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Readers respond: PPS alienates community support
As a Portland Public Schools supporter, and as parent of two PPS students, I am dumbstruck and heartbroken by the PPS board decision to dissolve individual school-run foundations in favor of a district-run foundation, (“Parent fundraising to staff their own child’s school in Portland is off the table. What comes next is uncertain”). Our school is now left without the ability to make up for gross underfunding.
May 28 School Bulletin: Book Fair, Record Transfers, and Traffic Safety Updates
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Molalla MS teacher makes education special, honored for her work
A Molalla Middle School teacher was not only recently honored for her work, but is getting a little extra help with household expenses. OnPoint Community Credit Union recently announced the four winners of the 2024 OnPoint Prize for Excellence in Education Educator of the Year awards. And Sherry Reeder was tabbed at the grade 6-8 Educator of the Year. Reeder is special education teacher at Molalla River Middle School and...
Colton Corner: Things don't always go as planned
Colton High School senior Levi Beach had his senior project planned. He would design and build a shot put return for the track and field program at the school. At an away meet during the 2023 season, Beach noticed the efficiency of the system used by the opposing team and thought Colton High School could use one for meets and practice. A shot put return is a ramp that allows a shot to be returned from the landing sector to the athlete in the throwing...
Sunset socials studies teacher runner up for OnPoint Educator of the Year
A Sunset High School teacher has been named a runner up in OnPoint Community Credit Union’s Educator of the Year awards. Andrew Gunsul, who teaches freshmen and sophomore social studies classes at the high school, was one of four teachers in Oregon to become a runner up in the annual awards ceremony held on May 23. As a finalist in the 9-12th category, he will join three other finalists in...
‘Who Wants to be a Bazillionaire?’ teaches Lake Oswego Middle School students financial literacy
When you were a middle schooler, did you know what a budget was? How about inflation, interest rates or even a savings account? For the students of Lake Oswego Middle School, the answer will be, “Yes!” On Wednesday, May 22, Lake Oswego Middle School, formerly called Lake Oswego Junior High or LOJ, hosted the special all-school assembly “Million Bazillion Live: ‘Who Wants to be a Bazillionaire?’” ...
New voices upend the status quo in Portland’s high school speech and debate scene
For years in Oregon, the speech and debate scene has traditionally been dominated by wealthier public and private schools. But over the last few years many Portland area high schools that serve higher amounts of low-income students and more diverse populations have made it clear that they are coming for their crowns.
Jesuit again reigns supreme, claims state lacrosse title with 12-9 win over Lake Oswego
During the 2024 Oregon Girls Lacrosse Association (OGLA) state championship game, Lake Oswego students, parents and siblings were clad in all-white. The Lakers’ fans donned matching T-shirts that read “Ring Tour 2024” across the chest, with a long list of schools down the back. Still uncrossed at the bottom of the list was Jesuit, marked in red ink and double-circled. ...
Latest Portland State protest leads to multiple arrests, college says
Multiple arrests were made on Portland State University’s campus Thursday evening, according to the college, after students reportedly chained themselves to an administration building one day after a similar incident and subsequent arrests occurred.
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