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As we transition into optional face coverings, it's important to remember to be respectful of each other's choices. At Salem-Keizer Public Schools we may make different choices, be we are always united.
The start of the 2021-22 school year is right around the corner. Here is all the information you will need about bell schedules, late start days and the first day of school. Start and end times This year all SKPS schools will have a new bell schedule for the 2021-22 school year. Elementary schools will [...]
SKPS invites families to engage with district leaders on back-to-school planning for fall Chuukese | English | Marshallese | Russian | Spanish | Swahili Salem-Keizer Public Schools plans to provide full-time, in-person instruction for all students. SKPS wants to hear from families. Please see the Zoom links below to join a virtual session and Q&A on [...]
Salem-Keizer Public Schools is excited to host our next series of community listening and learning sessions! These sessions will focus on explaining, in more detail, our plans for comprehensive distance learning this fall, what a typical day may look like for students and answer questions from the community about programming, activities, back-to-school and more. Please save [...]
This is a bilingual message from Superintendent Christy Perry and Elementary Level Director Olga Cobb for our community. Message from Salem-Keizer Public Schools - March 20, 2020
Our Business Partners of the Month Month for April 2019, and one of ourCommunity Partners, were all nominated by Auburn Elementary. They were honored at the April 9 School Board meeting. Auburn Elementary focuses a lot of effort on students and families in the district’s STEP/Homeless program, as well as families that don’t qualify for [...]
Links to surveys on Task Force Proposal #4 can be found on the boundary adjustments page. Parents, students, school neighbors and community members are invited to attend a Boundary Review Task Force Listening Session on Dec. 4 to share feedback on possible school attendance area boundary adjustments. Boundary adjustments are needed to relieve overcrowding and [...]
Buses were rolling this morning carrying almost half of Salem-Keizer Public Schools’ (SKPS) 42,000 students, but with the back-to-school excitement was another message: “Every Day 24J!” Nearly one in three students in SKPS is chronically absent, and this year, schools and community organizations are collaborating to identify barriers to attendance and develop solutions. The [...]
On March 1, 2018, Salem-Keizer Public Schools (SKPS) officially joined SafeOregon, a confidential tip line that gives our kids, parents, schools and communities a confidential way to report safety threats or potential acts of violence. Salem-Keizer Public Schools has a sophisticated and proactive intervention system in place for timely interventions. These include the SKPS Office of [...]