Kellogg Middle School News

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Happy Monday Kellogg Community! We here at Kellogg want to give a big shoutout to all of our women and women leaders in our community in honor of Women's History Month. We are doing little things here throughout the month to honor and celebrate the women in our community who have contributed to our community.

As you have undoubtedly heard, Portland Public Schools is experiencing a significant budget shortfall. As a result we are limited on funding some engagement activities. The PTSA has stated that they would like to continue with the principal's coffee every other Wednesday and also host our Site Council meeting Wednesday evening from 5:00-6:00 pm in room 313. Unfortunately we will have to cancel our mixer for Wednesday evening. Please remember that Wednesday, March 11th is an early release staff meeting day. School hours are from 9:15 am -1:45 pm.

This week is STAMP testing for our DLI students. Please make sure your student gets some rest in the evening and eats a healthy dinner and breakfast before coming to school. Taking care of your student's physical needs will make a world of difference in their test score!

Spring break is right around the corner. March 23-27th is spring break week. There will be no school during that week.

I checked in on the Center for Disease Control and prevention tracker for cold and flu and it looks like we are on the downward slide to the infectious rates compared to where we were last month. The data show that the state of Oregon cold and flu season spread is at the lower side of very high, which is to say we have decreases significantly. As I have stated in previous newsletters, if your student is sick with flu symptoms, please keep them home so they do not make other students sick. On the other hand if your student has cold symptoms that you think are mild with no fever, they can wear a mask and come to school. We want students to come to school, but we recognize that it is your right to keep your student at home if they do not feel up to coming to school.

We recognize that our attendance numbers as a school are going to fluctuate this time of year. Our year to date attendance is steady at about 90% (grew a little actually), and our attendance for the prior five day attendance grew to 89%. We have about 66% of our students achieving regular-acceptable attendance and about 21% of our students experiencing chronic absenteeism. Hang in there and keep sending your student to school. If you get a call from me, its probably just to check in and see if you need anything and ask how we can help if at all. We care about you, your family and your student.

As I shared in the last newsletter, we are in the early planning phase for our first annual Kellogg Community Multicultural Fair. The event will be held at Kellogg Middle School on May 27th from 6:00-7:30 pm. The event will include performances on our stage in the gym, cultural displays from students around the building and community affinity group connections in our cafe. We will have food from affinity groups and vendors as well as ample opportunities to connect with community resources as we lean into the summer months. If you are interested in participating please contact Dr. Carpenter (dcarpenter@pps.net). All are welcome! Even if you can't participate, mark your calendar. We want all families to come and celebrate our community together.

As we look forward through this week we have included some news and resources. In this edition of the Kellogg Community News, please find the following big topics:

• Key Dates and Events,
• STAMP Testing,
• Library Updates,
• Ramadan Information,
• Multicultural Night Information,
• PTSA Information and Events,
• SUN School Events and Happenings,
• PIL sign up,
• A Message from REAP,

• School traffic circulation maps and asks from families,
• Bus routes,
• A message from the office staff,
• and much more...

Thank you families for being active in our community.

Sincerely,

Dr. Dan Carpenter

Principal

Kellogg Middle School

• Wednesday, April 1st = API Affinity Group / Portland Japanese Garden Field Trip, 9:30 AM - 1:15 PM
• Thursday, April 2nd = End of Quarter
  
• Thursday, April 2nd = PTSA Meeting, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM in Library
• Friday, April 3rd = No School - Teacher Grading Day
• Monday, April 6 = No School - Teacher Planning Day
• Tuesday, April 14th = Late Start, School Starts at 9:30 AM
• Wednesday, April 15th = SITE Council, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM in Room 313
• Friday, April 17th = Free Food Market, 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
• Friday, April 17th = Spring Dance, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM in Cafeteria
• Wednesday, April 22nd = Early Release Day, School Releases at 1:45 PM

Students who are in a BIPOC affinity group at Kellogg MS are invited to attend Franklin’s Annual BIPOC Assembly on March 12. This is a walking field trip; students will be leaving Kellogg around 8:40 am and returning before lunchtime. Please grab a permission slip in the office and return it to Mx. AM in the office ASAP. First come, first serve!

