Lived
in Quito, Ecuador. Hiked through Cuzco Andes and Machu
Picchu. Traveled to glulam plants in Germany and Austria.
Traveled to Bologna, Italy.
Reflections: “Reading Siddhartha changed the way I view
the world. I read it to this day. Grinding away my IB
Diploma while (seemingly) everyone else was enjoying their
senioritis helped me manage my college coursework.”
Lindsey Petrushkin lives in Portland, OR and is a full-time
teacher at Portland Public Schools Head Start.
College: Liberal Studies, 2007 Portland State University.
Masters in Education, 2008 Portland State University.
International Experiences: Studied abroad in London,
England. Two month travel throughout Western Europe.
Reflections: “Had a wonderful experience in IHS. I believe had it not been for IHS I wouldn’t have traveled and
lived abroad. I felt more than prepared for college and
decided to become a teacher because of the impact my IHS
teachers had on me. The teachers in IHS were more than teachers, they were mentors in life. I kept in touch with a few after
high school and into my college years. They cared for students
as people and treated them as such. IHS helped me form an
understanding of the world and the different people in my own
while guiding me to see the big picture in life.”
CLASS OF 2004
Christopher Barnes is an accountant at Ernst &
Young in Nashville, TN. He is married and has a son.
College: Accounting Major, Mandarin Chinese Minor,
2010 Brigham Young University
International Experiences: Went to France as a missionary for
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Studied abroad
at Nanjing University in China.
Reflections: “Eugene IHS taught me how to work hard and
get my work done. It also opened up my eyes to international
events and opportunities (both historical and current).”
Sean Chappell lives in San Francisco, CA and is a Business
Development Director for Special Counsel, Inc., an executive
search firm specializing in the legal industry. His focus is on
building relationships with Silicon Valley life science companies and intellectual property practice groups of international
law firms. Lots of talking to people, lots of fun. Prior to that
he was a Program Director/Staff Recruiter for the California
Alumni Association, where he worked overseeing a staff of
college students for UC Berkeley’s alumni family vacation
resort located in the Sierra Nevada’s. He is currently taking
advantage of all the San Francisco area has to offer in live music
concerts, football game days in Berkeley, skiing in the Sierras,
and exploring the surrounding area.
College:
BA Integrative Biology, BA French
Literature, 2008 University of California, Berkeley
International Experiences: Traveled all around Europe to
Ireland, UK, France, Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic,
and Italy.
Reflections: “I was a full IB candidate and became much more
appreciative of my choice to follow through in completing the
program when I realized during my freshman year just how
many GE requirements were waived due to the diploma. It
allowed me to easily pursue a second major while still taking
a handful of elective courses for fun.”
Robert Coolman lives in Amherst, MA and is currently
a Doctoral candidate at the University of Massachusetts,
Amherst. Previously he worked for Plas2Fuel as a Process
Data Analyst.
College: BS Chemical Engineering, 2009 Oregon State
University
Class of 2009
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ALUMNI NOTES
Claire Hambly is currently working as a nanny while
preparing for graduate studies. She is engaged and her
fiancé’s research for a biological research firm may soon
take them all over the world.
College: 2005 Southern Oregon University Honors
College. BA Psychology, Minor Spanish, 2009 University
of Oregon.
Reflections: “For myself and many others IHS was much
more than just a quality education. It was a social network,
a think-tank and a skill-building forum. Together we
learned what it meant to see ourselves as global citizens,
part of larger framework, while honoring the value of our
local communities. The critical thinking skills I acquired
have been invaluable in my academic and professional
life, as I’m sure they have been for other alumni. My
experience in IHS was overwhelmingly positive and I’m
continually grateful for the dedicated teachers and staff
that contributed so much to the educational foundation I
draw on every day.”
Emily Hildreth is currently attending The George
Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C.
College: BA International Studies-Political Science,
Minor in Biology, 2008 University of California, San Diego
International Experiences: Field Research in
Oaxaca, Mexico.
Eric Trachtenberg is currently attending Massachusetts
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences pursuing his
Doctor of Pharmacy degree. He is the founder and former President of Alpha Delta Phi Middlesex Chapter, and
President of the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists at MCPHS Worcester.
College: BS Biology, Minors Chemistry and Business,
2008 Brandeis University
Reflections: “IHS definitely helped prep me for a challenging curriculum in college. It was in this program that I
first started practicing my time management skills and my
ability to push myself and work hard. It was a very well
rounded liberal arts program. Unfortunately, my full IB
diploma did not earn me any college credits.”
Lee White is currently attending the University of
Washington in Seattle, WA pursuing his Ph.D.
College: BS Engineering, 2008 Tulane University
CLASS OF 2005
Christopher Bradley recently took part in an exchange
program with the University of Pavia at Collegio Ghislieri
in Strasbourg, France and is now continuing his language
studies there.
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College: English Degree, 2009 University of Oregon, Clark
Honors College.
Reflections: “My IHS experience was a springboard to
international study, and now international living. I appreciated the global curriculum, which now serves me as I go forward with my studies and my life in Western Europe.”
Ingara Cristina James is currently attending medical school
in Colombia, South America at the Universidad CES in
Medellin, Colombia.
College: BS Biology, 2009 University of Oregon
Reflections: “I had to read Sophie’s World again for a class
this year and I enjoyed it a lot more than I did in IHS. I finally
understood why it was important to read it.”
Saraphina Monaco is currently working for Aquila/Wood
Casting located in Hollywood California. As a series regular
casting assistant on ABC’s television show The Gates, produced
by Gina Matthews (from Eugene, OR), and MTV’s Patito Feo
written and produced by Bert V. Royal (writer of Easy A) and
directed by Andy Fickman (director of She’s The Man and
Aliens in the Attic). She also worked as a casting assistant on
several major motion pictures that include, but are not limited
to, I AM #4, Man On a Ledge, Lincoln Lawyer, and the indie
Hidden Moon.
College: BA Musical Theatre, 2009 Columbia
College Chicago
Reflections: “IHS taught me how to work hard and play
harder.”
Jessica Niles works in the office at Mountain Rose Herbs. She is
currently studying at National Midwifery Institute in California
to become a midwife.
College: B.Ed. Family & Human Services, 2009 University
of Oregon
International Experiences: Was part of the Health Volunteers
Overseas trip to Viet Duc Hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam. Studied
abroad in Greece. Took diving trips to British Virgin Islands,
Belize, and Bali.
Reflections: “A blessed experience, what a wonderful opportunity that enriched my life greatly and helped me to begin the
journey of cultural competency.”
CLASS OF 2006
Karen Bonner is part of the Assurance Services Staff at Ernst
& Young in Los Angeles.
College: BA in Economics and French, 2010 Pomona
College
ALUMNI NOTES
Danielle Hanson is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in
biological anthropology at Indiana University. Previously
she worked at the University of Oregon as a Lab Technician
working with Zebrafish husbandry and as an Archaeology
Lab Assistant working with isotope and radiocarbon dating
sample preparation and analysis.
College: BS Anthropology, 2010 University of Oregon
Katherine Parker is currently studying racial perceptions
in the eighteenth century as an Arts and Sciences Graduate
Fellow at the University of Pittsburgh, where she is working toward a Ph.D. in History.
College: Honors Bachelors History and Honors Bachelors International Studies, 2010 Oregon State University,
University Honors College
International Experiences: Studied at the Pontifica
Universidad Catolica and the Universidad de Chile in
Santiago, Chile for a semester.
Reflections: “IHS more than prepared me for college and
the rigors of graduate school. IB was a huge part of that,
as it earned me over a year’s worth of college credits in
college and allowed me to make time to study abroad. I
miss the lively debates, the creative projects, and the crazy
camaraderie of our classes, not to mention the staff and
faculty who made it such a special learning community.”
CLASS OF 2009
Kathryn Adair is currently attending California Baptist
University in Riverside, CA pursuing a degree in psychology. She previously worked at Build-A-Bear Workshop
as an Associate-Bear Builder.
International Experiences: Student ambassador to
Australia. Mission trip to South Africa.
Reflections: “My best memories from Eugene IHS were
with teachers or friends. The teachers were always there to
be a friend and to have fun. It was interesting and fun to get
to know about other countries and different people around
the world. IHS has really opened my eyes and helped me
to be more ‘culturally sound.’”
Heather Bridgham is pursuing degrees in sociocultural
anthropology and communications at the University of
Washington in Seattle, WA.
International Experiences: Study abroad program
through the University of Washington to Serbia, Bosnia,
and Croatia.
Reflections: “I keep learning things that are review from
IHS. International High School exposed me to subject
matter most people don’t see until college. Most high
school students don’t get to study things like anthropology, philosophy, religious studies, or political science. I
hear from students who hated high school and were totally
unprepared for the style of learning in college; I am happy
to say that neither of those experiences applies to me.”
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Olivia Girod is currently attending Oregon State University
in Corvallis, OR as an Honors Scholar, pursuing a degree in
pre-industrial engineering and a minor in Spanish.
Reflections: “IHS helped to prepare me in all aspects so much
for college. I hear my roommates and friends complaining
about having to write a two-page double spaced paper and
laugh because I know it would be so easy for me because of
what I learned in IHS. I was a full IB diploma recipient and am
so glad I went through with it. Although I did not receive as
much college credit as I had hoped to receive from taking the
tests, it prepared me in so many other ways. Taking the exams
is exactly like finals are here. Therefore I know how to begin
to prepare in advance by reviewing my notes and studying
with others.”
Tanner Harris is currently attending the University of Oregon
in Eugene, OR. He is currently a track and field athlete for the
University of Oregon.
Reflections: “Eugene IHS was all around the best high school
educational experience I have ever had. I miss my IHS teachers
and all of the classmates and students that were in IHS. It was
basically a second family. IHS opened my eyes to the world and
removed my cultural bias. The mock conferences, such as the
Eurasian conference, were a fun way to learn about countries
around the world that you couldn’t learn in a classroom setting.
IHS’ curriculum is so much more current and useful than regular
high school curriculum. Now that I am in college many of my
classmates are shocked by some of the information they are
learning, but thanks to IHS I already know about most of the
things they are teaching. Some classes were a review for me.
I felt so prepared for college, and the different cultures that
students are introduced to in college. IHS made me realize that
as human beings we need to all work together, no matter your
culture or ethnicity, to make the world a better place. I hope
someday I will be able to give back to the IHS program.”
Courtney LaFranchi is currently attending the University of
Idaho in Moscow, ID.
International Experiences: She will be going to Spain
this fall.
Reflections: “As an International Studies/Spanish/Piano Performance major, I have found the IHS experience extremely
beneficial. It helped me see situations objectively, especially
when dealing with international dilemmas, and while I’ve
always prided myself of being a good problem solver, I think
IHS helped me hone my skills at delivering solutions to my
peers. While in IHS I also earned the IB diploma, and I think
more than anything, the benefit there was proving to myself
that I could. Now most things seem extremely easy. I have no
trouble in most of the areas my peers are struggling. IHS also
taught me how to lead and organize in group settings, making
most projects simple and efficient where they’re often discombobulated. Altogether, IHS was the best preparation one could
ask for before college.”
ALUMNI NOTES
Nichole Roy is currently attending the University of
Oregon in Eugene, OR.
Jesse Spivack is currently attending the University of
Washington in Seattle, WA.
Reflections: “I met so many talented youth through IHS, all
brilliant in unique ways. IHS kept me on my toes, striving
to achieve my best.”
Jacob Stock is currently attending the University of Virginia
in Charlottesville, VA.
Iris Young is currently attending Grinnell College in
Grinnell, IA.
Reflections: “Nearing graduation, I felt so accomplished
that I wrote an extended essay that my mentor praised!
Looking back at it now, I’ve written better (if shorter),
but I can’t describe how much that felt like what I should
have finished high school having accomplished. I have
since been reminded over and over that I learned how to
use information instead of how to retain facts, and that has
served me far better than any particular knowledge. The
IB curriculum and IHS teaching methods have given me
the tools necessary to apply myself to any investigative
project and produce not just an answer but a contextualized,
well-reasoned explanation. This has especially helped in
tutorial (on the topic of multicultural and multireligious
tensions in medieval Spain) and philosophy.”
CLASS OF 2010
Benjamin Howorth is currently attending Oregon State
University in Corvallis, OR.
International Experiences: Studied physics at Cambridge
University, England.
Reflections: “It was one of the most important aspects of
my life so far. I would not be who I am today if I had not
gone through Eugene IHS. The teachers and staff create
the perfect atmosphere for development and a deeper level
of thought not provided by the general school system. If
every person had the chance to graduate from IHS (especially Eugene IHS) the world would be a much more
welcoming place with empathetic, understanding, and
kind individuals.”
Hanna Powers is currently attending Oregon State
University in Corvallis, OR pursuing degrees in business
and Spanish.
International Experiences: School trip to London, Paris, and
Barcelona, and another school trip to France and Spain.
Reflections: “I was an IB diploma candidate and received
my diploma in 2010. I earned a score of 32. I received
many benefits from getting the diploma: I have a $3,000
yearly renewable scholarship to OSU, I have 45 credit
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hours and adding that to my AP credits I have 61 credits total.
Which means I get to register for classes 1-2 weeks ahead of
all the other freshmen. I also get to skip a lot classes that have
nothing to do with my major so I can focus on taking classes
that I am interested in. While everyone else is stuck taking
writing 121 and 100 level History courses I can get ahead on
the classes that are required for my major. Going through the
IHS program helped me academically. I know how to manage
my time, which is really hard because there are many more
distractions in college than in high school. I learned how to
balance having fun and getting my work done. In IHS there is
a huge emphasis on citing your sources, using scholarly sources
and using MLA citations. I had a 20 minute presentation my
second week of school. I went to the library and did my research,
citing the books I used in MLA format. When I got my grade,
my teacher said she “LOVED” how I cited my sources in the
correct format even though it wasn’t a required aspect of the
assignment. IHS also helped me to think outside the box for
research projects and topics, which has really helped me think
of ideas for my public speaking class. The IHS experience and
education is an invaluable asset, it has prepared me for college
in many more ways than I thought it would have when I first
signed up for it as a freshman.”
E-Newsletter now available!!
In an effort to “go green” we are only
publishing an online version of the
Eugene IHS Alumni Newsletter. If you
are not already included on our ENewsletter mailing list and would like to
be, e-mail Lynne Given at: given@4j.
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www.ihs.4j.lane.edu and fill out an
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upcoming newsletters please e-mail the
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ALUMNI E-MAIL DIRECTORY
Class of 1989
Colin Babb: [email protected]
Class of 1997
Michelle Cairney: [email protected]
Justin Forster: [email protected]
Kathryn Gaines: [email protected]
Nicole (Geraci) Howard: [email protected]
Sarah Gross: [email protected]
Marian Jennifer Hart: [email protected]
Joshua Ladau: [email protected]
Joe Lowry: [email protected]
Kevin McDonnell: [email protected]
Melissa Pritchard: [email protected]
Krista (Robinson) Reiman: [email protected]
Erin Ashley Vranas: [email protected]
Class of 1990
Polly (Helm) Nelson: [email protected]
Class of 1992
Courtney Leonard: [email protected]
Class of 1993
Emily Courtnage: [email protected]
Sorrell Dye: [email protected]
Andrew Dyke: [email protected]
Brady Lahr: [email protected]
Jamie Morgan: [email protected]
Andrea Olson: [email protected]
Class of 1998
Hunt Allcott: [email protected]
Ashley Anderson: [email protected]
Class of 1994
Kate Bonamici: [email protected]
Sharon Fendrich: [email protected]
Dara Finkelstein: dara.fi[email protected]
McKenzie Funk: [email protected]
Rayne Gaisford: [email protected]
Shanna Gazley: [email protected]
Andrew Heid: [email protected]
Jesse Kocher: [email protected]
Marion Howard: [email protected]
Tayan-Lin (Rathje) Butler: [email protected]
Joshua Hurwit: [email protected]
