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If you have a child who will be 5 years old on or before September 1st, please register for kindergarten right away! To register click here. The process takes 20-30 minutes and can be done entirely online. If you prefer a paper registration, please contact our front office at 503-916-6255 or call Enrollment & Transfer at 503-916-3205.
Dear Families,
Welcome to the 2023-24 school year! As a staff, we are excited for the upcoming school year and are eagerly looking forward to building memories and relationships, as well as developing the skills and knowledge to be critical thinkers and change agents in our community.
School doors will open at 8:37, and school will begin at 8:45, dismissing at 3:00 pm. Students in grades 1-2 will enter through the doors near the library. Students in grades 3-5 will enter the doors near the gym. Fifth grade students will go directly to the classroom on the first day of school. Following that, they will drop off items in the classroom, and proceed to their 1st period specials class.
The school day begins with a community circle, and we are making it our goal to start the school day when the bell rings at 8:45. Please try to arrive in time for students to get to class and put away belongings, so they are ready to join the community circle at 8:45.
Again this year, both 4th and 5th grades will be departmentalizing, with one teacher focusing on the math, science and health portions of the content and the other teacher focusing on reading, writing and social studies. This change allows teachers to strengthen their expertise by narrowing the content bands they are required to teach. It will also allow students diversity in their teachers and begin preparing them for middle school.
We have had a few shifts in positions; staffing for the 2023-24 school year is as follows:
Kindergarten: Ms. Cooper, Ms. Larsen 1st Grade: Ms. Peake, Ms. Pepper 2nd Grade: Ms. Ferguson, Ms. Pearson 3rd Grade: Ms. Michels, Mr. Wolfe 4th Grade: Mr. Ibrahim, Ms. Ferguson 5th Grade: Ms. Brislin, Mr. Brown PE: Ms. Mazur Music: Ms. Ray Media: Ms. Hall (½ time) Art: Mr. Gostovich Counselor: Ms. Weed Reading Intervention: (½ time) Ms. Hall & Jennifer Pettit |
ELL: Ms. Routtenberg Social Worker: TBD School Climate Coach: Ms. Whitaker Learning Center: Ms. Lopez Speech Pathologist: Ms. LeMeune Paraeducator: Ms. Thompson, Ms. Filko School Psychologist: Mr. Backner Instructional Specialist: Ms.Fogg Educational Assistant: Ms. Newton Library Assistant: Ms. Woodward School Secretary: Ashley Gale Principal’s Secretary: Michelle Rowley Custodian: Ms. DeWeese, Walter Bennett |
I am extremely excited for the upcoming year and look forward to continuing to build community, advance social justice issues and improve learning.
Sincerely,
Amber Gerber
Principal, Chief Joseph Elementary School
971.284.7108
When students from Cleveland High School’s Advanced Commercial Foods and Baking class visited Hosford Middle School last month to try out a new recipe they called Baked Pears Goat Cheese Sunflower Seed Delight, the results of an informal sticker poll were very much on the positive side: 26 kids liked it and 30 loved it. Twenty-two were on the fence.
Sixth grader Isaac Huynh was in the latter category. “I’ve had goat cheese before, but this goat cheese tastes different,” he said. “I think the whole thing might have been better with whipped cream.”
Ever wondered if dogs might be able to sniff out cancer? Or how Magic the Gathering is connected to the Satanic Panic of the 1980s? Or if your running watch might be gaslighting you?
Seniors in the Cleveland High School International Baccalaureate (IB) program answered these questions – and many more – at the 15th annual Extended Essay Senior Showcase on February 21. The showcase gives IB students the opportunity to present the results of two years’ worth of research into academic topics of their choosing. The topics begin as inquiry questions, which students then investigate and eventually answer in the form of a 4000-word essay.
At first glance, the annual Portland Public Schools district calendar might seem to fulfill one crucial function: to alert students, staff, and families to the days when school is in session and when it is not.
If that were the case, crafting the calendar would be the work of days, if not hours. In fact, the calendar is a multipurpose living document that involves meticulous planning and careful forethought to ensure the best possible outcomes for students and staff. It also reflects the needs and observances of the many diverse communities the district serves.
Ethan Kramer, Beaumont Middle School’s assistant principal, sees middle school math as so much more than 2x + 3y = 5.
“It’s helping to build the logic center – the prefrontal cortex – in analysis and processing,” he said. Given this, Kramer and others believe that middle grades instruction must lay a strong foundation to support more challenging math concepts in the future – first high school, then beyond.
But what are the components of that foundation? And how is it best established?
The district’s middle grades core academics team and its grades 6-8 math committee have spent the last year weighing these questions in tandem with educators and community stakeholders. Their goal: a comprehensive math curriculum that challenges students without rushing or skipping over key concepts.
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM Yoga RM 10
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Coffee w/ the Principal (CJES Library)
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM School Board- Budget Work Session with vote on a consent agenda
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM School Board - Facilities and Operations Committee meeting
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Adventures in Spanish
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Chess for Success
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM Yoga RM 10
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Connect to kindergarten
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM School Board- Regular Meeting