Updated 2019-2020 School Calendar

Due to Governor Brown's executive order to close Oregon school buildings for the remainder of the 19/20 school year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we unfortunately had to cancel our Forecast Night for incoming Freshman for the 2020-2021 school year. Please click on this linkhttps://www.pps.net/domain/5317 and follow the instructions to fill out a Freshman Forecast Sheet. Forecast sheets are due by May 14th, 2020. This is for enrolled incoming freshman only, if you have not enrolled your student into Jefferson for next school year, please contact the PPS Enrollment and Transfer Office. 

Staff Availability Schedule

Need to contact your guidance counselor?  Looking for student support?  Visit the Jefferson Student Support site.

My heart breaks.

My heart breaks for the Black lives that continue to be lost to racist brutality and the failure of recognizing our shared humanity. 

Two teachers from Portland Public Schools were named finalists for the OnPoint Educator of the Year Awards, leading a strong showing by PPS in the OnPoint Excellence in Education program.

Madison High School teacher James Jeffrey-West has been named a 2021 Oregon Regional Teacher of the Year. Jeffrey-West, who is in his seventh year at Madison and 22^nd year as a teacher, won for the region covered by the Multnomah Education Service District.

A public meeting of the Board of Education, acting in its capacity as the Budget Committee of Portland Public School District 1J, Multnomah County, Oregon, will take place during the regular School Board meeting on the 26th day of May at 6 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to receive the Superintendent’s budget message and Proposed Budget for the fiscal year July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021, and to receive public comment.