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Poised to graduate early, Salem high school seniors get a free quarter of college
Brayan Quevedo, right, a senior at Sprague High School, and teacher Jamie Ellis, left, on April 23, 2021. Quevedo is one of about 175 Salem-Keizer seniors taking college courses through the new Senior Launch program (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Melissa Espinoza, 18, had planned to graduate…
McNary’s Erik Jespersen named Oregon Principal of the Year
McNary principal Erik Jespersen, left, student body president-elect Griffen Hubbard and sophomore class president-elect Mariah Benitez shovel dirt at the McNary groundbreaking ceremony on May 17, 2019. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Erik Jespersen, principal of McNary High School in Keizer, is the Oregon 2021 High School…
Salem-Keizer School Board candidate Q&A – Zone 3 (south Salem)
May 2021 Salem-Keizer School Board candidates for zone 3: Ashley Carson Cottingham, left, and Linda Farrington On May 18, local voters will select four new members of the Salem-Keizer School Board. Although candidates must live in the district they represent, voters get a say in…
In violation of state policies, Salem-Keizer students won’t be given standardized tests this spring
Giovanni Fajardo Perez, a student in Crystal Magee’s kindergarten and first grade classroom, uses colored pencils on the first day back to school at Richmond Elementary on Tuesday, March 2. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Students in Salem-Keizer schools won’t take state standardized tests this spring after…
PHOTOS: Houck, McKay welcome students back in-person
Houck Middle School teacher Madison Jones leads a tour of the building on the first day of in-person sixth grade on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) More than 3,600 sixth and ninth-graders had another first day of school Tuesday as Salem-Keizer middle and…
Marching band, red carpets and balloons for middle and high school students returning in Salem-Keizer
Gabriela Rendon and sister Vanessa head in to Houck Middle School for the first day of in-person sixth grade on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) As the first four Houck Middle School students walked in the front door Tuesday morning, a half-dozen teachers…
With bands, balloons and ‘awkward school spirit,’ Salem high schools will welcome back students
Miranda Lara Ruiz, 16, left, and Marina Melnychuk pick up items from their lockers at McKay High School on Thursday, September 3. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Class schedules and face masks aren’t the top worry for freshmen in Stefani Atkinson’s English class. As her students get…
After years of work, North Salem High School will offer students a program that’ll give them a leg up with a global focus
North Salem High School students at a graduation ceremony on Thursday, August 6, 2020 (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) North Salem High School students will have a new slate of classes available in the fall that’ll offer more chances to earn college credit. The school was recently…
After Marion County lands state money, walking to school will be safer in east Salem
Brenda Vollmar, an instructional assistant at Myers Elementary School, and teacher Tyler Lewis greet arriving students on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) By 2023, crossing busy streets will be a little safer for hundreds of students who walk to three east Salem elementary…