Lillian Shirley, RN, MPH, MPA Multnomah County Health Department Director Ask any young school-aged child what their favorite part of the school day is, and more often than not, you will hear these answers: recess, lunch, and gym class. They like math, reading, and science too, but they talk about the times that they [...]
Chris Thomas Oregon News Service Salem, OR — Oregon schools face a growing challenge outside the classroom that affects children’s ability to learn. More than 20,000 school-age Oregon children were homeless at some point during the past school year, a new report finds, an increase of 1,500 from the previous year. The number has [...]
Corvallis, OR — Oregon State University’s Amas Aduviri has been named president-elect of the National HEP/CAMP Association. HEP stands for the High School Equivalency Program and CAMP is the College Assistance Migrant Program. Aduviri has directed OSU CAMP since 2005. CAMP provides educational and support services including outreach efforts to eligible migrant and seasonal farm [...]
Portland, OR — Hillsboro resident and Mexico native Luis Moreno tells everyone that this isn’t the end; it’s the beginning to a college degree and a new job. Moreno is the first to graduate from the new High School Equivalency Program (HEP), based at Portland Community College’s Rock Creek Campus. HEP, a sister program of [...]
Juan Carlos Morales The College Board In 1993 I had just returned from a year in Japan, where I taught English to sophomores and juniors as a post-graduate fellow at Kyoto’s Doshisha University. Upon returning to Miami I knew that I wanted to continue teaching, and I soon found a job teaching four levels of [...]
Pullman, WA — When Araceli Frías last visited with David Ruiz, it was over dinner in Kennewick. She hadn’t seen her family friend since she’d begun her doctoral program at the WSU College of Education. She was eager to discuss his work as a bilingual teacher. They also chatted about trips they wanted to take, [...]
Julie Cortez El Hispanic News Portland, OR — Portland State University officially unveiled and opened La Casa Latina, its new cultural and support center for Hispanic students, in early June. Part of the university’s “Éxito” initiative to increase recruitment and success of Latino students, La Casa Latina, which is around the corner from the Multicultural [...]
Portland, OR — Most children will find a little time to play this summer. A very few lucky ones will discover to learn something about how to produce a stage play. Six artists from the Teatro Milagro will combine their skills to create a two-week hands-on workshop in August at the Villa Clara Vista in [...]
Richard Jones El Hispanic News Clackamas, OR — In 1955 and 1956 migrant workers began coming to the fertile fields of Oregon to harvest strawberries and green beans and hops, to pick fruit in orchards or care for the decorative plants of the state’s nurseries. Some of the children of these early migrants worked in [...]
John J. “Ski” Sygielski President of Mt. Hood Community College Gresham, OR — Imagine you are the child of hard-working parents. You participate in school activities, achieve academic distinction, and contribute to your local community. Your dream is to continue your education by going to college. But through a simple twist of fate, you are [...]
