Dear PPS Families,

This week’s Southeast Guiding Coalition meeting is happening on Thursday, December 3, at 6 p.m. For those who would like to watch or listen to the meeting, please use the links and call-in information below to access interpreters. If you would like interpretation at future Southeast Guiding Coalition meetings, please email Gail Warren at gwarren@pps.net. Interpretation requests must be received by 3:00 p.m. on Friday the week before the meeting is scheduled to occur.

Dear PPS Families and Staff,

Earlier today Governor Brown announced that the State of Oregon is relaxing the criteria and thresholds for schools to re-open to in-person instruction, starting with hybrid models that combine distance learning and on-campus learning.

Dear PPS Families,

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a significant decline in children accessing preventative medical services such as vaccines and well child checks. We’re happy to announce that we have re-opened two of PPS’ school-based health centers to provide access to medical services for students while the district continues to hold classes remotely. School-based health centers offer quality, affordable health care by doctors and Family Nurse Practitioners for children and youth with no out of pocket cost.

Dear PPS Families,

We want to update you on the Enrollment and Program Balancing (EPB) progress. As we’ve shared, the initial work focuses on schools in Southeast Portland in anticipation of the reopening of Kellogg Middle School. The Southeast Guiding Coalition has held six meetings aimed at creating a common understanding of the Coalition’s charge and the process for developing proposals and a final recommendation. The process is starting with a focus on grades 6-8 now, and will expand to grades PK-12 next spring.

Abernethy TAG nomination - Parent/Guardian form

If you would like to nominate your student for TAG, please complete the Parent/Guardian form linked below.

https://forms.gle/mPvSeSkDLqZ5GwnU6

Please contact Julie Miller, our TAG facilitator at (jmiller9@pps.net) if you have any questions. 

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.