• Share your perspective through the Community Feedback Survey
• Apply to serve on the Community/Staff Candidate Review Panel

Hello Kellogg parents, 7th Grade Leadership students are looking for board game donations for the weekly game days we host in 6th grade advisory classes! If you have old but usable board games, please donate them by bringing them to the front office.

We are excited to grow our Cooking and Baking Club and are looking for donations to help our students get hands-on in the kitchen! If you have any extra kitchen utensils or small appliances you no longer use (mixing bowls, measuring cups, whisks, spatulas, muffin tins, hand mixers, etc.), we would be incredibly grateful for your support. Gently used items are welcome. Thank you for helping us create fun, engaging learning experiences for our students!

The Yearbook Cover Contest is live!

We've gotten some great submissions, and this year we are allowing students to vote for their favorites in addition to staff! Students and staff must be logged into their PPS email in order to vote. Please vote for up to 2 options. Voting closes Wednesday, March 11, at 4:30pm.

We will announce the winner in the March 16th newsletter. Thank you to the students who submitted covers for consideration!

If you have pictures from school events like dances, athletic events, etc. to submit for the yearbook, please send them to alcruz@pps.net by April 24!

This year we will be designing yearbooks through Treering. You can order your yearbook online directly through Treering, and you will be able to customize 2 free pages for your student's yearbook until 4/2/2026!

Yearbooks can be ordered here. You have the option of ordering a soft cover as we've had in previous years or a hard cover for a little bit extra!

The ROAR Store has moved to its new location with new and improved items and lots of student excitement. The store is now being managed by Student Council. Please encourage your student to ask for ROAR tickets (our currency). Students earn ROAR tickets by upholding our ROAR values here at Kellogg. Our ROAR values are all about getting our students to operate in a respectful way, by being open-minded, by being their authentic self and by being a responsible citizen.

The Store is open Wednesday and Friday during lunch times with new and improved items for students to select from, including big ticket items that are more about an experience than a trinket they can lose. We are excited to get students reactions to the new items available at our new grand opening.

Super Deluxe dine out this Thursday, March 12 from 10 AM - 10 PM! Get some food at Super Deluxe, and mention Kellogg, and our PTSA will receive 20% of the net sales. This money helps us provide snacks for classrooms, and supports Kellogg with family engagement events and supplies during the current PPS budget shortfall.

Kellogg PTSA will be tabling at the choir concert, and accepting donations of food and $ for our Resilience Fund. Stop by and say hi!

We are currently in need of the following items, and donations can be left at the Kellogg office during school hours:

• Cereal
• Tortillas
• Shelf stable milk, dairy and plant-based
• Canned fruit
• Packaged snacks
• Cup of noodles
• Juice boxes, sports drinks, capri sun
• Spam
• Cooking oil
• Canned vegetables
• Nut butters (other than peanut)
• Macaroni and cheese
• Cake mix, frosting, and candles
• Condiments - ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, soy sauce, salad dressing, other condiments

• Cristina Flores, SUN Site Manager (available Monday through Friday, 10am to 6pm)
• Antares Argueta, SUN Extended Day Assistant (available Monday and Tuesday, 12 to 6pm)

We provide wrap around services, such as resource navigation, program planning, after school and tutoring support, and more. If you are in need of utility assistance, food assistance, mental health referrals, etc, we would be more than happy to assist you! Please contact Cristina at floresc@latnet.org or at 503-839-0672 for questions.

• Link to English enrollment form

• Link to Spanish enrollment form

REAP is a leadership building education extension organization that works as a community partner in the Kellogg space. REAP has two amazing colleagues working with students throughout the day, Ms. Altynai and Ms. Abeni.

The safety of our students and staff are our first priority! If a school official is directing traffic, please pay close attention to their instructions. Parents should not enter into the school parking lot from 9:00-9:20 am and from 3:45-4:10. Thank you for your attention to safety on our campus.

The Kellogg School traffic circulation maps outline the planned flow of vehicular and pedestrian traffic around our campus during drop-off, pick-up, and other times when school-related traffic is high. The map is designed to help parents, students, school staff, and drivers understand the most efficient and safe routes for entering, exiting, and navigating within the school premises.

