Got books? Join us in partnering with The Children’s Book Bank to collect a whopping 20,000 books during this year’s Children's Book Harvest book drive. Bring in your gently used or new books appropriate for babies, toddlers, elementary age children, and middle schoolers. Drop off your books at the Robert Gray Library from November 12th through November 26th (we are accepting them at fall conferences). Our goal at Robert Gray is to collect 500 books. Of special need are books that feature children of color and books in Spanish. Consider donating new books that reflect the wonderful diversity of the PPS community. Cash donations are also accepted and allow The Children's Book Bank to purchase books in Spanish and other books not generally collected in the book drive. Families who wish to contribute cash to support the Children's Book Harvest may donate here. Please help us put a book in the hand of every child.
For more information contact: Teacher Librarian, Julie McMillan, jmcmillan@pps.net

8:35 AM-12:00 PM, 1:15-4:00 PM, 5-7:45 PM

Online conference sign-up (including deleting conferences) will end at 3:00 PM on Sunday, November 24. After that time, conference additions, deletions, and changes will be done on paper at RGMS starting at 8:30 AM on Monday, November 25.
Start by clicking this link: ptc.rgms.org to get to the instructions page on the RGMS website.
On the webpage, you will see a link to the website where you actually sign up. It is very easy to use.
Please only choose one time slot per teacher in order for teachers to see as many students as possible.
Rather than scheduling conferences back-to-back, it works better to leave five minutes or more between each.
If you are signing up for multiple students, take your time so you do not double book.
Teachers and staff are not able to make changes for you. You can do this yourself following these directions:

How to Check, Delete or Make Changes to a Conference Request:

1. To change a conference(s), delete your current conference requests, then start the request process again. Do not contact teachers; they are not able to make changes to the myconferencetime schedules.
2. Click on this link: https://www.myconferencetime.com/robertgrayms/lookup/.
3. Type the email address you used to schedule the conference(s).
4. Click on the Send Me My Conference Schedule.
5. Check your email and follow the link.
6. The page will show details for each of your conferences and a Conference Detail >> link.
7. Click on the link for the conference you wish to delete.
8. Click on the button: Click to Remove {student's Name} and Make Conference Available to Others.
9. You will be prompted to confirm the cancellation. Click OK.

The Focus Option School Transfer and hardship petition process is open from November 5-December 3. This program allows students to apply to other schools that have special programs. In mid-January, the lottery runs and students receive offer letters in the mail. This also allows parents to request schools other than their designated neighborhood school. See the Read More link.

School level data for the Successful Schools Survey is now available. The survey, which was conducted during the 2018-19 school year, is part of the district’s initiative to use data to make informed decisions about school climate and culture.

SafeOregon continues to grow as a reliable way for students, families and community members to report unsafe situations. Portland Public Schools has been encouraging our community to use the anonymous tipline since 2017.

The Portland Interscholastic League excelled not just on the field, court and trails during the fall sports season. PIL teams also stood out in the classroom.

Meteorologist Rod Hill of KGW recently issued a winter forecast that projected 8 to 10 inches of snow, including possible early snow in November or December. If that turns out to be correct, that would be much earlier snow than last school year, when our first weather-caused disruption to the regular classroom schedule did not come until Feb. 5.