August 30, 2024

Hello Port Gardner Families!

We hope you have had a great summer! We are excited to partner together with you for a great educational adventure this school year! We look forward to seeing you for our Mandatory Opening Day for Port Gardner on Wednesday, September 4th. We will start with a Zoom for all families in the morning at 10:00 a.m. Students should attend the first 5 minutes of the Zoom – we want to see your student’s smiling faces. There is also a required curriculum and computer pick up in the afternoon at your family’s designated time. Bring your student and the whole family on Opening Day for a first day of school photo booth for you to take pictures. Our PTSA has a special treat and we are expecting great weather! All the important details are below. We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday!

Your PGS Staff

Wednesday, September 4, MORNING:

ZOOM: Mandatory Opening Day for Port Gardner!

Topic: Opening Day Zoom

Time: Sep 4, 2024 10:00 AM Pacific Time

Join Zoom Meeting

https://everettsd.zoom.us/j/96663115456

Meeting ID: 966 6311 5456

Passcode: PGS!

Wednesday, September 4, AFTERNOON:

Come in person to campus to pick up your student’s device, curriculum*, sign paperwork and get your First Day of School photo booth pictures!

• Pull into the PGS/Sequoia parking lot off of 36th St and find parking.
• Start by going to the PGS Meet & Greet table.
• If you haven’t already, fill out your annual update online at: https://www.everettsd.org/Page/26203
• If you haven't already, complete the Food Services application: https://www.myschoolapps.com/Application
• The school nurse will be here to accept any paperwork you may have related to student health needs.
• Consider bringing something to wheel or carry your curriculum to your vehicle.

Students with last names A – F come from **12:45 -1:15 pm

Students with last names G – P come from 1:15 -1:45 pm

Students with last names R – Z come from 1:245 - 2:15 pm

*New families will pick up curriculum on Thursday at their Grade Level Meeting.

**Group A -F: For safety in the parking lot, please be aware your arrival time will be around the same time as Sequoia dismissal.

Wednesday, Sept 4, Attend the morning Zoom and come in the afternoon for device pickup. See above.

Thursday, Sept 5, Attend a New Family Grade Level Meeting Curriculum Pick Up and Trainings, held at Port Gardner. This is a mandatory meeting which will cover curriculum and planning for your student’s grade level.

Grade K- 2 -- 9:00 to 10:30 am

Grade 3 – 8 -- 10:30 to noon

As of today, we will be having sign ups for Student Learning Plan (SLP) Appointments in person on Opening Day. Watch your email for further details.

Mandy comes from us as a familiar face as she stepped in last school year to help us with much needed sub support from Sequoia. Mandy has officially accepted the Port Gardner Para Educator position and we are so excited to have Mandy part of the PGS Team!

WELCOME MANDY!!

September

• Sept 4, *Opening Day Zoom in the morning and Curriculum Pick Up in the afternoon
• Sept 5, * NEW Family Grade Level Training & Curriculum Pick Up
• Sept 9 - 12, *ALL Families attend an in-person Student Learning Plan Appt

• Sept 12 – Picture Day for All

• Sept 12 -- Onsite Classes Begin for Kinder & High School Students
  

• Sept 16 -- Onsite Classes Begin for Grades 1 - 8
  

*Mandatory meetings for PGS Families

Come to the Gym with your student ready to go before the camera.

Here are the times you can drop in: 8:30-9:00 am AND 11:15 am to 1:30 pm

DETAILS:

• PGS students have a picture taken for yearbook and school ID.
• Parents come during one of the drop in times listed above and visit the PGS Picture Day table to pick up your student's ticket to give to the photographer.
• Families may choose to purchase individual photos by ordering online within 4 days of picture day.
• Ordering is optional as every student will get a student ID at no charge. Go to Dorianstudio.com to order your pictures or there will be an order information for you on picture day.
• A School ID card will be provided for each student at no charge. ID cards will not be printed or reprinted on retake day.
• For students in class: Individual pictures are taken outside of scheduled class times.

Retakes

Retakes will be available October 23rd for students who missed picture day or would like a new photo taken. Students wanting retakes need to return original picture packet or purchase a new picture packet.

Guess what? You will get to meet them on September 4th at our Opening Day!

Be sure and stop by the PTSA Booth!

Hello returning families with AR Readers! We have a new URL for your student to take AR quizzes. Click on the banner above to go to the new site. Your student's User Name and Password are the same.

New Families, your student will get a Accelerated Reader User Name and Password at the beginning of the 24-25 school year.

Need to find a AR level?

Here is the Book Finder: https://www.arbookfind.com/UserType.aspx?RedirectURL=%2fdefault.aspx

Each month Everett Public School publishes a newsletter with information pertaining to all of our of our schools. The link to the monthly newsletters are below:

Newsletters will be posted here soon!!

Attendance Email: pgsattendance@everettsd.org

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