7th Annual Alumni Newsletter - School Web sites hosted by Eugene ...

We appreciate your willingness
to be a part of our Eugene
IHS alumni newsletter.
We are continually updating
our alumni database. Please
inform us of any new address
or e-mail changes. You can email
any information to Lynne
Given, Eugene IHS secretary,
at: given@4j.lane.edu.
Thank you for continuing to
be a part of our Eugene IHS
family.
RETIREE NOTES
Jon Doornink retired
in 1995. He lives in
Cheshire, OR, but is currently
living aboard and
cruising his sailboat in the
western Mexican waters
of the Sea of Cortez to
Manzanillo. He enjoys
photography, sailing, fishing,
hiking, camping, road
and mountain biking, skiing,
traveling in the U.S.
(West and Southwest),
sailboat and powerboat
cruising, and gardening
vegetables, flowers, fruits, and grapes. He travels to
Canada and Mexico yearly. He has a daughter who is the
Reedsport, OR School District Counselor.
Subjects taught in Eugene IHS: World Health, International
Physical Education, Theory of Knowledge, Senior
Projects. He was the first Eugene IHS Head teacher and
an International Baccalaureate Coordinator.
Fondest Memories: “Enjoyed proctoring IB Examinations
last Spring. Always an inspiration to participate in the
growth of young people.”
Susan (Potter) Delaney retired in 2000. She lives in
Portland, OR. She spends her time traveling every year,
mostly in the USA and stays close to family. She also
works part time for Camp & Retreat Ministries of Oregon-
Idaho (www.gocamping.org). She likes to play Mahjong,
is taking post-graduate classes, and enjoys Portland. She
traveled to China in 2000. Her daughter was recently
married last summer and her son just bought a house and
is engaged to be married this summer. Her mother passed
away last summer.
Subjects taught in Eugene IHS: 10 th Grade Literature
Fondest Memories: “I’m so proud of the work we did
as IHS teachers, and I’m proud of the work that the IHS
students put into their educations. I hope everyone is
keeping up with Harry Potter’s journey through the Hero
Cycle and able to sail through the daily crossword puzzle
with all those wonderful SAT vocabulary words you had
to memorize! Keep learning; it’s fun!”
Dan Sterling left Eugene IHS in 2002. Post-IHS he has
worked as a school administrator in the Portland area as a
Vice-Principal at Lincoln High, Vice-Principal at Waluga Jr.
High School in Lake Oswego, and is currently the Principal
at Bryant Elementary in Lake Oswego.
Subjects taught in Eugene IHS: 10 th Grade Global
History
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Fondest Memories: “I loved my time
with IHS. Working with Bob Veeck
and Alice Jagger during my student
teaching year (1997-98), I had a
blast working with over 400 students
at Churchill, South, and Sheldon.
Hired as a teacher in 1998, I taught
Global History at Churchill and
later at South too. I have absolutely
wonderful memories of IHS staff
and students. I truly believe that IHS
students were among the very top
students in the state of Oregon. The
level of dedication of our students
was incredible (hopefully it still
is!!) and their work products were
often astoundingly accomplished.
The integrated curriculum model
Welcome new teacher,
Steve Smith.
of IHS was ahead of its time, and is the strongest that I have
encountered at the high school level. There were so many good
times in the classroom that they are too numerous to count.
My heart will always be with IHS and Global History!! It is
not hard to conjure up The Middle East and later the Eurasian
Conference, Alexander’s Footsteps, Stavrianos (I sadly suspect
that Stavi is no longer being used), classroom debates, NSA,
revolutions, marching in the snow... this list goes on...”
Ron Lancaster retired in 2003. He lives in Eugene, OR. He
has taught courses in the teacher training programs of Pacific
University and the University of Oregon. Last summer he was
a staff member of the National Endowment of the Humanities
institute, Ancient MesoAmerica in Oaxaca, Mexico, and is looking
forward to doing the same again this summer. He has now
become a member of the growing ranks of grandparents.
Subjects taught in Eugene IHS: 12 th Grade Modern
International History, 11 th Grade History of the Americas
(originally the senior history course).
Fondest Memories: “In all ways, my years as an IHS teacher
were very satisfying and great fun!”
Founding Father of Eugene International High
School: DWAYNE ADCOCK
Twenty-six years ago his forward-thinking vision
for international education and immersion
language study set the foundation for the
establishment of Eugene IHS as an alternative
high school in Eugene School District 4J.