Dear Lewis Community,

I am pleased to announce that Deanne Froehlich, a veteran educator in Portland Public Schools, will become the new principal at Lewis Elementary School. Deanne has three decades of accomplishments in PPS, with a history of community building that will be a great fit at Lewis.

August 9^th: Office re-opens for Fall Enrollment

August 14^th: Office Closed for Staff Development

1st Day of School, grades 1-5: August 28^th

August 28^th-August 30^th: Kinder Assessment days

September 2^nd: Labor Day Holiday, Schools Closed

September 3^rd: 1^st Day of School, Kindergarten

September 4^th: Sellwood M.S. BBQ 5-7:30pm

September 5^th: Kinder Family Social @ 6pm

September 6^th: 1st Walk + Roll Day

September 9^th: 1^st PTA Meeting @ 6:30pm

September 11^th: Sellwood M.S. Back-to-School Night @ 6:30

September 13^th: PTA After School Social

September 19^th: Lewis Back-to-School Night 6-7:30pm

September 21^st: Reed College 5k FUNd Run/Walk

September 27^th: Fall Picture Day

Field Day:
What a fantastic day it turned out to be!  Thank you to Mr. DeMonte and all the wonderful volunteers that made helped to make this such a fun, wonderful event for our kids!

PTA End-of-Year Celebration:
Thank you to our PTA for a terrific End-of-Year Celebration!  This community event could not have taken place without all of our fantastic volunteers!

Thanks to our food vendors BBQ by Michael, Café de Crepe and Island Daydream Shaved Ice for offering their delicious fare, and to Inez and her team of face painters and Randy the Balloon Guy for providing added fun!

Are you a new family coming to Lewis School in the Fall?  Stop by and meet other incoming families and meet some of the Lewis PTA Board Members.

What: play date, popsicles, and information about students’ first year at Lewis

When: Monday, June 3rd 3:15 pm

Where: Lewis Playground, near play structure

PTA End-of-Year Celebration:
We are celebrating another great year with our annual
End-of-the-Year Celebration on Tuesday, June 4^th from 5-7pm.

This year we are broadening our fun with some carnival games, face-painters, Balloon Guy Randy, music from our own Boomin’ Beats with the fabulous Mr. Jamesbarry, some organized activities, food vendors and more!

Bring your own picnic or purchase something from our local food vendors.  We will have BBQ by Michael, Café De Crepe, and Island Daydream Shaved Ice joining us.

All activities, and fresh watermelon, are free of charge; food will be available for purchase.

As always, we cannot do this without the help of our fantastic volunteers! 
Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0A44A9A82EA31-ptaendoftheyear or outside the office door.

Questions? Want to help organize and make final plans??
Contact Tracy at tgiordano@pps.net or 503-916-6360 

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,

Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased to announce that Dr. Liane Kehaulani O’Banion has accepted our offer to become Portland Public School’s Director of Title IX Policy, Training & Compliance.