6 x 12 Lottery Information 2025/26

Sign up for your CONFERENCE here!   Make appointments with the teachers you would like to connect with. 

If you prefer a virtual conference, please reach out to the teacher for a meeting link.

Our support team is available if you would like to meet with them privately or invite them to join a conference.

Julie Walrod - Jwalrod2@pps.net

Liz Dwan - edwan@pps.net

Sharon Forrest - sforrest@pps.net

Ethan Risom - erisom@pps.net

Gretchen Benner - gbenner@pps.net

Clement Wilson - clwilson@pps.net

Suezann Kitchens, MLC Principal and Gretchen Benner, MLC Counselor are hosting a virtual meeting on Oct 15 at 6pm for 8th grade parents.  Please join them to learn about transitioning to high school, forecasting and Open House opportunities at your neighborhood school, applying to a Magnet program through the ETC, and our 9x12 program.

Video call link: Link
Or dial: ‪(US) +1 401-542-3201‬ PIN: ‪885 854 558‬#

If you’re ever lucky enough to tag along with Tom Myers and his bird club at Skyline School, you’ll most likely notice a few things: that Skyline in the early morning can be a breathtakingly beautiful place, and that if you have a question about birds – or the natural world in general – the man his students call “Teacher Tom” can almost certainly answer it.

PPS is hosting a series of events that focus on Belonging, Equity & Inclusive Practices where we will screen powerful, award-winning documentaries aimed at starting a productive conversation about what is possible in the systems we create for our children with disabilities. 

As part of this series, we are excited to welcome you to a live virtual event, Including Samuel, on Monday, October 28 at 5:30 PM at OMSI Empirical Theater. The event will include a screening of Dan Habib’s film, “Including Samuel,” and a conversation with him and his son, Samuel.

The Dr. Matthew Prophet Education Center, the rather staid home to Portland Public Schools administrative staff, had a very different look on Monday evening when it hosted the world premiere of “The Return of Emergetron.”

The red carpet event was in celebration of a new film starring students – and for students – about the many emergency scenarios they might encounter in a typical school year.

Portland Public Schools’ Comprehensive School Psychology program was recently named the recipient of a prestigious $5.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education for its proven track record of improving student well-being and academic performance. 

The renewable, school-based mental health grant will be used to provide comprehensive school psychology services to 18 Title I schools across the district for the 2024-25 school year. This is up from 11 schools served in the previous year. Through the duration of the grant, 25 schools designated as Title I at the time of the grant award will receive comprehensive school psychology services.