Welcome to the third episode of Learning in Lake Oswego! This installment highlights student-led initiatives and extracurricular activities in our schools. We open up the conversation with two students sharing their experiences in Robotics, DECA, and the Winter Read-a-Thon, discussing the skills they've developed and the impact these programs have had on their educational journey.
We also provide an insider’s view into snow day delays and cancellations, shedding light on the factors and considerations that go into making these important decisions.
As the year ends, we focus on reflection and recognition. We encourage our listeners to consider those who have brought special meaning and contributions to our educational community and nominate deserving individuals for an educational excellence award.
Join us in this intriguing mix of topics where we connect the dots between student activities, administrative decisions, and the power of reflection and recognition in the educational sphere.
Educational Excellence Awards Nominations
Dr. Jennifer Schiele, superintendent, LOSD
Mary Kay Larson, executive director of communications, LOSD
Darren Sze, student, Lakeridge High School
Jeb Scipio Del Campo, student, Lake Oswego High School
Welcome to Learning in Lake Oswego, a podcast providing educational insights for an engaged community. Lake Oswego School District Superintendent Dr. Jennifer Schiele will discuss what's important to our learning community. She'll be joined by experts examining various topics, answering important questions, and sharing upcoming events and activities you won't want to miss.
And now, it's your host. Lake Oswego School District Executive Director of Communications Mary Kay Larson Hi everyone, welcome back to learning in Lake Oswego with me Mary Kay Larson and our superintendent. Dr. Jennifer Schiele Today we are diving into our third episode. What do they say? Third times a charm?
I think it's very appropriate because we have two very engaging, charming students of ours here to talk about their clubs and activities. We're also going to talk with Dr. Shealy to get an insider's glimpse into what and how we decide on snow days, which it's that time of year. Jen, take it away.
Greetings Lake Oswego. Thank you for tuning in again. Everyone has been so kind when making comments about the show, so I hope you all continue to listen and find it valuable. Today it's my pleasure to introduce two of our remarkable students, Jeb from Lake Oswego and Darren from Lake Ridge, and I brought him in today to discuss some of the enriching experiences with school clubs and activities and how they've connected to their school through clubs and activities.
Let's start with Darren. Darren, thanks for being here with me today. You have a notable history in performing arts, and now I hear you tend to focus more on robotics. We're eager to hear about your experience. First, for those of you who know nothing about robotics, can you just help explain our various robotic teams and how they're related?
There are three different leagues. There's the first robotics competition, there's the first tech challenge, and there's the first Lego League. It's all run through this company called First. And so there's different age ranges for the different groups. The youngest age range is in the Lego League. And then the second, the middle one is the first tech challenge and then we are FRC, which is the oldest group.
However, there is a good amount of overlap between the FTC groups and then the FRC groups. So Lakeridge, we only participate in the FRC, and our team is a combination between Lakeridge and LO students. But I think LO, they have... Four different FTC teams, they just started a new one this year. Are the teams, like, are they similar in the size of what they're building or designing or, cause I'm thinking Lego is probably small.
Yeah. Could you describe the difference between the other two teams as far as the size of robots? Yeah. So FTC, their robots are smaller. It's like a, like a cube, you know, you can hold it in your hands. You know, it's, it's a smaller robot. A lot of times they have more like, intricate mechanics when they're building, because it's like about a little bit bigger than a foot, like, square.
Our robots though, are bigger. Last year's robot was 125 pounds. We had an arm on it, so at it's like, max height reached all the way up, it was like, 6... Two six three the max was like six foot four was the the max it was taller than me Easily taller than me. So I remember when I was the high school principal We used to ask the robotics team to during Halloween Could you have your robot go around the school and deliver candy during football games?
We had him Build this thing that shoot out t shirts to the school. Yeah, the t shirt cans Yeah, so so many amazing things that your group has always done and what I've always admired about it Has to do with this idea that everyone belongs at Robotics, you know, you could be the marketing kids who are doing that work.
You're the coders the builders the designers It's just so many different components of it. So could you tell me a little bit about what attracted you to robotics? I've always loved tech and like engineering. I've always been creative. That's part of something that drove me to like theater and the arts is I like to, you know, I'm always creative.
I like to keep creating. And then after COVID I had done theater by then for like seven years, eight years. And I was kind of like, I need, I need something new. So, I joined the AP Computer Science A class. And then through my teacher, Mr. Sperry found out about the robotics team. And so I joined last year, so last year was my first year.
