
Keizer student attendance edges up, still trails pre-pandemic counts
While student attendance in Keizer has improved in recent years, it remains below pre-pandemic levels.

While student attendance in Keizer has improved in recent years, it remains below pre-pandemic levels.

Student leaders from Whiteaker Middle School cleaned out the turkey stock at the Keizer Safeway with their drive to help local families. Dayspring Fellowship Church delivered Thanksgiving food boxes to 200 families.

The leadership class at Whiteaker Middle School is collecting food to help feed Keizer families for the 12th year.

PHOTOS: McNary runners competed against hundreds of competitors at a regional cross country meet in Spokane, Wash., on Saturday.

PHOTOS: The pins were flying as McNary's bowling team hosted a major tournament at The Rec on Sunday, Nov. 16. Twenty-one teams sent competitors.

In a speech Nov. 10, the Salem-Keizer superintendent noted that there are turnaround stories elsewhere. "Oregon doesn’t have them yet, but Salem-Keizer is on the way,” she said.

PHOTO GALLERY: More than two dozen veterans arrived at McNary High School on Monday, Nov. 10, to be honored during the school's annual Living History Day.

The annual holiday sale at the Keizer high school will fill the gym, trophy hallway and commons area on Saturday, Nov. 22.

In a news conference Wednesday, Nov. 5, Salem-Keizer School District Superintendent Andrea Castañeda announced the need to cut $25 million amid uncertainties about state funding.