2017-2018 SCHOOL SUPPLY LISTS
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SUPPLY DRIVE
It’s hard to believe we are approaching the end of the school year. Using the MindUP curriculum to teach students about mindfulness as a way to cultivate happiness in their lives has been very exciting for us this year. We’ve seen a strong impact of mindfulness on the way students approach school and we hope that has carried over to home.The final two lesson in the MindUP curriculum are about mindful action in the community, centered around community service. The last unit of MindUP has been about cultivating happiness, and service to community is a way to do this.  
 
To go along with these lessons we coordinated with PTA parents, student council, and another school to do a school supply drive, happening June 5th-16th. The supplies collected during this drive will go to Alder Elementary, a Title 1 school. We will be collecting new and barely used school supplies in bins in the hallways.  
With the quickly approaching end of the year, we hope this help students and families clean out backpacks and desks, as well as give student an opportunity to engage in community service.

Hello Ainsworth Community,

We would like to welcome you or welcome you back to Ainsworth. We hope you had a fun and relaxing summer spent with loved ones. We look forward to hearing what you are most excited about for this year. We believe this will be our best year yet and have so many wonderful things in store for our students and families. Every year brings us new beginnings and opportunities to make new friends and experience Ainsworth in a new way. Together, let's make it a great year!

Kris & Grace

¡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.