Max Price is in his 4th year as an AVID teacher, his first doing so at South Salem. He came to South as the Head Baseball Coach in December 2016, then as an English teacher in August 2017. He was quickly swooped up to be part of the AVID program at South in 2019. He and his wife, Brandi, met as undergrads at Pacific University. Their son, Bailey Rex, was born in August 2019.

Fun Fact: "I played Fortnite one time ever after the baseball team won a competition in practice. I played solo in Battle Royale – and got first place! (I got that thing that turns you into a bush, and then I hid the entire game. Got lucky because I was always near the center of the storm. It was down to me and one other guy. He came around the corner, I popped out of the bush, and the rest is history.) Never played again."

price_jesse@salkeiz.k12.or.us 

Mrs. Keck has been teaching AVID since the 2016-17 school year and has taught every grade level since she enjoys looping through the years with her students. She is also a math teacher at South and has coached basketball and baseball. She earned her Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from University of Arizona, then attended Northern Arizona University for her Masters in Math Education. 

Keck moved to Salem in 2015 after four years of teaching in rural Arizona (where she grew up) and loves it! She loves the South community and continues to grow along with it.  Mrs. Keck's favorite part of teaching AVID, aside from all the awesome students that she gets to work with, is that she gets to co-teach alongside Mrs. Carey. She also has the great privilege to co-coordinate the AVID program with Mrs. DePiero!

Fun Fact: "I used to do stand-up comedy during open mic nights in Tucson, Arizona."

keck_sarah@salkeiz.k12.or.us 

Mrs. Carey-Lundberg has been a math teacher at South since the 2015-16 school year and has taught AVID since the 2018-19 year. She and Keck co-teach their AVID class, which has been awesome for them and all of the students who come through.  

Mrs. Carey-Lundberg teaches part time these days as she LOVES that she is able to be home with her very spirited girls on her 'off; days. 

She attended Linfield College and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Finance.  After almost a decade working in the Finance field, along with some other major life changes, she made a career change and earned her Master’s in Teaching at Western Oregon University.  

Her love for her students knows no bounds.  Her AVID students have become her “kids” and the highlight of her days.  She treasures the relationships she continues to build with them and tries to offer entertainment when possible (including performing TikTok dances).

Fun Fact: "Our family spends as much time as possible outside and we live in the middle of nowhere…in the city."

carey_tory@salkeiz.k12.or.us

Mr. Riley has been teaching Social Studies at South since 2004 and teaching the AVID Elective since 2009 and has taught (almost) every grade level. 

His favorite part of teaching AVID is being lucky enough to know so many awesome young humans. When Mr. Riley isn't teaching, he loves spending time with his kids, Parker and Camille. Mr. Riley loves the Green Bay Packers and loves baseball as well. When he attended Western Oregon University, Mr. Riley played on their baseball team. 

Fun Fact: "I like to snowboard and surf."

riley_chris@salkeiz.k12.or.us 

Mrs. DePiero has been part of the South family since 2015-16 and part of AVID since 2020-21. She has also been an AVID Co-Coordinator since 2017-18. 

She graduated from the University of Portland in 2003 with a bachelor's degree in secondary education and went on to earn her Masters of Education through UP as well.  

She taught 7th grade Language Arts at Judson Middle School before transitioning to South Salem. At South, she teaches English 9 and is also one of our instructional mentors in the building.  She loves being part of students' journeys as they become better readers, writers, thinkers, and humans.  It's an amazing day they can laugh and learn together.  

She's also a proud mom to Emma and Ben and loves getting mauled by her large yellow lab, Molly.

Fun Fact: "I am a lefty for life and I overthink TikTok dances."

depiero_anne@salkeiz.k12.or.us 

Mrs. Woodall has been at South since the 2014-15 school year. She was first working at South as part of the main office staff, then became a Social Studies and AVID teacher in the 2020-21 school year.  She realized that her passion was to be in the classroom with students rather than making sure staff got paid. 

She attended Chemeketa Community College receiving her Associate of Arts Transfer Degree, followed by the University of Oregon earning a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies. While working at South in the main office, she earned a Master’s of Secondary Education (teaching). 

She loves working with her students to help them be successful in high school and whatever it is they choose in life. The best part of her days consist of her students always checking her when she’s trying to be cool, watching them gain confidence in themselves and their learning, and all of the valuable lessons her students consistently teach her.

Fun Fact: “I coach a slow pitch softball team that includes another AVID teacher here at South! Oh, did I mention that I had zero experience playing softball or coaching any sport previous to this team? We’re pretty great, if not at softball, for entertainment value!”

woodall_taya@salkeiz.k12.or.us