Our circulation maps also include nearby Park and Walk locations. These are sites near the school where families can park or students can be dropped off and walk the remainder of the distance to the school site, reducing car traffic in front of the school and allowing you to skip waiting in the drop-off line while students start the day with healthy physical activity, arriving at school more ready to learn. Some Park and Walk locations are at nearby parks, while others encourage families to use on-street parking within the school neighborhood.

Please utilize Park and Walk locations and avoid dropping off and picking up students at the front of the school along 69th Avenue or in the parking lot.

Action Item

• See image below or click here for Kellogg's circulation map.

Change Effective Date: 1/7/26
Impacted Route(s)*: 269-A
Change Described:

• Add stop: SE 58th Av @ SE Raymond St
• Remove stop: SE Gladstone St @ SE 26th Av, SE Division St @ SE 28th Av, SE Harrison St @ SE 43rd Av

*Note: -A means AM, -P means PM and -AP means both AM and PM.

Please call PPS Transportation Services at 503-916-6901 or email at transportation@pps.net if you have any questions.

If you are uncertain about how to check on your student's grades, missing work and or class work progress, here is a quick how to resource that might be able to help.

We are grateful that the PPS school community is using the SafeOregon tip line to report incidents that affect students' well-being and ability to learn in a safe environment. Just last year, there were over 300 tips that were submitted anonymously. We are responsible for keeping SafeOregon's contact information for our buildings accurate at all times so that school leaders can be alerted promptly. Please remember to reach out to Andrew Gerlach (agerlach@pps.net) whenever there is a staffing change to building leadership. Please save the SafeOregon number in your phone: 844-472-3367 This will allow you to identify their number when they need to call you if an urgent tip has been submitted in connection to your school.

During the 2025-2026 school year ...

• School officially starts at 9:15 AM and dismisses at 4:00 PM.

Throughout the school year there are Staff Meeting Days and Early Release Days.

• On Staff Meeting Days, school officially starts at 9:30 AM and dismisses at 4:00 PM.
• On Early Release Days, school officially starts at 9:15 AM and dismisses at 1:45 PM.

Click here for the 2025-2026 District calendar.

• Staff Meeting Days are noted with **.
• Early Release Days are noted with a clock icon.

At Kellogg we are proud of our schoolwide expectations as they provide our students with safe, structured, and productive learning environments. Please take the time to review some of our expectations below.

Cell Phones and Technology Devices

Cell phones and all personal technologies (e.g. apple watches, gaming devices, wireless headphones, Bluetooth speakers, etc.) are expected to be off and away during the school day. Students are expected to keep cell phones and technology devices turned off and put away in their lockers. Personal technologies and cell phones should not be on student's person in the hallways, restrooms, and at lunch recess. If a student is spotted with a cell phone or technology device, it will be immediately confiscated and taken to the front office. Students with repeated cell phone or technology violations to this expectation will be placed on individualized cell phone and technology plan.

Bags and Backpacks

In alignment with many other middle schools in the District, all bags and backpacks must be stored in lockers during the school day. Backpacks clutter classroom spaces and items are frequently lost or stolen unless they are stored safely in a locker. Students will use their binders to carry their learning materials throughout the school day.

Learning Logs

To help students stay organized and keep track of important dates and deadlines, students will be issued a Learning Log. Be sure to check your student's Learning Log regularly to stay up-to-date with your student's assignments, tests, and other announcements. Learnings Logs will also serve as the student's hall pass when students leave the classroom during non-transition times. It is critical that students do not lose their Learning Log.

Toys and Valuable Items

Students should leave all toys, valuable items, and any item that can cause safety concerns or distractions at home. Leaving these items at home will ensure items are not lost or stolen.

Closed Campus

Kellogg is a closed campus. All visitors must check-in at the front office. Students must be signed out and picked up by a parent or guardian with ID before 3:45 in order to leave campus before dismissal time. Additionally, our school will not accept DoorDash, Uber Eats, or other deliveries to students. Parents and guardians are welcome to drop off lunch items for their students at any time.

Student safety, student well-being, and student learning is our top priority. If you ever need to speak to a teacher, counselor, administrator, or any staff member, please call the front office or e-mail the individual directly to schedule a meeting. Unannounced meetings are often difficult to accommodate as school staff have busy and tight schedules. In particular, before school, after school, and lunch times are the busiest times in schools as most staff members are on duty to ensure student safety. Thank you for your support and understanding!