Panther Parent Update

De Portola welcomes individuality by empowering and developing students’ communication, curiosity, and critical thinking skills through a growth mindset. We are Panthers! Rooooaaaarrrrrrrr!!

10/19 Make-up Picture Day

10/21 SGT @ 8:00am in person

10/28 Haunted House

11/03 Minimum Day 2:00 Dismissal

11/10 SSC @ 8:00 am in person

11/11 Veterens Day NO SCHOOL

11/24 Thanksgiving Break

It was so much fun to see all our middle schoolers at the Canyon Hills HS football game this week. Our band members played the National Anthem and the Canyon Hills fight song. They were incredible. Our fall sports athletes were also recognized. Great job everyone!

Builders Club is hosting a Socktober event. We are having a sock drive for the homeless here in San Diego. Please bring your new or very gently used socks to your 5th period class. Sock drive starts now and goes through October 21st. The class that brings in the most socks wins a goody bag prize. Last year we donated over 900 pairs of socks lets see if we can make it 1000!

We are making some progress on this. We will continue messaging families and paper copies are going out this week to families who have not had a chance to update.

We have only had 200 families complete the LCFF update in Parent Portal. This is on 30%. We need to get to 100%. To update this form, you must access it on a desktop or laptop. It is not accessible by mobile phone. It just takes less than a 30 seconds under the forms section. Completing this secures critical funding for our school. Last year, our school recorded that 44% of our families qualify for Title 1 funds. This brings in over $100K in funding to De Portola. If you need support accessing Parent Portal, please email Mr. Hamilton at ehamiltonjr@sandi.net.

The late bus will be available for students beginning Monday, September 26. The late bus is offered on Mondays and Wednesdays for students. Students who choose to stay must make arrangements with a staff member for a club or tutoring. Students must present their Z Pass to ride the bus home.

Absences outside of illness such as death in the family, military deployment leaves, injuries, regular appointments such as doctor, dentist, and orthodontist are excused. Absences outside of the above listed examples should be reported as "personal reasons, non-Covid related". Thank you for your honesty with reporting absences. We are far more concerned about the health and safety of our students and staff than we are with unexcused absences.

Please call the office at 619-605-4800 and press 3 or email Miss Dora at dbriggs@sandi.net for all absences.

We do not allow fast food deliveries at De Portola. If you want to bring food from any fast food restaurant, we ask that you stay and have lunch with child. Thank you.

PrimeTime for the 2022-23 school year opened this week. Please click here to complete the application at your earliest convenience. Email deportolapt@ymcasd.org for questions about enrollment. Currently, the program is full. The waitlist usually moves pretty fast.