January 9, 2026

Hello Port Gardner Families, Student Learning Plan Appointments for the week of January 26-29 are open for scheduling on Parent Square see below for the links. Except for high school level Math and English, there will be no classes that week.

Sign up with your student’s SLP advisor by January 13 at noon.

Kindergarten: Sign up with Mrs. Hinds

https://www.parentsquare.com/feeds/68162044

Grades 1, 2, 3 and some 4: Sign up with Mrs. Johnson

https://www.parentsquare.com/feeds/66292643

Grades 4, 5, 6, 7: Sign up with Mrs. Bailey

https://www.parentsquare.com/feeds/66292643

Gades 8 & 9: Sign up with Mrs. Wight

https://www.parentsquare.com/feeds/67926464

Thank you, Megan

Registering for 2nd Semester is just around the corner and will be open to PGS families on Thursday January 15th at 10am who have completed the following:

• Submitted their Sept—January Progress on time
• Completed the Safety Survey
• Signed up for a SLP appt by noon on Tuesday, Jan 13th – see Parent Square info above
• New families only: Attended or made up all Welcome to PG Classes

The at-a-glace schedule is below or here is a link to the schedule on ALE: https://pgs.schooldata.net/v2/ale-sis-public/#/

Once you are in the app, filter to 2nd semester to see the offerings.

⛄JANUARY⛄

Jan 13 - Student Learning Plan Appointment scheduling deadline at noon

Jan 15 - Winter Wonderland Brunch in the Cafeteria 11:15 - 11:45

Jan 15 - 1st round of 2nd Semester class sign ups at 10 am

Jan 15 - PTSA Imagine Family Engagement Night - 5:30 to 7 pm in the Gym

Jan 16 - Overall Progress Evals - No classes today

Jan 19 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day - No school today

Jan 20 - PTSA Meeting 9:30

Jan 23 - Student Learning Plan appointments for incoming new families

Jan 26-29 - Student Learning Plan appointments for current familes

⛄Winter Wonderland Brunch, January 15 ⛄

🥪Grab n Go lunch Friday, January 16🥪

❌No Cafeteria Lunches Served, January 23❌

📄 For more details, refer to the Cafeteria & Lunch Info 2025–2026 document below.

Mrs. Hinds' students hard at work building Rube Goldberg machines!

Thank you to everyone who brought in the tubes🙂

Mrs. Hinds' messy classroom during the Rube Goldberg machines unit.

Mrs. Johnson's 2nd grade Balance & Motion students exploring how different objects roll!

Mrs. Bailey's middle school art students drew designs and Rashmi of Rashmihenna did the henna art!

Rashmi taught the students the history of henna, patterns, art and the importance of henna.

Getting ready for winter with snowflakes & stained glass in art!

Mrs. Wight's MS ELA students each created a “Wanted” or “Missing” poster as the result of a research lesson.

Mr. Ryder's Algebra students created a graph using Height vs Time. They started at the classroom and walked to the library and back.

In the event of severe weather, power outages, or other emergencies, Everett Public Schools may adjust schedules to ensure the safety of students and staff. Using multiple communication methods, we aim to inform families and staff about schedule changes by 5:30 a.m. We will post any school closure or delay decision on the district website as soon as it is made.

School closure and late start information

Want to start reading with Accelerated Reader?

Click on the banner above or go to the PGS Student Tools page on the Port Gardner EPS website.

https://www.everettsd.org/domain/4527

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

Attendance Email: pgsattendance@everettsd.org

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.

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

No cost lunch for enrolled students

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