And I loved it. I mean, I'm, I'm on the software team. This year I'm the software lead. I just really enjoyed, you know, all the collaboration. You know, there is a lot of creativity, because when we get a new game, there's no instructions on, you know, what to build. You know, it's just like, it has to do this.
Figure out the best way to do it. So, there's hours that we spend, you know, planning, days we spend prototyping, designing, before we even start building anything. So there's a lot of creativity in that. That's something that, you know, I always love about robotics is, you know, I get to show my creative side in a side that also helps show my love for tech and engineering.
Mr. Sperry is an amazing teacher. I always enjoy listening to him. And what he has created over at Lake Ridge High School is very similar to what my son, who studies at Colorado School of Mines and Metallurgical and Materials Engineer, that's what they're doing in college. So it's, it's really fun to watch what he's doing in the high school classroom.
What, you know, I think of college and how, you know, those are difficult courses that you're taking. What have you found the most challenging about being in robotics? The problem solving. Honestly, there's no, there's no script, you know, in, in what we do. Main season, right now we're in the, the preseason phase, but you know, main season, we get our game January 7th.
And then our first competition's like the beginning of March. So it's like, it's like two months, six weeks we have to build a robot. And there's no, like, they just, we just have a video and they explain the game and then we just have to, you know, sit down, we read through hundreds of pages of the rule book, and then try our best to come up with the best solution to the problem.
And then, even throughout the entire process, there's so much, so much problem solving. Last year, there was a whole part of the game where we had to get our robot to balance on like like a teeter totter type thing. That was days of work, you know, we had to, that was just so much trial and error, you know, what's the best way to go about figuring out where it needs to stop and making sure it doesn't move from there, you know, yeah.
We, we never, we never got it to work perfectly. There was a lot of different iterations and we got really close. So I was really impressive, but the problem solving is just, it's continuous. You never get to a point where you feel like, Oh, I know it all. You know, we're, we're perfect. You know, there's always another roadblock.
That is, and that is a life skill that we all have every day. Definitely. What do you enjoy most about being on that team? I mean, the people are great. Some of my best friends are on the team. Main season, I go there almost every day of the week, except for Fridays and Sundays. Right now, I'm there Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays.
So, you know, I'm there all the time. My best friends are on the team. But I also like when we do, like, encounter a problem, and then we finally solve it. That like feeling of just being able to be like, yes, you know, it's finally done. That's that's really rewarding. And you just said, I go there. Where, where is there?
So the, the building is, it's the side white building in between like the pool and like the main campus. There's like a bunch of different rooms in that building. I know driver's ed has one of the rooms. Our room has a machine shop in it. And then all of the robotics teams, we all share that room.
So all the ones from all the FTC teams at LO and then our, our team, we all share that one big space. So a lot of times when we're in the lab, we're working and then like across the room, there's like. Two other robotics teams that are also working at the same time, you know, we're all building, you know, we're all, we're all creating.
Last year, the game that we had was, there were similar elements to the FTC team their game. So, you know, we had talked to them, you know, about like, how did you guys, you know, get around this obstacle, you know, stuff like that. Team building, leadership, I love all of that. So you're a senior you know, you're making plans for your future.
How has robotics influenced your future plans? I was, you know, diehard musical theater a couple years ago. I thought I was going to do it in college, but I decided that wasn't my path, you know, and I've kind of, you know, had a whole, I've had a complete 180 in like my route. I've applied to a bunch of like, tech programs, that's the route I want to go down.
Everything I've been doing is kind of, you know, focused on that, in and out of school, trying to make sure that that, trying to make that become possible as well as I can. That's, that's awesome. How has robotics or any of the clubs, including musical theater, you know, helped you through middle school or high school connect with others in your school and then help you to contribute to the excellence of your school?
I think robotics is a really good example of contributing to, like, the school as a total. Because, you know, right now, I'm the software lead. And we have, I have six or seven rookies this year, who are all, it's mostly freshmen and then a couple sophomores. They came in, most of them didn't know much about software, if anything at all.
You know, and so we're starting from scratch. It's really cool, you know, watching them now. Cause now they have a pretty good grasp on everything. I get to see their like progression, you know, and teach them the skills that I've learned, not only just coding wise, but you know, like advocating for what you need, speaking up when we're in like large groups, you know, like if you have an idea, you know, say it, you know, I want to hear it.
