Last month, officials with the Salem-Keizer School District (SKSD) released a brand new dress code, which will be applied for the 2019-20 school year. The basic principle for the new code is that certain body parts must be covered for all students at all times,…
Karl Paulson (left) will be the new principal at Forest Ridge Elementary while Tom Charboneau (right) will take the reins at Gubser Elementary (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). The 2019-20 school year will feature a pair of new principals at Keizer grade schools. Karl Paulson will be taking…
Costs in the Salem-Keizer Public Schools computer rotation budget are about to be reduced by $500,000. The School Board voted Tuesday to enter a lease agreement to acquire Google Chromebooks for nearly all the classrooms in the district. The district is in the last year…
Salem-Keizer Public Schools (SKPS) received national recognition for its work in communications, public relations and community engagement from the National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA). Each year, NSPRA honors the best work in school communication through its annual awards. The SKPS Community Relations and Communications…
Most Keizer schools saw a significant uptick in attendance during the 2018-19 school year. Gubser Elementary School and McNary High School saw the largest improvements in attendance within Keizer according to figures released by the Salem-Keizer School District last week. The district began an effort…
Final budget approval and the promotions of two administrators to assistant superintendent were the highlights of one of the more eventful Salem-Keizer School Board meetings on Tuesday night. The total budget of $1,205,712,966 calls for a property tax at the rate of $4.521 per $1,000…
Salem Keizer Education Foundation is hosting free workshops to assist high school students with college and career preparation throughout the summer. The workshops can aid students with SAT preparation, resume-building, scholarships and many other areas. Workshops will begin at 10 a.m. on Tuesdays throughout June…
Salem Keizer Public School (SKPS) students who will be attending high school in the 2019-20 school year are eligible to apply for the SKPS Superintendent’s Student Equity Committee. The committee will be made up of members who will represent the diversity of the total student…
Madeline Hurst, the student speaker at McNary High School’s 54th commencement ceremony, left the stage with a rallying cry against complacency. “Never, ever underestimate yourself. The rest of the world will do that for you. It is your job to prove them wrong,” Hurst said. …