Connect to Kindergarten

  • Welcome to MLC!

    We are the only Portland Public K-12 Alternative School!

    The Metropolitan Learning Center utilizes the diversity of the city and its resources to provide a challenging learning environment to empower students. MLC honors students' identities, strengths, and learning styles, so they can be themselves, find themselves, and find a sense of belonging in our school community. At MLC we use courage, compassion, respect, self-discipline, and integrity as anchors for student behavior and learning. Through building relationships with each other and our world, we observe, create, imagine, and think critically about how we can influence positive change. 

    Learn more about Kindergarten at MLC HERE.

Who Are We?

  • Sarah - Kindergarten Teacher

    Robin - Kindergarten Education Assistant

    Ned - Art Teacher

    Matt - PE Teacher

    Ethan - Counselor

    Beriah - Restorative Justice Coordinator

    Molly - Librarian

    Darren - Assistant Principal

    Suezann - Principal

What Makes Us Unique?

  • We nurture each child by focusing on relationship building and relying on our MLC character traits as a touchstone. In partnership with families and community, we provide a strong academic, project-based program. We inspire children to achieve their highest potential and develop a passion for lifelong learning. Within this strong foundation, we encourage joy, curiosity, and making connections to the world around us.

How To Register?

  • Register Online: Visit pps.net/kinderenroll 

    Prefer Paper?: Call our school office

    Have questions?

    Call our school office or PPS.

    Enrollment & Transfer

    (503.916.3205)

How to Enter the Lottery?

  • Step 1: Visit the school choice website: pps.net/schoolchoice

     

    Step 2: Lottery opens in February. Watch our school choice video for instructions.

     

    Step 3: Register at your neighborhood school.

    Step 4: Lottery results are announced in late Spring. Approved students will automatically be transferred.

How to Stay Connected?

  • Connect to K Events:

     

    Kinder Open House/Lottery Info Night:

    Feb. 27   5:30-6:30 p.m.

     

    Connect to K Website

  • Registration for 2025-26 Kindergarten will open February 28, 2025!

    Visit pps.net/enroll for information on enrolling your student for Kindergarten.
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  • Enroll Online

    You can register online if ALL of the following apply:

    • Your child is NEW to PPS
    • Your students did NOT attend a PPS Pre-K locations: Boise-Eliot/Humboldt, Clarendon, Creston Annex, Dr. MLK Jr, Faubion, Grout, Jason Lee, Kelly, Marysville, Lent, Rosa Parks, Sacajawea, Sitton, Whitman, Woodlawn
    • Your student does NOT have an IFSP and did NOT receive services from Multnomah Early Childhood Program (MECP)
    • You are enrolling your child in your neighborhood school and NOT a CBO/Charter
    • You have an email address and access to a computer

     

    Need Help?

    • Call:

      English: 503-916-3205
      Español: 503-916-3205
      Tiếng Việt: 503-916-3584
      中文: 503-916-3585
      Русский: 503-916-3205 
      Soomaali: 503-916-3586 

      Email: enrollment-office@pps.net

      Visit: Enrollment & Transfer Center at 501 N. Dixon St, Suite 140

    Immunization Requirements

    To learn more about student immunization requirements and exemptions, see MESD Immunization.

     
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Connect to Kindergarten Events

  • August 20, 2:00 - 3:00, Popsicles in the Park. Gather on the MLC blacktop, and meet Sarah our Kindergarten teacher. 
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