On Thursday, June 4, 2020, PPS will host PPS Virtual Prom 2020, a live 2-hour prom experience featuring DJ O.G. One, the official DJ of the Portland Trail Blazers. The party starts at 7 pm and will livestream on our YouTube channel. Hear from special celebrity guests, participate in social media challenges, Instagram giveaways, dance the night away, and more! Follow us on Instagram at @PPSImages to catch exclusive content and tag us in your prom photos to be shared on our story. We can’t wait to see your photos from #PPSProm2020!

Click here to send in song requests, share photos, and find our daily Instagram challenge.

Roosevelt Family Resources Update
Tuesday, May 26, 2020 (noon)

PPS has a variety of child care, meals, technology and mental health resources they want you to know about. You can access those at https://www.pps.net/coronavirus.  

Click here for the full listing of all resources Roosevelt High School has compiled so far, including an index to help you find what you are looking for.

Here are just the new resources Roosevelt High School has heard about this week:

Rental Assistance: This Oregonian article includes links to agencies who will receive $8.5 million in funds to help Oregonians who have lost income due to COVID-19.

Financial Assistance for undocumented families:  If you know a family who was not eligible to receive the stimulus check from the federal government, they could be eligible to receive up to 4 weeks of financial help. In order to qualify for this financial assistance, they must be undocumented, have lost their job or 50% of their work hours, and live in Oregon.  If they meet this criteria, please have them send an email to Maria Delgado with UNITED Oregon at maria@uniteoregon.org.

Roosevelt Weekly Memo to Families
Monday, March 2, 2020

College Ready ‐ Career Focused ‐ Committed to a Socially Just World

Dear families,

So much is happening at Roosevelt right now!  We had AVID students head to the OSU extension campus in downtown Portland to have a “first day of college” experience with students from Wilson and Grant.  Our Emergent Bilingual students attended the International Youth Leadership Conference with students from around the district.  Our Unified Basketball team beat the Grant Generals in front of a packed gym at Grant. And, our Jazz Band went to Idaho for a band competition and received the highest honor - a Superior Rating at the festival.  Winter sports are wrapping up.  We narrowly missed the playoffs in boys’ basketball, and spring sports are just around the corner!  Make sure to get your tickets for Bring It On the Musical.  The show starts March 5th and runs for two weeks.  

Thanks to all of the families that have supported their students to ensure they could access these amazing oppotunities.  I am so proud to be a Rider, and I feel so fortunate to be able to work with all of these amazing students!

Go Riders!

~KD Parman, Principal 

Message about Coronoavirus - The district sent out a message about Covid-19 (Coronavirus).  We will be following the lead of the MESD, Multnomah County Health, and the district on any messaging or information.  We will communicate through phone, email, and text if we need to make any announcements.  Remind your students to wash their hands regularly and stay home if they are sick. 

Roosevelt Weekly Memo to Families
Monday, February 24, 2020

College Ready ‐ Career Focused ‐ Committed to a Socially Just World

Dear families,

It’s looking like spring!  The warmer weather has students leaving campus for lunch in larger numbers.  Remind your student that they represent Roosevelt while they are in the community.  Most students make great choices when they are out and about, but some students are leaving trash in the neighborhood, and a few neighbors are concerned about how that looks.  We are reminding students through announcements at school, but it’s always a good message to get from different adults in their lives. 

SAT Day will be March 4th for all of our juniors.  If you have a junior, make sure they get a good night sleep and eat breakfast on that day.  March 4th is also an early dismissal, so all students will be heading home at 1:30.  Have a great week!

~KD Parman, Principal 

Roosevelt Weekly Memo to Families
Wednesday, February 19, 2020

College Ready ‐ Career Focused ‐ Committed to a Socially Just World

Dear families,

Congratulations to our wrestling and swimming teams for their participation at the district meets this weekend.  We had students place in districts in both sports, and we had a district champion in wrestling.   Thank you to all of you who have volunteered to take tickets, run concessions, and support our athletes this winter sports season.  If you want to help out, get in touch with Sanjay Bedi, our athletic director.  

Over the past few weeks, some of our students have been involved in fighting both on and off campus (and during and after school).  As we work with students to ensure they are safe both at school and in the community, you all are important partners in making sure our students are making good decisions.  Talk with your student about how they navigate complicated situations and what they can do if they are having issues with other students.  Counselors, administrators, and teachers are all folks that students can talk to if they are struggling to figure out how to deal with hard situations.  Many of the issues start on social media, so talk with your student about responsible ways to interact with others online.  It takes all of us working together to ensure our students make good choices and stay safe.  

~KD Parman, Principal 

Roosevelt Weekly Memo to Families
Tuesday, February 11, 2020

College Ready ‐ Career Focused ‐ Committed to a Socially Just World

Dear families,

There’s a lot of information below!  Make sure you take some time to review the information about all of the upcoming events and the great things our students and staff are doing in and around Roosevelt.  Also, take a moment to complete the Successful Schools Survey that is linked below!  Have a great week.

~KD Parman, Principal 

Families – We want to know what you think!  Please complete the Successful Schools Survey before February 28^th.  It should only take a few minutes, and we value your input!

• Go to: http://surveys.panoramaed.com/portlandor/ppsfamily

Recursos Semanales para las Familias de Roosevelt
Martes, 26 de mayo de 2020

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Aquí están los nuevos recursos que Roosevelt recibió esta semana:

Recursos Semanales para las Familias de Roosevelt
Martes, 12 de mayo de 2020

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Aquí están los nuevos recursos que Roosevelt recibió esta semana...

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.