The school supply list for 2018-19 is here.

RGMS is a Fuel Up to Play 60 school and has been awarded Touchdown status for the past four years. We are a leader in this initiative! Check out this slideshow that explains the importance of wellness in schools. 

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 for https://www.schoolcafe.com/. https://www.schoolcafe.com/

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

Please contact PPS Enrollment and Transfer if you are seeking a hardship transfer to enroll next year or use the link in the "read more" link.

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!

Are you sure where your child will go to school next year in PPS? You can use this SCHOOL FINDER, which is an interactive map. Just put in your address in the box in the upper left and it will tell you schools for this year and next year.

Lockers are all personally assigned by the principal at Robert Gray in order to make our students comfortable and happy. They will be given out starting on August 15 at fall registration. If you have changes to the forecasting sheet submitted in the spring, please email them to bmadison@pps.net. Opening lockers can be a challenge for new students. Once students have their locker assignments, they are welcome to come to school and practice opening them. This link has a list of links that can help demonstrate opening a combination lock. Buying a padlock can be a good source for practicing, too.

It is time to register for SUN Summer of Fun 2018! Download the flyer at the Read More link below. If you have any questions, please contact Jessica Keaton, SUN Site Manager, at jkeaton@impactnw.org or (503) 916-6570.

During summer break, when many of our schools are closed, parents can still register their students for the coming year by visiting the Enrollment and Transfer Center at the PPS central office.

Superintendent Guadalupe Guerrero and his staff have completed the 2018-19 budget for Portland Public Schools. The $655 million budget reflects the Superintendent’s priorities, including increasing investment in core instruction, staffing schools equitably, advancing racial equity, diversity and inclusion, and enhancing student safety and wellbeing. The PPS Board of Education is expected to formally adopt the budget at its June 26 meeting.

• 2018-19 Budget Highlights (PDF)
• Puntos sobresalientes del presupuesto para 2018-19
• Các điểm nổi bật của ngân sách 2018-19
• Бюджет на 2018-19 учебный год
• 2018-19年预算亮点
• Tilmaamaha Miisaaniyadda 2018-19

The school year was over, but more than 500 K-5 teachers were hard at work preparing for the 2018-19 academic year at the PPS Summer Institute at Roosevelt High School. The two-day training gave teachers the opportunity to dig into the new language arts curriculum, and hear from teachers who are already using it. The teachers also learned how the curriculum aligns with state standards and the district’s newly adopted scope and sequence — an academic term for what will be taught and in what order. 

Portland Public Schools has refined and expanded its policy for handling complaints. The Board of Education, at its June 12 meeting, approved a revision of its complaint policy, with significant details added on procedures, types of complaints, timeframes and more.