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There are three wonderful performances coming up before winter break.
Winter Dance, our mid-year dance performance, is coming up on Friday, December 13th and Saturday, December 14th at 7:00pm. Both nights you will be treated to every class and level from Dance at Franklin, all the way from beginning to advanced and Company, along with a special performance from our Junior Company and dancers from Lane Middle School. Tickets are available here: https://app.arts-people.com/
The Winter Choir Concert is Tuesday, December 17th at 6:30pm. This concert will feature all Franklin choirs. There is a suggested donation of $5-15, and tickets will be sold at the door with cash or card.
We are wrapping up the season with the Winter Band Concert on Thursday, December 19th at 7:00pm. All of the band ensembles will perform including Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Jazz Band, Percussion Ensemble/Drumline, and the Wind Ensemble. There will also be a bake sale full of delicious treats by the Lightning Band Boosters, live Holiday Carols in the foyer and much more. Tickets for the band concert can be purchased at the door or online here: https://app.arts-people.com/
If you’re ever lucky enough to tag along with Tom Myers and his bird club at Skyline School, you’ll most likely notice a few things: that Skyline in the early morning can be a breathtakingly beautiful place, and that if you have a question about birds – or the natural world in general – the man his students call “Teacher Tom” can almost certainly answer it.
PPS is hosting a series of events that focus on Belonging, Equity & Inclusive Practices where we will screen powerful, award-winning documentaries aimed at starting a productive conversation about what is possible in the systems we create for our children with disabilities.
As part of this series, we are excited to welcome you to a live virtual event, Including Samuel, on Monday, October 28 at 5:30 PM at OMSI Empirical Theater. The event will include a screening of Dan Habib’s film, “Including Samuel,” and a conversation with him and his son, Samuel.
The Dr. Matthew Prophet Education Center, the rather staid home to Portland Public Schools administrative staff, had a very different look on Monday evening when it hosted the world premiere of “The Return of Emergetron.”
The red carpet event was in celebration of a new film starring students – and for students – about the many emergency scenarios they might encounter in a typical school year.
Portland Public Schools’ Comprehensive School Psychology program was recently named the recipient of a prestigious $5.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education for its proven track record of improving student well-being and academic performance.
The renewable, school-based mental health grant will be used to provide comprehensive school psychology services to 18 Title I schools across the district for the 2024-25 school year. This is up from 11 schools served in the previous year. Through the duration of the grant, 25 schools designated as Title I at the time of the grant award will receive comprehensive school psychology services.
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM School Board - Policy Committee
6:15 PM - 8:15 PM School Board - Audit Committee
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM School Board - Special Meeting or Work Session