Stuff like that, you know, that's something that is awesome about robotics. That's great. Thanks, Darren. It's so great to hear more about you as a student and hear about our robotics team. Before you leave, can you tell everyone out there listening, like what advice do you have for them if they're considering robots?
or robotics. And kind of remember, we might have parents listening, we might have students listening, but what kind of advice do you have for them? How do they get involved? I would do it. I would join. I would like find someone in like your classes or whatever who you know is on some sort of robotics team.
I think the skills you learn are really good skills, not only like Focusing on like robotics and tech and stuff, but you know, life skills, communicating because it's, it's really the whole point of it is to be student led, you know, we have mentors there and we have, you know, adults there who help out if we have questions, don't know how to do something to help us, but All of the ideas, everything that we build is all student ideas, you know, so it's, you know, thinking for yourself, creativity, and then expressing those ideas, you know, learning how to communicate efficiently and accurately is another big thing that we do.
And it's really fun too, you know, I mean, it's just a bunch of kids coming up with ideas and trying to make it happen, you know, it's, it's, it's really fun, you know, and we, we like to have a fun time there. That's great. Thanks again and good luck with your senior year. Yeah, of course. Thank you so much.
For our next guest, our next student guest, we have another fantastic student this time from LOHS. I have to tell you the very best. part of my job is supporting students and their passions, and we truly have amazing students in Lake Oswego. Mary Kay and I were super fortunate to meet Jeb last year when he and two other students proposed the idea of a winter read a thon for our elementary schools.
Jeb, your enthusiasm and passion left Mary Kay and I in absolute awe. I mean, we were so impressed. How did the idea of a read a thon come about? about or what inspired the idea? First, before I start, I want to thank you guys for having me on here. I got to know you last year and this is kind of like a full circle moment being able to go on your podcast.
So this is really fun. Thanks for being here. Of course, but yeah, that's a great question. So actually the re a thon started out as a project for something called DECA. And for those of you listening that don't know what DECA is, it's in essence kind of a business competition that students at both Lake Oswego High School and Lake Ridge High School compete in.
And so I had founded the DECA. Club, my sophomore year and going into my junior year, I'd kind of gotten to know my co founders, Samuel Bond and Alicia Lee through DECA and we had all joined that club that year and we were kind of looking for projects to do. And in DECA, there's this kind of event called Community Giving Project.
And basically the Community Giving Project is kind of. It prompts students to go into community and raise money in real life for something that you feel passionate about and then write a 20 page paper about it. So I know there is that part. So as we were kind of thinking of things to do, we all kind of thought about the impacts that COVID had on like learning in our school community and what we had.
about, like, child literacy going down and all that stuff. And as big readers ourselves we'd felt the positive impacts of reading and being able to write and read at a high level throughout our whole academic careers. And we felt that that was something really important that students needed. So we decided to try and do our part to help elementary literacy rates by starting the readathon.
So that's how it started. You had mentioned you found a club. Like you, you were the founding member of the club. I'm assuming that's what you meant. And that was the DECA club. So how, how does that work? And can anyone just create a club when they're in high school? Yeah. So pretty much if something doesn't exist in high school you can go out there, take some initiative and create it.
I think at Lakesview High School right now, we have like 60 plus clubs and all it kind of takes to start a club is to have around I think it's five to 10 members. And then you also have to have a teacher to sign off on being your advisor. And so for example, for my club, DECA club, I started because at our school to compete in the DECA competition in the past, you had to take this class called international marketing, which was really only open to kind of like upperclassmen.
And then even then a lot of the people that I knew that were passionate about business, they're kind of more worried about, you know, taking X amount of AP classes and, or didn't have room in their schedules because of requirements. Myself and actually my brother, who is a. You're older than me. He graduated now.
We co founded the DECA club to give access to compete in the competition for more students And so that first year my sophomore year we started with about I want to say five members and now this year We're actually up to 30. That is fantastic So the read a thon came out of the DECA club and then so I remember when you were first pitching the idea to us It was like you you had hoped to raise I think it was like a thousand.
Yeah Something like that. And then you ended up so surpassing all of that, which was exceeded everyone's imagination. So what, when you think about the read a thon, what was the most fun about that project? Or what did you enjoy the most? I think what I enjoyed most about it frankly, was Being a part of my community and being able to give back.
