North Clackamas School District Stories - March 2022

Press release from the North Clackamas School District:

March 4, 2022

Stories is a monthly digital publication for all North Clackamas School District families, staff, and stakeholders. Sharing our own stories and listening to the stories of others are simple yet powerful acts that can help bridge distance and difference, and unite people around a common purpose. Our goal is to showcase the outstanding students, staff, and community members that make North Clackamas such an amazing place to live, work, and learn, by focusing on our Classrooms, Colleagues, and Community. If you have a story you’d like to see us cover, please email your idea to stories@nclack.k12.or.us.

For the third time in the past four years, the North Clackamas School District (NCSD) set a new record for graduation rate, as 88.2 percent of the class of 2021 earned a diploma in four years. READ MORE>>

Rex Putnam choir director Erika Lockwood aims for more equity and inclusion in music education. She believes that a school’s music classroom is a place of acceptance and that any student who desires to learn music should be given the equipment and positive support they need to flourish as a musician. READ MORE>>

The pandemic has impacted everyone, but a year of remote learning was especially hard for students, with many falling behind academically or struggling socially and emotionally after being isolated from each other for so long. With help from longtime partner the Boys and Girls Club (BGC), after-school programming is one way North Clackamas students are connecting with each other and getting back on track. READ MORE>>

North Clackamas Schools has been working with community health partners to provide COVID-19 vaccine clinics across our district. READ MORE>>

Have a story you think we should know about? Please send your story ideas, requests, or photos to stories@nclack.k12.or.us

This press release was produced by the North Clackamas School District. The views expressed here are the author’s own.