• About Portland Evening and Summer Scholars

    Portland Evening and Summer Scholars is Portland Public Schools credit recovery program for high school students. 

     

    Both programs take place at Benson HS, Franklin HS, & Roosevelt HS.  Students from all over the PPS area can attend classes that occur outside of their regular class time. This allows students to continue taking classes at their day school while taking additional classes at Evening and Summer Scholars. 

    For more information on the program, please click on the link below:

    Program Information

     

  • Attendance

    Portland Evening & Summer Scholars Attendance Expectations

    Portland Evening Scholars is not an online program. There are 13 classes to cover 18 weeks of work. Attendance is critical and expected. We do not have ‘excused absences’. Students that are absent for the first 3 weeks of class are automatically unenrolled as a No Show. After this initial 3-week drop, absences will continue to be monitored for all students throughout the 13-week term. Once 3 absences have been accrued by a student, the following will happen:

    Absence 3: Students will receive a notice from the Site Administrator. The Administrator will email the student, guardian, day time counselor, and PES teacher as a reminder that students are dropped at 5 absences and to offer support in avoiding more absences.   

     

    Absence 5:  Students will be unenrolled from Evening Scholars due to attendance.  This is not a disciplinary action, rather an acknowledgement that despite all the effort to get the student to attend class, this is simply not the right time for them to enroll in our program and we will welcome them to try again in a future session when their busy lives are more inline with attending class.

  • Portland Evening Scholars

    Portland Evening Scholars is a high school credit recovery program for students who want to recover credit, improve a grade, or get ahead by earning original credit. All Portland Evening Scholars classes are taught by highly qualified teachers, are required for graduation, and are NCAA approved.
     
     
    Here are some facts about the Portland Evening Scholars program;
    • Portland Evening Scholars has been serving Portland students since 1946. 
    • Priority for enrollment goes to students behind in credit needed for graduation.
    • Nearly 20% of the graduating class of 2023 received credit through Evening or Summer Scholars. 
    • Students from more than 20 high schools and community-based programs are served by Portland Evening and Summer Scholars.
     
    Office Hours: 10:00 am - 8:30 pm Monday through Thursday 
     
     
    Inclement Weather:  In case of inclement weather, here is the general outline Portland Evening Scholars will follow:

    1. If PPS is closed for the day:  no PESS classes.

    2. If PPS closes early and cancels all evening events (basketball, choir, etc):  no PESS classes. 

    3. If PPS has a full day of classes but inclement weather is a possibility for the evening time:  a decision will be made by 3pm for PESS classes.

    4. If PPS has late opening:  we will have PESS classes.

    5. If PPS moves daytime classes to a virtual platform due to weather, PESS will do the same.  

            Here is how our office will communicate these decisions: 

    1. We will send out a SchoolMessenger to all students/parents informing them of what our plans are. 

    2. Administrator will send an all-staff email informing you what our plan is.  

    3. Our website will be updated with a banner along the top indicating our plan is.