Seniors at West Salem High School participate in graduation ceremonies on Thursday, June 10. Last year, high school graduation ceremonies were modified and delayed until August because of the pandemic. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Almost 2,800 seniors in the Salem-Keizer School District graduated over the past week. This year’s class of[Read More…]

Annie Flood of South Salem High School competes in sitting soccer and hopes to make it to the Tokyo Paralympic Games. (Brandon Snider photo) Annie Flood had been playing volleyball for several years when a summer clinic in eighth grade introduced her to a new version of the sport. At[Read More…]

Lesly Rojas, McKay High School Class of 2021 (Courtesy photo) Lesly Rojas had never touched a motherboard when a friend invited her to an engineering club meeting in seventh grade. Before long, Rojas built a prosthetic arm. “It was an amazing experience to see my invention come alive,” she said.[Read More…]

Caleb Fowler, a video game design and animation student at the Salem-Keizer Career Technical Education Center, instructs Superintendent Christy Perry as she plays “Somebody,” a prototype game a team of seniors built (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Last year, Rezi Galvan wrote a short story for her English class about a girl[Read More…]

Sara Miranda sits with daughter Katalina Miranda Hernandez outside of the Roberts Teen Parent Program on Friday, May 28, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) When Sara Miranda’s high school classes moved online last spring because of Covid, she didn’t participate. Then a junior, Miranda said she became overwhelmed by the combination[Read More…]

Mei Tate, a graduating senior at Sprague High School, poses for a photo on Wednesday, June 2, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Mei Tate knew exactly what to do with the $100 gift card she won in an art contest her sophomore year at Sprague High School. With the prize from[Read More…]

Monserrat Hernandez Escobar, North Salem High School Class of 2021 (Courtesy photo) Monserrat Hernandez Escobar knew many classmates at North Salem High School had fears this spring about resuming in-person classes. Some were anxious after a year with little social interaction. Some worried about their academic progress. Some had loved[Read More…]

Anthony Broncheau, a graduating senior at West Salem High School poses for a photo on Wednesday, June 2, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Anthony Broncheau’s business teacher remembers him as a “very shy, very timid” freshman when he started classes at West Salem High School. But over the past four years,[Read More…]