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About

McKay High School

2440 Lancaster Drive NE
Salem, OR 97305


Student Hours

School Hours on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
8:30 AM – 3:20 PM

School Hours on Wednesday
9:30 AM – 3:20 PM

 

Contact Us Form

Main Office 

Phone
503-399-3080

Main Office Fax
503-375-7807


Staff Hours

Office Hours
7:30 AM – 4:00 PM

Bookkeeper Hours
7:00 AM-3:30 PM

 

Student Center

Student Center Direct Line
503-399-5566

Student Center Fax

503-391-4098

Student Center supports with the following:

  • Counselors
  • Registration
  • Schedules
  • Student IDs (fee applies to duplicates IDs)
  • Transcripts 

 

Athletic Department

Athletics Direct Line

503-399-1980

Other Offices 

Call the main office to be directed to:

  • Community School Office Resources
  • Dream Center
  • Scots Center (Behavior Specialist & Discpline)

 

 

 

McKay Entrance

McKay School Details

McKay opened in 1979. Our school was named after Douglas McKay, the 25th governor of Oregon, who served from 1949-1952. Governor McKay was also Secretary of the Interior in President Eisenhower's Cabinet.

Our Vision

Every student graduates, college and career ready.

Our Mission

Rigorous Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment

  • Instructional staff innovate & collaborate to
    • Design unit plans aligned to Common Core State Standards and content-specific priority standards 
    • Analyze student data and apply learning to individual students o
    • Support, intervene, and accelerate curriculum to result in increasingly complex levels of understanding 
    • Use evidence-based instructional strategies to engage all students, in every classroom, in Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, and Reading (WICOR)
  • Safe and Orderly Learning Environment 
    • All staff model professionalism and 
    • Teach and reinforce clear expectations for an academic and work environment 
    • Reinforce expected behaviors through positive recognition and fair and timely consequences 
    • Build positive relationships among students, staff, and families, with appreciation for the cultures in our community
  • College and Career Ready Culture 
    • Students set, articulate, and monitor college and career goals 
    • Staff guide students to meet their college and career goals through College and Career Readiness class, mentoring, counseling, and sharing a belief that every student will graduate college and career ready 
    • Royal Scots are scholars. We take pride in our learning and Act Communicate and Think to achieve our goals