I only really moved to LO in sixth grade and as soon as I got here people were super welcoming, not only like my peers, but also the school community and like all the administration. Being able to kind of help out and give back to those people that have given me so much was really gratifying. What about challenging, like going through that process?
Because you guys built the whole thing yourself. What was, what was the most challenging? Just like any large projects, of course, there were a ton of... Little road bumps along the way. And I think a big learning curve for us was kind of communication, not only within our, like our three person team, but also with administration across the school district by ourselves, obviously, like we're three people, myself, Sam and Alicia, we're very busy.
Involved in school of our height achieving academically and outside of school. We have like a million different extracurriculars So it was hard to kind of get us all in one spot to work on this from time to time but as soon as we did we really saw that we could be really productive in a few hours and get stuff done and Then kind of communicating with people across the district at first is a little intimidating because these are adults Like you guys, but these are adults that have important jobs that help people in our community and so Kind of being in a room with them at first was scary.
But once we got used to it, of course, you guys aren't scary people. We're actually really nice. And as soon as we got used to kind of like checking our email, as I'm sure a lot of parents can relate to, students don't tend to check their emails often as they should. But as soon as we started doing that, it was pretty easy.
And I'm glad we're not scary. I have to say that our meetings with you were like a highlight of the week. Got a meeting with the read a thon crew. That's nice to hear. So what about this year? What's going to happen with the read a thon this year? So obviously last year we started this with a small goal, but it exceeded our expectations so much that we were like, okay, we can't give up on this.
And so even though my co founders have graduated now and are now in college, we had the plan that we'd carry this on this year. I've actually had the opportunity to be a part of the leadership class at our school which is you're kind of elected to with all these other like student leaders. And so leading it this year, I've been able to kind of like get to know the people in there and I've actually found three or four people that would be great for this.
So we have a new team of readathon leaders this year that are going to be helping me out and. We're planning to do the same things as last year. We actually were filming like our promotional video this week and getting the bookmarks and the website ready. So everything should be good to go for this year.
So when will families who are listening, be able to know how to participate? So same thing as last year, you know, don't fix something that's not broken. So we're rolling out the week before winter break starts, which I believe is the week of December 9th, if I'm not mistaken. And then basically over that week, the two weeks of winter break, and then one week following that same as last year.
Parents and friends and family of students can donate to them for every book they read and then of course the winners that read The most books in the school that reads the most books will be awarded with some special prizes to be seen. People like special prizes. Yes, we're hoping so. That's fantastic.
Well, we hope all of our students out there participate in the read a thon There's nothing better than a good book over a long winter break And thank you so much for being here today Jeb and good luck with the read a thon. Of course. Thanks again Yeah, thank you, Jeb. I'm looking forward to working with you again this year.
That was so much fun. And thank you, Darren, for being here as well. I just want to also say thanks again to our students, but families listening, I know what you're thinking. These two students are not like my child and, and that's okay. We have thousands of students in Lake Oswego, and they all have very different interests and passions.
And what's most important is finding activities that your child enjoys, and for you to find a way to support them in those activities. And we want all of our students to contribute to our school's excellence in whatever way they can. If it is student government, or arts, or athletics, or the knitting club.
Cadet teaching, performing, anything that they're passionate about. And I want our school district to be a place where dreams are nurtured, talents are discovered. And of course, potential is unlocked for each and every one of our children. And I can't have them all on this show. Obviously. But I do like to showcase some and just know that your child has a passion too, and we want to figure out what that is.
So thanks again to our students. And let's get to snow days because you know, this is a topic that came up, a lot of people have questions about this. Sometimes it's not even winter weather. We have already had some delays, as many of you know, happening in our schools with power outages and smells of gas in our buildings.
And we do our best to make those decisions as quickly as we can. Obviously, we will not put our students in a dangerous situation. And usually we can manage a two hour delay and get the clearance that we need. But sometimes it does take longer and we're getting closer to that time of year. As Mary Kay said, when winter weather and school closures.
can happen. And obviously I'm no meteorologist, yet at times the weather plays a crucial role in a lot of decision making that I have to do. So believe me, I know the stakes are high with schools being a place where essential services for many students happen. We want kids in school. Every day counts. As Darren and Jeb have just said, I mean, their dedication to school life is really important to them.
