This winter, the whole Salem-Keizer community can work together to keep our schools, students and community safe and healthy. Remember to follow some simple precautions to prevent illness: Stay home when sick. Avoid contact with people who are sick. Avoid the sharing of cups and utensils. Wash hands regularly for at least 20 seconds. [...]
Salem-Keizer Public Schools is participating in a federal program available as part of the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program called, Community Eligibility Provision (CEP). For the 2022-2023 school year, a nutritious breakfast and lunch are available to all SKPS students at school sites at no charge. Students enrolled in the EDGE program [...]
In February, the Salem and Keizer communities were hit with severe inclement weather, causing widespread power outages across the district. With students and staff accessing classes through comprehensive distance learning, ongoing power outages impacted the ability for classes to continue, causing a week of school closures for SKPS students. Due to these school closures [...]
In keeping with the latest direction from Governor Kate Brown, the Oregon Health Authority and the Oregon Department of Education, Salem-Keizer Public Schools in-person classes will be canceled for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year. In order to help alleviate food insecurity, we will be offering breakfast and lunch grab and go bags, Monday [...]
Last month, SKPS concluded community forums and surveys focused on gathering feedback on how to invest dollars from the newly formed Student Investment Account. Feedback from our community, students and staff will help prioritize the more than $35 million annually SKPS will receive from the Student Success Act. To lead the work around the Student [...]
In our efforts to really engage our community in the process of creating the 2020-21 District Calendar, it’s taking more time than we’ve been accustomed to. With that, we want to share what has been solidified so you can go into the new year with a general feel for how the 2020-21 school year will [...]