Dawn Montgomery oral history transcript
Title
Dawn Montgomery oral history transcript
Description
A transcript of an oral history of Dawn Montgomery, Principal of Century High School, on Hispanics in the Hillsboro schools. Ms. Montgomery began 9 years ago at Evergreen Middle School, later she became Assistant Principal at Century High School when it opened in 1997. During 1998 Montgomery particpated in the Hispanic Youth in Oregon program at Lewis and Clark College. The program focused on total bilingual schools and outreach programs. Afterwards Ms. Montgomery went on to spend two weeks in Waupaca, Mexico, looking at the school systems and social systems. It was after that she became part of the Strategic Plan team. The Hispanic population at Century High School has been as high as 35%, currently at 20%. As a result of an increase in hiring bilingual teachers at Century High School, their ESL program has grown as well as JAG TV, Hispanic News, after-school tutoring, and Hispanic clubs. The school has grants from Lewis and Clark College to train ESL teachers. Pacific University, PSU, and PCC also have programs to help Hispanic youth get into college. Century High School and Glencoe have in place special drop-out prevention teams that stay in contact with students who drop out. Ultimately, this has effectively decreased drop-out rates in the last five years. A newer addition to the school has been a program for teachers and administrators about “Understanding Racism”.
Creator
Montgomery, Dawn
Is Part Of
Century High School Project
Subject
Hispanic Americans -- History
Education
Place
Washington County (Or.)
Hillsboro (Or.)
Extent
1 vol.
Language
English
Identifier
WCM_OH_110
Rights
In Copyright
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Source
Five Oaks Museum
Contributor
McHill, Evin
Type
Text