Library fines/charges will show up in SchoolPay, the popular online payment system, so that students and families will be able to pay for lost or damaged materials online. The fines/charges will still show up in Destiny, the library information system. Students can log on to DESTINY to check for fines or charges.

You are invited to Paint Nite! RGMS parents are welcome to join Paint Nite on Thursday, October 4th starting at 6:00 pm at KELLS IRISH RESTAURANT & PUB (112 SW 2ND AVE). Enjoy a nice evening out while students are attending Outdoor School! Mingle and create a network of other parents with middle school age students. SUN staff and PTA board members will be there and we hope to have school staff members there to interact with parents in a fun environment. Please register by September 20 so we know that we can run this event.
Purchase tickets at this link: https://www.paintnite.com/events/-10105445
Special note: This event requires all guests to be 21 years old and up.

PTA General Meeting: Plug In
Wednesday, Oct. 10, 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Casa Colima, 6319 SW Capitol Hwy in Hillsdale
Appetizers included
Agenda:

• Vote on proposed PTA investments this year.
• Principal's Update
• One and done: Learn about the major RGMS/PTA events and commit to bringing your talents to just ONE.

Information was sent home with all 6th grade students with forms to fill out and return. Parents are invited to join us on Friday, September 14, at 9:20 AM in the cafeteria for an informational meeting. Details about ODS can be found at the read more link. 

Yearbooks orders will be placed only online this year using this link.
The cost is $20, a real bargain. Hard cover!
We will be looking for folks to be on this year's Yearbook Club to design, execute, proof, tag photos, take orders and distribute. 

RGMS would love it if parents would put money in their school meals account. We are in the hole by quite a lot. While we will not deny a child a meal, it does weigh heavily on us when we have outstanding debts. See the link to deposit funds at https://www.schoolcafe.com/ or send cash or a check to the school kitchen before school begins in the morning.

Our Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports (PBIS) lesson this month features the Be Internet Awesome project. The following fundamental practices make up its “Code of Awesome.”

1. BE INTERNET SMART: Share with Care
2. BE INTERNET ALERT: Don’t Fall for Fake
3. BE INTERNET STRONG: Secure Your Secrets
4. BE INTERNET KIND: It’s Cool to Be Kind

The Robert Gray Music Program is collecting Box Tops for Education! Please collect them and turn in all Box Tops to Mrs. Miller's box in the fall. There is also an app for your phone so we can collect more points.If you use the app, our group code is 360040 under Gray Middle School. Thanks so much!

AVID Tutors support the AVID Elective by running "tutorials." In the tutorials, students craft questions based on homework and the group uses academic protocols to develop critical thinking skills while answering the questions and helping each other with assignments. AVID Tutors guide the process in order for students to get the most out of it. Because these are small hour commitments, they make awesome jobs for parents working in the home, future teachers, and folks that like young and maturing adolescents. Consider applying today!

PPS Pulse: Magazine gives Lincoln's Latino students a voice; gubernatorial candidates set to debate at Roosevelt

Four years ago Latino students at Lincoln High School decided they needed another outlet to express their identity and heritage. With the support of World Language/ Spanish teacher Trevor Todd and other mentors, the Revista (magazine) class was added to LHS’s curriculum to give Latino students a platform to express their voice through a publication named puño & letra. 

The three major party candidates to become Oregon’s next governor will discuss issues pertaining to children when the first gubernatorial debate for the 2018 election is held at the Roosevelt High School auditorium from 7-8 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 2.

Teachers and administrators from Portland Public Schools will be honored at upcoming conferences for art educators and school libraries.