Registration for 2025-26 Kindergarten is open!
Visit pps.net/enroll for information on enrolling your student for Kindergarten.
¡Las inscripciones para el jardín de infantes 2025-26 está abierto!
Visite pps.net/enroll para obtener información sobre cómo inscribir a su estudiante en el jardín de infantes.
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Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month / Mes de concientización sobre las discapacidades del desarollo
May 9, 2025
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
Dear Atkinson Families,
The Run for Atkinson today was a huge success! Students ran a total of 897 MILES!!! A huge shoutout to all the teachers and staff who participated, parents who came to help set up and cheer them on, Franklin High School students who made signs and cheered them on, and most of all to the students who ran their hearts out!
This year, the Run for Atkinson is raising funds for art, music, and PE, as well as performance assemblies by some of Portland's most talented artists and storytellers, a treat we were not able to offer this school year. Your donations will help keep arts and sports alive at Atkinson!
To see how many laps your student ran, CLICK THIS LINK and enter the password Cheetah2025. The sheet has both running club miles and Run for Atkinson miles (listed as "Franklin track").
Thank you so much for all your support, and for all the love we felt for Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week! We are grateful to have such a special community!
In service to students,
Debbie Armendáriz
Principal
Atkinson Elementary School
School Main Number: (503) 916-6333
darmenda@pps.net
9 de mayo de 2025
MENSAJE DE LA DIRECTORA
Estimadas familias de Atkinson:
¡La Carrera por Atkinson de hoy fue todo un éxito! ¡Los estudiantes corrieron un total de 897 MILLAS ! Un agradecimiento especial a todos los maestros y el personal que participaron, a los padres que vinieron a ayudar con la organización y animarlos, a los estudiantes de la Preparatoria Franklin que hicieron carteles y los animaron, y sobre todo a los estudiantes que corrieron con todas sus fuerzas.
Este año, la Carrera por Atkinson recauda fondos para arte, música y educación física, así como para presentaciones de algunos de los artistas y narradores más talentosos de Portland, un regalo que no pudimos ofrecer este año escolar. ¡Sus donaciones ayudarán a mantener vivas las artes y los deportes en Atkinson!
¡SE PUEDEN HACER DONACIONES AQUÍ !
Para ver cuántas vueltas corrió su estudiante, HAGA CLIC EN ESTE ENLACE e ingrese la contraseña Cheetah2025 . La hoja contiene millas del club de corredores y millas de Run for Atkinson (indicadas como "Franklin track").
¡Muchísimas gracias por todo su apoyo y por todo el cariño que sentimos durante la Semana de Reconocimiento al Profesorado y al Personal! ¡Estamos agradecidos de tener una comunidad tan especial!
Al servicio de los estudiantes,
Debbie Armendáriz
Directora
Escuela primaria Atkinson
Número principal de la escuela: (503) 916-6333
darmenda@pps.net
The assignment their teacher gave them was simple – make a short film that begins with a phone call and ends with someone hanging up. Benson first-year students Dylan Martinez-Torres and Dariel Soriano Zamora ran it all the way to a small city populated by two very big and rather iconic monsters – Godzilla and Hedora.
The result, Sorry, Wrong Number, is one of the more than 90 films entered into the annual Best of PPS Film Festival. The festival is a celebration of exceptional student filmmaking that includes a showcase at the historic Hollywood Theatre.
The fourth annual installment of the festival took place on May 21 and included a screening of 13 standout films. The films came from all over PPS and ran the gamut from Dylan and Dariel’s monster short to documentaries, film noir, and broadcast journalism.
If you are a passionate student or community member that wants to make a difference at PPS, apply to join the Climate Crisis Response Committee! This is a committee that reports to the PPS Board of Education.
On the committee you will learn about how PPS is making progress towards our climate justice and sustainability policies, provide input and recommendations to the PPS Board on how to better support PPS staff as we advance these policy goals, and connect with other passionate members of our PPS community from diverse backgrounds, knowledge areas, and lived experiences.
No previous professional experience in climate change or sustainability required! Students can apply via this form. Community members can apply here.
Deadline to apply: June 6.
Earthstock 2025 was a huge success!
Each year, special education students from across the region gather at Portland's Crystal Ballroom for a truly unique and uniquely joyful high school dance.
Earthstock began in 1992 at the request of a young student who was confined to a wheelchair and was disappointed he couldn’t attend the high school dances because of transportation issues. There were 60 kids at the first event. Earthstock now entertains more than 700 students, staff and volunteers, and is rapidly becoming one the largest events of its kind in the country.
Students at Skyline school were recently treated to a visit from PPS teacher-turned-graphic novelist Aron Nels Steinke.
Steinke is the award-winning author and illustrator behind the popular Mr. Wolf's Class series. He also taught at Skyline during the 2015-16 school year.
During his visit to Skyline, he opened up to a group of third, fourth, and fifth graders about how he got started as an author despite struggling to read and write in school. He also read a short excerpt from his newest book, Speechless.
Speechless tells the story of Mira, a sixth grader who spends her first year of middle school finding herself and her voice. Skyline students were some of the book's first readers. We can't wait to see what Mr. Steinke writes next!
7:00 PM - 7:30 PM CANCELLED – ATK Online with the Principal / En línea con la directora
8:10 AM - 9:10 AM ATK Principal's Coffee / Café con la directora
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Portland, OR 97206
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