Hillsboro Youth Advisory Council Continues to Inspire

     Tuesday, members of the Hillsboro Youth Advisory Council (YAC) gave a presentation at the Hillsboro Optimist Club weekly meeting. Their presentation focused on the great work that the YAC is doing for the year, and how they plan to grow next year.
     The theme for the council this year was ‘Education, Environment, and Equality’. A goal that they worked towards through various service projects throughout the year such as fundraising for the local schools, volunteering at the Jackson Bottom Wetlands plant sale, and creating PSAs on cyber­bullying and water conservation that can be found online.
     The YAC also has yearly awards for active members and scholarships for seniors.

YAC students, City Manager and Optimist Member Michael Brown,

and Kristi Wilson, YAC Advisor.

Youth Appreciation Day A Success

     The 2013 Youth Appreciation Day program, Co-Chaired by Club Secretary Tammi Hilp and Club member Mike Chapman was a big success with over 50 guests in attendance.

     Youth from four area middle schools were rewarded for their ‘all-around citizenship’. Nominations for the awards came from their teachers and principals. The program also contained a list of activities that the club does, but member Bill French explained our purpose well, “What do we do? Well, we bring out the best in kids.”

 2013 Youth Appreciation Day Winners

(Aubrey Ware, Ryan Hall, Grant Macgregor, Cameron Ferrante, LauraTuffli, Mariana Godinez,

Sabrina Nemec, Hannah Hawthorne, Kellyn Poe, Caila SurrettBrown,

Michaela Truesdale,

Marlene Vera and Ramon Mercado.)

Hillsboro Optimists honor students

Published: Friday, April 29, 2011, 8:30 AM

 By The Hillsboro Argus 

The Optimist Club of Hillsboro held its annual Student Appreciation Breakfast for middle school students. Four students from each of the schools are selected based on their involvement in their school and community, willingness to help others, leadership qualities, good citizenship and overall behavior.

The teaching staff of the school makes selections based on the above attributes as opposed to the usual grade and athletic achievements.

By school, the following students were recognized:

Poynter — Katie Vargas, Juan Martinez, Erendira Villagomez and Victor Garcia.

Brown — John Nick Beronilla, Claire Verstrate, Connor Melanson and Areyana Gardiner.

South Meadows — Mara Tencos Mendoza, Miguel Hernandez Luna and Nancy De la Cruz Bustos.

Evergreen — Claire Washburn, Joel Biamont, Maura Palumbu and Eric Reif.

Framed certificates and gift cards were presented to the students during the club’s weekly Tuesday morning meeting held at the Hillsboro Senior Center at 750 SE Eighth Ave. Their parents and teachers were present for the presentation and breakfast.

The Hillsboro Optimist Club is a nonprofit community service group involved in many youth orientated programs.

Hillsboro Optimist Club honors students, teachers

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

The Hillsboro Argus

The following Hillsboro School District students and teachers were honored as part of the Hillsboro Optimist Club's 2010 Youth Appreciation program. Students and teaching staff from Hillsboro District middle schools were selected based on their outstanding involvement at school and in the community.

Some of the qualities the student selections were based on are leadership, academics, and involvement in community activities. Teachers are selected and honored for their advocacy of youth and positive impacts on youth in the community.

On April 6, the following students were honored.

Brown Middle School: 7th grade, Amarachi Nwokoma and Cody Chimienti; 8th grade, Aaron Bell and Vina Nguyen.

Evergreen Middle School: 7th grade, Haley Inman and Marcus Trinidad; 8th grade, Courtney Clayton and Devin Herbert.

Poynter Middle School: 7th grade, Andrew Baggarley and Sophia Coalwell; 8th grade, Ashley Driscoll and Vira Kang.

South Meadows Middle School: 7th grade, Jose Mendez and Stephanie Breazile; 8th grade, Marco Vasquez and Trisha Kuehn.

On April 20, the following teachers were honored: Jeremy Corwin of Brown Middle School; Louise Waugh, Evergreen Middle School; Amy Decoster, Poynter Middle School, and Krista Reiman, South Meadows Middle School.

The Youth Appreciation program recognizes young people based on a variety of qualities rather than being centered on only certain aspects such as grades or athletic achievement.

The Hillsboro Optimist Club presented students and teachers with certificates of appreciation and gift cards from Barnes and Noble. The Hillsboro Optimist Club is a nonprofit community service group that sponsors a variety of programs that involve community youth.