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2023-2024 PPS Calendar

2024-2025 PPS Calendar

Calling all parents! If you would like and have time in your schedule to be a presenter at our annual career day we would love to have you come and share your career with our students. Our career day is scheduled for Thursday May 23rd at the end of the day starting at 1pm. If you are interested in presenting please fill out this form by the end of the day Monday May 6th.

Reach out to Nora Brooks with any questions: nbrooks@pps.net

Dear 5th Grade Parents,

For those who don't know me, my name is Sharon Morgan and I am the IB Coordinator for Skyline. Part of my position here is to work with the 5th grade class on their research project called, Exhibition. The Exhibition is a student-led research project that gives kids the opportunity to show off their skills and share their passions. Topics can vary from plastic in the ocean to access of feminine products in schools. Once a topic is chosen, kids begin to research, interview experts, design models, send surveys and gather as much information as possible. From there, students decide how they can take action and become change makers to make the world a better place. For instance, if the chosen topic is clean energy a student may research the impacts of cities building green roofs and then develop a proposal to share with a Portland architecture group in hopes of encouraging green building designs. The student could then build a model of a building design to share with the Skyline community. The options are endless and are driven by the student.

We work on this project every Wednesday morning plus some open times during time with Mr. Ramos however, additional support in time and resources are appreciated if parents and guardians are able. Students are working in small groups or as individuals and are incorporating scheduling and calendar planning to ensure they have enough time to complete their project. The showcase for this project is on June 6, parents and guardians are welcome to come to Skyline and see all the hard work the kids have put into their Exhibition - details about the showcase will be shared when we get closer to the date.

Please reach out if you have any further questions or if you are an expert in something (bee keeping, guitar, electrical engineering, sewing...) because we might have a project that could use your knowledge! Looking forward to seeing all of the kids' projects come to fruition.

Thanks! Sharon Morgan shmorgan@pps.net

Cover Contest Winner - Annika B. (Mr. Ramos)

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Runner up / back cover artist - Gus G. (Ms. Sammons)

We are excited to announce that the Successful School survey will open this Monday 5/6!

Families please select your site from the drop-down list at the following URL. Families with more than one student can respond for their eldest student or take the survey more than once. https://surveys.panoramaed.com/portlandor/familyspring24/surveys. Questions? Email Counselor Kristi Loupe at kloupe@pps.net

PPS is formally switching communications away from School Messenger and to Remind beginning next school year. Skyline will start implementing more communications through Remind in the coming weeks. If you have not already installed the Remind app, please do so.

Sending a heartfelt thanks to our regular classroom volunteers. The hours you've dedicated to our student are so appreciated! If you're on this list and haven't already received your bag of treats from the office, please stop in soon.

• Andrea Cosby
• Dolan Dolan-Wolfe
• Dandara Domingues
• Allie Eastin
• Deb Babkes
• Samantha Freeman
• Zarifa Funk
• Jacki Wilbur
• Jenny Hunt
• Mel Kistler
• Alli Novak
• Maggie Greener
• Holly Greener
• Beth Offensend
• Kristen Schmedemann
• Lacy Enneking
• Karl Moynes
• Yvonne Porter

We had a busy week in the Music Room! The eight graders are playing their new keyboards! Also, the Oregon Symphony Brass Quintet gave a wonderful assembly on Wednesday - Thank you PTA for funding these amazing gifts!

The 3rd and 4th graders played great with the Oregon Symphony at the Schnitz yesterday. Well done!

P.S. K-5 please remember to put May 22 on your calendar for the Music and Art Spring Show!

Please refer to the graphic below to help keep our parking lot safe. Parking is not permitted in front of the large shrubs / next to the mailbox at the entrance of the lot off Skyline. It is imperative this space stays clear. Also, only staff and busses may park or use the area past the chains. Thank you for your cooperation!

All Skyline students are invited to participate in the spring talent show! Group and solo acts welcome. Auditions will be happening during CAS clubs in the coming weeks, reach out to Counselor Kristi with any questions: kloupe@pps.net. Parents are welcome to attend the Talent Show, Wednesday June 5 at 8:45am in the gym.

For any curious historians in our community, a box was found at the school that contains some awesome memorabilia dating back from the 50s. We’d love to have a parent or two volunteer to go through and organize it for display at school. Can you help? If yes, please reach out to Nora Brooks at nbrooks@pps.net

My term is nearly up. There are really only a small number of items that must be done each month, which is to say you can craft the President position that works for you. The current board is staying on and they are all fantastic partners. No PTA experience? No problem! It's a great time to jump in and receive plenty of support. Our chapter of PTA cannot move forward without a committed President so we need someone to step up ASAP.

Nicole Anderson

President 2022-2024

skylineschoolpta@gmail.com

Our next PTA meeting is Thursday, 5/16 @ 6pm in the Skyline Library or on Google Meet. Visit the PTA Meeting / Membership page for meet link, agendas and previous meeting minutes.

All are welcome to PTA meetings, whether or not you are a member! Our website is full of great information for families, visit at www.skylineschoolpta.org

Skyline Staff Appreciation Week is May 6-10. Sign up today to provide food and more to our lovely teachers and support staff. Many thanks to Melissa Stern for leading this initiative and Susan Heffernan for handling many details too.

Mark your calendars for Carnival - Friday, 5/31 from 5:30-8pm. We'll have inflatables, food and carnival games galore. PTA could use one or two more volunteers to help plan this event. Join the team! Please reach out ASAP to skylineschoolpta@gmail.com.

• Issue #1 (Aug. 27th, 2023)
• Issue #2 (Sep. 1, 2023)
• Issue #3 (Sep. 15, 2023)
• Issue #4 (Oct. 6, 2023)
• Issue #5 (Oct. 20, 2023)
• Issue #6 (Nov. 3, 2023)
• Restart of School (Nov. 27, 2023)
• Issue #7 (Nov. 21, 2023)
• Issue #8 (Dec. 1st, 2023)
• Issue #9 (Dec. 15, 2023)
• Issue #10 (Jan. 6, 2024)
• Issue#11 (Jan.23, 2024)
• Issue #12 (Feb.2, 2024)
• Issue #13 (Feb 16, 2024)
• Issue #14 (Mar. 1, 2024)
  
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