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Salem kindergarteners meet teachers face-to-face in preparation for online school
Incoming kindergartner Emory Truehitt stops by Kalapuya Elementary school to pick up materials for online classes on Thursday, September 3. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Emory Truehitt grinned, revealing a mouth of mostly missing front teeth, as he flipped through his math workbook. The kindergartener was sitting…
With two weeks until Salem-Keizer schools start, teachers head back to class
Annie DePiero inspects the library in her new classroom at South Salem High School on Sept. 1, 2020 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) When teacher Annie DePiero walked into her classroom this week, she said it felt “like a time capsule.” She hadn’t set foot in South…
PHOTOS: South Salem High School teachers begin setting up classrooms for remote teaching
Student teacher Rachel Nelson, left, shares a laugh with South Salem High School teacher Joy Anna Forsythe as they clean their classroom on Sept. 1, 2020 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Classes don’t start until Sept. 15, but South Salem High School teachers got a chance Tuesday…
New report shows Oregon taking conservative path to classrooms
An empty classroom at Stevens Middle School on Aug. 18, 2020 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) [ NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing this information free as a community service. You can support dissemination by subscribing. ] About 2% of school employees and 1% of students would become infected…
Despite pandemic, McKay educators work one on one to help students graduate
McKay High School senior Joseph Jacobsen works with assistant principal Aaron Johnson and science teacher Lori Hunt on August 18, 2020 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Lori Hunt glanced from her phone to a spiral-bound notebook on the desk in front of her. “I just got hung…
Some Oregon superintendents, parents report ‘whiplash’ as state school reopening rules change again
Salem-Keizer superintendent Christy Perry talks during a virtual school board meeting on Tuesday, April 14. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) [ NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing this information free as a community service. You can support dissemination by subscribing. ] Salem-Keizer Superintendent Christy Perry was preparing for a…
Oregon special education and English-learning students can attend school in-person under new guidelines
Highland Elementary 2nd grade teacher Becky Montgomery works with a student during a computer math exercise Wednesday March 13, 2019. (Fred Joe/Special to Salem Reporter) Salem students who receive special education services, are learning English or don’t have reliable Internet access could see the inside…
PHOTOS: North Salem High School celebrates Class of 2020
Yasmine Duarte, right, and Jennifer Duarte, left, hold up their sister, Genesis, following her graduation from North Salem High School on Thursday, August 6. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Local high schools worked overtime to celebrate the Class of 2020 last week, staging six to eight ceremonies…
AGENDA: School board to hear plans for fall remote classes, vote on homeless alliance agreement
The Salem-Keizer School Board meets virtually for a work session on July 28, 2020 (Screenshot) Salem-Keizer School Board directors will hear the latest district plans for all-remote fall classes in a work session and meeting Tuesday evening, though they won’t vote on the plans. District…