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Canal school board 0.2-" "Taking care of Morn and Dad is becoming a full-time job. With everything else I have to do, more than I can handle now. But Dad made me promise not to put him in the nursing home; Can pine Way help?" seeking applicants The Hood Canal School he or she will have to be school board member. The District Board of Directors elected by the voters in or- letter should be submitted is looking for applicants in- der to continue serving, to Tom Churchill, Super- terested in serving on the District 2, in general intendent and Secretary school board to fill a vacan- terms, covers the Skokom- to the Board, at 111 State cyin the District 2 slot. ish Reservation and Pot- Route 106, Shelton, 98584. Applicants must reside latch area. All letters of application in District 2 in order to be Interested applicants should be submitted by eligible to apply. The board should submit a letter of Monday, April 9. will appoint an applicant application that includes The school board will to serve until the next gen- a confirmation of residency review all applicants and eral election in November within District 2 as well conduct interviews that 2013. At that time, the ap- as a statement about their will be scheduled during pointees' term will end and interest in serving as a April. Journal photos by Natalie Johnson Oakland Bay Junior High freshmen Emily Kester and Adam Cyganow went on the trip to Washington, D.C. as eighth-grade students last year. Hi t ry stud n r i funds for D.C. trip History a favorite subject to urday, March 24, at the Shelton Eagles Club. The fundraiser includes a prize drawing and many Oakland Bay students a spaghetti dinner, and ticketscost a suggest- ed donation of $5. By NATALIE JOHNSON "There are so many kids who really enjoy natalie@rnasoncoun(y,con~ the curriculum," Scott said. "There was so ........................................... much interest in the trip. The class is prob- ably a lot of the kids' favorite class." This June, 66 eighth-grade students at So far, the History Boosters have donated Oakland Bay Junior High School (OBJH) $10,000 toward the cost of the trip. have an opportunity to participate in the The junior high's history program has school's quarter-century-oldrite of passage- taken a group of eighth-grade students to a week-long trip to Washington, D.C.. Washington, D.C., each spring for the past 25 "It was defmitely something we'll remem- years, Conklin said. He took over the project ber for the rest of our lives," said OBJH fresh- in 2004. man Emily Kester, who went on the excur- In addition to the colonial villages and sites sion last June. such as George Washington's home Mount Brett Conklin, eighth-grade history teach- Vernon, last year students visited the Jef- er and an advisor for the trip, said students ferson Memorial, Vietnam and Korean War see many historical sites along the way, in- Memorials and the Holocaust Memorial Mu- chiding Jamestown, Williamsburg, Mount seum. Vernon and Arlington National Cemetery in "(The Holocaust museum) had a guest who Virginia. actually experienced it... she was a little girl," "It's definitely something that not a lot Kester said. "It was a powerful experience." of people get to do," OBJH freshman Adam Last year, 37 students went on the week- Cyganow said. "It's not like a lecture where long journey, organized through World- you're just listening." Strides, a group that helps coordinate school However, for some students, the $1,900 trips. Teachers from OBJH chaperone the price tag for the trip is a large burden to bear. students. The History Boosters club formed to help The week of travel is intended to enhance those students take the trip of their young lessons learned in the classroom. lives, and help the school's history program "Actually getting to go on the trip and see too. it all made it more real, made me understand "There was a real need for fundraising it a lot more," Kester said. support," said Jolene Scott, History Boosters' Conklin said the trip to Washington, D.C., treasurer. %Ve just felt it was really impor- may be the first time some of the students tant to create a vehicle for fimdraising for the leave Washington state. trip." "It's a trip of firsts -- it's more than just the The Boosters have scheduled their last history lesson," Conklin said. 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