• Registration for our Fall 2025-26 Term will open in early September.

    We will have our program Course List available at that time. Classes are tentatively set to start on Monday, September 29. Classes will be held at the following Campuses this year: Benson HS, Franklin HS, Roosevelt HS.

  • PPS Counselors' Registration Instructions

    Step 1: Pre-Registration

    Pre-Registration for Fall Evening Scholars will open around mid-day on Wednesday, Sept 10.

     

    Online Registration is only open to PPS HS Counselors. Click here to enter. 

    If you are a PPS HS Counselor and are having difficulty accessing the Registration site, please contact Kurt at the PESS Office: khanson2@pps.net.

    * note: to access the Registration page, you will need to logged into your "@pps.net" Google account (jdoe1@pps.net). Make sure you are not logged into a non-PPS Google account.

     

    Please see the PESS Program Info Sheet for more details.

  • Fall 2025-26 Notes

    • All Evening Scholars courses during Fall 2025-26 will be In-Person at various locations (see below)
    • All fees for Fall 2025-26   Evening Scholars courses are being waived for PPS Students.
    • All students who are registered for a class will be enrolled as space allows, per the Enrollment Prioritization Schedule, unless a parent or guardian requests opt out of Evening Scholars.
    • Fall 2025-26 Class schedule will be available when registration opens on Sept 10.

     

    Fall 2025-26 Dates:

    • Registration will open around mid-day on Wednesday, Sept 10
    • Classes meet once per week, from Sept 29 - Jan 15
    • No School Dates
      • Oct 30 (Thursday only- Teacher planning day)
      • Nov 11 (Tuesday only- Veterans' Day)
      • Nov 24-27 (Thanksgiving Break)
      • Dec 22 - Jan 1 (Winter Break)

    Locations:

    • Benson HS, 546 NE 12th Ave, Portland, OR 97232
    • Franklin HS, 5405 SE Woodward St, Portland, OR 97206
    • Roosevelt HS, 6941 N Central St, Portland, OR 97203

  • Portland Evening & Summer Scholars Attendance Expectations

    Portland Evening Scholars is not an online program. There are 13 classes to cover 18 weeks of work. Attendance is critical and expected. We do not have ‘excused absences’. Students that are absent for the first 3 weeks of class are automatically unenrolled as a No Show. After this initial 3-week drop, absences will continue to be monitored for all students throughout the 13-week term. Once 3 absences have been accrued by a student, the following will happen:

    • Absence 3: Students will receive a notice which will be emailed to the student, guardian, day time counselor, and PES teacher as a reminder that students are dropped at 5 absences and to offer support in avoiding more absences.   
    • Absence 4: Students will receive a notice which will be emailed to the student, guardian, day time counselor, and PES teacher as a reminder that students are dropped at 5 absences and to offer support in avoiding more absences.
    • Absence 5:  Students will be unenrolled from Evening Scholars due to attendance.  This is not a disciplinary action, rather an acknowledgement that despite all the effort to get the student to attend class, this is simply not the right time for them to enroll in our program and we will welcome them to try again in a future session when their busy lives are more inline with attending class. 

  • Enrollment Prioritization (based on class cohort during the current school year)

    1. Summer Scholars will not enroll students for 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

       

      Portland EVENING 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

      5. PPS Students, Grade Improvement

      6. PPS Students (grades 9-11), Credit Advancement

      7. Non-PPS students