Educator Lucas Dix, who teaches Media Arts and Journalism at Rowe Middle School in Milwaukie, Oregon, has garnered an OnPoint Prize for Excellence in Education award. Photo credit: Kenosha.com
It is always a pleasure for me to share the story of an outstanding teacher who has earned recognition with their work with young people. One of these is Lucas Dix, a high school Media Arts and Journalism teacher at Rowe Middle School located in Milwaukie, Oregon. Lucas has garnered an OnPoint Prize for Excellence in Education award.
Interestingly, Lucas is originally a native of Kenosha, Wisconsin, not Oregon. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Education with an emphasis in English from the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse. After graduating from college, he relocated to Oregon where his brother also lives.
Lucas teaches students in grades six through eight. One of the courses he instructs is called the Shamrock News. In this class, students create a 20-minute YouTube video each week which covers topics relevant to young people, including social-emotional development and grammar. “It has just all the information of what’s happening inside the school and inside the community,” Lucas explains. At the end of last year, the students completed the production’s 300th episode, and this year, the show is in its tenth year in production.
Lucas has taught at Rowe full-time since 2012, and prior to that he worked there as a substitute. In addition to the courses he instructs, Lucas also coaches Junior Varsity basketball at the high school level, and cross country and track and field at the local middle school and high school.
Lucas is one of four teachers in Oregon who have been recognized with an OnPoint award. The other three recipients were Caryn Anderson of Portland; Willie Williams of Portland; and Samuel Platt of Bend. As part of the award, all four honored teachers will have their rent or mortgage paid for an entire year. In addition, each teacher’s school will receive a $2,500 donation. To learn more about the OnPoint Prize for Excellence in Education, visit OnPointcu.com.
