It's time to sign up for the awesome fall term SUN School classes. Registration forms are due by September 20 and classes begin on September 30. SUN morning gym and library, and lunch club, registration forms were handed out at fall registration and are good for the year. We hope every student will have one on file.

On Stage This Fall: Welcome Back
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RGMS will implement a ban on personal electronic devices in this school year aligning with the policies of other PPS middle schools. More research emerges every year that brings out the harmful effects of these devices on children’s emotional health and brain development and we anticipate the new policy will be beneficial. We have considered all aspects of this change for several months and the FAQ sheet is available at the link below.

The school supply list for 2019-20 is here.

We are super excited to be getting filtered water dispensers and fountains as a PPS pilot. This is in lieu of replacing the pipes, which would be much more expensive and would have not resulted in the beautiful units that will be installed. An FAQ page regarding this project is here. Please be sure your child has a water bottle for school. They are part of this pilot.

The Portland Public Schools Board of Education voted unanimously to extend PPS Superintendent Guadalupe Guerrero's current contract by another two years during its Tuesday, June 25 meeting. Since he will be entering the third year of his original contract, the Board has committed to a total of five years through June 2022 with Guerrero at the helm. The approval came after board members offered a comprehensively positive review of his performance.

A public hearing will be held by the Tax Supervising and Conservation Commission on the budget approved by the Budget Committee for Portland Public School District 1J, Multnomah County, Oregon for the fiscal year July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020. The hearing will be held in the Board Auditorium at the Blanchard Education Service Center (BESC), 501 North Dixon Street, Portland, Oregon, on the 25th day of June at 3 p.m.

Dear Colleagues,