October 31, 2025
Port Gardner Newsletter
October 31, 2025
Monthly Progress is Due November 1st
You will be recording progress on ALE for each of your students on work completed in home based subjects since the last time you gave progress. Click on the link below for directions.
Questions? Contact your Student Learning Plan Advisor.
Fall Fest Was A Big Dill - Check Out More Pics Below!
🍎NOVEMBER🍎
Nov 1 -- Progress Reports Due on ALE
Nov 2 -- Daylight Savings - Fall back one hour
Nov 5 -- Progress received after noon today will be marked as Overall Unsatisfactory
Nov 11 -- Veterans Day - No School Today
Nov 14 -- Overall Progress Evaluations
Nov 26-28 -- Thanksgiving Break - No School Today
Cafeteria Corner - Check Here Weekly!
🍽️ Cafeteria Updates & Lunch Info 🍽️
🥪 Grab n Go This Week?
- Monday, November 3 - pick up in the Cafeteria
- Friday, November 7 - pick up in the Cafeteria
đź”´Here for Grab & Go on Fridays? đź”´
- Parents and students are welcome to come to the PGS Office side to eat their Grab n Go lunches on Fridays until noon.
📄 For more details, refer to the Cafeteria & Lunch Info 2025–2026 document below.
Mrs. Hinds' Classes
Balls and ramps students experiment with inclined planes
Mrs. Johnson's Classes
M is for Monster's in Mrs. Johnson's class!
Mr. Johnson was a special guest in Past to Present class and shared about the importance of music passed down in his family. He also shared how music is an outlet to express thoughts and emotions and makes our lives better! Past to Present parents also joined this class to hear Mr. Johnson's presentation.
Mrs. Bailey's Classes
Washington State Representative and Snohomish County Councilmember Sam Low visited Mrs. Bailey’s Washington Our Home class, where he discussed the legislative process and invited students to share their own ideas for potential laws. An ice cream day for kids was mentioned :)
STEM bin teambuilding in Mrs. Bailey's Bridges science class!
Safety First with goggles in Mrs. Bailey's middle school science class!
Students work in groups to do spring scale testing.
Spirit Week!
Monday - Pajama or Comfy Clothes Day!
Lots of pj's on campus!
Tuesday Flannels vs. Sparkles
It was close but the flannels pulled ahead to win by 10!
Staff divided and one staff member both!
Wednesday - Costume Day!
Fall Fest day too!
Thursday
Harry Potter Day!
Friday - Crazy Hat or Hair Day!
Sometimes known as Art Day!
PTSA NEWS!
PGS Represented at the Port Gardner & Jackson Elementary PTSA Trunk or Treat!
PTSA Fall Fest!
PTSA Literary Pumpkin Contest
Staff Pumpkins!
Want to See ALL the Literary Pumpkins?
Check out the pics and videos!
🔽🔽🔽Click the banner below🔽🔽🔽
Thank you PTSA Volunteers for a Wonderful Fall Fest!
Our fearless PTSA leaders!
Here are just a few of the many wonderful volunteers who helped with the Fall Fest!
Student voluteers!
Special thanks to Laura Boucock for organizing the Literary Pumpkin Contest!
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 or call 425-385-5105
cc your student's teachers too
Be ready with the following:
Student’s First & Last Name
Date
Your relationship to the student
Reason for Absence
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
ALE How To's Below
This includes the Description of each class (onsite and at home), Materials Used, Learning Activities, Methods of Evaluation, and the Learning Goals for your student for this year.
Contact Us:
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