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Portland Public School District. 
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AM 1450 KBPS presents Almost Monday live in concert at the Benson Polytechnic High School Auditorium Friday December 13th. Doors open at 3:40pm. Show at 4pm. This concert is free for the first 1,000 PPS students and staff. Please bring your PPS ID. Seating is first come first serve. All visitors must check in and show ID. Disney recording artist Almost Monday live in concert at Benson High School Friday December 13th. From AM 1450 KBPS. We are LOVING these guys and strongly suggest you take a listen. They are selling out concerts all around the world on their debut album tour. These guys are going places! 

KBPS Artist Interview: Aminé

KBPS Artist Interview: Goodnight, Texas

Grand (re)Opening of Benson Polytechnic High School

Listen to exclusive KBPS interviews from the Grand (re)Opening on the KBPS Audio Page

Nation's Largest CTE High School and Oregon's Most Expensive High School - Benson Polytechnic High School - Reopens!

August 29, 2024 

Portland, Oregon (KBPS) - Benson Tech is now the biggest CTE high school in the United States, and it's the most expensive high school in Oregon history. After three years of construction and a nine-figure budget, the brand new Benson Polytechnic High School campus has been completed and the first students to use the facility were greeted by teachers and staff this week. "CTE" or Career Technical Education, is a learning structure that allows students to get hands-on education with industry standard equipment, preparing them for their careers and college after high school. The new construction includes a large open space where students can eat lunch, classrooms with up-to-date industry standard technology, and some features from the old Benson building too. Historic places like the original entrance, gym, and auditorium have been preserved to maintain their history while also updating the building's infrastructure for seismic retrofitting and expanding the campus capacity. The public is invited to come see and tour the newly-modernized Benson Polytechnic High School during a Grand Opening Ceremony on Saturday Sept. 14th from 10a-2p. Benson also invites the public to it's big annual showcase called Tech Show, which is scheduled for April 17th and 18th, 2025 in the evening. - This story was produced by the KBPS Student Staff.

Watch this student-produced KBPS Promotional Video

KBPS Artist Interview: Sarah Rogo

KBPS Artist Interivew: Madeline Hawthorne