September 12, 2025

What did you do this summer?

Bradley went swimming! More pics below.

Come to the Gym with your student ready to go before the camera.

Here are the times you can drop in: 8:30-9:00 am AND 11:15 am to 1:30 pm

DETAILS:

• PGS students have a picture taken for yearbook and school ID.
• Parents come during one of the drop in times listed above and visit the PGS Picture Day table to pick up your student's ticket to give to the photographer.
• Families may choose to purchase individual photos by ordering online within 4 days of picture day.
• Ordering is optional as every student will get a student ID at no charge. Go to Dorianstudio.com to order your pictures or there will be an order information for you on picture day.
• A School ID card will be provided for each student at no charge. ID cards will not be printed or reprinted on retake day.
• For students in class: Individual pictures are taken outside of scheduled class times.

Retakes

Retakes will be available October 29th for students who missed picture day or would like a new photo taken. Students wanting retakes need to return original picture packet or purchase a new picture packet.

Click on the banner above for details on Lunch & Breakfast

Breakfast served from 9 - 9:10 am

Lunch 11:20-11:50 am

All students need active supervision for breakfast & lunch. See below for details.

Lunch food service ends at 11:40 am and cafeteria closes at 11:50am

No cost lunch for enrolled students

Elementary Students

• All K-5 students need active parent/guardian supervision for breakfast & lunch.
• If another PGS parent is responsible, the parent must make sure the student, the supervising parent, and Mandy know who is responsible. (The student cannot do this.)
• Parent must make sure that the supervising parent is on the student's Emergency Contact List.

Middle & highschool students who are here all day (Tues, Wed, Thurs) can be supervised by Mandy during lunch. If your MS/HS student is here either am or pm only, the parent must ensure the following:

• Parent/guardian and student must check in with Mandy when dropping off and confirm that Mandy is responsible.
• If another parent is responsible, the parent must make sure the supervising parent knows and Mandy knows who is responsible. (The student cannot do this.)
• Parent must make sure that the supervising parent is on the student's Emergency Contact List.

🍎SEPTEMBER🍎

Sept 15, 22 & 29 -- *Welcome to PG Class for New Families on Mondays 12:15 - 1:15

Sept 18 -- Picture Day -- Order online. Enter Port Gardner Family Partnership & choose the school in the drop-down.

Sept 19 -- Overall Progress Reporting - No Classes today

Sept 22-25 -- PTSA Clothing Swap in the Gym

Sept 30 -- Oral Reading Fluency Grades 1 & 2. No Johnson Classes

🍁OCTOBER🍁

Oct 1 -- Progress Reports Due on ALE

Oct 1-2 -- Oral Reading Fluency Grades 1 & 2. No Johnson Classes

Oct 6, 13 -- *Welcome to PG Class for New Families on Mondays 12:15 - 1:15

Oct 10 -- Teacher Professional Development Day - No Classes Today

Oct 17 -- Overall Progress Reporting - No Classes today

Hello New PGS Parent Educators,

We are excited to have you participate in our Welcome to PG Parent Educator Course (WPG for short) on Monday afternoons! Our first class is this Monday, September 15 from 12:15 - 1:15 pm. Watch for an email with more details. Arrive in the Gym around 12:10.

See you on Monday! Your PGS Advisors

Hello returning families with AR Readers! We have a new URL for your student to take AR quizzes. Click on the banner above to go to the new site.

Your student's User Name and Password are as follows:

UN = student's school ID number

PW= student's birth month, hyphen, day. For exampleaa birthday of July 8th, the pw would be 07-08.

Need to find a AR level?

Here is the Book Finder: https://www.arbookfind.com/UserType.aspx?RedirectURL=%2fdefault.aspx

Log into your Parent Square account and your student's ID number can be found under the Student Dashboard.

Level Up To 1000 Math Class

Mrs. Hinds' Balls & Ramps classes!

Mrs. Johnson's What is Justice Class

Mrs. Johnson’s pottery class creating miniature fruit pie sculptures!

Mrs. Bailey's Students learning about IROCK!

Mrs. Bailey's Washington State History and

Accuracy All Stars students

playing Find Someone Who BINGO!

Mrs. Bailey's May the Force Be With You class working in teams on a structure challenge!

Mrs. Bailey's Bridges class!

Mrs. Wight's ELA students analyze quotes about “Choice”

which is the theme for this year’s MS ELA class.

Great job PGS students!

Bradley meeting a few macaws

Thomas in Columbia!

Parque Jaime Duque, a theme-park in Colombia, with a retired Airforce plane turned into slide!

Mrs. Wight in Switzerland!

Olive oil tasting in Portugal!

Mrs. Johnson with her bear buddy at Jackson Lake Lodge, Wyoming!

Eiley learned to ride her bike!

Miss Megan in Nederland, Colorado at a historical carousel!

Thomas at the Kitsap Peninsula!

Attendance Email: pgsattendance@everettsd.org

Jack Roy, Principal: jroy@everettsd.org 425-385-5190

Autumn Slater, School Counselor: aslater@everettsd.org 425-385-5110

Megan Slaker, Secretary: mslaker@everettsd.org 425-385-5150

Mandy Trimble, Para Educator: atrimble@everettsd.org 425-385-5180

Audra Van Volkenburg, Health Room Nurse: avanvolkenburg@everettsd.org 425-385-5158

Allison Hinds, Primary Teacher: ahinds@everettsd.org 425-385-5183

Celeste Johnson, Primary Teacher: cjohnson@everettsd.org 425-385-5183

Jocelyn Sievers-Bailey, Intermediate Teacher: Jsievers-bailey@everettsd.org 425-385-5186

Laura Wight, High School Teacher: lwight@everettsd.org 425-385-5141

Mark Ryder, High School Teacher: mryder@everettsd.org 425-385-5142

Sherm Iversen, Online Instructor: siversen@everettsd.org 425-385-5144

Thank you for your time and attention in reading through the Port Gardner Newsletter.

Questions? Contact Megan Slaker at mslaker@everettsd.org

Phone: 425-385-5150