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September 15, 1999
JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL
HOME OF THE DEMOCRATS
By Lennie Edwards
and the Technical O pportunities Pro
gram , where students prepare for jobs
Plus is a college p rep arato ry p ro
gram th at works w ith stu d en ts who
As the 1999-2000 school year be
gins and the 90“’ class of seniors pre
pares to graduate from Jefferson High
School, the school of cham pions and
the school of pride, students will en
counter year after reconstitution, re
turning Democrats find the same Prin
cipal. Lela Roberts and Vice Princi
pals - Kevin Bacon, Ken Berry C ur
riculum andPerforming Arts. They will
also see most of last year’s teachers
return. A big change from the begin
ning of last year when fam iliar faces
in the carpentry, electrical, autom o
tive and com puter science and repair
trades. In cooperation with Intel, As
sociated G eneral C ontractors, the City
O f P ortland and others, students who
com plete this program will be able to
en ter apprenticeship program s with
may not be p a rt o f th e I H ave a
D ream program . T h e Betty Shabazz
A cadem y w orks w ith freshm an and
s o p h o m o re
g ir ls
p r o v id in g
m en to rin g and cu ltu ral experiences.
S tudents will also enjoy th e o p p o rtu
nity to be th e latest in a long history
of athletic cham pions w hen they p a r
ticipate in and engage J e f f s athletic
were few and far between.
A lo n g w ith fa m ilia r faces,
Jefferson students will have the sam e
four specialized program s available
for them: P erform ing Arts, providing
earned credit after high school.
S tu d en ts can look forw ard to the
sam e su p p o rt program s at Je ff such
as Self E nhancem ent, Inco rp o rated
(SEI), w hose on-site co o rd in ato rs
w ork with students and teachers to
im prove academ ic achievem ent. I
H ave a D ream has 14 A m ericorps
volunteers in the b u ild in g to work
with the stu d en ts to p rep are them
for th eir college experience. Project
program . For stu d en ts w ishing to
play sports b u t unab le to pay th e $90
fee, th ere are som e fee w aivers avail
able. T h e Students H ealth C linic will
co n tin u e to pro v id e h ealth care on a
confid en tial, free and sliding scale
new p ro g ra m s a n d o p p o rtu n itie s
av ailable to th em . A second foreign
lan guage, F ren ch , is being offered.
A d v an ced P la c e m e n t classes are
now available in C h em istry , A rt,
H istory a n d E nglish, giving college
b o u n d stu d e n ts th e o p p o rtu n ity to
go b eyond th e co u rse w ork offered
in the re g u lar c u rricu lu m . F or those
w orking on p re p a rin g to m eet S tate
B enchm arks in m ath , the PLA I O
c o m p u te r lab allow s s tu d e n ts to
w o rk on self-paced m o d u le s d e
signed to teach a n d reinforce those
basic skills on w hich they will be
tested. W hile th e Sylvan R eading
L ab will still be in o p e ra tio n for 9'h
and 10th g rad e stu d e n ts seeking to
im prove re a d in g skills to m eet the
S tate B en ch m ark s, an a d d itio n a l
C o rrectiv e R ead in g p ro g ram is in
place for stu d e n ts n eed in g ex tra
help. A lso new are the h o u rs o f the
school day. T h is year th e school day
is 8:15-3:00, still w ith 4 academ ic
blocks b u t w ith a ten m in u te ra th e r
th a n a five m in u te passing tim e.
T h e R enaissance Incentive P ro
gram head ed by R aina Beavers, host
of N o rth E ast S p ectru m , is designed
to rew ard stu d e n ts for d o in g the
rig h t things. Ms B eavers is not look
ing at a to p dow n p ro g ram , “the
...plan is to develop an d im p lem en t
fee basis.
T h is y ear s tu d e n ts
will have a n u m b e r of
b e g in n in g
instruction
a n d
training in
D an ce,
T h e a te r ,
Music and
T elevision
P r o d u c-
tion; the Fi
nancial Ser
vices Acad
em y, P r e
paring stu
d e n ts fo r
work in the
w o rld of
b u s in e s s
a n d com
m e rc e
th r o u g h
classw ork,
m entoring,
site v is its
a n d w ork
experience;
the H ealth/
B io te c h
M a g n e t,
p r e p a r in g
s tu d e n ts
for medical
related ca-
r e e r s
through ad
vanced sci-
e n c e
c o u rse s,
site visits,
an d p a r t
n e rs h ip
w i t h
O G S U ,
L egacy
E m anuel
and others;
McMenamins
WHITE EAGLE
CAFE & SALOON
Photos by M. Washington
For over 80 years, Jefferson High School has educated Portland's young people.
In 1974, Jefferson was designated a magnet high schools, offering a specialized
performing arts program to students throughout the city. Combined, the
Performing Arts Program with the Financial Services Academy, Health/Biotech
Magnet and Technical Opportunities Program make the school a trendsetter in
education. Jefferson's current principal is Lela Roberts (shown above).
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