We are hosting a Virtual Marysville School Community Meeting to discuss the scenarios and enrollment balancing process on Wednesday December 9th, at 6:30 PM.  Please join us at this google meet link.

Marysville has been very fortunate to have Ilene Geneva Clark Waterman from Kindred Heart Quilters donate many beautiful cloth masks for our community. They come in a varitey of sizes and fabrics. If you'd like one, you can pick one up during the meal/book distribution times from 3-4:30pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

If a parent, teacher, or student wants to nominate someone/themself for TAG identification they need to email the school’s TAG Facilitator. Facilitator names and email addresses are available on the Parent tab of the TAG website. 

When the TAG Facilitator receives an email that someone wants to nominate a student, the facilitator goes into the shared nomination folder for their school and sends the parent nomination form to the parent, the teacher form to the student’s teacher, and the facilitator form to themself. In order to send the form, open the form that is labelled as having the language you want to use. Once it is opened, click “Send” in the upper right hand corner of the page. This will open a box where you enter the email address of the person you want to send the form to. Please make sure to put the name of the student who is being nominated in the “Message” line of the “Send Form” dialogue box.

Nominations due from parents by December 4th (digital)

Marysville students created posters to express our values of racial equity and inclusivity. Click here to view the gallery!

Click here to see pictures from our Marysville Halloween Library Book Distribution.

Answerland's Crisis Calls resources has added a new Racial Equity Support Line. "The Racial Equity Support Line is a service led and staffed by people with lived experience of racism. We offer support to those who are feeling the emotional impacts of racist violence and microaggressions, as well as the emotional impacts of immigration struggles and other cross-cultural issues."

Click on these links to find out more and to access more crisis resources:  Racial Equity Support Line, Answerland's Crisis Calls page.

We will now be distributing book bags during all meal distribution times: Mon, Wed, Fri 3-4:30pm.

Let's Get Reading PDF

Hang Pham/ she, her and hers

School Social Worker- Woodmere & Marysville

Cell: 503-719-9077-hapham@pps.net

Hello, Marysville

My name is Hang Pham. I am a new addition part-time School Social Worker here at Marysville Woodmere. I have heard lots of good things about our school and our team. I am so lucky to be a part of the team. I am very excited and can’t wait to serve our students, families, and communities. I understand that my role as a social worker is to empower and advocate for students and families. I promise to serve the Marysville and Woodmere students and family with all of my skills, energy, and positivities. I also want to provide all of the necessary support/ tools/ resources to all of our students and community members including BIPOC populations. I find values in being culturally informed, understanding how social location comes into play with interactions, and will strive to use strengths-based approaches to practice. My strengths lie in working with immigrants and refugees, as well as people with mental health and intersecting social identities. I want to see our students and families get the services that they needed/ deserved in order to be successful including justice and equity. 

A bit more about myself: I am an alumnus of Madison HS and finishing my MSW at PSU. I am an outdoor person and I am more on the extrovert side but easy to get emotion sometimes. I am a vegetarian. I like cooking. I think that is enough for now. I will save the rest and share it with you as we go this year. Oh, one more thing that I am bilingual. If you need help with any Vietnamese students, families or anything relates to the Vietnamese language or culture please don't hesitate to reach out. I am more than happy to support you if I don't know the answer, I will help you to find out. Again, it is my honor and privilege to be on board at Marysville and Woodmere this year. 

Emergency Resources for staff, families and students/ Tài liệu dùng cho những trường hợp khẩn cấp cho nhân viên, gia đình và học sinh

Good Information for Families:

• https://www.whiteaccomplices.org/ Great and in depth resource for creating action and change in our community. (interactive resource - click on an area to think about how to take action)
• How to Talk to Your White Children About George Floyd
• Resources for talking about race, racism and racialized violence with kids.
• A Kids Book About Racism
• Black Lives Matter Meditation By Dr. Candice Nicole
• “Self Care Tips for Black People Who are Struggling With This Very Painful Week” by Rachel Miller for Vice

Dear PPS Students, Families and Colleagues,

Today we celebrate and honor the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a hero of mine. As his influence is seen and felt in the ongoing movement for racial justice, I want to share this video created by the Boise-Eliot/Humboldt Elementary School community. They found a creative way to unify their voices to bring us a unique reading of Dr. King’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech of 1963, originally delivered to a crowd of almost a quarter million people at the March for Jobs and Freedom in Washington D.C. I think you will enjoy this collaboratively produced presentation of Dr. King’s words brought to life by a new generation of change-makers for justice at PPS.

Dear PPS Families,

We are so grateful to our educators and our community who have continued to support our students through these times of transition this year. The presidential election and its fallout, especially the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, have been disturbing and unsettling for all of us, and the feeling of unease continues as next week’s inauguration of Joe Biden nears. We know it can be an especially difficult time for our students and we remain optimistic about the power of democracy and education as they try to make sense of the events and issues.

The Oregon Department of Education (ODE) has issued adapted versions of its annual reports for every school and school district, including Portland Public Schools. The 2019-20 reports do not include data on statewide assessments, class size or attendance. That data is typically included but was not gatherable because classes were conducted online starting in March during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dear PPS Families,

I join all those in public education across the country who denounce the attack on the U.S. Capitol yesterday. The violent and ultimately failed insurrection at the U.S. Capitol was traumatic to witness for all of us, including our students, but I remain optimistic about their future and our country’s.