Sara (Rosenthal) Firosz: sarafi[email protected]
Paul Kelly: [email protected]
Dayna (Ruhoff) Linderman: [email protected] Jake Klonoski: [email protected]
Jeff Salerno: [email protected]
Navid Moshtael: [email protected]
Carmen (Sarro) Zlateff: [email protected]
Graham Mowday: [email protected]
Heidi (Stout) Tretheway: [email protected]
Alison (Page) Hayward: [email protected]
Sadie Thorin: [email protected]
Laura Riedman: [email protected]
Marie Sweeten: [email protected]
Class of 1995
Kim Thompson: [email protected]
Kristen Faust: [email protected]
Justin Volmert: [email protected]
Christina Heid: [email protected]
Lauren Whitelaw: [email protected]
Marissa Kim: [email protected]
Rachel Wilkes: [email protected]
Emilie Lamson: [email protected]
Aimee Pierce: [email protected]
Class of 1999
Katherine Swank: [email protected]
Alan Bergland: [email protected]
Ben Temple: [email protected]
Marielle Brown: [email protected]
Bronwyn (Wenger) Brestle: [email protected]
Melinda (Mindy) Dalcour Jones: [email protected]
Loic Fabricant: [email protected]
Class of 1996
Andrew Faust: [email protected]
Sara (Anderson) Gillette: [email protected]
Carolyn (Frosaker) Williams: carolyn.williams@pacificu.edu
Robin (Bonebright) Harris: [email protected]
Kyri Green: [email protected]
Korrie (Brown) Gernert: [email protected]
Katrina (Hecht) Henry: [email protected]
Tiffany (Cragun) Goff: tiffersfl[email protected]
Rebecca Johnsen: [email protected]
Kirsten Harma: [email protected]
Lisa (Miller) Stroup: [email protected]
Marianne (Johnson) Hales: [email protected]
Jennifer (Miner) Weaver: [email protected]
Renee (Purdy) McKenna: [email protected]
Stuart Morgan: [email protected]
Hanna Scholz: [email protected]
Anne (Newland) Bolster: [email protected]
Carrie Stampe: [email protected]
Lindsey (Petersen) Chinburg: [email protected]
Noah Philips: [email protected]
Gillian Schauer: [email protected]
Nick Sherrill: [email protected]
Brian Wilkinson: [email protected]
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Class of 2000
Samuel Boush: [email protected]
Debra (Forrest) Piper: [email protected]
Lara Koler: [email protected]
Sarah Marshall: [email protected]
Shanti Michaels: [email protected]
McKenna Morrigan: [email protected]
Elisabeth Sharp: [email protected]
Blake Slonecker: [email protected]
Alison (Stark) Leiman: [email protected]
Heather (Wenger) Relay: [email protected]
Eva Miller: [email protected]
Emily Mosqueda: [email protected]
Jennifer (Ouimet) Yeager: [email protected]
Kathryn Sullivan-Uptegrove: [email protected]
Joshua Walker: [email protected]
Haley Whitley: [email protected]
Class of 2003
Brooke Barker: [email protected]
Juliet Bennett-Stroud: [email protected]
Corey Chavez: [email protected]
Michael Davidson: [email protected]
Diana Delgado: [email protected]
Class of 2001
Jessica (Duggan) Taylor: [email protected]
Alexandra Anderson: [email protected]
Courtney Dunham: [email protected]
Blake Arnold: [email protected]
Grace Eickmeyer: [email protected]
Melissa (Barker) Haliski: [email protected]
Helena Hafdahl: [email protected]
Sarah Bliss: [email protected]
Theodore Johnson-Freyd: [email protected],
Matthew Bradley: [email protected]
http://math.berkeley.edu/~theojf/
Allison (Carnahan) O’Sullivan: [email protected]
Raili Marks: [email protected]
Meghan Carr: [email protected]
Erin Thomas Noble: [email protected]
William Clayton: [email protected]
Wells O’Byrne: [email protected]
Karin Clifton: [email protected]
Lindsey Petrushkin: [email protected]
Jennifer Davis: [email protected]
Andrea Shaddy: [email protected]
Amy (Farris) Baker: [email protected]
Justin Sherrill: [email protected]
Johanna Field: [email protected]
Loren Snow: [email protected]
Jordan Glubka: [email protected]
Luketan Sireeluck Somnasang: [email protected]
Kevin Lee: [email protected]
Jamie Suter: [email protected]
Laila Mirsepassi: [email protected]
Lindsay Temes: [email protected]
Justine Pierce: [email protected]
Edward West: [email protected]
Emma Piper-Burket: [email protected]
Sharma Rapoport: [email protected]
Erin Rice: [email protected]
Lindsay Adams Schauer: [email protected]
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announcements:
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Class of 2002
Cara Abrams-Simonton: [email protected]
