Our annual Field Day event is coming up on June 13th and our students are excited! It will be a fun day where students will get to be outside participating in a variety of games and activities. Please consider helping volunteer for part of the day as we will need parents to help run the stations. Sign up HERE. Your help is greatly appreciated!!

Dear Woodstock Families,

Thank you for participating in the Ride/Roll school event yesterday.  It was a huge success!

On Friday May 5th, there will be a large map with questions to fill out in our hallway.

This is part of PBOT's inititiave to improve routes and passages to school. The directions, and brief questions to answer will be on the board.  For those of you that are unable to make it, you can fill out the attached map and send it back to school.  

In This Week's Newsletter

• Events and Happenings 
• Changes to note to the 2017 School Calendar 
• From the Principal
• From the Office
  • Lost & Found Purge in May
  • Attendance Communication
  • Morning Drop Off Reminder
  • Student Assessments
• Message about Third Quarter Report Cards/Progress Reports
• Around the School
  • Library Bookmark Contest
  • Kindergarten Library-Computer Time
  • Electronics Recyling Event this Friday
  • Order Your Class Photos
  • TAG Family Night at OMSI
  • Art Show April 28th
  • Hearing Screening for 1st, 3rd and 5th graders
• From the Gym
• Classroom Updates
  • Liduan Hugel
  • Mr. Flowerday
  • Ms. Hillenberg
• Breakfast & Lunch Menu
• After School Programs
• Peachjar Flyers
• Updates from PPS: PPS Budget - We want to hear from you
• PTA Updates
• Shu Ren Updates
• In the Community

We just wanted to remind families that as part of the terms with Portland Association of Teachers (PAT) to turn a planning day into an instructional day to make up for school closures this winter, the district agreed that third quarter report cards/progress reports will only be mandatory for students that meet the following criteria:

• Seniors
• Students who otherwise need a grade (i.e. eligibility for athletics or college applications)
• Students in quarter classes
• Students in danger of failing or whose behavior or achievement shows a significant decline
• Special education students

Please know that at any time you can communicate directly with your child’s teacher to discuss your child’s progress and understand how your child is performing in school.

¡Sí Se Puede! or Yes, we can! is an opportunity for students to celebrate and inspire one another, build relationships outside their schools and share the rich diversity of their talents and experiences with the greater Portland community.

Dear PPS staff and families,

Summer has started, but we want to let you know that the PPS Task Force on the Superintendent Recruitment is continuing to meet on a regular basis and work is happening daily to advance our efforts to find and recruit our next superintendent. We have a final position description and are still actively recruiting candidates.  We appreciate the feedback and candidate recommendations we have received from the community to date.  Below are highlights of our last meeting. We will keep you informed as we go forward. Thank you.

Julia Brim-Edwards, Chair, Superintendent Recruitment Task Force

SEI and Oregon Seal of Bi-Literacy awardees were honored at the June 13 Board meeting. PPS celebrated 13 years of partnership with Self Enhancement Inc. (SEI) Academy. Libra Forde, SEI Chief Operating Officer, Timothy Rodgers, SEI Academy Principal, and Linda Harris, 2006-2010 SEI principal, were presented with plaques honoring this partnership. SEI Academy was named a model school by the Oregon Department of Education in 2013 and 2014.

Dear PPS Families,

Over the summer, crews will be working in schools throughout the district to address health and safety issues, using funds from the bond that voters approved in May. At the same time, planning is under way for bigger projects to rebuild three high schools and a middle school. We wanted to give you an update on what is coming up.