Kenyan artist, Albert Lizah, will be our featured artist during some of our February art lessons.  Our school has been gifted one of his original artworks.  I will show the students his painting during their lesson.  Here is a link to the website where you can find many incredible African artists. 

Here is the Book Bag Pick-Up Schedule for the rest of the year. Please contact me
at ktruman@pps.net with any questions. If the school district changes its social distancing requirements, we will revise accordingly. Thank you! Mrs. Truman

Dear PPS Families and Staff,

This week, Superintendent Guerrero and senior leaders presented a COVID-19 school reopening update to the Board of Education. The update largely focused on the district’s plan to offer hybrid instruction to middle and high school grades by mid-April. This follows a similar announcement two weeks ago regarding kindergarten through 5th grades.

Dear PPS Families,

We are excited to offer student-athletes in Portland Public Schools an opportunity to participate in the Portland Interscholastic League’s first athletic competitions in over a year starting next week.

Dear PPS Families,

For those who were not able to attend the Explore Your K-5 Options event on February 18, we are offering the event again on Monday, March 8, from 6-8 p.m.

Dear PPS Families,

As we shared last week, we are continuing to offer increased in-person learning opportunities for students, with a goal of launching hybrid instruction to kindergarten to fifth grade students in April. We have a few updates for you this week: