{"id":17921,"date":"2025-05-01T11:55:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T18:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/?p=17921"},"modified":"2025-05-01T11:55:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T18:55:57","slug":"ehs-students-and-staff-receive-service-awards-this-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/index.php\/2025\/05\/01\/ehs-students-and-staff-receive-service-awards-this-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"EHS Students and Staff Receive Service Awards This Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"602\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image2-1024x602.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17986\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image2-1024x602.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image2-300x176.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image2-768x451.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image2-1536x903.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image2-2048x1204.jpeg 2048w, http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image2-570x335.jpeg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Seniors Keelan Hecker, Jude Carman and Hannah Humphrey are recognized as Rotary Club&#8217;s Citizens of the Month.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Elmira High School students and staff were awarded by the Rotary Club and the Fern Ridge School District this spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Rotary Club\u2019s Citizen of the Month award is given to three students chosen by teachers, and is awarded at a different school each month. This April, seniors Keelan Hacker, Hannah Humphrey and Jude Carman were the Rotary Club&#8217;s Citizens of the Month for Elmira.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Teachers focused on students who went out of their way to do things that wouldn&#8217;t otherwise be rewarded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The award ceremony for these students will take place on Thursday at the Eugene Airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Fern Ridge School District also gave out awards this spring to both students and staff during the Distinguished Service Awards event that was hosted by the Veneta-Fern Ridge Chamber of Commerce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elmira Elementary instructional assistant Robbie Wolfe-Powell won the Classified Employee of the Year award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EHS English and Journalism teacher Michelle Nelson was recognized as the Twinkle A. Morton Educator of the Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The District Office Employee of the Year was Paul Lambert, the district&#8217;s IT director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volunteer of the Year was given to Mark Boren who has volunteered at many sporting, fundraising and school spirit events throughout the year. He is also a Fern Ridge school board member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many EHS students were recognized as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senior Mele Turtura won the Community Builder award as the senior class president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Future First Citizen award was given to Fernanda Valle-Arvizu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The student named Emerging Future First Citizen was junior Jake VanDamme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The student recipients were voted for by EHS teachers, while the staff members receiving the awards were voted for on a district-level by faculty and administrators across the Fern Ridge School District.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_6080-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18006\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_6080-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_6080-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_6080-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_6080-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_6080-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_6080-570x428.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">EHS teacher Michelle Nelson, seniors Mele Turtura and Fern Valle-Arvizu, and junior Jake VanDamme were honored April 17 for the Distinguished Community Awards. 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