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Mission: At McDaniel, all students will access an engaging and inclusive education defined by diversity and respect. All students will graduate from high school empowered with critical skills necessary for success in higher education, career, and community engagement.
March 20th is a unique day at McDaniel! Each grade level has their own activity for the day:
9th graders will start with activities in classrooms and then attend the poetry slam. They will be released after lunch (11:45 - 12:30).
10th graders are going on field trips to various colleges and universities. The various field trips have different departure and arrival times - please see your student’s permission slip or student emails for details.
11th graders will be taking the SAT test. The test is done virtually this year, so all juniors need to bring their fully-charged chromebook with them. Students should report to their testing room at 8:30 am. Once the test begins, students will not be admitted to the test. Juniors will be released for the day at lunchtime. Check your room assignment HERE.
12th graders will be working on graduation requirements in various sessions. Their day runs from 8:30am - 3:30pm.
Seniors! Click link below to view important dates for graduation!
When students from Cleveland High School’s Advanced Commercial Foods and Baking class visited Hosford Middle School last month to try out a new recipe they called Baked Pears Goat Cheese Sunflower Seed Delight, the results of an informal sticker poll were very much on the positive side: 26 kids liked it and 30 loved it. Twenty-two were on the fence.
Sixth grader Isaac Huynh was in the latter category. “I’ve had goat cheese before, but this goat cheese tastes different,” he said. “I think the whole thing might have been better with whipped cream.”
Ever wondered if dogs might be able to sniff out cancer? Or how Magic the Gathering is connected to the Satanic Panic of the 1980s? Or if your running watch might be gaslighting you?
Seniors in the Cleveland High School International Baccalaureate (IB) program answered these questions – and many more – at the 15th annual Extended Essay Senior Showcase on February 21. The showcase gives IB students the opportunity to present the results of two years’ worth of research into academic topics of their choosing. The topics begin as inquiry questions, which students then investigate and eventually answer in the form of a 4000-word essay.
At first glance, the annual Portland Public Schools district calendar might seem to fulfill one crucial function: to alert students, staff, and families to the days when school is in session and when it is not.
If that were the case, crafting the calendar would be the work of days, if not hours. In fact, the calendar is a multipurpose living document that involves meticulous planning and careful forethought to ensure the best possible outcomes for students and staff. It also reflects the needs and observances of the many diverse communities the district serves.
Ethan Kramer, Beaumont Middle School’s assistant principal, sees middle school math as so much more than 2x + 3y = 5.
“It’s helping to build the logic center – the prefrontal cortex – in analysis and processing,” he said. Given this, Kramer and others believe that middle grades instruction must lay a strong foundation to support more challenging math concepts in the future – first high school, then beyond.
But what are the components of that foundation? And how is it best established?
The district’s middle grades core academics team and its grades 6-8 math committee have spent the last year weighing these questions in tandem with educators and community stakeholders. Their goal: a comprehensive math curriculum that challenges students without rushing or skipping over key concepts.
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM School Board- Regular Meeting
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM School Board - Student Success Committee
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM School Board - Special Meeting
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM School Board - Facilities and Operations Committee meeting
For the most up-to-date calendar information, including our A/B schedule, please check our Trivory app.
Link to the McDaniel HS Trivory Page: https://trivory.com/
Students who need to request a transcript for college or scholarship applications, please log in to your MaiaLearning account with your PPS student username/password to make that request. Or, contact your counselor directly.
If you need to request student records, please contact Patricia Morgan by email at pmorgan@pps.net, or you can leave a message at (503) 916-5220 ext. 81401.