Students Lola Aguirre (left) and Nick Zuniga (right) sit at a table. They smile as they look off to the left. They are attending a graduation ceremony for students of the Canby Day School, an adult education program run by the Valley Migrant League and the Canby School District in Canby, Oregon. Photographs from this series were published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on April 22, 1966.
A group of people smile and laugh as they sit at a long table at a graduation ceremony. A stack of graduation certificates sit on a table in the foreground. The ceremony is for students of the Canby Day School, an adult education program run by the Valley Migrant League and the Canby School District in Canby, Oregon. Photographs from this series were published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on April 22, 1966.
Three special guests sit at a banquet table at a graduation ceremony for the Canby Day School. From left to right, they are Sarah Hall Goodwin, Director of Valley Migrant League Adult Education, Father Huang, O.S.B. of St. Patrick's Church in Canby, and Paul Ackerman, Superintendent of Canby Elementary Schools. The Canby Day School was an adult education program run by the Valley Migrant League and the Canby School District in Canby, Oregon. Photographs from this series were published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on April 22, 1966.
Two men stand behind a table, smiling. Two stacks of rolled up graduation certificates sit on the table. Taken at a graduation ceremony for students of the Canby Day School, an adult education program run by the Valley Migrant League and the Canby School District in Canby, Oregon. Photographs from this series were published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on April 22, 1966.
Teachers Marge and Bob Wynia watch from the back of the room as their students graduate from the Canby Day School. Marge Wynia teaches a class in basic education and Bob Wynia is a Valley Migrant League coordinator for the Canby Day School, an adult education program run by the Valley Migrant League and the Canby School District in Canby, Oregon. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on April 22, 1966.
A student holds up an abacus in class, while 2 other students watch her. These are students at the Canby Day School, an adult education program run by the Valley Migrant League and the Canby School District in Canby, Oregon. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on March 4, 1966.
Student Carol Wallace (left) and teacher Marge Wolf (right, wearing glasses) eat lunch together. Taken at a graduation ceremony for students of the Canby Day School, an adult education program run by the Valley Migrant League and the Canby School District in Canby, Oregon. Photographs from this series were published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on April 22, 1966.
Portrait of student Emilio Flores, looking off to the left. People sit at a banquet table behind him. Flores is one of 23 students graduating from the Canby Day School, an adult education program run by the Valley Migrant League and the Canby School District in Canby, Oregon. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on April 22, 1966.
A teacher and 2 students laugh in a classroom as one of the students writes on a piece of paper. A chalkboard in the background features the phone number for the Barlow School. Taken at the Canby Day School, an adult education program run by the Valley Migrant League and the Canby School District in Canby, Oregon. Photographs from this series were published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on March 4, 1966.
A little boy turns in his seat and looks at the camera while eating a cookie. Other children at the table in the background also eat cookies. They are in the daycare center of the Canby Day School, an adult education program run by the Valley Migrant League and the Canby School District in Canby, Oregon. Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) help run the center. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on March 11, 1966.
A group of children sit around a table, eating cookies and drinking milk. Two tricycles sit in the foreground. They are in the daycare center of the Canby Day School, an adult education program run by the Valley Migrant League and the Canby School District in Canby, Oregon. Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) help run the center. Photographs from this series were published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on March 11, 1966.
A boy and girl eat cookies and drink milk while sitting at a table. They look at the camera. They are in the daycare center of the Canby Day School, an adult education program run by the Valley Migrant League and the Canby School District in Canby, Oregon. Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) help run the center. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on March 11, 1966.
Three children play with blocks on the floor. They are in the daycare center of the Canby Day School, an adult education program run by the Valley Migrant League and the Canby School District in Canby, Oregon. Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) help run the center. Photographs from this series were published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on March 11, 1966.
Two children ride tricycles. They are in the daycare center of the Canby Day School, an adult education program run by the Valley Migrant League and the Canby School District in Canby, Oregon. Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) help run the center. Photographs from this series were published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on March 11, 1966.
Adult students sit at 2 long tables covered with notebooks and abaci. They are students at the Canby Day School, an adult education program run by the Valley Migrant League and the Canby School District in Canby, Oregon. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on March 4, 1966.
A teacher holds up and demonstrates how to use an abacus in front of a class of adult students. Taken at the Canby Day School, an adult education program run by the Valley Migrant League and the Canby School District in Canby, Oregon. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on March 4, 1966.
Two children play with blocks on the floor. They are in the daycare center of the Canby Day School, an adult education program run by the Valley Migrant League and the Canby School District in Canby, Oregon. Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) help run the center. Photographs from this series were published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on March 11, 1966.
A teacher holds up an abacus in front of a class of adult students. Taken at the Canby Day School, an adult education program run by the Valley Migrant League and the Canby School District in Canby, Oregon. Photographs from this series were published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on March 4, 1966.
Two adult students write in notebooks as a teacher looks on. A chalkboard in the background shows the class schedule for the day. Taken at the Canby Day School, an adult education program run by the Valley Migrant League and the Canby School District in Canby, Oregon. Photographs from this series were published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on March 4, 1966.
Two girls eat cookies and drink milk while sitting at a table. They are in the daycare center of the Canby Day School, an adult education program run by the Valley Migrant League and the Canby School District in Canby, Oregon. Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) help run the center. Photographs from this series were published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on March 11, 1966.
Adult students sit at a table, using 2 abaci to calculate numbers and take notes for their lessons. These are students at the Canby Day School, an adult education program run by the Valley Migrant League and the Canby School District in Canby, Oregon. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on March 4, 1966.
A boy pedals a tricycle while a girl sits on the back and hangs on. They are in the daycare center of the Canby Day School, an adult education program run by the Valley Migrant League and the Canby School District in Canby, Oregon. Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) help run the center. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on March 11, 1966.
Two men pilot an automated raspberry picking machine through a raspberry field on the Drum Farm in Sandy, Oregon. Two men on the side of the machine watch the rotating blades. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on July 22, 1966.
Dora Gonzalez works at the Oregon Bag Company in Canby, Oregon, where she is enrolled in an On-the-Job Training Program. The program is offered by the Valley Migrant League and funded by the Department of Labor. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on August 18, 1967.
VISTA volunteer Elaine Furumoto removes a sign listing services offered by the Valley Migrant League's Sandy Opportunity Center in Sandy, Oregon. The top of the sign reads, "Programs We Have to Offer." This is one of three centers closed due to budget cuts on the War on Poverty and the Valley Migrant League program. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on February 5, 1968.
VISTA volunteer Richard Meyer (center) reads a book to 2 boys, Doyle Ash (left) and Bobbie Eiffert (right) at the Valley Migrant League's daycare center in Sandy, Oregon. The center offers daycare services for the children of migrant farm workers. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on June 3, 1966.
Russian immigrant Sevastion Gostevskyh holds his daughter Maria on his lap. He is one of 75 Russian orthodox immigrants taking English classes through the Valley Migrant League's adult education program in Canby, Oregon. Note on the back of the print reads, "Sevastian Goestevsky (sic.) and daughter Maria." This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on February 24, 1967.