Kellogg Middle School News

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Dear Kellogg Families,

The first couple weeks of school have gone well and we are excited to welcome your students back for a four day week. We are looking for some parents to volunteer to help out our community. Below are some events you can choose to get involved with this school year. If you are interested please email Dr. Carpenter at dcarpenter@pps.net by Thursday, September 10th at 5:00 pm.

• Kellogg Site Council - An advisory committee to the flow and structure of our systems from a community perspective. This involves once a month meetings from about 5:00-6:00 pm.
• The Village Table - Be one of a couple adults from Kellogg that advise the superintendent on community needs from the Kellogg perspective. This involves once a month meetings.
• Sixth Grade Mixer - We need some parents to supervise our first school social from 5:00 - 6:30 pm this Friday, September 11th.

Back-to-School Night and Information Evening

Join us at Kellogg Middle School on Thursday, September 10, from 4:30–7:00 p.m.

When you arrive, please check in at the registration table. You will receive an agenda for the evening and your student’s class schedule.

• 4:30–5:15 p.m. — Families are invited to visit the café, where I, Ms. Mac, and our community partners will greet you.
• 5:15–5:35 p.m. — Our annual Principal’s Opening Presentation will take place in two locations:
  • Gymnasium: English-speaking families, presented by Dr. Carpenter
  • Library: Spanish-speaking families, presented by Ms. Mac
• 5:35–6:35 p.m. — Teachers will be in their classrooms for an open house. Please follow your student’s schedule, visiting classrooms period by period and checking in with the teachers you would like to meet.
• 6:35–6:55 p.m. — Families can attend special programs and information sessions, including:
  • Attendance and ParentVUE
  • DLI Teacher Q&A
  • Outdoor School
  • Standards-Based Grading and Canvas Q&A
  • Student Leadership, including WEB, StuCo, and ASB
  • Talented and Gifted
  • Meet the Counselors and School Social Worker

The evening will conclude at 6:55 p.m. We look forward to seeing you there!

Sixth Grade Mixer - The First School Social Event

• Our first school social is Friday, September 11th from 5:00-6:30 pm for our sixth grade students (this is only for the sixth graders and WEB Leaders).

• This is a WEB organized and run event is intended to provide 6th grade students with an opportunity to mingle (hence the mixer title) amongst themselves. Our hope is to build community with a little Middle School fun, music, a little dancing and a lot of laughs.

• Your student can check in at the check in table when they enter then hang until 6:25 pm.

• Please plan to pick up your student by 6:30 pm at the Kellogg main entrance.

• If you are a family member and want to volunteer to help provide supervision, we could use the help. PTSA has some organizing for this, but if you want to help out for the 2 hour event, please email Dr. Carpenter at dcarpenter@pps.net by Thursday, September 10th at 5:00 pm.

A Few Quick Reminders

• School supplies: Please do not send students to school with supplies during the first week. Students will not need folders, binders, pencils, or other materials. We will provide everything they need.

• Cell phones and personal electronic devices: Please remind students that cell phones must be turned off and stored away throughout the school day. This requirement follows state law and Kellogg Middle School procedures. Beginning Thursday, students will be assigned a locker and lock. Cell phones and all other personal electronic devices must be stored in student lockers for the entire school day.

With the first couple weeks of school behind us, we hope every student feels welcomed, valued, and appreciated at Kellogg. If you have questions as the week unfolds, please do not hesitate to contact me directly.

Below, you will find additional information about the start of the school year, programming, community events, and more. This edition of the Kellogg Community News includes:

• Kellogg community events and happenings
• Picture Day
• Attendance
• Site Council volunteer opportunities
• SchoolPool
• Kellogg Family Compact
• The Counselor’s Corner
• Back-to-School Community Night
• School traffic circulation maps and requests for families
• Bus routes
• A message from the office staff
• Kellogg on social media
• And much more

Thank you, families, for your partnership and support.

Sincerely,

Dr. Dan Carpenter
Principal
Kellogg Middle School

• September 8th through September 11th, Intent to Campaign for Student Council Forms Due
• September 9th, STOPPS Bus Drill, 9:00 - 9:15 am
• September 10th, Back to School Night, 5:00 - 7:00 pm
• September 11th, Sixth Grade Mixer (Dance), 5:00 - 6:30 pm, Cafe
• September 16th, Early Release Schedule, Release at 1:45 pm
• September 18th, Hispanic Heritage Pep Assembly, 3:15 - 4:00 pm, Gym
• September 24th, Midterm Progress Reports
• September 25th, Club Day Schedule
• September 28th, Student Council Vote, Advisory
• September 29th, Picture Day
• September 29th, Student Council Meeting, Advisory, 2nd Floor Commons

• October 7th, Kellogg Community Conversations, 9:30 - 10:00 am, Conference Room
• October 7th, Kellogg Fall Community Picnic, 4:30 - 6:00 pm
• October 8th, SITE Council Meeting, 5:00 - 6:00 pm, Library
• October 9th, No School - Statewide Inservice Day
• October 13th - 16th, Outdoor School for 6th Graders
• October 19th - 23rd, Spirit Week
• October 22nd, Choir Concert, 6:30 - 7:30 pm, Gym
• October 23rd, Club Day Schedule
• October 23rd, Fall Dance, 5:00 - 6:30 pm, Cafe
• October 28th, Last Day of Quarter
• October 28th, Fall Band Concert, 6:00 - 7:30 pm, Gym
• October 29th, No School - Teacher Grading Day
• October 30th, No School - Teacher Planning Day

Picture Day is on Tuesday, September 29 in the Kellogg Library! Students will go to the library for pictures in their Social Sciences class.

