Summer Scholars Main Website

Students interested in enrolling in summer school should meet with their counselors. 

Registration will be open starting May 12th. 

There will be two sessions for students to take courses this summer:

• Session 1: June 23- July 10 (no class July 4)

• Session 2: July 14- July 30

Classes will be held Monday - Friday, 9:00 am-12:00 pm at four high school locations listed below.  

• Benson High School

• Franklin High School

• McDaniel High School

• Roosevelt High School

Breakfast and lunch will be provided.

No charge to register.

Interested in enrolling?  

For students who are interested in recovering credit through Summer Scholars, they should meet with their high school counselor to review their transcript and choose the appropriate course(s).   Classes will be open for registration starting May 12th. 

Enrollment Prioritization  

Summer Scholars will not enroll students for initial credit, grade improvement, or credit advancement. Students in these situations are invited to enroll in Evening Scholars. 

Summer and Evening Scholars are listed below, separately.

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Portland SUMMER Scholars follows a prioritization process for situations when classes fill up to a maximum capacity. Our prioritization process is as follows:

1. PPS Seniors 

2. PPS Juniors, Credit Recovery and Credit Deficient

3. PPS Sophomores, Credit Recovery and Credit Deficient

4. PPS Freshmen, Credit Recovery and Credit Deficient

• Classes will meet once per week from February 24th - June 3rd for 13 weeks.
• There will be no classes the week of March 24th- March 28th for Spring Break.
• Registration will open in Early February.
• Students must meet with their counselor to enroll in classes.
• All classes are in-person and attendance is required. 
• Each class meets from 5:00 - 8:00pm.
• A variety of classes will be held across 3 locations:
  • Benson High School: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays
  • Franklin High School: Tuesdays and Thursdays
  • Roosevelt High School: Mondays and Wednesdays

Inclement Weather:  In case of inclement weather, here is the general outline Portland Evening Scholars will follow:

1. if PPS is closed for the day:  no PESS classes.

2. if PPS closes early and cancels all evening events (basketball, choir, etc):  no PESS classes. 

3. if PPS has a full day of classes but inclement weather is a possibility for the evening time:  a decision will be made by 3pm for PESS classes.

4. if PPS has late opening:  we will have PESS classes.

5. if PPS moves daytime classes to a virtual platform due to weather, PESS will do the same.  

Here is how our office will communicate these decisions: 

1. We will send out a SchoolMessenger to all students/parents informing them of what our plans are. 

2. Administrator will send an all-staff email informing you what our plan is.  

3. Our website will be updated with a banner along the top indicating our plan is.

The assignment their teacher gave them was simple – make a short film that begins with a phone call and ends with someone hanging up. Benson first-year students Dylan Martinez-Torres and Dariel Soriano Zamora ran it all the way to a small city populated by two very big and rather iconic monsters – Godzilla and Hedora.

The result, Sorry, Wrong Number, is one of the more than 90 films entered into the annual Best of PPS Film Festival. The festival is a celebration of exceptional student filmmaking that includes a showcase at the historic Hollywood Theatre. 

The fourth annual installment of the festival took place on May 21 and included a screening of 13 standout films. The films came from all over PPS and ran the gamut from Dylan and Dariel’s monster short to documentaries, film noir, and broadcast journalism. 

If you are a passionate student or community member that wants to make a difference at PPS, apply to join the Climate Crisis Response Committee! This is a committee that reports to the PPS Board of Education.

On the committee you will learn about how PPS is making progress towards our climate justice and sustainability policies, provide input and recommendations to the PPS Board on how to better support PPS staff as we advance these policy goals, and connect with other passionate members of our PPS community from diverse backgrounds, knowledge areas, and lived experiences.

No previous professional experience in climate change or sustainability required! Students can apply via this form. Community members can apply here.

Deadline to apply: June 6. 

Earthstock 2025 was a huge success!

Each year, special education students from across the region gather at Portland's Crystal Ballroom for a truly unique and uniquely joyful high school dance. 

Earthstock began in 1992 at the request of a young student who was confined to a wheelchair and was disappointed he couldn’t attend the high school dances because of transportation issues. There were 60 kids at the first event. Earthstock now entertains more than 700 students, staff and volunteers, and is rapidly becoming one the largest events of its kind in the country. 

Students at Skyline school were recently treated to a visit from PPS teacher-turned-graphic novelist Aron Nels Steinke. 

Steinke is the award-winning author and illustrator behind the popular Mr. Wolf's Class series. He also taught at Skyline during the 2015-16 school year.

During his visit to Skyline, he opened up to a group of third, fourth, and fifth graders about how he got started as an author despite struggling to read and write in school. He also read a short excerpt from his newest book, Speechless. 

Speechless tells the story of Mira, a sixth grader who spends her first year of middle school finding herself and her voice. Skyline students were some of the book's first readers. We can't wait to see what Mr. Steinke writes next!