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District News and Events (April 26, 2024)
4/26/2024Teacher Appreciation Week - May 6-10; School Principals Day - May 1
HeART of Portland Closes April 28 With Performances, Lectures, Free Admission
Grant Constitution Team Wins National Competition
Benson Takes Top Spot at Oregon Battle of the Books
Community Transition Programs' Annual Plant Sale Continues This Weekend
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West Sylvan Eighth Grader Wields a Mighty Pen
4/18/2024
Even as a small child, Miranda Yesser possessed a keen understanding of the mercenary nature of the publishing industry.
According to her one-page, tongue-in-cheek author bio, which hangs on a clothesline in English teacher Dr. Holly Graham’s colorful classroom, “Yesser began writing books at a young age, then trying to sell them to her family for 5 dollars a copy.”
It might be time to scoop those copies up. Miranda recently received honorable mention in the annual Scholastic Art and Writing Awards for her short story, “Youth.”
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The Arts Tax in Action: The HeART of Portland is Still Beating
4/12/2024
Students who took their first steps into PPS kindergarten classrooms in 2014 – the year Portland’s first-ever arts education tax went into effect – are now thriving sophomores.
Evan Sampson is one of those sophomores, and he will have a chance to share his story at this year’s HeART of Portland, a showcase spotlighting the artistic accomplishments of some PPS’s most talented students.
The two-week celebration of creativity will take place from April 16-28 at the Portland Art Museum. All exhibits and performances are free and open to the public.
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Lincoln & Grant Constitution Teams to Compete Nationally
4/10/2024
This weekend, the Lincoln and Grant high school constitution teams will compete in the annual We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution National Finals in Washington, D.C.
Now in its fifth decade, the event brings together students from all 50 states for a series of mock congressional hearings on everything from the Constitutional Convention of 1787 to the separation of powers and the future of democracy.
The Lincoln and Grant constitution teams, under the instruction of Patrick Magee-Jenks and Angela DiPasquale respectively, have long histories of taking home trophies on both the state and national level.
Good luck to all!
