Dear Lane Families,

We hope you are having an enjoyable summer and are as excited as we are for the 2021-2022 school year! The pandemic is still front and center in our planning, and we are focused on health safety measures to make sure that we can safely welcome your students back to school, in person, this fall. We have been so impressed with the way that families and staff have come together over the past year to support our students, and we are working hard to continue to be able to keep our kids safe while reopening our school. As I am sure you are aware, all staff, students and visitors will be required to wear masks at school, and all PPS staff will be required to be vaccinated or be tested weekly. We encourage you to consider having your student vaccinated if they are eligible, as we know that this is a strong protection against serious illness. 

Our School Program is Expanding

You can view an overview of our school program on the included here, but we would like to highlight a few exciting additions. We are shifting to include seven classes for all students everyday, which will allow students to take advantage of our growing program. We are excited to bring a high quality, full time dance program to our school, as well as a new multi-media communications course, student leadership classes at all grade levels, and enhanced technology course offerings, supported by a grant through Project Lead the Way. We are also extremely excited to announce that Lane Middle School has been selected as a Verizon Innovative Learning School which will provide a new, data-enabled Chromebook to every student for their use at school and home and an instructional technology specialist to support our staff.

First Day of School - September 1st

We look forward to making sure that each and every one of our students has a fantastic year. School will begin for all students on September 1st, with 6th and 7th grade students coming at our normal start time of 9:15 for an orientation to our school, knowing that these students have had limited to no opportunity to get to know our staff and school building. 8th grade students will join them at 11:15 to continue a day of introductions and orientation. We know that students and families have been through an extremely challenging time and are looking forward to supporting students in returning to the routines of school. We will be dedicating time to support all students during this transition -- please connect with us if you feel your student might need additional support during this difficult time. 

Back to School Celebration

We are planning a fun, lively opportunity for our community to come together with food, music and time to come together to reconnect and celebrate the reopening of our school. Student schedules will be available at this event, and families will be able to sign up for their students’ new Chromebook as well. Please note that all activities will take place outdoors and that we are recommending that all participants wear masks and maintain social distancing. 

Community Care Day

We will be gathering on August 28th, from 9 - 12, to work to beautify our school grounds. Please consider bringing your family and friends to help spruce up our school. If you have lawn care tools that you prefer to use, please feel free to bring them along. Take a look at the flyer for this event. 

School Supplies

Please also note this list of school supplies. We will be purchasing a quantity of these supplies to ensure that all students have the supplies they need to be successful. We will offer these supplies to students in classrooms, but feel free to contact our main office to request supplies. 

With warm regards,

Michael Rowell, Principal

Dr. Sherree Coleman, Assistant Principal

As part of reopening Portland Public Schools in the 2021-22 school year, the district must submit a plan to the Oregon Department of Education. As part of the requirement, PPS is asking for feedback on the plan.

Dear PPS Families,

The 2021-22 school year is fast approaching, and we continue to prepare to safely reopen our schools for in-person learning. We want to make sure you are aware of upcoming opportunities to receive a COVID-19 vaccine during registration at our nine comprehensive high schools.

Dear PPS Students, Families and Staff,

As we finalize our last Back to School FAQ sections, we wanted to share with you a couple of updates. First, the district’s Office of Internal Performance Audit recently presented to the Board of Education its audit of our health and safety practices for hybrid learning last spring. We are pleased and proud to say that auditors reported no findings. From last week’s presentation:

Dear Colleagues,

The public health guidance is clear--vaccines are the best way to prevent the spread and the severity of COVID. Today we are announcing a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for all PPS staff.