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- 06/12/2025 10:06 PM
School Attendance is a Family Affair
After missing most of her freshman and sophomore years, Cheyanne, now a junior at Jewell High School, says she’s rarely absent. Getting her back to the classroom has been years in the making. Her mom says it started back in sixth grade.
- 05/07/2025 4:02 PM
Freshman Year Isn’t What It Used to Be — That’s a Good Thing
Academically, middle school wasn’t that great for Knowyn (pronounced Know-Win), a 15-year-old from Beaverton. “I practically failed eighth grade,” he says. But as he wraps up his freshman year at Beaverton High School, a lot has changed.
- 03/17/2025 8:05 AM
Why Your Kid’s School Just Got a Game-Changing Internet Upgrade
These days, the internet is as vital for students as books and pencils. “When the internet goes out, our work comes to a halt,” says John Worst, a mechatronics teacher at Forest Grove High School. That's why we've rethought how the internet flows to schools around our region.
- 11/12/2024 9:37 AM
Far Too Many Students Lag in Reading: Here’s What We’re Doing About It
At 10, Paige is already working on her first book. Whenever she gets a free moment, she pulls out her notebook and writes one or two more lines of her story. You might not guess that this enthusiastic reader and budding writer was getting reading help at school until very recently.