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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. Studies in those states
found: LGBTQ+ students are
less accepted by their peers;
there fewer positive represen-
tations are present in schools
and less access to supportive
learning materials; teachers
were less likely to display visu-
al support for LGBTQ+ stu-
dents; and less than one per-
cent of teachers in those states
were willing to serve as advi-
sors to groups and clubs sup-
porting LGBTQ+ students.
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