Portland Public Schools is excited to introduce our first innovative, district-wide, virtual career & postsecondary planning event for all high school students:

 

Wednesday, October 21, 2020 
10:00 AM - 3:20 PM

 

Tools to Build Your Future is a 100% virtual event designed to bring industry professionals and postsecondary planning experts to all PPS high school students

Sessions include:

• Career awareness interactive presentations delivered by industry speakers representing a broad range of career pathways
• Information about advanced training and job readiness options
• Financial aid and scholarship options
• Apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programs
• 2 and 4 year colleges (including supports for first generation college students)
• College sessions for Black, Latinx and Native students
• College test preparation and updates
• Gap year programs 

For session and registration information, visit
www.pps.net/buildyourfuture

Click here to watch a quick video to learn more about Tools to Build Your Future and how to complete your registration.

 

Dear PPS Families,

As the 2020-21 school year gets under way, we are excited to share news about school meals. Through our partnership with the United States Department of Agriculture, we will be able to provide school meals for all students at no cost at this time. 

The USDA announced that it is continuing a program that made free breakfast and lunch available to all children during the summer. For Portland Public Schools, that means we will be able to offer seven days’ worth of meals every week for not just PPS students, but all Portland children ages 1-18.

As we announced in August, we have expanded our meals sites to 38 schools where families can pick up sacks of breakfast and lunch on select days, from 3 to 5 p.m. 

Our regular meal service schedule will be:

• Mondays: 2 days’ worth of food
• Wednesdays: 2 days’ worth of food
• Fridays: 3 three days’ worth of food

The complete list of meal pickup sites is available at our Fall 2020 Meals webpage. Families are welcome to visit any school site for meals, regardless of whether their children attend that school. There is no need to sign up, register or provide student ID when you arrive. All sites are outside, and we ask that you wear a facemask and practice physical distancing as you pick up meals. 

We will continue to inform you of any updates or changes to meal service. For more information or support, please contact the Nutrition Services department at 503-916-3399 or nutritionservices@pps.net.

Hi Rider family,

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Hi Riders,

Remember, today is a Gold Day. This means that students are live with their 1st and 2nd period teachers.  

Chromebooks

We just found out that there is a defect in some of the Acer chromebooks that we have distributed to families.  The defect make the chromebook unable to connect to Google Meets.  If your chromebook is unable to connect to Google Meets, please bring it back to the building this week and we will get you a new device.  The district is working on a patch for this issue, but we are unsure how quickly it will be fixed.  You can come to the building on Wednesday from 2 to 5 or on Thursday or Friday (times to be announced once we determine how much need we have for new devices)

Attendance

We appreciate your patience as we work on attendance.  We know it's important that you are getting accurate information about whether your student is engaging in class or not.  More than ever, learning is a team effort this year.  Remind your student to be in live classes each morning and make sure they are completing assignments or other communication for their afternoon classes.  

Diverse Learner Night

Please see the flier sent out about Diverse Learner Night.  It's tonight from 5:30 to 6:30.  There is information about the upcoming Bond, SpEd, ESL, TAG, and Spanish Immersion.  

Thanks for all you do!  We appreciate working with you to support your students during Comprehensive Distance Learning. 

Go Riders!

KD, Dave, and Liz

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Here is a link to the Rider News, our family newsletter this year.

Mensaje de la Directora

Hola Riders,

La semana pasada, pasé un tiempo en los salones de clases y me impresionó mucho el trabajo que los estudiantes y los maestros estaban haciendo juntos.

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Hola Riders:

El anuncio, la semana pasada, de que nos mantendremos en el Aprendizaje a Distancia Integral durante el semestre significa que todos estamos en esto por más tiempo de lo planeado. Todavía estamos resolviendo algunos problemas y agradecemos la paciencia de todos.

Hola padre de Roosevelt,
El día para la segunda toma de fotos  es el 14 de octubre (próximo miércoles). Hemos cambiado las horas en que los estudiantes pueden venir, para que no interfieran con las horas de instrucción de los estudiantes ese día. El nuevo horario es del mediodía a las 5:00 p.m. Su turno para tomarse una foto es por orden de apellido de su estudiante, pero si no puede venir durante ese tiempo, puede hacerlo en cualquier momento entre el mediodía y las 4:30 PM. Este será nuestra última oportunidad este año.

Hola Riders,

Recuerde, hoy es un Dia Oro en el calendario de la escuela. Esto significa que los estudiantes tienen clases en vivo con sus maestros del 1er y 2do período.

Dear PPS Families and Staff,

We are now several weeks into Comprehensive Distance Learning, and simultaneously working on the next phases of a gradual re-opening of schools. PPS remains focused on published health metrics from the county and state and our medical experts. We also continue to observe Oregon Department of Education guidelines as we contemplate introducing limited in-person opportunities. While we are anxious to have all of our students back on campus, we will proceed in a measured and prudent manner that prioritizes the health and safety of our students and employees. 

Dear PPS Families and Staff,

Dear PPS Families,

We want to update you on our progress on the Enrollment and Program Balancing project we have undertaken. As we have previously announced, our initial work is focused on schools in Southeast Portland in advance of the reopening of Kellogg Middle School.