Salem-Keizer School District leaders will host a virtual community event Monday evening to share stories and information from local Pacific Islanders.

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District leaders are more than doubling the number of elementary schools offering dual language classes, where native Spanish and English speakers are mixed starting in kindergarten and students work to learn both languages fluently. It’s the first step in a substantial expansion of the program planned for the coming years.

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Salem residents until June 5 can find artwork on display at the Bush Barn Art Center which Howard Street Charter School students spent months creating to better understand homelessness. Following the exhibit, the art will go to local micro shelters to help make them feel like home for residents.

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Karley Strouse, a bilingual psychologist in the Salem-Keizer School District, spoke for the Oregon School Psychologists Association.

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Student Threat Assessment Team in SKPS discussed on ways to prevent acts of violence in schools. 

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McNary Theatre Arts' spring play, PUFFS, is a comedic retelling of the events from the Harry Potter series from the Hufflepuffs point of view. The show runs from May 18-21 with shows each night at 7 p.m.

McNary High School’s performing arts groups staged its Celebration of Music at the historic Elsinore Theatre in Salem, on Tuesday, May 3, in what is hoped to be the first of a new annual tradition.

Multiple McNary music students participated in and placed at the Oregon Music Education Association's State Solo Contest and State Ensemble Contest on Saturday, April 30.

South Salem High School student recognized for Innovation Challenege. 

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Photos from Mountain Valley Conference Track & Field Championships. 

After last week’s district golf meets and this week’s regional meets, the Mountain Valley Conference state golf qualifiers have been determined. 

It has been a long road for Keira McCarrell, but now she is among the best in the nation, with even bigger goals. The 2017 West Salem graduate, now a senior at Auburn University in Alabama, has the third-best NCAA javelin throw in the nation this season, with the track and field postseason beginning this week. 

Evina Westbrook has cleared waivers and is now a free agent. The South Salem graduate who played college basketball at Tennessee and UConn was waived earlier this week by the WNBA’s Seattle Storm. She was one of several players unexpectedly waived by WNBA teams.