Lifetouch forms are going home with students on Wednesday, September 9.

Pictures can be ordered at mylifetouch.com with the Picture Day ID EVT3SCKZW. If you are ordering pictures via the physical form, please have your student bring in the form and money on picture day and give it directly to the photographer.

Reminders regarding dress code:

• Hats and other headwear must allow the face to be visible and not interfere with the line of sight to any student or staff. Hoodies must allow the student face and ears to be visible to staff.
• Clothing may not depict, advertise or advocate the use of alcohol, tobacco, marijuana or other controlled substances.
• Clothing may not depict pornography, nudity or sexual acts.
• Clothing may not use or depict hate speech targeting groups based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religious affiliation or any other protected groups.
• Clothing, including gang identifiers, must not threaten the health or safety of any other student or staff.

Welcome back to school! School attendance is very important. Did you know:

• Students who miss 10% of the school year (or 17 days throughout the year) are considered chronically absent

• This number includes excused AND unexcused absences

• Missing 10% or more of the school year can make it harder to learn to read

• Attendance is one of the three school success indicators reflected in our school’s report card issued yearly by the state

• When students reduce absences, they can make great academic gains.

Last year, 22 % of students were chronically absent. We are working to decrease that number this year and in the years to come by providing outreach, school wide attendance awareness, and resources to students and families.

If you have any questions about your child's attendance or if you need resources for your family to help support school attendance, Please feel free to email me if you have any questions or need additional information.cmcclellan@pps.net or dimunoz@pps.net. Hablamos español.

What is a Site Council?

Site Council at Kellogg Middle School is a group of administrators, teachers, and parents that identify ways to support the school community. By providing leadership, direction, and support, we define school priorities and implement ways to improve them. At its core, Site Council is about creating a vision for students and community experience in our community.

What does the Site Council do?

The Site Council reviews data, looks for trends, and identifies things we can do for the community to ensure programs best serve the needs of our students and families.

We’re mandated by the State of Oregon to:

• Develop plans to improve the professional growth of school staff;

• Improve school instructional programing;

• Develop and coordinate plans for the implementation of programs fidelity
  
  

How many parents, family or caregivers do you need?

Kellogg must have at least two volunteers to serve for the year.

What would you be doing if you volunteered?

You would be agreeing to attend monthly meetings at Kellogg from 5:00 - 6:00 pm. You would have a spot on the site council committee and agree to serve in that capacity under a committee vote for the year.

How would I sign up?

Kellogg is promoting a free carpooling web-based tool called SchoolPool to all PPS households. Carpooling with other families can ease traffic congestion during pick-up and drop-off, and provide options for kids who are not able to walk, bike or roll to school.

SchoolPool is part of Oregon Department of Transportation’s larger Get There program that helps Oregonians find alternatives to driving alone - including finding a carpool match. SchoolPool is only accessible to families that opt in and are verified through their school. This ensures that carpool matches are secure and are not a part of a general public carpool matching system. To join SchoolPool you must opt in through the link below.

Please carefully read all instructions as you set up your account. Or view step-by-step visual instructions here.

Here’s how to begin making connections with other families at your school:

1. Follow this link to opt into SchoolPool: https://getthere.rideamigos.com/s/schoolpool-kellogg-bcg26
2. Log in to your account, or create a new account.
3. After entering your information - DO NOT “join your employer, organization or school network.” We’ve already done that for you, and your household will automatically be connected to your school.
4. Read and acknowledge the disclaimer. Select “Enter the Get There SchoolPool system.”
5. At the top of the page select the orange “school” button. Feel free to manage your household’s information, or select your School and see who is in your neighborhood and network.

Read more about SchoolPool on our web page: kellogg.pps.net/family-resources/schoolpool

For questions about SchoolPool contact your Network Manager: alcruz@pps.net

We will be working on surveying families for input to the Kellogg Family Compact. We will work with our Site Council and PTSA to begin these conversations. Our hope is to have a new Family Compact for our November parent teacher conferences. This important document is an agreement between families and the Kellogg Community. All of this information is taken from the Family Guide.

The link provided here is last year's Family Compact for your review. This can provide a starting point for conversations about what we want our new Family Compact to look like.

The Kellogg counseling staff will be using a digital appointment request this year for all student requests to meet with their counsellor. The counseling staff is continuing to meet with specific students to adjust schedules for specific reasons. If your student wishes to speak with their counsellor, they must arrange an appointment by filling out their the counselor appointment google form.

