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Partners join Chavez K-8 in grounds clean-up; Project Community Care Day is Aug. 24 23 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
Playworks and Waggener Edstrom Worldwide employees teamed up Aug. 14 to spruce up the grounds at Cesar Chavez K-8 School as part of Project Community Care. The annual series of school clean-up events ...
Lincoln High School's Alexandra Gritta awarded Congressional Gold Medal 20 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
Lincoln High School senior Alexandra Gritta has won the highest honor bestowed by Congress. Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) has presented Alexandra Gritta with the Congressional Award Gold Medal...
Opportunity knocks in drive to reconnect youth to high school 20 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
Teachers, outreach workers, staff and community members are turning out Saturday Sept. 14 to knock on the doors of students who are not in school and invite them back to the classroom as part of PPS' ...
Enrollment & Transfer group meets Aug. 20 20 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
The Superintendent's Advisory Committee on Enrollment & Transfer, known as SACET, will meet Tuesday, August 20, 6 p.m.to 8:30 p.m., 2nd floor, Mazama Conference room, 501 N.Dixon Street. The committe ...
Audit bolsters graduation improvement efforts, charts path forward 20 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
A performance audit of Portland Public Schools’ efforts to get more students to graduate credits the district for recent gains, while noting that the district lags behind similar districts and recomme...
Portland Public Schools offers increase in health insurance support for teachers 17 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
Portland Public Schools today presented the Portland Association of Teachers with a revised proposal that increases the amount the school district pays for teachers’ health insurance. The proposal add...
Haskins to lead PPS athletics 16 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
Portland Public Schools announces that Marshall Haskins is the district's new athletic director, succeeding Greg Ross who has retired. Haskins, a vice principal at Franklin High School, was a three-sp...
PTA Clothing Center prepares to distribute clothes to students 16 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
The PTA Clothing Center will open for students to receive clothing from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. the week of August 26-29th.
Project Community Care to beautify school grounds Aug. 24 16 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
Join Portland Public Schools staff and community volunteers in enhancing our buildings and grounds. Project Community Care will be 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 24 at schools across the city.
PPS announces new principals at Benson, four other schools 15 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
Superintendent Carole Smith announced Wednesday that Curtis Wilson, vice principal at Grant High School and longtime Portland Public Schools administrator, is the new principal at Benson Polytechnic H...