Margaret Albright: [email protected]
Elizabeth Allcott: [email protected]
Corey Barber: [email protected]
Devon Biggerstaff: [email protected]
Sky Brandt: [email protected]
Mary Alivia Bryan: [email protected],
www.mytb.org/Livita
Jenny Cadigan: [email protected]
Samantha Evans: [email protected]
Jacqueline Fitzgerald: jacqueline.l.fi[email protected]
Emily (Gilkey) Palmer: [email protected]
Aisha Kudura: [email protected]
Angela McDonald: [email protected]
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http://www.ibo.org (International Baccalaureate
home page)
http://ohc.uoregon.edu
(click on “Events” for a list
of activities at the U of O)
http://www.worldoregon.org/ (World Affairs
Council of Oregon)
Class of 2006
Allison Beard: [email protected]
Karen Bonner: [email protected]
Margaux Cameron: [email protected]
Robin Carol: [email protected]
Amelia Carr: [email protected]
Brady Cragun: [email protected]
Evan Engelstad: [email protected]
Nicholas Floyd: nfl[email protected]
Danielle Hanson: [email protected]
Kathryn Hulse: [email protected]
Christopher Keady: [email protected]
Rianna Mansfield: [email protected]
Katherine Parker: [email protected]
Kyle Quillan: [email protected]
Jeremy Retallack: [email protected]
Ashley Rochholz: [email protected]
Danielle Schnebly: [email protected]
Bridget Snow: [email protected]
Suthikorn Tong Somnasang: [email protected]
Chloe Thulstrup: [email protected]
Sarah Zauner: [email protected]
Class of 2004
Kate Ague-Kneeland: [email protected]
Lisa Allen: [email protected]
Christopher Barnes: [email protected]
Amy Brewer: [email protected]
Sean Chappell: [email protected]
Robert Coolman: [email protected]
Rachel Dentel: [email protected]
Tom Fisher: tomfi[email protected]
L.T. Gurdjian-Clay: [email protected]
Kristin Hall: [email protected]
Claire Hambly: [email protected]
Jaclyn Hamilton-Smith: [email protected]
Emily Hildreth: [email protected]
Holly Jackson: [email protected]
Melissa Louie: [email protected]
Alivia McCarty: [email protected]
Ryan McShane: [email protected]
Corey Pierce: [email protected]
Scott Rauch: [email protected]
Jennifer Risley: [email protected]
Nathan Risley: [email protected]
Heidi Roberson: [email protected]
Caitlin Adams Schauer: [email protected]
Meredith Schwieger: [email protected]
Kevin Sittner: [email protected]
Kelly Stephenson: [email protected]
Alan Stout: [email protected]
Eric Trachtenberg: [email protected]
Lee White: [email protected]
Class of 2007
Rose Comaduran: [email protected]
Morgan Dumitru: [email protected]
John Hoobyar: [email protected]
Erin Miller: [email protected]
Che` Ruth-Cheff: [email protected]
Sarah Thompson: [email protected],
www.sarah-thailand.blogspot.com
Class of 2005
Samuel Best: [email protected]
Christopher Bradley: [email protected]
Carly Bradshaw: [email protected]
Zoe Campbell: [email protected]
Lara Colvin: [email protected]
Susan Garver: [email protected]
Ingara James-Giraldo: [email protected]
Sarah Johnson: [email protected]
Samuel Linton: [email protected]
Rebecca Marcus: [email protected]
Matthew McGlade: [email protected]
Devin McManus: [email protected]
Haley Meshnik: [email protected]
Saraphina Monaco: [email protected]
Jessica Niles: [email protected]
Ashley Nored: [email protected]
Sarah Pritchard: [email protected]
Derek Ruiz: [email protected]
Kellie Scofield: scofi[email protected]
Brent Snelgrove: [email protected]
Seli Thomas: [email protected]
Class of 2008
Nicholas Daniels: [email protected]
Jesse Ferreira: [email protected]
Katherine Melton: [email protected]
Emma Roberts: [email protected]
Katlin Vanderford: [email protected]
Class of 2009
Kathryn Adair: [email protected]
Heather Bridgham: [email protected]
Olivia Girod: [email protected]
Tanner Harris: [email protected]
Brianna Kemper: [email protected]
Courtney LaFranchi: [email protected]
Nichole Roy: [email protected]
Jesse Spivack: [email protected]
Jacob Stock: [email protected]
Iris Young: [email protected]
Class of 2010
Benjamin Howorth: [email protected]
Hanna Powers: [email protected]
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EUGENE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT 4J
EUGENE INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
200 NORTH MONROE STREET
EUGENE OR 97402-4295
NONPROFIT ORG.
