Current Salem-Keizer School Board zones, adopted in 2011. Some Salem residents will soon be represented by a new school board member as the board weighs changes to the maps used for board elections. At a Tuesday work session, the board will look at three possible new maps dividing the Salem-Keizer[Read More…]
Tag: LOCAL SCHOOLS
Juan Fernandez wants to make sure every Sprague student feels welcome at school
Juan Fernandez, community school outreach coordinator at Sprague High School, stands outside of the school on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) When Juan Fernandez’s family moved to west Salem midway through school, the teen knew he wanted to stay enrolled at North Salem High School. “They didn’t provide[Read More…]
Time capsule opening recalls life at Leslie Junior High 50 years ago
Dale Blanchard, center, a Leslie Middle School seventh grade student in 1971, unloads a time capsule from 1971 that he and his classmates created at Leslie Middle School on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) It was easy to ignore the fading metal plaque hanging on the wall just[Read More…]
Supply challenges delay HVAC improvements at Salem schools
New HVAC ducts in the CTE building at McKay High School on Friday, Oct. 8, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) A hot market for heating and ventilation equipment is proving challenging for local schools. Salem-Keizer School District officials have tweaked ventilation settings and added new air filters to schools, but so[Read More…]
PHOTOS: Check out the new addition at South Salem High School
The rebuilt Rose Auditorium in the new addition at South Salem High School on Oct. 21, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) New classrooms, theater space and a professional kitchen are among the additions to South Salem High School following an $84 million renovation that wrapped up this fall. It’s the fourth[Read More…]
Rebuilt 900 seat Rose Auditorium anchors South Salem High School expansion
When senior Arnav Mohindra walked through the new addition at South Salem High School, his classmates were buzzing with excitement so loudly they could barely hear the teacher showing them around. The wing on the north side of campus sits on the site of the former Leslie Middle School, which[Read More…]
At McKay, orchestra will no longer be held in the closet
Science teacher Lori Hunt demonstrates different classroom configurations in the new addition at McKay High School on Friday, Oct. 8, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Lori Hunt is very excited about tables. The McKay High School science teacher said the configuration of her new classroom makes it much easier to run[Read More…]
Split Salem-Keizer school board commits to antiracism in 4-2 vote
A full house packed into an Oct. 12, 2021 Salem-Keizer School Board meeting as the board considered a resolution committing to equity and antiracism. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) For Christy Perry, a school board resolution committing Oregon’s second-largest school district to antiracism was a continuation of the work she’s done for[Read More…]
Salem-Keizer may soon own the career center hundreds of its students attend
Science teacher Jasmine Filley works with Lincoln Feiring, a year two student in the agriscience program at the Career Technical Education Center, to set up a team meeting on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem’s school district could get a $20 million gift Tuesday night. After six years[Read More…]
Salem-Keizer’s first woman principal remembered at Celebration of Leadership
Erik Jespersen, McNary High School principal, shows the plaque that will honor the late Kathleen Hanneman, the school’s former principal (Mary Louise VanNatta/Special to Salem Reporter) McNary High School Principal Erik Jespersen knew he had “big heels to fill” when taking on the job. He was talking about the school’s[Read More…]
