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Board recognizes student and staff achievements; CTE teachers earn state awards
Summary
The Crook County School District honored athletic teams, math competition winners and two Career and Technical Education teachers named mentor and CTE teacher of the year; board praised student academic performance and coaches' GPA results.
Board members recognized a long list of student and staff accomplishments at the start of the meeting, honoring league and state qualifiers in boys' and girls' basketball, wrestling, cheer, and the district's MathCounts regional winners. The board also publicly thanked county and city road crews for winter plowing that kept schools open on potential snow days.
CTE teacher honors: Two Career and Technical Education teachers were singled out. Dan McNary was recognized as Oregon Ag Teachers Association Mentor Teacher of the Year for his statewide work with new teachers. Ron Berg was recognized as the Oregon CTE Teacher of the Year; board members noted this was his second state-level teaching honor after previously being named construction teacher of the year at Reynolds High School.
Athletics and academics: Coaches reported athletic achievements and academic performance. Notable items: - Boys basketball: finished strong in league play, reached as high as No. 3 in the state at one point, and had multiple all-league honorees. - Girls basketball: undefeated in league, qualified for state and reached the final eight; several players earned all-league honors. - Wrestling: district champions with numerous state qualifiers and state placers. - Cheer: placed in the top 10 among 94 teams in Oregon and competed at state.
Academic recognition: The board highlighted that several fall/winter teams placed in the state'wide academic top 10 for GPA (boys basketball, boys wrestling, cheer comp team) and noted the district had eight teams in the academic state top 10 across fall and winter seasons.
MathCounts: The middle-school MathCounts team won the regional competition; several students advanced to the state meet.
Why it matters: The recognitions underscore both athletic success and academic performance among student-athletes and celebrate staff who support career and technical education, an attraction for families and a retention factor for staff.
Next steps: The board encouraged continued community support and planned to circulate schedules and certificates; staff will follow up with photographs and distribution of awards.