Schedule change requests are being reviewed on a case by case basis and should requested no later than Friday of this week.

Please note that counselors have been instructed to not accommodate requests by students or families to have changes made to their schedule in order to be with friends or to request for a specific teacher.

The following types of schedule errors will be worked on for corrections by our team:

• I am in the wrong level of Math (acceleration was through data on tests and confirmed last year. (If there was no confirmation of an accelerated Math pathway, then the current Math course is correct).
• I have two periods of PE in a single day.
• I don’t have a Spanish Immersion class in my schedule (if DLI student).
• I have an IEP and am missing the Study Skills class in my schedule for added support.

If you have questions about schedule adjustments or needs, please contact Dr. Carpenter in the main office.

Counseling Team by Grade

• 6th Grade, last names A-Mai: Ms. Scantling, jscantling@pps.net
• 6th Grade, last names Map-Z: Ms. Slack, abevan@pps.net
• 7th Grade: Ms. Slack, abevan@pps.net
  
• 8th Grade: Ms. Scantling, jscantling@pps.net

Miss Kate is back at Kellogg and teaching choir! If you were in choir last year and you're not in choir this year, contact your counselor at Kellogg and fill out THIS FORM

Are you in the wrong level of choir? Have you wanted to join choir, but it's not on your schedule? Have you requested choir again this year but you're not in the class? Contact your counselor at Kellogg and fill out THIS FORM, we will do our best to help you!

To help your students access the library, please remind them to memorize their six digit Student ID#.

Also, please come say hello on Back To School Night!

If you’d like to support the Kellogg Library Program, you can make a donation to my Donors Choose project, or directly to the library in the front office.

-Ms. Street

School traffic circulation maps are visual representations that outline the planned flow of vehicular and pedestrian traffic around a school campus during drop-off, pick-up, and other times when school-related traffic is high. These maps are 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.

Please do not pull into and wait for your student in the staff lot. We have buses that are on a schedule to pick up, drop off and run to other schools for the same process after their route at Kellogg.

Action Item

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

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

To streamline attendance reporting, we are rolling out a new attendance Google form!

This form can be used in lieu of calling for reporting full day absences and tardies. You can still call 503-916-5707 to report an absence or tardy as well!

Please have your student return their beginning of year packet to the front office or their advisory teacher!

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.

If you have not already activated ParentVue, please see the guide linked here for instructions on activating your account! If you need an Activation Key, please stop by or call the front office at 503-916-5707.

There is a new ParentVue app for mobile devices! Please see the following links for guides on installing the new app, and make sure to uninstall the old one.

• Android
• iPhone

Each year parents and/or guardians are asked to review and update the information on file for their student. This information can be reviewed, edited and submitted online via PPS ParentVUE.

Benefits of verifying online via ParentVUE

• Complete yearly verification of your student’s information
• You can update your communication and language preferences
• Ensures your school has the most up to date information
• Saves paper and time

1. Back to school night

• Back to School Night is Thursday, September 10th from 4:30-7:00 PM.
• 4:30–5:15 p.m. — Community Partner Greetings and Light Refreshments

• 5:15–5:35 p.m. — Principal’s Presentation
• English presentation: Gymnasium
• Spanish presentation: Library
• Families may attend the presentation that best meets their needs.
• 5:35–6:55 p.m. — Teacher Meet-and-Greet and Student Schedule Walk-Through
• Open-house format
• 6:30 –7:00 p.m. — Special Program Information Sessions

2. Sixth Grade Mixer

• The mixer is a dance and activities evening on September 11th from 5:00 - 6:30 pm.
• We are in need of parent volunteers. You can sign up here.

3. Hispanic Heritage Month at Kellogg

• We have a month of celebrating our Hispanic Heritage in the Kellogg Community starting with Advisory lessons. We would appreciate any help families might have with authentic activities we could do with our students. Advisory is each day, 4th period.
• Hispanic Heritage Month Pep Assembly is September 18th in our gym from 3:15 - 4:00 pm. Assemblies honor culture with activities, dances, performances and music. We would appreciate any contributions your family might want to provide in performing.

Portland Public Schools Nutrition Services is happy to announce all students will be able to enjoy breakfast and lunch at no charge for the 2026-27 school year. One breakfast and one lunch will be provided to all students at no charge each day and families do not need to submit a free and reduced-price meal application.

Due to this change in services, our kitchen teams will no longer be able to take cash or check payments. If students bring their lunch from home and want milk, they must choose two other foods – such as a fruit and vegetable – at no charge. Milk can no longer be purchased separately.

Breakfast and lunch menus can be found on the PPS Nutrition Services website.

During the 2026-2027 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 9:15 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 2026-2027 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, well-being, and learning are our top priorities. 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. Unannounced meetings are often difficult to accommodate as school staff have tight and busy schedules. Right before school, right 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!

Kellogg is on Social Media. Please check us out on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. We are new to this after taking some time off of social media and so please reach out if you want to see something families might need on our socials.

• Facebook
• Instagram
• TikTok