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Volunteering @ Buckman & èßäÊÓƵ

Thank you for your interest in volunteering at Buckman! ALL volunteers must have their background clearance completed PRIOR to volunteering, including when chaperoning for field trips. Please read on for details from the PPS website about the background clearance process.

To ensure a safe environment for our èßäÊÓƵ, PPS requires volunteers to follow the steps below. Please review the Volunteer Code of Conduct (Step 1) and Mandatory Volunteer Training (Step 2) prior to completing the volunteer application (Step 3). In the online volunteer application, you will need to sign that you have reviewed these materials and agree to adhere to all the requirements. 

A person is considered a volunteer if they have the potential for unsupervised contact with PPS èßäÊÓƵ during èßäÊÓƵ hours, including chaperoning for field trips. Folks who have not been approved through the background check process may NOT join field trips regardless of location. 

To begin the process, please visit the PPS Volunteer page. This clearance is valid at any PPS èßäÊÓƵ for three years.

New PPS Bookmobile

On Saturday, February 15, PPS is making literacy come alive with a Bookmobile packed with FREE books, fun activities, and a love for storytelling. We believe that every child deserves access to great books, and what better way to spark curiosity and imagination than by bringing books straight to the community?

Join us at these campuses: 9:00 - 10:30 AM | Rosa Parks Elementary | 8960 N Woolsey Ave, Portland, OR 97203 11:00 - 12:30 PM | Chapman Elementary | 1445 NW 26th Ave, Portland, OR 97210 1:00 - 2:30 PM | Faubion PK-8 | 2930 NE Dekum St., Portland, OR 97211 3:00 - 4:30 PM | Lionel Clegg Boys & Girls Club | 9330 SE Harold St, Portland, OR 97226

Dear families,

Instilling a lifelong love of reading is one of our main missions at Buckman. There are so many adventures, achievements, and acts of positive change that begin with books, and that is why I am thrilled to introduce you to a fun new literacy initiative spearheaded by our superintendent, Dr. Kimberlee Armstrong.

On Saturday, February 15, èßäÊÓƵ will be launching its first-ever Golden Key Quest, a citywide literacy scavenger hunt.

Here’s how it works

PPS has partnered with the following literacy hubs to make the Golden Key Quest a reality.

– 224 NW 13th Ave, Suite 304, Portland, OR 97209

– 2518 SE 33rd Ave, Portland, OR 97202

– 716 SE Grand Ave, Portland, OR 97214

Students are invited to visit the hubs and look for golden keys hidden inside books. The lucky ones who find a Golden Key should scan the QR code on the key, which will take them to a webpage where they can claim their prize: free family tickets to OMSI! (No purchase necessary to participate.)

Reading is the spark that lights the fire of life-long learning. I hope that our èßäÊÓƵ and families will take advantage of this wonderful opportunity.

Sincerely,

Lisa Ditto

Buckman Principal

Early Release Days

• Student pick up @ 11:50AM
• NO SUN programming
• Champions is running from release to regular Champions end time

HeART of Portland, the annual celebration of local student artists, is returning to the Portland Art Museum (PAM) beginning April 16.

The two-week fine arts showcase features work by èßäÊÓƵ from across èßäÊÓƵ and is made possible by the Arts Access Fund, which also supports elementary visual and performing arts educators.

kicks off with an opening reception at PAM on April 16 at 6:30 p.m. and concludes with the Miller Family Free Day on April 27. The opening reception will include musical and theatrical performances, as well as a set from the elementary èßäÊÓƵ honor choir – made up of two singers from each PPS elementary – and the debut of the honor dance collective. 

In addition, the showcase will feature more than 100 works of student visual art, handpicked by PPS arts educators, and a collaborative art project for K-12 èßäÊÓƵ that embraces the rebellious spirit of the current PAM exhibition,  

The reception and HeART of Portland exhibits are free and open to everyone. Please join us in lifting up our student artists!

èßäÊÓƵ is continuing to host a series of events aimed at starting productive conversations about what is possible in the systems we create for our children with disabilities.

As part of this series, we are excited to welcome you to a free screening of  on Thursday March 20 at . Doors open at 6 p.m. and the movie begins at 7:00.

The Ride Ahead is a film about adult life with disabilities by a man with disabilities. It is the debut of 21-year-old Samuel Habib who, struggling to find his place in the world, decides to make a film that charts how a group of disabled adults navigate challenges and forge their own unique paths. The film serves as a roadmap for himself and others and illustrates the compelling power of one person truly determined to live life on his own terms.

In documenting his journey, Samuel is following in the footsteps of his father, the filmmaker Dan Habib. You can learn more about their work .

Staff, families, and community members are all invited. Parking is free and McMenamins' full menu is available for ordering. We hope to see you there!

In meteorological terms, Portland’s first big weather event of 2024 was the definition of a perfect storm. Frigid temperatures and high winds combined with snow and ice to bring down tree limbs, close roads, scramble traffic, freeze pipes, and knock out power for tens of thousands of residents.

It was a metaphorical perfect storm for èßäÊÓƵ as well. Fallen trees cut power to multiple èßäÊÓƵs and others have suffered water damage from broken pipes. Lack of heat was also a problem, and impassable roads, paired with snowed-in and icy parking lots, made it impossible for buses to run safely. Those same conditions limited how the district’s facilities and operations teams can even assess the scope of the issues, let alone begin working on solutions. And icy sidewalks meant walkers have no safe route to èßäÊÓƵ.

This week could bring similar conditions to the Portland area, and PPS’s School Closure Team is ready to meet the challenge. The team convenes regularly during inclement weather to take all of the above into careful consideration. By now, families are quite familiar with how the district communicates these decisions. What’s perhaps less known is how district leaders arrive at such decisions in the first place.