/PRNewswire/ OnPoint Community Credit Union announced today the nomination period is now open for the 2022 OnPoint Prize for Excellence in Education. The.
/PRNewswire/ OnPoint Community Credit Union has announced the three winners of the 2021 OnPoint Prize for Excellence in Education Educator of the Year.
Whitford Middle School teacher named OnPoint Educator of the Year
Eighth grade teacher Travis Rooke-Ley will have his mortgage or rent paid for an entire year by OnPoint Community Credit Union and the school will receive $2,500. Author: Ashley Korslien Updated: 4:45 PM PDT May 25, 2021
BEAVERTON, Ore. It takes a special kind of person to teach eight grade, especially during a pandemic. But Whitford Middle School’s Travis Rooke-Ley is the perfect man for the job.
“The first thing I hear from every person I talk to when I tell them I teach eighth grade, is ‘oh my gosh, bless your heart!’ I don t view it that way. Eighth graders are awesome,” Rooke-Ley said.