US POSTAGE
PAID
EUGENE OR 97401
PERMIT NO. 201
CONTACT US
If you have questions about Eugene IHS, here are some names and numbers to contact:
Eugene IHS Head Teacher: Courtney Leonard (541) 790-8032
International Baccalaureate: Marilyn Curtis (541) 790-8033
General information:
Eugene IHS @ South
Sue Martichuski, Secretary
Mindy Schifberg, Secretary
400 E. 19th Ave.
Eugene, OR 97401
(541) 790-8030
Eugene IHS @ Sheldon
Peggy Farris, Secretary
2455 Willakenzie Rd.
Eugene, OR 97401
(541) 790-6636
Eugene IHS @ Churchill
Lynne Given, Secretary
1850 Bailey Hill Rd.
Eugene, OR 97405
(541) 790-5225
Stay in touch by visiting our website at: www.ihs.4j.lane.edu
33
EUGENE INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
VOLUNTEER INFORMATION FORM
A 4J Volunteer Background Check form must accompany this form.
To download the 4J Volunteer Background Check form go to:
http://www.4j.lane.edu/files/4J_vol_background.pdf
Become an Alumni Volunteer!
We’d love your expertise! If you are still in town or might be passing through at some point during the
year, consider some of the following ways in which you could give back to your Eugene IHS community.
Simply call or e-mail one of our offices, or send this form back to our Churchill campus office:
Name:
Address:
Phone:
E-mail:
Availability:
Eugene IHS@ Churchill
ATTN: Alumni Volunteer
1850 Bailey Hill Road
Eugene, OR 97405
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
MARK ALL THAT APPLY:
1._____ Parent Tutoring
Area(s) of expertise____________
____________________________
2. _____ Grade Level Help
__9__10__11__12
7._____ Eugene IHS Parent Group member
(Monthly)
8. _____ Computer/WEB/Electronic Parent
Newsletter
3. _____ Proctoring IB Exams (May)
9. _____ Classroom Resource
Area(s) of expertise___________
___________________________
4. _____ Africa Celebration
(9th Grade/Spring)
10. _____ Eugene Education Fund Liaison
5. _____ International Study Abroad Fair
(Fall)
11. _____ Senior Project - Technical Advisor
Area(s) of expertise__________
__________________________
6. _____ Community Service Fair (Spring)
12. _____ Eugene IHS Alumni Newsletter
1.
Parent Tutoring
Help individual students, one-on-one, with study skills – especially writing. Possibly on late-start mornings, during
Project periods, or after school.
2. Grade Level Help*
Willing to be “on call” for a particular grade level to help the teachers with certain activities – planning, decoration,
transportation, etc. Check the grade level you are interested in helping.
3. Proctoring IB Exams
Help proctor IB examinations in May. 2-4 hour exams. Mornings or afternoons. May choose to proctor one or more
exam(s).
4. Africa Celebration
Help with planning, set-up, or clean up. Contribute African resources or experiences to this 9th grade event, which
occurs in spring during the school day.
5. International Study Abroad Fair
Help with contacting student travel/exchange groups, planning, set-up, or clean up at this fair for all IHS students that
occurs in the fall (evening). One Coordinator is also needed.
