Released on: May 14, 2008, 11:02 am

Press Release Author: The Delphian School

Industry: Education

Press Release Summary: The Delphian School Assistant Headmaster, Mark Siegel, was
honored as an Outstanding Business Educator by the Oregon State College of Business.


Press Release Body: The Pamplin Media Group and the College of Business at Oregon
State University honored Mark Siegel, Assistant Headmaster of The Delphian School in
Sheridan, with their first High School Business Educator Award. Siegel and four
other outstanding teachers from high schools around the state were honored last
Thursday evening at OSU's Centennial Alumni and Business Partner Awards dinner
celebrating the 100th anniversary of the College of Business held at Portland's
historic Governor Hotel. Each educator received the award for their efforts to
improve student achievement, for their use of innovative and exemplary instructional
strategies, and for their dedication to teaching business concepts to students.

Siegel, a 34-year veteran teacher at The Delphian School, has led a seminar in
business basics, economics and the importance of entrepreneurship and leadership
since 1995. Delphian's headmistress Rosemary Didear, says of Siegel: \"Mark works
hard to insure his students understand business basics, economics concepts, and the
importance of entrepreneurship and leadership. His legal background (UC Davis Law
School), his love of business and economics and his emphasis on practical
application, make his business seminars very popular with our students. His lively
classroom activities, guest speakers and field trips help students relate their
other classes to possible career choices.\"

Siegel's reputation for organizing innovative field trips has spread to neighboring
McMinnville, where he has helped McMinnville High School arrange field trips and has
become a regular chaperone. Siegel, a former president of the McMinnville Chamber
of Commerce, now serves on a number of board committees and task forces. He also
chairs the Chamber's Business-Education Partnership Committee, working with local
public and private school educators to help prepare all local students for the world
of business.

His annual extended field trips expose Delphian School students to a wide range of
careers and professions. From meeting Kofi Anan at the United Nations to appearing
live with Emeril Lagasse on ABC's Good Morning America, from a visit with the
co-founder of MySpace to a private conversation with multiple Academy Award winner
Paul Haggis (writer/director of Crash and Million Dollar Baby), students get to
learn first hand how businesses run and how professionals work. The east coast
trips include visits to the floors of the Chicago Board of Trade and the Mercantile
Exchange, Fidelity Investments in Boston and New York, and the floor of the New York
Stock Exchange. This year's February-March trip to Southern California included
visits to Symantec, an inside tour of Universal Studios and a personal interview
with the CEO of Fox Broadcasting.

After the recent southern California business seminar field trip, one Delphian
School student said, "If I had to say one thing to others about this trip, I would
say it changes your life. It gives you a purpose for whatever it is you're
studying."

Photo: Mark Siegel and other honorees receiving their Outstanding Business Educator
awards

Company Name:
The Delphian School

Web Site Address:
http://www.delphian.org

Contact Information:
Bruce Wiggins, Director of Public Relations
The Delphian School
20950 SW Rock Creek Road
Sheridan, Oregon 97378
800-626-6610
brucew@delphian.org

Category:
Education

The Delphian School is an independent, co-educational day and boarding school
offering college preparatory, English-as-a-Second-Language and summer programs for
elementary through high school students. The Delphian School is licensed to use
Applied Scholastics(TM) educational services (http://www.AppliedScholastics.Org).


Web Site: http://delphian.org

Contact Details: Bruce Wiggins, Director of Public Relations
The Delphian School
20950 SW Rock Creek Road
Sheridan, Oregon 97378
800-626-6610
brucew@delphian.org