Dear PPS Families and Staff,

We want to update you on changes we have made to the Enrollment and Program Balancing proposal for Southeast Portland schools. The initial proposal (see a summary), drafted after months of Southeast Guiding Coalition meetings, was presented to the Board of Education at its January 12 meeting. 

Graduation rates for the 2019-2020 academic year were released today with impressive results for Portland Public Schools, whose high school seniors achieved an 83.7% graduation rate, the highest since adopting a four-year cohort model in 2010 and slightly higher than the 2019-20 statewide rate of 82.6%. 

Dear PPS Students, Families and Colleagues,

Today we celebrate and honor the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a hero of mine. As his influence is seen and felt in the ongoing movement for racial justice, I want to share this video created by the Boise-Eliot/Humboldt Elementary School community. They found a creative way to unify their voices to bring us a unique reading of Dr. King’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech of 1963, originally delivered to a crowd of almost a quarter million people at the March for Jobs and Freedom in Washington D.C. I think you will enjoy this collaboratively produced presentation of Dr. King’s words brought to life by a new generation of change-makers for justice at PPS.

Dear PPS Families,

We are so grateful to our educators and our community who have continued to support our students through these times of transition this year. The presidential election and its fallout, especially the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, have been disturbing and unsettling for all of us, and the feeling of unease continues as next week’s inauguration of Joe Biden nears. We know it can be an especially difficult time for our students and we remain optimistic about the power of democracy and education as they try to make sense of the events and issues.

Abernethy Student Friendly Schedules

Kindergarten Student Friendly Schedule HERE

1st Grade Student Friendly Schedule HERE

1st/2nd Grade Student Friendly Schedule HERE

2nd Grade Student Friendly Schedule HERE

3rd Grade Student Friendly Schedule HERE

4th Grade Student Friendly Schedule HERE

REMINDER ABOUT MENU OF STUDENT AND FAMILY SUPPORTS

As we continue through Comprehensive Distance Learning, we want to remind you of a few resources for families. The PPS Family Resources webpage (https://www.pps.net/familyresources) contains a variety of resources, including the Menu of Student and Family Supports available in the six supported languages at PPS.

The menu helps families and students find the services that are currently available to them and is listed by school. The menu includes details about the following services and supports:

§  Academic Supports

§  Belonging and Connection Services

§  Family Supports and Resources

§  Culturally Specific Supports

We will continually update and improve this menu over the course of the school year by adding additional supports and making it more accessible and user friendly.

We welcome any feedback that you have about the menu of supports or other ways that we can better support our families during this challenging time.