With school in session, many students find themselves already stressed out by the amount of work given to them. If not school, young adults are also overwhelmed by work and personal life issues. Whatever it may be, stress can lead to depression and anxiety. Both…
Superintendent Christy Perry urged the Salem-Keizer School Board on Tuesday, Dec. 17 to think about the possibilities rather than immediately forming an advisory committee on equity matters. The occasion was a board work session for counteracting the problems that have kept minority students as a…
Salem-Keizer Public Schools is slated to receive more than $35 million from the Student Success Act. Annually, this student investment account can only be used to meet students’ mental or behavioral health needs and increase academic achievement for students while reducing academic disparities. The district…
So far in 2019, five schools in the Salem-Keizer School District, including Gubser Elementary and McNary High, have received seismic improvements thanks to the bond measure that was passed in May of 2018 — which has grown from $619.7 million, which was the original base…
Grants totaling over $25.9 million were approved by the Salem-Keizer School Board on Tuesday, Oct. 8. The grants, all from or through the Oregon Department of Education, are: • $12,619,717 from the federal Department of Education to ensure that students in schools with high poverty…
Grace Scott at Gubser. It’s Jog-A-Thon season in Keizer. During the past two weeks, students at Forest Ridge and Gubser elementary schools hit the track to walk, jog and run laps to earn money that will support a variety of projects around the campuses. Forest…
Volunteers are needed for the Scholastic Book Fair at Forest Ridge Monday, Oct. 23 to Friday, Oct. 27. It will be open in the mornings from 8:45 to 9:30 a.m. and in the afternoons from 3:30 to 4 p.m. It will also be open Wednesday…
Tyler Lalack comes to McNary after spending 15 years in the Dallas School District (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). After saying goodbye to Susanne Stefani — who had been working at the school for 13 years, but left to take the head principal position at Stayton High —…
Julie Dieker (6) attempts to get a pass by a West Albany defender (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). The McNary girls soccer team outscored West Albany 3-1 in the final 65 minutes of the game. But it was the first 15 minutes that the Celtics couldn’t recover from.…