December

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The Equity Team members have started organizing monthly coffee chats on Friday mornings through Google Meet for DDHS staff members interested in learning more about equitable teaching practices.

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BARWE, or Building Anti-Racist White Educators, a multi-year decentralized inquiry series, helps teachers identifying as “White” explore their biases and improve their teaching practices.

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Large swaths of Americans marched on Washington DC on Nov. 15 in support of President Donald Trump to protest supposed voter fraud in the recent presidential election.

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Unable to recover from the pandemic-caused shutdown of its stores nationwide, America’s largest musical instrument retailer Guitar Center has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy.

The Celtic Heart, the campus donations program, is still accepting referrals during distance learning for students in need.

With students going into the second quarter of the school year, they will notice the continued appearance of deans in their Google Meet classes.

David Douglas has created a $1,000 scholarship fund, amply titled the “Denise Lisac Memorial Scholarship Fund.”

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The first murder hornet nest discovered in the United States was successfully destroyed by Washington State’s Agricultural Department on Oct. 24.

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The ‘Move Oregon’s Border’ movement has had four rural Oregon counties vote to consider the proposal of joining greater Idaho.

Scots Center coordinator Galen Schmitt is taking emailed questions and is holding Google Meets to help students navigate their classes.

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Student Council established a new online student store, Squad Locker, so students and staffs and various customers can still purchase Scots merch during the quarantine.

Wood Village is still expecting a casino to be constructed on the site of the old greyhound track after two failed attempts in 2010 and 2012. Wood Village Mayor T. Scott Harden has been a big advocate for the casino since 2012.

NOVEMBER STUDENTS OF THE MONTH

Senior Ashlyn Williams
Senior Jack Nockelby
Senior Milo Duffey
Junior Taj O'Malley
Junior Aspen Pearce
Sophomore Narden Ishak
Sophomore Jesus Ruiz Alcarez
Freshman Amelia McGahey
Freshman Brandon Jimenez Talavera
Freshman Leah Campbell