Hello! We hope you had an enjoyable summer break. We will be returning to school on Monday, August 27th. Returning students should be receiving a letter in the mail with your schedule (it will be the same as last year). If you need to make changes or DO NOT receive this letter by Friday, August 24th, please come in on the first day, school starts at 9am, and meet with your counselor. Please feel free to give us a call with questions: 503-916-6486.

In this week's PPS Pulse: Flag-raising at Grant honors Native Americans; tips for flu and cold season

Students at Grant High School were invited to attend a flag-raising ceremony during lunch Thursday to recognize Native American Heritage Month, and school officials weren’t sure how many students would go outside on a chilly day. What they saw was a huge throng of students filing through the front door at the Marshall campus (Grant’s temporary home) to watch.

Sen. Ron Wyden wanted to hear questions from students, and he went to the right place last week when he held a forum in the Franklin High School auditorium.

Matthew Bacon-Brenes, a teacher mentor and a leading advocate for dual language immersion in Portland Public Schools, has been awarded a Horace Mann Award for Teaching Excellence for 2019 from the NEA Foundation and Horace Mann.