Category Schools
Enthusiasm, teamwork shine in Swegle soccer club
Karina Carrasco Patino, a first-grader at Swegle Elementary, lines up a goal during soccer camp on Wednesday, March 17 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Aubrey Garcia’s face erupted in a grin as she ran toward her coach. The first grader at Swegle Elementary School jumped and high-fived…
High schoolers are failing fewer classes this year, but still struggle adjusting from online school
A science classroom in at McKay High School (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) When the end of lunch bell rings at McKay High School, Ranae Quiring starts making the rounds. The principal of Salem’s largest high school said she usually has a few tables of students who…
UPDATED: Oregon will drop Covid quarantines, contact tracing in schools March 12
A student sanitizes her hands upon entering Blanchet Catholic School on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Covid will soon be just another disease in Oregon’s schools. Starting March 12, students won’t be required to quarantine if they’re exposed to the virus, unless they…
Salem’s first electric school bus is on the road
Bus driver Chris Mitzel demonstrates the controls on the Salem-Keizer School District’s first electric school bus at the district bus lot on Feb. 21, 2022 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Bus #427 has a control panel nearly identical to its neighbors in the Salem-Keizer School District’s transportation…
School board directors join protesters at rally against school mask mandates
Protesters line Commercial St. during a Feb. 18 rally against school mask mandates. (Joey Cappelletti/Keizertimes) Over 200 people gathered outside Salem-Keizer School District’s Student Services Center Friday morning to protest mask requirements in the district’s schools. Many of the “Rally for Our Students” protesters stood…
Fourth graders render Salem-Keizer school board in colorful portraits
Fourth grade students at Chapman Hill Elementary School in Salem drew portraits of the district’s school board directors for School Board Appreciation Month in 2022. Members of the Salem-Keizer School Board got a special treat recently – a portrait hand-drawn by local fourth grade students.…
Volunteers help Salem educators de-stress with personal pies
Irma Dowd, left, an Auburn Elementary parent and city of Salem worker, delivers pies to the school’s community outreach coordinator, Yuri Coronado, on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Elisa Evert thought some fresh cookies might help her coworkers at Swegle Elementary School feel…
As Oregon moves to local control on school masks, Salem parents and educators rally against mandates
As an elementary school principal in south Salem, Beth Freeborn said she saw masks get in the way of children learning. Students who came back to Battle Creek Elementary School this fall were stressed and struggled to regulate their emotions or recognize how their peers…
Salem students are glad to be back in school. That doesn’t mean it’s easy.
Miriam Cruz Bravo, student body president at Early College High School poses for a photo on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem’s high schoolers have a few things they’d like you to know. They’re glad to be at school in person and able…