Kindergarten students get their wiggles out on the first day of class at Brush College Elementary School on Sept. 15, 2021 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) More Salem kindergarteners are heading back into public school classrooms this fall after enrollment fell sharply last year. As of Thursday morning, there are 2,628 kindergarteners[Read More…]
SCHOOLS
In Salem, students no longer need to be expelled or fail classes to attend alternative school
Beyonce Ramirez wasn’t using drugs when a school counselor asked her if she was high during her freshman year at McNary High School. But Ramirez had been struggling for months, feeling overlooked and overwhelmed in a school with 2,000 students, while being told she couldn’t enroll in the district’s alternative[Read More…]
PHOTOS: School is back in Salem
First grade teacher Adelyn Rowland works with Gracie Sligh during the first day back to school at Liberty Elementary School on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Student mentor Yilda Yamilex Molina-Cruz, right, gives directions to senior Atziry Velazquez on the first day of school at North Salem High[Read More…]
“Incredibly exciting”: Salem students back in schools
Senior Saeeda Ibrahim talks to sophomore Victoria Lopez during orchestra class on the first day of school at North Salem High School on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Almost everyone inside North Salem High School looked lost Wednesday morning. That’s typical for high school freshmen on the first[Read More…]
How Salem schools are opening windows, filtering air to limit Covid spread as classes return
Freshmen head to classes on their first day of in-person school at McKay High School on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing this free to the community as a public service to keep residents informed. Please share and please subscribe to support this reporting. Hundreds of freshmen[Read More…]
PHOTOS: Young thespians perform at Unified Musical Theater showcase
Students perform during the Unified Musical Theater performance at Judson Middle School on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Fifteen middle schoolers took to the stage Tuesday for a theater showcase following a two week summer camp aimed at bringing together students with and without disabilities. It’s the first[Read More…]
What to expect when Salem kids head back to school
Nyjah Angeles raises a hand during the first day back to school at Richmond Elementary on Tuesday, March 2. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem and Oregon education officials said the recent spike in new Covid infections and hospitalizations haven’t changed plans to hold school in-person, five days per week in the[Read More…]
“I’ve gotten more confident”: Black Salem students find friendship, explore culture in summer program
Teachers in the Salem-Keizer Afrocentric summer program serve a West African lunch of jollof rice, fried plantain and chicken to students on July 23, 2021 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Ayman Wamala learned about Harriet Tubman’s work leading enslaved people to freedom on the Underground Railroad in his regular classes at school.[Read More…]
No decision on masks in Salem schools as federal, state recommendations shift
Nyjah Angeles raises a hand during the first day back to school at Richmond Elementary on Tuesday, March 2. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Federal and state health authorities are now recommending even vaccinated Americans wear masks while indoors in public, but it’s unclear how the change will affect 40,000 Salem students[Read More…]
PHOTOS: Students grill, build robots at Salem summer camps
Chase Allen, 12, lets go of a lego car that he and a group designed during the Robotics Wiz enrichment camp at CTEC on Wednesday, July 14. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) After students in Salem – and across Oregon – saw their school buildings closed for over a year, Oregon legislators[Read More…]