Quick Mag November 2015
A condensed version of Grant Magazine that has almost nothing to do with just about anything else.
Drug and Alcohol Assembly Reaches Students
A PowerPoint in the Grant High School auditorium cycled through slide after slide last week of alarming statistics. Fifty percent of students at Grant have consumed alcohol within the last year. Three of 10 Grant students consumed alcohol or used drugs by themselves. Nearly a quarter of students admitted getting into a car with a driver who was under the influence of intoxicants. The gathering in the auditorium was sponsored by administrators and…
Drive Time
They get you to school hopefully on time. They require a bit of care. And we rely on them when we’re in a pinch. So what exactly do our vehicles say about us? We asked some auto owners at Grant.
Walking the Line
Native American students face more hurdles in getting a public school education than any other population in Portland Public Schools. That’s why Grant sophomore Rosey Sams makes her own way.
Leaving Girls Behind
Siena Lesher remembers walking into her Introduction to Engineering class on the second day of school and not feeling right. As she surveyed the class, she noticed right away that, of around 25 students, there were only three girls. “When you walk into a room and you see that no one in there is like you, it really feels like you don’t belong there,” she says. When it came time for students…
Missing the Mark
The recent shootings in Roseburg and a troubling lockdown at Grant show that more needs to be done about strengthening gun legislation.