High School

CPR Required For High Schools

Keith Seinfeld — Thu, 09 May 2013 14:05:40 +0000

Springfield Basketball Star Scores National Honor

Rob Manning — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:13:25 +0000

A senior at Oregon’s Springfield High has been named the Gatorade National Girls Basketball Player of the Year. From Oregon Public Broadcasting, Rob Manning reports.

High School Athletics Helmet Proposal Stirs Debate

Ruby de Luna — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:12:46 +0000

RENTON -- A proposal to reduce concussions in high school football is creating a lively debate among some of the state’s high school coaches. Monday, that proposal will be a big focus at a meeting of the Washington Interscholastic Athletics Association in Renton. Ruby de Luna has details on the plan, known as Amendment 6.

Oregon Grad Rates Improve, But 1 in 3 Still Fall Short

Rob Manning — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:10:27 +0000

Oregon's high school graduation rates inched up slightly last year. But as Rob Manning reports, thousands of young people who endure four years of high school don’t have a regular diploma to show for it.

67 percent of freshmen who entered high school in 2007, earned diplomas last spring, after four years in school. The other thirty-three percent are not all dropouts. Many of them got alternative diplomas, or GED's. But education experts say the goal should be to have as many students as possible earning the more rigorous, standard diploma.