RPA’s Community 101 program awards $5K in grant funds to 2 local nonprofits
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RPA Students Riley Brown, Isa Hammons, and Kate West pose with Kindred Connections Home Host Recruiter, Eilean Karpstein as they present a $2,000 grant
REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) Redmond Proficiency Academy’s Community 101 program recently awarded $5,000 in grant funds to two local nonprofits, Kindred Connections and Friends of the Children.
The Community 101 program, part of the Oregon Community Foundation, provides the tools to help students engage in their communities and allows students to learn about critical needs of their geographic region. This student-led program gives students hands-on experiences in civic engagement and in philanthropy.
Road Testing Begins Along Three Creeks Road
Beginning today (May 17), and continuing through Friday of next week, engineers will be conducting roadway testing along Forest Service Road (FSR) 16 (Three Creeks Road).
The roadway testing is necessary for planning the future design of the repaving of FSR 16. This testing will occur along approximately 10 miles of the paved roadway. Engineering specialists will be on site from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. throughout the week.
The public traveling along FSR 16 may experience some travel delays. Flaggers will be directing traffic during the roadway testing.
RPA junior earns international playwright honors
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Redmond Proficiency Academy junior Aubrey Luse
REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) Redmond Proficiency Academy junior Aubrey Luse was recently awarded a Superior rating for her play, “The Plant Crusade,” from the Educational Theatre Association, an international organization dedicated to providing high school students access to theatre education.
“The Plant Crusade” is about an awkward, poetry-loving student named Ophelia, who has recently realized that she s gay. What follows is a story about what it s like to be LGBTQ+ in a less-than-accepting time period, dealing with high school, and the long road to being accepted (as well as accepting herself).
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ Redmond Proficiency Academy sophomore Cecilia Clark recently recorded a beautiful cover of the Tears for Fears classic, “Everybody Wants to Rule the World.”
With the accompaniment of a few other musicians, including piano work from professional jazz singer and pianist, Laila Biali, Clark recorded the song in the family kitchen, with her father acting as executive producer.
The idea to record the track came from Cecilia’s father, Cameron Clark, who decided they needed a project after growing increasingly bored due to quarantining in their Central Oregon home.
Cameron Clark has worked in the music industry for 30 years, producing music events locally and across the northwest. Her father also has a musical background, having played drums in high school and as a member of bands in his younger days.
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