Youth + Oregon Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

November 16, 2009

Oregon universities try to recruit more Latino students – In 2007, Latinos made up nearly 12% of the 12th-grade class and less than 6% of freshmen in the university system. About 20% of first-graders that year were Latino.

September 14, 2009

English-only test leaves some Oregon children behind

April 8, 2008

McKay’s Tony Gonzalez is having quite a year – High School athlete from Salem, Oregon

March 31, 2008

Latino families fight lure of gangs – A Portland officer teaches a national program in Spanish, reaching parents and kids – Oregon

March 11, 2008

Riding the bilingual bus – Phoenix-Talent staff learn ways to make Hispanic students feel more welcome – Oregon

February 21, 2008

Money shortages doom service for Latino students – The Oregon Council for Hispanic Advancement started in 1983 to close this week

February 20, 2008

5 year old Isabella is in need of a bone marrow transplant – Portland, Oregon

January 14, 2008

Workshop Helps Latino Students Prepare for College – Kennewick, Oregon

December 13, 2007

Latino students urged to move on to higher ed – Oregon

November 30, 2007

New role for Latinos – Under-represented in theater, Latino students try out acting at Miracle Theatre’s urging – Oregon

September 18, 2007

Springfield High School high school moves toward forming mariachi band – Oregon

April 2, 2007

Latinas put their message where the ears are – Three Forest Grove girls hope ’stay in school’ resonates with a hip-hop station’s listeners – Oregon

December 6, 2006

Art class used toxic paint, parent says – Only Hispanic children got the spray cans, he says – Oregon