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Poster showing a bird’s eye view of the Albina neighborhood in 1948, 1962 and 2023 (from left to right).
Restoring Albina
Fictional Tips For a School Year of Success
Fictional Tips For a School Year of Success
Prophet Center - Dr. Matthew Prophet Education Center, where PPS district board meetings are held and budget concerns are brought up and addressed.
Cutting into the Community
Revolution, Grrrl Style
Revolution, Grrrl Style
Vy Tran was elected as Senior Patrol Leader, the highest ranking leadership position in Troop 243 — the second female, all-Vietnamese troop in Oregon.
One of the Boys
Grant Women's Soccer huddled with matching “Save the Bread” bracelets.
From Rituals to Results: Grant Athletes’ Paths to Success
Concrete to Diamond
Concrete to Diamond
Fair Play?
Fair Play?
An Outlet in the Air
An Outlet in the Air
A Swimmer's Setback
A New School of Thought
A New School of Thought
All in The Acting
All in The Acting
Taking care of Batts proved difficult for her family as her illness progressed. Elizabeth and Alan Batts say that in the months before her death, she cut off communication and isolated herself.
A Life Derailed
Playing the Part
Playing the Part
Even though Olivia Bee's work largely centers around working for commercial companies, she's stayed true to the artistic style she's developed over the years, something she describes as "documentary with a romantic eye."
Capturing the Light
Grant High School Vice Principal Luis Jara.
Piecing Grant Together
"An Intellectual Turn of Mind”
"An Intellectual Turn of Mind”
Striking a Chord
Striking a Chord
A Sunny Disposition
A Sunny Disposition
Staying in the Game
Staying in the Game
The one with her Grant jersey “Ratenaproeksa demonstrates her control of the ball as she looks to advance, gripping her stick with only one hand.”
Kate CATZenaproeksa
Mari Baker playing her bass clarinet.
Student Stars
Grant Theater Goes Together
Grant Theater Goes Together
Meet the Staff: Grant Magazine 2024-2025
Meet the Staff: Grant Magazine 2024-2025
Senior Video 2023
Senior Video 2023
Grant's new Digital Photography and Printmaking teacher spends his free time making various pieces of art.
The Media Man
Critiques on the Coastal East
Critiques on the Coastal East
Mental Hell
Mental Hell
Grant senior Max SB.
More Than a Sport: A Lifestyle
A forest of trees is lit up by a sunset, making the bark glow a warm orange color.
Along the Pacific Northwest's Winding Trails
Middletown's poster.
A Review of “Middletown”
Podcast: A Choice of Words, a Matter of Conscience
Podcast: A Choice of Words, a Matter of Conscience
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Documentary: The N-Word, a Special Report

Documentary: The N-Word, a Special Report

Produced by Mackie Mallison • March 4, 2016
The N-word is one of the most divisive words in the history of the English language, and as such, one of the hardest to talk about. Because of this, we, a team of Grant Magazine videographers, put together this video report to shed light on the topic and start a discussion.
The N-Word: A Special Report

The N-Word: A Special Report

Report contributed to by multiple grant magazine staffers • March 3, 2016
From its painful history to a movement to reclaim it, the N-word is unlike any other in our lexicon. Walk down the hallways and you’ll hear it. Log onto social media and you’ll see it. But there’s little conversation about its impact. The purpose of this issue is not to find an answer, but to spark the conversations that desperately need to be had. Why we’re taking on this issue The Stories
A word from the adviser: Why we’re taking on this issue

A word from the adviser: Why we’re taking on this issue

By David Austin • March 2, 2016

My introduction to the word “nigger” was swift, painful and left an indelible imprint on my psyche. It happened more than 40 years ago on a walk home from elementary school with my older brother....

Commit to an Ongoing Dialogue about Race

Commit to an Ongoing Dialogue about Race

By Bella Rideau, Dylan Palmer and Joshua Webb • February 28, 2016
The Grant High School community must change its approach to addressing racism or progress will stall indefinitely.
Time With: Looking Back

Time With: Looking Back

Interview by Sophie Hauth | Photo by Molly Metz • February 27, 2016
Cynthia MacLeod, a 1969 Grant alum, reflects on how the school’s racial dynamic has evolved.
Podcast: A Choice of Words, a Matter of Conscience

Podcast: A Choice of Words, a Matter of Conscience

story and podcast by blu midyett | Photo by Molly Metz • February 24, 2016
To understand the meaning of the N-word, I had to face my family, my friends and myself.
The Civil Rights legend adds to the conversation on the rules of race.

When Andrew Young Speaks

by Eliza Kamerling-Brown • February 24, 2016
The Civil Rights legend adds to the conversation on the rules of race.
Spotlight: Kyra Orr

Spotlight: Kyra Orr

Story and photo by Eliza Kamerling-Brown • February 24, 2016
The Grant High School senior believes that both recognition of history and reclamation of the N-word are necessary for society to move forward.
Spotlight: Paul Coakley

Spotlight: Paul Coakley

by blu midyett | Photo by finn hawley-blue • February 24, 2016
The retired Portland principal’s clashes in the segregated South have shaped his stance against the N-word.
The First Time

The First Time

Interviews by Eliza Kamerling-Brown, Blu Midyett, Finn Hawley-Blue and Cassius Pettit | Photos by Eliza Kamerling-Brown, Finn Hawley-Blue and Cassius Pettit • February 24, 2016
Members of the Grant community recall how the N-word has affected their lives.
In Perspective

In Perspective

Interviews by the Grant Magazine staff • February 24, 2016
What does the Grant community think about the use of the N-word?
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