Chargers Update

Home of the Chargers!

Website: ms.parkrose.k12.or.us
Location: 11800 Northeast Shaver Street, Portland, OR, USA
Phone: 503.408.2700
Twitter: @PMSPSD

Greetings Charger Families and Students -

I hope are having a wonderful holiday weekend! We have three weeks remaining of our Distance Learning for All time. Students, let's finish this year strong and work to continue to reach out to your teacher, join a class meeting and complete your assignments in Google Classroom.

Please see below for some important updates including information on our 8th grade Recognition Drive Thru and locker clean out dates!

We will be hosting an 8th grade Recognition Drive Thru time on Wednesday, June 10th from 3:00-6:00pm. We invite all of our 8th graders and their families to drive through the middle school parking lot and pick up some special items, awards and a gift to recognize your transition to the high school. Staff will be on hand and our PTO is donating funds to make it a festive environment. We hope all of our 8th graders and their families will participate as a way to celebrate the end of your child's 8th grade year and their time at Parkrose Middle School. If families do not have a car, you are welcome to walk through the parking lot as well.

Mark your calendars: students will be able to come in and clean out their school and PE lockers on the below dates by grade level and by last name. All students will be required to wear masks to enter the building and are required to practice social distancing while on campus. If you have children in multiple grade levels please bring both children on the day designated by your youngest child. If you have school library books at home please plan to bring return these on your locker clean out day.

• Monday, 6.1.2020 - 6th Grade
• Tuesday, 6.2.2020 - 7th Grade
• Wednesday, 6.3.2020 - 8th Grade

On your assigned grade level day please come at the below time to clean out your locker. We will be encouraging students to do this quickly so that we are able to get through every student.

• 9:00-10:00am - Last Name A-C
• 10:00-11:00am - Last Name D-F
• 11:00-12:00noon - Last Name G-I
• 12:00-1:00pm - Last Name J-L
• 1:00-2:00pm - Last Name M-O
• 2:00-3:00pm - Last Name P-R
• 3:00-4:00pm - Last Name S-U
• 4:00-5:00pm - Last Name V-Z

As we have only three weeks left in our distance learning plan we are stopping our formal Chromebook distribution times. If you are still in need of a Chromebook or are having technical difficulties with your Chromebook please reach out to one of your teachers, our counselors or administration directly and we will set up a time to provide tech support or supply a Chromebook.

Sparrow Club is still up and running, every Monday our Humanities teachers will post an update on their Google Classroom. This has activities that students can participate in for service hours that benefit our Sparrow. If you have any questions about these activities please reach out to Ms. O'Leary at olearkri@parkrose.k12.or.us

Monday, May 25th - Memorial Day

• Watch Google classroom and your school email for this week’s Learning Activity from your Language Arts/Humanities teacher

Tuesday, May 26th

• Watch Google classroom and your school email for this week’s Learning Activity from your Science teacher.

• Lunches provided - 11:00-1:00pm at all Elementary schools and the Middle School (all students and their siblings qualify)

Wednesday, May 27th

• Watch Google classroom and your school email for this week’s Learning Activity from your Social Studies/Humanities teacher.

• Lunches provided - 11:00-1:00pm at all Elementary schools and the Middle School (all students and their siblings qualify)

Thursday, May 28th

• Watch Google classroom and your school email for this week’s Learning Activity from your Math teacher.

• Lunches provided - 11:00-1:00pm at all Elementary schools and Parkrose Middle School (all students and their siblings qualify)

• Food Pantry - Available for all Parkrose Families at Parkrose Middle School from 3:30-5:30pm

Friday, May 29th

• Watch Google classroom and your school email for this week’s Learning Activity from your Electives teacher (this includes Wellness and AVID).

• Lunches provided - 11:00-1:00pm at all Elementary schools and the Middle School (all students and their siblings qualify)

Please take a moment to fill out our technology survey. This will give us more information regarding needs within our school and how we can support our students and families during distance learning times. Technology Survey

Lastly, please continue to check the district website for regular updates, educational resources and critical information. Please do not hesitate to reach out to me directly with any questions you may have. We are Parkrose Strong and will get through this time together!