New PTA Leadership
Two new board member positions added for 2013-2014 The results of this week’s PTA election has created the largest, most diverse PTA leadership in our known history. An additional vice president position was created and the treasurer’s duties will be shared by co-treasurers. Kenny Butler will return again to the role of President after two [...]
King PTA Elections coming soon–It’s your turn!
Traducción al español por debajo del Inglés Hello all: It may seem far away now, but our PTA election on May 9th is approaching fast. There have been a lot of changes at King and the PTA is changing too—will you be a part of that change? As president, I am coming to the end [...]
Buy your King Dinner Theater tickets today!
Our first annual King Dinner Theater is just one of the many events at King that demonstrate the progress of our program and give parents and community an opportunity to support it at the same time. See the fruits of the students’ hard work in a relaxing atmosphere and keep a good thing going! Buy [...]
Thara Memory’s American Music Program coming to King
Here’s a tease: Watch Masters of Jazz: The Next Generation on PBS. See more from KOPB.
February Meeting Agenda
King PTA Meeting Agenda 02-14-2013, 5:30-7:00pm Before Meeting: • Pick up of children from SUN—parents to take them to PTA childcare in Pre-K • Sign in • Review meeting agenda, minutes • Sign up for volunteers for Papa Murphy’s fundraiser • Dinner for attendees Approval of Agenda, Minutes Standing Reports: • Treasurer’s Report • Site [...]
King School gets shout-out in Portland Monthly
While we here at King know that test scores don’t tell the whole story of a school, we are definitely proud of our dramatic gains in achievement. In the end, however, a well rounded, holistic program like our arts enhanced International Baccalaureate is the key to good education for our kids. You can read Portland [...]
Connect to Kindergarten at King
King School is growing and you will want to grow with us! Do have child who will be an incoming kindergartener (5 years in September) or an incoming Pre-kindergartener (4 in September)? We will have our annual winter open house for incoming or prospective parents on Friday, March 1st at 10:00 am. Learn about our [...]
What to Expect in High School–a presentation
Beaumont PTA Presents The Parents’ Guide to the High School Brain 7pm, Wednesday, January 16th Beaumont Middle School Library Calling all 8th grade parents and anyone who has ever wondered what goes on in the minds of the teenager! The Beaumont PTA proudly presents What to Expect in High School. Join us for a panel discussion [...]
January Meeting Agenda
01-10-2013, 5:30-7:00pm Old Business Asuntos pendientes: 5:30: Auction Committee formation, Auction Planning—Michelle Hodges formación Subasta Comité, Subasta de Planificación-Michelle Hodges Standing Reports Informes permanentes : 6:15: Principal’s Report and discussion of status of Enrollment Balancing process Reporte de la Directora y la discusión de la situación del proceso de inscripción de equilibrio 6:30: Site Council [...]
December King PTA News
It has been another frenetic month as usual here at King. Here’s just a few of the details from this month’s meeting: Enrollment Balancing Last week, Principal Patterson and Io Eltagonde presented a plan by King School staff to Enrollment and Transfer Director, Judy Brennan to achieve a sustainable student population for King School. This [...]
SMART Event at King Celebrates Giving 2 Million Books to Oregon Children
From SMART: Start Making A Reader Today, SMART, is celebrating putting 2 million books in the hands of more than 152,000 children who need them most across Oregon. SMART has operated in the Portland metro area since 1992; in that time, more than 2,000 SMART volunteers have given away nearly 475,000 books to 46,971 children. [...]
Enrollment Balancing, Backpack Benefit, Auction Planning: PTA Update–Week of November 13th
Hello All! A busy week this is! Tonight, Tuesday November 13th, is the Cross-Cluster Enrollment Balancing meeting at Jefferson High School Middle College. This is the first opportunity for parents from all schools in the Jefferson Cluster to meet and discuss the issues and how we work together for the betterment of ALL of our [...]
Art Teacher Seeks Donations to Ceramics Program
To raise funds for creating a ceramics curriculum in the art department, King’s new visual arts teacher, Hanne Duncan has created a wishlist for donations at dickblick.com. The goal is $818.90 and the deadline for donations is January 15th. To donate, go to the link below: http://www.dickblick.com/ara/lists/2575/home
King PTA Update–End of October
Hello everyone! It has been a busy month for King School as usual: Enrollment Balancing/School Closure? I hope you all were there at one of our meetings with PPS on last Friday or this Tuesday. PPS Enrollment Director, Judy Brennan and Executive Director of School & Operations Support, Harriet Adair, came and explained the process [...]
