Donald ‘Chili’ Stephens’ determination to succeed despite immense challenge has earned him acclamation within and beyond the Grant Varsity Football team.
Grant High administrators and teachers say they want the school's Theater Department to be more inclusive when it comes to race. When is that going to happen?
Under Oregon's mandatory minimum sentencing law, juveniles can be tried as adults if they are accused of committing certain violent crimes. Recently, four Grant High students found themselves face to face with that possibility.
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.
Grant math teacher Mona Schraer won’t slow down in her quest to serve underrepresented students. She was honored for her efforts by President Barack Obama at the White House in July.
When a group of freshmen boys used social media to post derogatory comments promoting racism, misogyny and anti-gay rhetoric, the Grant High School community recoiled and little discussion followed. Did the school miss an opportunity?
As sophomore Ny’Asia Harris sits in the dark of her shuttered classroom at Grant High School in September, her classmates crowd around their teacher’s desk during a lockdown drill. The 15-year-old...
