Oregon and local educators and students during the summer of 2023 visited Washington, D.C., for advocacy. From left are Beaverton School District Superintendent Gustavo Balderas, Tigard-Tualitin School District Superintendent Sue Riekke Smith, Corvallis School District Superintendent Ryan Noss, Umatilla High School teacher and robotics mentor Kyle Sipe, Umatilla School District Superintendent and robotics mentor Heidi Sipe, U.S. Sen Ron Wyden, and HUS sophomores J. Rincon and Gael Valenzuela.
Oregon and local educators and students during the summer of 2023 visited Washington, D.C., for advocacy. From left are Beaverton School District Superintendent Gustavo Balderas, Tigard-Tualitin School District Superintendent Sue Riekke Smith, Corvallis School District Superintendent Ryan Noss, Umatilla High School teacher and robotics mentor Kyle Sipe, Umatilla School District Superintendent and robotics mentor Heidi Sipe, U.S. Sen Ron Wyden, and HUS sophomores J. Rincon and Gael Valenzuela.
UMATILLA — Two students from the Umatilla FIRST Robotics team, 4125 Confidential, during the summer attended the AASA Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C.. with Superintendent Heidi Sipe, who serves on the AASA Executive Committee.
Sipe travels to D.C. annually for advocacy, with travel costs paid by the AASA. She frequently takes board members, staff, and students with her to state and national meetings in an effort to bring community, staff and student voice to state and national conversations. For the second year in a row, AWS has funded the student portion of the trip to Washington, D.C. Last year, student Avery Gutierrez and teacher Megan Lorence attended.
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