Keizer Elementary School

Claggett Creek is an AVID Schoolwide Site of Distinction. AVID teaching strategies are used by all of our teachers in all classes, and students selected for the program also take an AVID or AVID Excel elective focused on college and career readiness. We are a traditional Salem-Keizer middle school for grades 6 to 8, home of the Panthers, with an average enrollment above 850 students. Our dual language students continue the Spanish and English learning they began in elementary school: each grade takes Spanish Language Arts plus at least one other course taught in Spanish, and 8th graders sit the STAMP proficiency test to guide high school placement. Career and technical education starts here with a Paxton-Patterson career exploration lab. We also offer Talented and Gifted services, a Native Education program, athletics and clubs, and we operate as a Title I school. Breakfast and lunch are served daily, and bus transportation is available.

Built in 1953, Cummings is the oldest school in Keizer, and today our Cougars number around 435 students in kindergarten through fifth grade within Salem-Keizer Public Schools. Beyond core classes, students take part in our music program, and Talented and Gifted services serve students identified for advanced learning. Our Native Education program addresses the culturally related academic needs of Native American and Alaska Native students, and the district also supports our families through English learner, migrant education and McKinney-Vento programs. Fourth and fifth graders can sign up as Future Chefs. Special education and IEP services are available here, with referrals starting at the school and evaluations by staff such as school psychologists, speech clinicians and occupational therapists. Counselors and mental wellness resources support students, and families have the EDGE online program as an option. Breakfast and lunch are served daily, and bus service is available for riders.

McNary High School is a four-year high school in Keizer with 1,870 students who speak 33 languages. We expect every student to take part in one club, one sport, or one activity each year, and we keep AP and Honors courses open to all students. AVID shapes our teaching, and the WICOR strategies of writing, inquiry, collaboration, organization, and reading run through classes across the building. Every student also joins an Advisory class that stays with the same teacher and classmates through all four years and earns half an elective credit each year. More than half of our students take a career and technical education program, and many CTE classes carry college credit. Students can also study the performing arts, work on the Claymore yearbook, and plan next steps in our College and Career Center. Our teams compete in the Greater Valley Conference as part of Salem-Keizer Public Schools.