Community Partnerships
Ac&Co Architecture and Rich Duncan Construction made our new home possible
Thanks to the support and work of Ac&Co Architecture and Rich Duncan Construction, we have renovated a space downtown to be our new home. Using a collaborative design build process, these two companies have made our vision into a reality. Our new school would not be possible with the community support of these two local companies.
Other supporters of our new home
Salem Signs made the iconic phoenix on the front
Salem-Keizer cartage and hauling for helped us move all our stuff to our new site
CCM helped us with discounted bike racks
Thomas Kay helped us with a carpet for the music room
Chrysalis helped us with a big donation of window shades
SFCC made our new home possible by working with us to arrange a ground lease but still buy our own building so we have a home that meets our mission and vision.
ETO who helped us with incentives on windows, lighting, and solar panels
Salem Fire helped us by donating an AED machine
Craig at Rich Duncan for helping us put up our SMART Boards and bulletin boards as well as installing lockers
Financing for our home was provided by OFA (Oregon Facilities Authority).
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HSCS is its own lunch provider
Thanks to a partnership with Fresh-n-Local foods, Howard Street serves breakfast and lunch every day. Our meals are prepared from scratch here in Salem using wholesome and more local ingredients. We cook them daily and prepare the fresh fruits and vegetables that come with each meal. Help your student be more healthy by eating a school lunch.
Breakfast $2.50, Lunch $5.00, separate Milk $.50
Picture of Kawagoe, Japan, March 2018 (CTracy)
Community Service
All students must complete 30 hours of community service (5 in 6th grade, 10 in 7th grade, and 15 in 8th grade) in order to attend the 8th grade end of the year trip. We want students to go out and help others by doing something for someone who is not in their immediate family for no pay/compensation. Students do a variety of things like cleaning the computer lab at school, volunteering at their elementary school, working at the Humane Society, helping sort food at Marion and Polk County Food Share and dozens of other ways to help Salem-Keizer. Howard Street itself helps our community with our annual Rake-n-Run neighborhood leaf clean-up as well as our food and clothing drives to support St. Francis Shelter.
Teaching Language and Culture - Willamette University and Tokyo International
Thank you to Willamette and Tokyo University who teach Japanese as one of our Enrichment Academy activities every Fall. College students share their love of the Japanese language and culture. Many are from Salem’s sister city, Kawagoe.
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