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  • Support the CCR charge to ensure that each student graduates from high school prepared for college and careers and equipped with the knowledge, skills and dispositions necessary to thrive in the 21st century. Join us today!

Partner Connect

PPS Partner Connect is our new tool which makes it easy for parents, alumni, and industry professionals to connect with K-12 educators. Professionals can share their skills and expertise around their careers to bring real-world, authentic learning opportunities to our students and helping to create the next generation of innovators.

ASPIRE Mentor

Being an ASPIRE mentor means engaging students in conversations about their aspirations for the future and helping them: explore career and post-secondary options, choose the best fit, and plan, apply and pay for their post-secondary choice.

AVID Tutor

AVID, Advancement Via Individual Determination, is dedicated to closing the achievement gap by preparing all students for college and other postsecondary opportunities. AVID has expanded in Portland Public Schools and is now in over 37 schools across the district!

Near Peer Mentor Program

Families, students, and educators are the key to creating a school where students thrive, have the tools to succeed, and aspire to higher education. To take action on that vision, the SMART Mentor Program launches teams of near-peer college work-study mentors from the local community into Jefferson, Madison and Roosevelt high schools and cohort middle schools.

CCR Contacts

James Crawford
Interim Senior Director of High School Academics. Office of Teaching & Learning
jacrawford@pps.net
Aurora Terry Hymel
Dir-Acad Prgms AP, CTE & IB. College and Career Readiness
ahymel@pps.net
Yeng Dhabolt
Director, College and Career Readiness
ydhabolt@pps.net
Carolina Cano
Assistant Director, CTE
ccano@pps.net
Angela Nusom
Assistant Director GEAR UP
anusom@pps.net
Raquel Laiz
Program Manager, College and Career Readiness
rlaiz@pps.net