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10/19 - No Stuff Fundraiser Ends
10/19 - 6:00 pm PTA Movie Night
10/22 - Shu Ren: Mandarin Language Workshop
10/23 - PTA Dine Out: DeNicola’s Italian Restaurant
10/24 - School Picture Make-Up Day
10/24 - K-2 Illustrator Visit
10/26 - 1st Quarter Grading Period Ends
10/26 - PTA Harvest Carnival
10/29 - No School - Teacher Planning Day
11/5 - PTA Earthquake and emergency preparedness seminar

For the 2018-19 school year, Woodstock Elementary School will have a new child care provider – Champions. Champions will provide high-quality before- and after-school child care services. This is a known and well-regarded organization, providing child care in schools in the Portland area and across the country.

The first day of school for the 2018/19 School Year is Monday, August 27th for 1st - 5th Grade students. Kindergartners will start on Thursday, August 30th.

Notice of School Hours Change for Next Year 2018-19

PPS will be changing school start and end times at a number of schools, including Woodstock. As of the start of school in fall 2018, we will start at 8:15 and release at 2:30 p.m. This minor adjustment is part of a district-wide alignment of schedules. Please take note of this change. The schedule alignment allows for more efficient bus transportation, makes it easier to schedule substitute and itinerant teachers, provides more consistency in instructional time and allows for better use of teachers’ professional development time.

Woodstock Families,

Welcome to the 2018-2019 school year!  It was great to see everyone together for the first time at our Morning Meeting.  With all our new and returning students and staff, I’m really looking forward to this school year.

Please remember that the Woodstock Open House is next Wednesday, September 5, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM.  

Prior to the Open House will be a TAG Information Meeting (this is open to all interested families) at 5:00 PM and there will be an ELL Family Information Meeting at 5:30 PM.  Both of the events will take place in the cafeteria.

If you were at our Morning Meeting today, you may have heard about some changes to our upcoming Open House.  This year, all grade level teams will be doing a presentation in the cafeteria. Here is the schedule for the the grade level presentations:

6:15 PM - Kindergarten
6:30 PM - 1st Grade
6:45 PM - 2nd Grade
7:00 PM - 3rd Grade
7:15 PM - 4th Grade
7:30 PM - 5th Grade

Teachers will not be available in their classrooms during their respective presentations, but will be available to talk with families, on a more personal level, before and after their grade level presentation.

Please note that conference sign-ups will not happen during Open House this year.  We hope you can focus on meeting your child’s teacher, exploring the school, and learning about Woodstock’s instructional program.  There will be more information coming about conference sign-ups in September.

I’d also like to take a moment to remind families to review the updated Arrival and Dismissal Procedures Document.  Specifically, I would like to point out that the cafeteria doors will no longer be open during arrivals. This week, we piloted the additional security of keeping those doors closed and having students and families enter, primarily, through the main school doors.  We discovered that it provided better supervision and safety for students. We understand that this may cause an inconvenience for some families, but believe it allows for a more secure school. If you have any questions about these safety changes, please let me know.

Students and families may enter the building starting at 8:00 AM.  However, there is not supervision and the front doors may be locked prior to 8:00 AM. To make sure your child is safe and supervised, please do your best to plan your morning so that you child arrives between 8:00 and 8:10 AM.

There have also been a few requests from families to allow students in 1st and 2nd Grade to walk to meet a younger sibling at their dismissal door.  Please keep in mind that only students 3rd Grade and up can walk to meet a younger sibling at their dismissal door, but they will still need written permission to do so.  If you have any questions, please talk with your child’s teacher.

Finally, I want to share that our new Kindergarten class has done a fantastic job of transitioning to the rigors of an elementary school.  We hope you have a restful three day weekend and look forward to picking up again next week.

With Woodstock Pride,

Seth Johnson, Principal
Woodstock Elementary

Welcome to the 2018-2019 School Year!  Please see the staffing updates and other important information in this Principal's Message.

For the 2018-2019 school year, we have several new hires and staffing changes which we are excited to share.

PPS Pulse: PTA Clothing Closet continues to provide for students; Mayor Wheeler helps students walk and bike to school

Art teachers in Portland Public Schools don’t just teach – many are artists in their own right. Four PPS teachers were among the 30 educators from Oregon selected to have their work displayed at the “Teachers as Artists – After the Demo” exhibition currently on display at the Maryhill Museum of Art in Goldendale, Wash.

Since 1963, the PTA Clothing Closet has operated out of Portland Public Schools and is legendary among other West Coast PTAs for its organization and number of students it clothes each year.  Last year the Clothing Closet served over 1,600 students, and those numbers climb higher as families face financial crises. 

Portland Public Schools will join thousands of other school districts in the United States in participating in the Great Shakeout, a national earthquake preparedness event on Wednesday, Oct. 18 at 10:18 a.m.