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Monday, March 25-Friday, March 29 - No School - Spring Break
Thursday, April 4 - MAC Fun Run
Friday, April 5 - No School - Teacher Planning Day
Friday, May 17 - PTSA Carnival - 5 pm to 8 pm
Friday, May 24 - Field of Fun - 1:45 pm to 3 pm
Monday, May 27 - No School - Memorial Day
Friday, May 31 - Middle School Social - 3:15 pm to 5 pm
Wednesday, June 5 - 8th grade production - 6 pm to 8 pm
Thursday, June 6 - 8th grade production - 6 pm to 8 pm
Friday, June 7 - 8th grade production - 6 pm to 8 pm
Thursday, June 13 - School Picnic
Thursday, June 13 - 8th grade promotion - 6 pm to 7 pm
Friday, June 14 - Last Day of School
When students from Cleveland High School’s Advanced Commercial Foods and Baking class visited Hosford Middle School last month to try out a new recipe they called Baked Pears Goat Cheese Sunflower Seed Delight, the results of an informal sticker poll were very much on the positive side: 26 kids liked it and 30 loved it. Twenty-two were on the fence.
Sixth grader Isaac Huynh was in the latter category. “I’ve had goat cheese before, but this goat cheese tastes different,” he said. “I think the whole thing might have been better with whipped cream.”
Ever wondered if dogs might be able to sniff out cancer? Or how Magic the Gathering is connected to the Satanic Panic of the 1980s? Or if your running watch might be gaslighting you?
Seniors in the Cleveland High School International Baccalaureate (IB) program answered these questions – and many more – at the 15th annual Extended Essay Senior Showcase on February 21. The showcase gives IB students the opportunity to present the results of two years’ worth of research into academic topics of their choosing. The topics begin as inquiry questions, which students then investigate and eventually answer in the form of a 4000-word essay.
At first glance, the annual Portland Public Schools district calendar might seem to fulfill one crucial function: to alert students, staff, and families to the days when school is in session and when it is not.
If that were the case, crafting the calendar would be the work of days, if not hours. In fact, the calendar is a multipurpose living document that involves meticulous planning and careful forethought to ensure the best possible outcomes for students and staff. It also reflects the needs and observances of the many diverse communities the district serves.
Ethan Kramer, Beaumont Middle School’s assistant principal, sees middle school math as so much more than 2x + 3y = 5.
“It’s helping to build the logic center – the prefrontal cortex – in analysis and processing,” he said. Given this, Kramer and others believe that middle grades instruction must lay a strong foundation to support more challenging math concepts in the future – first high school, then beyond.
But what are the components of that foundation? And how is it best established?
The district’s middle grades core academics team and its grades 6-8 math committee have spent the last year weighing these questions in tandem with educators and community stakeholders. Their goal: a comprehensive math curriculum that challenges students without rushing or skipping over key concepts.
Welcome to Winterhaven! Winterhaven is a Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Math (STEAM) focus option school. We have a diverse learning environment in which its members are committed to meeting the educational, social, emotional and physical needs of all students in accordance with current practices, regardless of background or ability. This environment will stress academic excellence in a context of cultural enrichment and competency as well as community involvement. All stakeholders - students, staff and community - will feel valued and involved in the learning process.
Sincerely,
Mark Sandilands, Principal
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM School Board- Budget Work Session with vote on a consent agenda
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM School Board - Facilities and Operations Committee meeting
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM School Board- Regular Meeting
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM School Board - Student Success Committee
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM School Board - Facilities and Operations Committee meeting
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM School Board- Study Session with vote on a consent agenda
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM School Board - Student Success Committee
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM School Board - Tax Supervising & Conservation Commission (TSCC) Hearing