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COMMUNITY NEWS
Meet Roosevelt High School’s two new Vice Principals
Dr. Keylah Boyer and Mr. Dan
Malone will be Roosevelt’s new
Vice Principals. Principal Fil-
ip Hristić said, “I am absolute-
ly thrilled to have them on our
team. As you can see from their
introductions below, Keylah Boy-
er and Dan Malone have consid-
erable experience and expertise
in leading organizations, sup-
porting students and families,
and collaborating with teachers.
They are both familiar with our
school community and purpose-
fully chose to return to Roosevelt.
Please join me in welcoming
them.”
Dr. Keylah Boyer:
I am proud to be a part of the
Roosevelt team for the upcoming
school year! In 2012, my nephew
graduated from here so I know
fi rsthand the dedication that staff
consistently demonstrate with stu-
dents and families.
Here’s a little information about
me that you may fi nd helpful….
I am a lifelong resident of North
and Northeast Portland and grew
up in a blended family. My parents
and grandparents instilled a love
for social justice in me at an early
age. It is this love that has contin-
ued to drive the work that I have
done in education over the years.
During my junior and senior year
in high school, I tutored with my
mom and that was when I decided
that I could make an impact in the
lives of students.
It is defi nitely wonderful to be
back in North Portland where I
started my teaching career 16 years
ago at Astor School. While at Astor
I served as the building TAG Co-
ordinator and volunteered to coach
the Drill Team. After leaving I
went on to teach 6th and 7th grade
Language Arts at Self Enhance-
ment Academy, a charter school.
On a regular basis, I was able to
collaborate with other content area
teachers that proved to be benefi -
cial for our students.
My next role in education was
as a director and full time profes-
sor in the College of Education at
Concordia University. During my
time at Concordia, I supervised
student teachers, worked to revise
the curriculum with my faculty,
and taught classes including the re-
quired equity course for students.
Additionally, I served on a number
of faculty committees and partici-
pated in student recruitment events
with families.
Throughout my career, I have
enjoyed having the ability to work
collaboratively with community
organizations, school districts, and
most recently with Faubion PK-8
School on the 3 to PhD Initiative.
The 3 to PhD initiative is a vi-
sionary partnership between Faub-
ion PK-8 School, Portland Public
School District, Trillium Family
Services, Concordia University
and a growing list of community
organizations. Ultimately the re-
sult of this partnership will be the
rebuilding of Faubion PK-8 School
in which the College of Education
will be located. Through this in
depth collaboration, I have real-
ized the need to ensure that from
an early age students are exposed
to a culture of college.
During the 2012/2013 school
year I conducted my dissertation
research at Roosevelt that was fo-
cused on improving college access
and career readiness, I had the op-
portunity to observe fi rsthand the
academic and social support to ad-
equately prepare students for their
postsecondary opportunities.
I look forward to meeting each of
you this year and working together
to make it an amazing school year!
Go Rough Riders!
Mr. Dan Malone:
I am honored to be named as
vice principal of Roosevelt High
School for the 2015-16 academic
year.
Some say you can never go
home; I am very excited to say that
I am an exception to the phrase,
having spent the fi rst 23 years as
an educator at 6941 N Central. I
am a Roughrider at heart and look
forward to a return to my roots.
My association with the school
goes back to my fi rst education
class at the University of Portland
and was interrupted for the past 11
years while I served as an adminis-
trator at Newberg High School.
For those who don’t know me,
I began my teaching career as an
English teacher, later adding gov-
ernment, Economics and Fresh-
man Survey to my resume. I was
one of the fi rst members of the
team that created Roosevelt Re-
naissance 2000 to our campus
and helped make it a nationally
renowned program. In addition
to my teaching duties, I served as
head coach in Track and Field (20
seasons), Men’s soccer (16 sea-
sons), Cross Country (6 seasons)
and Men’s Golf (2 seasons) as well
as spending two years as assistant
AD during my fi rst stint. In that
time I had the privilege of working
with students who have gone on to
do great things, including a couple
of current staff members at RHS. I
am sure that some of you parents
had me in class and it will be great
to reconnect with you.
I am passionate about making
sure our students have the equi-
table opportunities that every stu-
dent in the PPS system has. I am
adamant that people in positions of
decision making keep our kids at
the forefront of their minds when
curriculum, fi nancial and staffi ng
decisions are made.
Lastly, it will be great to work
with Mr. Hristic again. We both
served as small school principals at
Newberg and I know he is a hard-
working and dedicated educator
who want the best for our school
community. I believe our team
will do great things in the coming
year while dodging construction
workers!
Again, I look forward to getting
started!
City funds North Po
watershed
Environmental stewardship and edu-
cation are the goals of two north Port-
land projects this summer funded by
Community Watershed Stewardship
Program (CWSP) grants. The Port-
land City Council approved CWSP
grants totaling $100,000 to 13 com-
munity groups for watershed health
projects. CWSP provides grants of
up to $10,000 to engage volunteers in
stormwater management and water-
shed restoration projects. This year’s
CWSP grant projects include:
* $6,200 to continue the Linnton
Neighborhood Association’s work
with Portland Parks & Recreation and
the neighborhood on a restoration,
outreach and pollution reduction
project for Linnton Creek in Forest
Park. The project will remove inva-
sive vegetation, restore native plants,
and install an interpretive sign and
a plastic bag dispenser to encourage
dog owners to pick up after their pets
to reduce pollution in the creek.
* $8,600 to the Columbia Slough