6. Community Service Fair
Help with contacting non-profit organizations, planning, set-up, or clean up for this event for IHS students that occurs
in the spring (evening). One Coordinator is also needed.
7. Eugene IHS Parent Group Member
Serve on our Eugene IHS Parent Group. Meetings are the fourth Tuesday evening of the month. A good way to become
involved in decision-making at Eugene IHS. Activities: input to site council from parents, planning General Parent
Meetings, fundraising, advocacy for Eugene IHS.
8. Computer/Web/Electronic Parent Newsletter*
Your skills and ideas will be utilized to help create electronic methods to keep parents and students better informed about
Eugene IHS news and activities. Need one person to create and maintain an e-mail parent newsletter.
9. Classroom Resource
Have expertise/knowledge on a particular aspect of culture and can share with a class – slides, demonstrations, artifacts,
costumes, works of art, drama, music, dance, religious ceremonies, etc.
9th grade: Africa, Australia, Europe, Russia, Japan, South America
10th grade: Ancient Greece and Rome, Middle East, Europe, India, China
11th grade: The Americas – North and South; indigenous peoples; economics
12th grade: Twentieth century – major nations
10. Eugene Education Fund Liaison*
Act as liaison between the EEF and Eugene IHS. Need to help coordinate communication with parents, thank you notes,
and decisions on how the money will be spent.
11. Senior Project Technical Advisor*
Beginning second semester of junior year, our Eugene IHS students embark on an in-depth study of a topic of their
choice. These topics run the gamut: biology, physics, sports medicine, sailboat design, architecture, organic farming,
music, art, environmental issues, state and local legislation – just to name a few. If you have expertise in a field and
would be willing to mentor a young person in his or her research, your help would be much appreciated.
12. Eugene IHS Alumni Newsletter*
We need a person or group to contact alumni, create an alumni mailing list, and help plan the publication of an annual
alumni newsletter.
* Work can be done at home
EUGENE IHS OFFICES:
Eugene IHS @ Churchill 1850 Bailey Hill Road, Eugene, OR 97405 (541)790-5225
Eugene IHS @ Sheldon 2455 Willakenzie Road, Eugene, OR 97401 (541)790-6636
Eugene IHS @ South 400 East 19th Ave., Eugene, OR 97401 (541)790-8030
www.ihs.4j.lane.edu
EUGENE IHS NEEDS YOUR HELP...
Help us create a fund to sustain Eugene IHS
programs and potentially reduce class sizes.
In the wake of budget cuts, we are experiencing increasing class sizes and difficulties in funding the
wonderful programs -- such as the Pan African Conference and the Eurasian Conference -- that make
Eugene International High School such a successful global learning experience. Your financial support
can help us continue to provide the kind of education we have been dedicated to for over 20 years.
Please consider sending a check now.
M a r k M a t h a b a n e , a u t h o r o f K a f f i r B o y, w a s o n e
of the highlighted speakers at the 2006 ninth grade
Pan African Conference held at the Wheeler
Pavilion at the Lane County Fairgrounds.
.
The tenth grade Eurasian Conference has been a
longstanding tradition in Eugene IHS bringing tenth
graders from all campuses together for a day of cultural
experience held at the Wheeler Pavilion at the Lane County
Fairgrounds.
I am committed to helping Eugene International High School provide continual
global learning experiences for the children in our community.
I am enclosing:
$10
$20
Name:____________________________
$50
$100
Other_______
Signature:____________________________
Send checks to: Eugene Education Fund, P.O. Box 1015, Eugene, OR 97440
Make checks payable to: “EEF/Eugene IHS”
Electronic Transfer: Send a signed note along with a deposit slip to Eugene Education Fund;
you determine the amount and number of transfers.
Credit Card Gift: Go to www.eef.lane.edu and click on “I want to Give!”
Contributions need to be dedicated to Eugene International High School.
Donors will be appropriately acknowledged. All gifts are tax deductible.
If you have any questions, you can contact any of the Eugene International High School Offices.
Churchill Campus: 541-790-5225,Sheldon Campus: 541-790-6636,South Eugene Campus: 541-790-8030

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