McKay High School
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
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
Attendance
Attendance Reporting Line
503-399-3043
Other Offices
Student Management
503-588-5437
Student Center
503-399-5566
Registrar
503-399-5566
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