Many students have found second homes in corners of the Grant campus – learn what drew four seniors to their places. Nick Chrisman Dance Room Nearly two years ago, Grant administrators created a dance program and hired teacher Jessica Murray. The school cleared out the multi-purpose room in the basement of the gym and created a studio. Senior Nick Chrisman, a hip-hop dancer, has adopted it as a second home. It’s not the…
Most Grant High School grads head off to college. But Maddy Close has other plans.
Instead of going to college right away, seniors Alec Sutter and Jackie del Togno will be backpacking through Central America together.
Senior Kindra Jones felt at home as a library intern. For her, the library was a safe haven. She started working there as a freshman one to two times a week, but it became more frequent starting junior year. She spent most of her time shelving books in the back room or picking up trash tossed on the floor by students. “We check people into the library, check books in and out and…
Grant Magazine sat down with seven Grant students to find the story behind their dyed hair.
[powr-map label=”Enter a Label”] Each morning, students file inside the doors of Grant High School and catch their last moments of peace before starting the school day. The bell ushers everyone to their classrooms and the halls fall silent as students begin their work. Just across the street, the houses that surround the school also bustle with life, as the neighbors who coexist with one of Portland’s largest high schools start their…