King PTA October Update
Here’s the PTA update: Enrollment Balancing/School and Boundary Changes We had a packed house at the enrollment balancing discussion held last Friday at Trace and Julie’s house. We agreed to formulate a coherent vision for what King School needs. We will use data to justify our arguments and our position will be based on our [...]
PPS Releases Enrollment Balancing Meeting Schedule
Here are the dates for individual school meetings regarding enrollment balancing/boundary changes/closures. They are listed alphabetically by school, not chronologically. The King PTA recommends that parents from each school attend meetings at other schools as well as their own to assure that information is distributed equitably by the district and that all parents are forming [...]
Enrollment Balancing–What is it?
• Save our School • Make it Last • What do we want for King? Meet with other King Parents and community members to learn about and discuss the pending changes to school boundaries, programs, and school closures coming to North and Northeast Portland. King School must grow to an attendance boundary that can bring [...]
Start Making a Reader Today–Volunteer for SMART
Hello SMART volunteers, It’s that time of year again! We are busy getting ready for another year of SMART at King School. We have two bits of big news. The first is that we have a new co-coordinator, Di Carroll! Di has been a reader for many years, and has agreed to step up to [...]
PTA Clothing Closet Needs King PTA Volunteers
We need your help in having you help our PPS kids, and hope you have time in your busy schedule to assist kids finding just the right outfit, or helping to sort donations. Monday Oct. 1st is King’s day to send 5-6 volunteers to be a “personal shopper” to help kids receive clothing or to [...]
City of Portland to discuss possible school zoning changes
Agenda: September 17, 2012 Education and Youth Success PEG Meeting September 17, 2012 from 4:00 to 6:00 PM 1900 SW 4th Avenue, Portland, Conference Room 7A Welcome and Reflections from Last Meeting (10 minutes) Description: Quick round-table introductions and opportunity for PEG members to share impressions and/or follow-up thoughts from the August 20 meeting Overview [...]
First PTA Meeting of 2012-2013: This Thursday, 5:00-6:30
King Families and Staff: Our first meeting of the year is this Wednesday, September 13th at 5:00pm in the school library. This will be your opportunity to get up to speed on what is happening with the PTA this year. Last year saw great growth in participation and fundraising. This year is looking to be [...]
Agenda for Next Enrollment Balancing Meeting
Jefferson Cluster Enrollment Balancing Planning Tuesday August 21, 2012 5:30-8:00 Community Room Jefferson Middle College for Advanced Studies 5210 North Kerby Avenue, Portland, OR 97217 Desired Outcomes: Refine enrollment balancing stakeholder participation process by: Developing guiding principles Sharing lessons learned from past processes Drafting specific frameworks for school-based and cluster-wide processes Team Leaders: Harriet Adair, [...]
Turnaround Arts Initiative Update
August 7, 2012 Dear King Families, Students, Staff and Community Members: Thank you again to all of the families that supported their students through an Extended School Year in July. At the end of July, Tommy Allen 1st/2nd grade teacher, Lisa Collins, our School Improvement Specialist, and I had the opportunity to attend a week [...]
King PTA receives support of local foundations
The King School PTA was the recipient this spring of a generous gift from the Mary McKinney and Flay Ezell Fund. The Ezell Fund is a charitable fund established by the late Mary McKinney Ezell and Flay Ezell. Mary and Flay were proud Oregonians and longtime residents of Northeast Portland until their deaths in 1998 [...]
Preliminary test scores show dramatic growth
King School has made great strides in student achievement this year. Building on the progress begun last year with the selection of a new principal, King is transforming itself into a strong neighborhood school. One measure of student achievement is the OAKS or Oregon Assessment of Knowledge and Skills test given to all 3rd through [...]
PPS’s Robb Cowie, Judy Brennan Talk Process
The King PTA and larger community hosted Robb Cowie, Director of Community Involvement & Public Affairs, and Judy Brennan, Director of Enrollment and Transfer on Tuesday, June 5th at King School. The meeting was arranged by the PTA so that parents could gather information that will help them prepare for the Jefferson cluster enrollment balancing process. Expected [...]