And canceling a school day can mean missing those Pivotal moments and a student's journey. And I don't take it lightly. Feedback about calling snow days is as mixed as the ice around town. I know having our school schedules, work lives, family responsibilities disrupted can be so very frustrating for students and families.
I also know I must err on the side of caution and safety when asking students and staff to travel in. You know, what we would consider questionable conditions. So safety is a priority and we balance that with our commitment to education. So Jen, walk us through the process because sometimes we have some advance warning, but like you said, we're not a meteorologist and sometimes even the meteorologists don't get it right.
How, walk us through a day in the life of, of one of our snow day decisions. Yeah, I'm happy to do that. Inclement weather has. You know, many variables and lots of hurdles for all of us, you know, much goes into this decision and it starts as early as I hate to say this, but four a. m. So you're up all night watching the news and you're worried about it.
And then at four, I get up out of bed to figure out what to do. And so at that time I talked. to someone from the city's public works crew, as well as either the police chief or whoever's on duty will, will talk to me about the road conditions of anybody who's driving around. And then five o'clock comes and our transportation company begins actually testing bus routes.
So they, they get in the buses and they drive them up to those roads. Oftentimes I get in my car to see what the conditions are like myself. And we hit the points like Mountain Park, Upper Cherry, Overlook. And I, I grew up in Minnesota and feel much more comfortable driving in winter weather, but I know that's not the same for all of you.
And so I take all that information and then try to correlate it with the forecast from the local meteorologist and try to predict what the road conditions are going to be at 645. And that is when the first bus leaves our transportation center. Now I can guarantee you that this is not something they teach you at superintendent school.
So you really have to kind of figure it out as you go. So, for example, slushy snow, rain, Tuesday evening, followed by overnight lows, you know, in the 20s, you know there's going to be ice on the roads the next morning. The Lake Oswego Public Works does a great job like clearing those main roads in Lake Oswego, but the neighborhoods where our schools and our families live, they're still icy before school.
So that's when we call a two hour. Delay thinking that conditions are going to improve by 830 and then it's a waiting game and it's real stressful And I drive around and I pace around the office Usually the Sun comes up and you know, we're waiting for the warming temps starting to thaw the ice So in most of time we can be good for the day, but sometimes it doesn't melt It definitely doesn't melt soon enough for us to confidently bring the process of starting the school day So at that point we have to make the call for the entire day.
When I first started working in the district office, one of the things that really hit me when watching the first no day being called is that people often think of it's me and my child or my family, but you're responsible for 7, 000 students and their parents and all the employees. And when you put all those people on the road, it's a much different dynamic than just one person figuring out a way.
to make their way through the ice or the snow safely. Another, now that I'm a parent of high school drivers, I had the new found aha of putting new drivers out on, on those roads with each other. And so it's, it's just a lot to think about when you're making that call and, and what we're responsible for.
in our community. People often, you know, make fun of talking about the weather as small talk, but actually, there's a reason why it's always on every news station every morning, because it's something that affects all of us. And it's one of the few things That everyone is affected by in different ways, but it's something that we all can relate to.
So with that, whenever there's something that affects a lot of people, we get a lot of questions. And I thought I would ask a few of the questions that we get Jen, and you can help answer them and bring some clarity behind them. One of the questions we get is why can't we open schools for whoever can make it?
makes it and whoever can't just stays home. That would be really difficult because our staff are the same people that we're trying to get into the buildings. And so if some staff can make it and some students who come in aren't the same students that those staff If members teach, it would be kind of an utter chaos to make sure kids have what they need in the school.
So it really doesn't make sense for us to have partial people in any school day. Another question that we hear, especially since post COVID is, why do we need to cancel or delay school? Can't we just move online for the day? Yeah, we do hear that a lot. Full online school takes advanced notice and advanced planning, and even though we do have one to one devices for all students, they're not all at their homes, and they don't all necessarily have internet and teachers at home.
might not have the materials they need to successfully teach online. And our students and teachers did teach online or learn online during the statewide school closures. But as we all learned, it is not ideal for students or teachers. A lot of planners in our community want to know, and I think you may have explained this a little bit, but we can answer it in a different way.
Why can't we make the call earlier, say the night before, so people know if they can sleep in and not have to get the early morning call that. they can stay in bed. Yeah. Now you're speaking like a true senior in high school. Why did you wake me up to say that I don't have to go to school right now?
