September

Students and staff have the option of removing their masks outside if they stay six feet apart. Photo by staff editor Daryna Bosyuk.

Business as usual for new school year—sort of

This school year has new safety precautions, rules, and standards concerning educational instructors, students, staff, building operations, classrooms, and cafeterias. Staff, volunteers, visitors, and students are required to wear masks regardless of their vaccination status, unless there’s a documented accommodation from a medical provider.

Oregon State University discovers ways to bring back Outdoor School

Image courtesy ODS

As schools aim to regain normalcy, Oregon State University (OSU) has discovered a way to bring back Outdoor School (ODS) safely to middle schoolers and high school volunteers for the upcoming year, whilst tackling the ever changing COVID-19 guidelines.

Twenty-three teachers and other faculty hired for the 2021-22 school year

Julie Mack is a new Health teacher. Photo by Jonas Hobson-Reeves

Eleven departments will benefit from new teachers, including a new Dean of Students and a new IT director.

Students are encouraged to sanitize their hands at one of several sanitizing stations around campus and in classrooms. Photo by staff editor Ethan Donahue

Delta variant proving challenging on every level, including on campus

It’s been just under two years since the virus first broke out in China’s Hubei province in late-Nov./early-Dec. 2019, and in the past 22-or-so months the world has responded to these challenging and extraordinary circumstances in a variety of different ways.

"It's been good, I guess." - Sophomore Vivianna Martinez Ruiz

"It's ben really stressful." - Senior Nausicaa Cromwell

"These past two weeks have been super chaotic, but it's great to be back." - Senior Tori Somsanith

How would you summarize your first two weeks back at DDHS?

"I don't have any friends, but for the first time since COVID I've had great social interaction." - Senior Rebekah Whitlock

"Pretty fun." - Freshman Christopher Cruz

Artist's conception of a MLB stadium in Gresham, on Burnside at the closed K-Mart location, behind the Gresham Stadium. Image courtesy The Gresham Outlook.

Portland still hoping to attract MLB team— with Gresham considering stadium

The Diamond Project has been working on getting major league baseball to Portland for many years. Even Gresham considered plans that would have competed with Portland’s.