Tomorrow there will be 28 professional artists and 97 students/student alumni artists selling their work at the Art Fair! There will also be coffee, tea and hot cocoa for sale in the cafeteria. Bring your appetite because we will have two food carts on site: Smak Dabs (from last year) & Taqueria La Merced, as well as baked goods by our very own Leo Leaders!

Please spread the word to help make this fundraiser a success. You can also share the details on Facebook or Instagram.

This year’s Spring Musical will be Hadestown, Teen Edition, and workshops being next week after school to learn the music. Anyone interested in auditioning is welcome to attend the workshops and /or audition. Attendance during the workshops isn't required, but highly recommended for auditions, which occur the following week.

Workshops ~ Monday-Friday, Dec 9th-13th, from 4:15-6:15 pm

Auditions ~ Monday-Friday, December 16th-20th, from 4:15-6:15 pm

Tech Interviews ~ Tuesday & Thursday, December 10th and 12th, from 4:15 - 6:15

​Tech Interview packets and Interview Sign-Ups are available outside Room 200.

Monday-Friday, December 9th-13th ~ Spring Musical Workshops 4:15-6:15pm 

Thursday, December 12th ~ Progress Reports

Monday-Friday, December 16th-20th ~ Spring Musical Auditions 4:15-6:15pm

Monday-Friday, December 16th-20th ~ Spirit Week (Themes TBD)

Wednesday, December 18th ~ Early Release (school day ends at 1:45)

Wednesday, December 18th ~ PTSA Mtg (via Zoom)

Thursday, December 19th ~ Winter Music Concert 7:00-9:00pm

Dragon Tales

Dragon Tales

Dragon Tales

Dragon Tales

Dragon Tales

Dragon Tales

Dragon Tales

Dragon Tales

Dragon Tales

Dragon Tales

Dragon Tales

Dragon Tales

Dragon Tales

Dragon Tales

Dragon Tales

If you’re ever lucky enough to tag along with Tom Myers and his bird club at Skyline School, you’ll most likely notice a few things: that Skyline in the early morning can be a breathtakingly beautiful place, and that if you have a question about birds – or the natural world in general – the man his students call “Teacher Tom” can almost certainly answer it.

PPS is hosting a series of events that focus on Belonging, Equity & Inclusive Practices where we will screen powerful, award-winning documentaries aimed at starting a productive conversation about what is possible in the systems we create for our children with disabilities. 

As part of this series, we are excited to welcome you to a live virtual event, Including Samuel, on Monday, October 28 at 5:30 PM at OMSI Empirical Theater. The event will include a screening of Dan Habib’s film, “Including Samuel,” and a conversation with him and his son, Samuel.

The Dr. Matthew Prophet Education Center, the rather staid home to Portland Public Schools administrative staff, had a very different look on Monday evening when it hosted the world premiere of “The Return of Emergetron.”

The red carpet event was in celebration of a new film starring students – and for students – about the many emergency scenarios they might encounter in a typical school year.

Portland Public Schools’ Comprehensive School Psychology program was recently named the recipient of a prestigious $5.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education for its proven track record of improving student well-being and academic performance. 

The renewable, school-based mental health grant will be used to provide comprehensive school psychology services to 18 Title I schools across the district for the 2024-25 school year. This is up from 11 schools served in the previous year. Through the duration of the grant, 25 schools designated as Title I at the time of the grant award will receive comprehensive school psychology services.