LEWIS ELEMENTARY NEWS
August 27th 2025
Hello Lewis Community!
Today Wednesday, August 27 from 5:30-6:30 pm there will be an important walk-through to discuss paving along Glenwood to help make it safer for students walking to school. If you are able to attend, it would be great to get some parent voices! Please share the link below with other folks in the neighborhood, too.
Mark your calendar for these important dates:
Monday, September 1st - No school for Labor Day
Tuesday, September 2nd - First day of Kindergarten / Welcome Back to School Coffee! (See flyer for details)
Thursday. September 11th - Back to School Night 5:30-6:30pm outside social following with Principal Froehlich
Wednesday, September 17th - Early Release Day - Pick up your students at 11:50am
Friday, September 19th - Free Popcorn Friday 2:30pm
Action Required
Each year parents and/or guardians are asked to review and update the information on file for their students before school starts. ParentVUE is a secure website and mobile app which offers parents/guardians real-time access to school messages, school calendar, attendance, grades, course history, name pronunciations and much more.
Benefits of verifying online via ParentVUE:
- Complete yearly verification of your student's information
- Update your communication and language preferences
- Ensure your school has the most up-to-date information
- Save paper and time
ParentSquare
Portland Public Schools is transitioning from the Remind platform to ParentSquare to allow for easier, more efficient communication between the district, our schools, our teachers, and our students. Everyone should have been sent an activation link from PPS.
Here is a guide on how to get started with ParentSquare.
Here are some tips for using ParentSquare.
Here is a training video you can watch for more information.
Volunteering
The books and I have missed your students, and the library is excited to welcome kids back for the 25'-26' school year! Once again, I am asking for some volunteers to help get the books back on the shelves and circulating to as many students as possible. If you have any interest in spending some quiet time re-shelving, dusting, shelf-reading, or stamping books, please indicate that interest in this linked form.
Some reminders as students begin to check out and take books home:
- Please help your student find a place to keep their library books at home while not in use. A table-top surface is much better than a book shelf since our library books tend to like to hide among your personal books.
- Please help your student keep their books separate from water bottles in their backpacks. The number one cause of damage to our library books is a water bottle leak in a backpack.
- Books have a check out period of 2 weeks but can usually be renewed or turned in early. When a student has reached their maximum checkout, they will not be able to check out more books until the others are returned.
- Please DO NOT mend books at home. Accidents happen and pages get torn. I have special glue and tape specifically for library needs. Please don't tape ripped pages at home.
- Kindergartners will check out books for classroom use to start, then may begin to take them home after conferences in November.
Library Catalog
Curious about the books available in the Lewis Library? Browse our catalog here: https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/53482
And as always, feel free to send any questions you have my way. I'll do my best to return your email during my work week (Monday - Thursday). Email: ltegethoff@pps.net
Lego Engineering
Wednesday's October 1st - December 17th
Electronic Music Club
Monday's September 29th-December 15th
Adventures in Spanish
Tuesday's September 9th - December 9th
https://www.hisawyer.com/Adventures-in-Spanish/schedules/activity-set/1507493
Portland Reign
September 9th-December 18th
Tuesday's Kinder-2nd grade
Thursday's 3rd-5th grade
https://www.pdxreignbasketball.com/after-school-programs/lewis
Art of Science
Girls on the run
Monday's and Wednesday September 22nd - November 26th
Over the summer, PPS adopted a Personal Electronic Device Policy. All buildings now have an "off and away" policy. This policy applies to cell phones as well as smart watches and anything that is "capable of electronically communicating, sending, receiving, storing, recording, reproducing and/or displaying information, depictions, and/or data." For more information, please see the new PPS Cell phone Policy and SRR Handbook.
Students are encouraged to leave cell phones at home. If students choose to bring cell phones to school, they are to stay “Off and Away” in backpacks during school hours. Being present at school is essential and allows students to fully engage with learning.
The school Cell Phone Policy includes:
1st Occurrence - Students will be given a warning
2nd Occurrence-Cell phone will be collected and given to the office and returned at the end of the school day to a parent only.
3rd Occurrence-Cell phone will be collected and we will develop an individualized plan.
If you are interested in volunteering in the school, help chaperone a field trip visit or school event please make sure to submit your background check: https://www.pps.net/volunteer