Exactly. So like, I think I said this, but I want to make the call as soon as possible. Usually we have to wait and see what the weather shapes up to be the, you know, sometimes the weather isn't correct. or what you hear it's going to be isn't correct. Sometimes the roads and parking lots can be cleared.
Sometimes they can't. The weather in the Pacific Northwest is so unpredictable. And, you know, sometimes you don't know it's going to happen and then it's, you know, snowmageddon. And other times they say it's coming and then it totally misses us. So usually if we get a storm and school is canceled and then we can tell the temperature is not going to rise enough to melt any of the ice, on those days we can call it at night.
And I would prefer to make it the night before, but usually I need to wait and see what the weather shapes up to be. You know, either way, I try to wait as long as I can to make the best call because I do want our students in school. I mean, they, they can't learn if they're not in attendance and what happens in the classroom is, The magic that makes all of this happen.
Exactly. One last question that we get is when we do have one of those years where we have more than one or multiple snow days, people start to count and, and look at the calendar and figure out, okay, are we going to have to extend our school year? Walk us through kind of the, the formula for how that decision is made.
The number of snow days that trigger an extension of the school calendar can vary. pretty widely actually. And it's typically determined by how many days are missed for weather. So, you know, is it one day? Is it 10 days? And then also what it looks like at the end of the school year. Are we ending on a Wednesday?
Are we landing on a Monday? What does that look like? LO, we currently offer 11 days at the elementary school, 27 days at middle school, and 16 days at our high school. over what the state requires us to do. We are only required to add days at the end if we miss over 11 days. That doesn't mean that we wouldn't add for less.
It just means we would weigh adding days to the end of the year with the value those days would add to a child's education. In the past, we've looked at adding instructional time during the day to add time back in without adding full days at the end of the year. A lot of times we have people who have already planned schedules for the summer.
Things like that, that we, you know, we have to also think about those things as well. We try to make those decisions as early as possible in spring so people can plan accordingly. And then most importantly, if we have school, we want our students to be in attendance. So if we do add days at the end, we want them to be here.
Student attendance matters, as I said before. One snow day missed does not automatically add. day to the end of the calendar. There's a lot more that goes into it. Correct. Great. We're going to move on to a new topic, but I do want to circle back in case it wasn't clear how the students talking about activities and snow days relate to each other.
You talked about it, Dr. Schiele About how important it is that we have students and staff in school and when we do have to cancel a school day, oftentimes we are also considering the activities that that are happening and those also get canceled. And so, you know, it, it all feeds into while we love a white, fluffy winter wonderland once in a while, we do weigh that with the, what are we missing out on?
And so tying that together, but speaking of winter wonderland, we are into our last part of our podcast, which is where is Jen? And when I think of snow, I think of winter break. Jen, where will you be? during winter break? Well, that is an interesting question, Mary Kay. This first half of the school has just flown by.
I can't even believe that we are already approaching our two week break. Our students, teachers, and staff have worked so hard and I hope everyone gets to take time to rest, relax, and restore. And I will be doing all of that as well with my family over the break. But please feel free to say hi if you see me out and around town.
Winter break is also a time that I like to reflect. One great way to do that, and that I'm inviting you all to do as well, is to think about nominating someone for the Rotary's Educational Excellence Awards. These annual awards celebrate dedication, service, and going that extra mile in education that we love.
We honor students, staff, and residents who have that true spirit of service above self. Nominations are open now, and I encourage our community to consider those around us. Think about that inspiring teacher, the hard working student, or a community member whose actions have positively impacted education.
Your nomination could be a perfect way to acknowledge their hard work and dedication. And when you nominate someone, they're notified immediately. So what a wonderful gift to give this season just to say, Hey, I care about all of the work that you're doing for my child or for our school district. I would echo that.
I try and nominate someone every year, and it's the most gratifying experience to sit back and think about what this person means to you, what they've meant to our community, and just being able to give them a shout out and say, I see and hear and, and, and feel all that you do for us and thank you.
Whether they win the award or not, it's a, just a very gratifying experience to nominate as well as being nominated. But with that, I think we have wrapped up our third episode. Thank you, everyone, for joining us for Learning in Lake Oswego. Next time, we will be highlighting our new Mandarin Chinese Immersion program, talking with one of the teachers who developed that program, along with maybe, hopefully, one of her or some of her kindergarten students making a cameo appearance on our podcast.
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