rte's top teacher stresses ant FFORT ., .J ATTITUDE Martha Stra secondconsecur/veyear, aPSUgradwins Oreqon's 'Her organtzat onal sk~ilsare so untque that few people w ~ l o accomplSn a she aoes Anderson tor Teachef of the year A ward. said. She relates "extremely well with parents and youngsters, visits homes, becomes Involvedwith families." Anderson sald. He quoted a note from one of her students: "This is the first year I've not dreaded to come to school. I love school now." specting each child's ability. ig her studentsto find purpose and feel responsibleand letting each progress at indiv~duasl peed are among the precepts of Lynda Hatch's teaching philosophy. The 1981 Oregon Teacher of the Year. Lynda. 31. slender and blonde, :- '-icribed by her class of 30 Bend graders as a cheerful, pleasant. ard disciplinarian. "but she :ts us to behave." ~da's election in October by a member committee senting teachers, administrators id the Parent-TeacherAssociation. PS announcedin Salem to the state )ard of Education. She is now glble for seiectlon as national acher of the year. Her classroom is a separate ' le on the pine tree and reactions to the programson soil. water, plants, animals, energy and human survival at Camp Tamarack Outdoor School in October and wrote Commentanes on the individualand group experience. Rudeness, excess noise and scuffling draw automatic demerits, which may be erased by posltlve acts or attitudes. Lynda described her teaching proceduresas "a little different," but explained. 'Bomebody has to be respons~blefor the overall subject. and continuityfor the grades. I want to know the skill level expected at the year's end, withln reason, but I don't want to be told exactly how I'm golng to go about wvering that skill." she sald, addlng with a smile. "we do a lot of multiplicationout of the books, too?' Re heipir I> ue: Slxth not-h. expel: Lyr three reDre Repnnred by pemissioo sf the 0- Journal Lynda Hatch, Oregon Teacher of the Year In Memorium ~mbnu~hmt papa 8 moau rock-l Butte open1 As arrans windr andscapedcampus of Pilot Lyndawas born in Portland and y'; Fomar. BS, ,s tor of a Junior H~ghSchool, which grew up In Eugene where her ?d in 1968. mother. Undine Sims taunht Teen Parent Supwn Group, run by the Clan Countv YWCA seen In many classrooms. ged along walls and under . .JWS are the tangible supplementsto texibooks - student-furnishedresearch terrariums, animal and bird bones, ant farms, potato slices In culture glasses. "EFFORT and "ATTITUDE in , - - -- -. ---= .. She chose a soclal studles and elementary educat~onmajor at Washington State University,then obtalned her master's degree at PSU in math educationand urban studies. She taught f~fthgrade one year In Tacoma. Wash.. and sixlh grade for six years in Hillsboro before moving to Bend in 1977 for drier weather, a change and new challenges. Marvin Anderson, principal at Pilot Butte, said. "She's outstanding, probably the top teacher I've known, and i worked 30 years In three states, including Salem and 16 years in Los Angeies before coming back to Bend." . - Camlyn Fox /'80 MBA) is the dlreetor of planning sewcss a1 Providence Med~csl Center m Paniand She had been a methods lmPioYemenl analyst at the hosp~talbefore the promotNan. Jane Hanline (BO MPA) is ca aumat of Cmss CounW SkI Lwgeq a book whlch provides ~nforrnation an cross country skt aclllties 8n Oregon. Wash~nglonand Idaho In addition to listing avajlabte servces the baok also lncludss lnlarmation on lralls m the YaiiOUS aleas Haifllne s Ihe publlc relatlans d,rector lor the Wash~ngton Park Zm ~n Portland 6-inch letters headline the chalkboard,and there is a boxed weekiy motto or quotation. From manual alphabet charts. Laurle K. MM11 ('81 BSi 1s a 4th end 5m grade reacher for me Reynolds Smwl D~stod m Tioutdale. Ore. students learn to finger-spell and crosscommunicate with a deaf -'-"-nate - "paying attentionwim ?vesas well as ears." Lvnda David W. Nugm ('81 BS) was mmm!Jsianed an army semnd lieutenant this summer after mmpletlng the Ofncer Candidate School a1 Fon Bensan. Ga. Ponland State un!vwslly -1va u rrvblsheapwadlsally dunng the year by me mce of Inlormat#ooSwvlces (or alumnb. lacuq and sfan and mends of the Unwsnk sms=a, their I sad. relati( An typing and b ialance checkbooks, and hold Fnday wurt wrth cases ~nvolv~ng laws In the readlno alcove Presbyterian-churchelder, chairman of her church's social concerns m+xT d addrs: se,d ham nr* and dd amesses to Phnd SD ~ un~venny pnpa*lve, P 0. b x 751.Pohd State unnen,ly. Pornand. C7qc.n. 97m7 COmmlttee and leads a fourth grade Girl Scout tmop. She also leads teacher-in-sewice workshops in three states on teach~ngart, language arts, writing and spelling. At a recent regional math conferenceat Central Oregon Commun~tyCollege. MISS Hatch distributedconies of more than mn "real they ( maga libraq and p - Jetermine the ourooie of the 28 ~7 - ztnes availaole In tne school I . rev'ew an anicle from each Julle WIIIIam~ion(81)has been ap~inted by Rep. Ler AuColn as h mOregon d8stnn 0% admlnlstrator She will msnaae AuCo8n's repare a bibliography. Lonvertlng refrigerator cartons to a city - "Sea Franc~sco" - wtll utilize economics, mathematics, social studies, crafts, some hlstory and architecture. Students "brainstormed" their acllvlrles throughout the stalk, andioil ired his Oregon-based nan Wiliamson organlred the ~nniallveoet8too drive lor dentunsm In ~ - .. math teachindgames she devised and illustrated.
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