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PAGE A8, KEIZERTIMES, JANUARY 31, 2020 GRAD, continued from Page A1 who go above and beyond to not only make sure our special education students feel successful in their classes, but placed in special education also supported and welcomed,” class regardless of what their added special education individual needs were. instructor Nicole De Blasi. Since McNary moved to While De Blasi is pleased a co-teaching model in 2014, with the progress that has been teachers have been able to made with special education support not just at McNary, kids with an IEP, her goal is to but any student make sure that that is on the graduation verge of falling n u m b e r behind. continues to “We do grow in the everything we coming years. can to put all “Our goal is of our students always to have with special all our students needs into as graduate on many regular- time with — Nicole De Blasi ed classes as their cohort. MHS education instructor possible, and We are always then we provide changing our support for strategies and them when they are in the programs to meet the individual regular-ed classes,” Jespersen needs of our students. As we said. “It becomes a self-fulfi lling continue to move forward, we prophecy for the kids. We have are looking at new ways to keep high expectations for them and students in school and on track we are here to support them.” for graduation,” De Blasi said. “We are very lucky at McNary also graduated McNary to have such a 84.68 percent of their supportive group of teachers Hispanic/Latino population “We are very lucky ... to have such a supportive group of teachers.” in 2019, which was an 11 percent increase from 2015 and 8 percent over the state average. Additionally, 88.48 percent of students in the 2019 senior class that are considered economically disadvantaged received their diplomas — 14 percent higher than the state average. According to Jespersen, nearly all of the teachers at McNary have received AVID training and the school is on the verge of becoming a national demonstration school. In 2018, McNary became the third high school in the state to be considered an AVID Schoolwide Site of Distinction. “Generally speaking, we are trying to provide instruction in all of our classes that is engaging instruction that promotes kids knowing how to be good students,” Jespersen said. Jespersen also credits the school mantra of encouraging students to participate in one sport, one club and one activity every year. “A big part of that is more kids feel an attachment to McNary High School. That matters a ton,” Jespersen said. “When people feel attached to a family, which is what we are trying to create here, they are going to give greater effort, and that's what we are seeing across the board.” The connection between high school athletics and graduation has been well documented. Every McNary senior that participated in a sport during the 2018-19 school year received their diploma. But Jespersen also acknowledged the importance of the growth of McNary's school clubs. Just six years ago, there were only four after-school clubs at the school. Currently, there are 36 clubs, ranging from the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) to Font Club. “It doesn’t matter what the club is to me. It’s about kids getting together after school and having fellowship with one another and fi nding positive things to connect with. That is what really matters,” Jespersen said. Jespersen plans for McNary's graduation rate to continue to trend upward as the school prepares for the next decade. “I want us to be a different crossword high school than everyone else. We have big plans moving forward. We’re not going to stop, we’re going to keep plugging away. This is an exciting time at McNary, but there is more work to come,” Jespersen said. “The thing that is most encouraging is that this year isn’t a blip. This has been a consistent year-in and year-out increase in achievement, which is really exciting.” CHARTER, continued from Page A1 Salem library main branch closes Feb. 2 On Sunday, Feb. 2, the main Salem Public Library will close for construction. The library, library parkade, and Peace Plaza will all be closed during construction to and used for sorting and staging the project. A new temporary loca- tion will be opened at 1400 Broadway St. N.E., and it will open Tuesday, Feb. 18. The library is set to re- open in the summer of 2021. Seven other states still have “no promotion clauses” in effect. 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