Harrison Park Post

As promised here is a copy of today's staff meeting Powerpoint.  https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_GC5rIONFePOtgv8WZocQD2H7FtkIpxR/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=117829890836834948640&rtpof=true&sd=true Middle school students may be a little confused tomorrow by their new schedules. Let's be patient with them! Thank you everyone for your flexibility.  K-5 teachers Jill will be scheduling a time to sit down and talk with support needs, your classroom/students, etc in the next week or so. 

The Middle School will be holding an assembly tomorrow. Students will go with their 3rd period teacher @ 11:23. They will head to 4th period after the assembly.    K-5 report card envelopes were put in mailboxes today. Please send these home on Friday.  Staff meeting will begin at 3:30. I was in classes all day (I miss this). I will do my best to catch up on somethings this evening. 

Monday the 30th Multnomah County Library Lunar New Year  Presentation @ 1:00 (virtual) Tuesday the 31st Safety Team Meeting @ 9:15 Team Response Drill time TBD Middle School on "Friday" Schedule Staff Meeting @ 3:30 Wednesday the 1st First Day of New Third Term Schedules ILCT @ 8:00 Thursday the 2nd Friday the 3rd Attendance Meeting @ 7:55 Middle School Clubs Lunch Service- Jarvis, Steeves, Kempster I am off my regular Sunday schedule which involves coffee, a bit of reading and then laying out the work for the week. I was able to watch my niece play volleyball this morning and am just now getting home to start my Sunday work. I hope you had a productive Friday and are ready to launch into a new term and month. We are officially half way there! I am fairly certain I am forgetting a few things in this week's Forecast...I know the second I sent it I will remember.  Please be aware our Middle School students will be in a state of flux for the next two days. We are working on...

 Whew we survived a rough week. Everyone, seemed a bit out of sorts. I hope tomorrow allows people to take pause and do some resetting.  Thank you Joel and Cami for giving our kids the opportunity to perform last night. Families were excited to see the work classes have been doing. Thank you Brenda, Dan and Danelle for helping with crowd control.  As a reminder the office will be closed (I will have it open when I am in my office) tomorrow. Questions about grades can be emailed to Naima. As a reminder she is out next week. The secure the perimeter today was the result of a report of gunshots in the distance. We felt it was best to be proactive and called everyone in. We connected with Security Services and the Portland Police and they did some checks. They let us know they did not find anything of concern and we went back to business normal.  The fire drill went well. We were in and out in about 9 minutes. There were a few classes with some issues and we will speak t...

 Emily was expected to return on the 30th. I spoke with her today and she asked I share she is well and things are moving forward. One thing she has been dealing with some significant insomnia and they are making progress with this. She is being asked to remain off until this is under control. She is confident she will return the week of the 13th. She wanted to share she is coming back ;-) If you have any ESL Monitoring forms please turn them in to Naima tomorrow. I will be sending these to the district at the end of the day.  We will have a fire drill tomorrow. We will not be sharing the time as this is part of practicing...the unexpected.  I will be leaving around 2:30 tomorrow to go to the district office to receive staffing. I will be returning afterward for our Dance/Music performances.  Our middle school dancers and musicians will be performing tomorrow at 6:00. All are welcome to attend.  A reminder that office staff will be out at trainings tomorrow. I w...

PAT members thank you for your presence this afternoon at our meeting. If you were unable to log into the Successful Schools Survey I hope you took the time to accomplish a task at hand. Please be sure to complete the survey once your personal link is sent to you.  PFSP members I will email you directly, but would ask you take some time on Friday to complete the Successful Schools Survey. This was a link sent to you (search Panorama if you can not find it) it will say Request for Feedback. This email was sent out on January 23rd and provides a unique link for you. If you can not find this email please let me know.  Remember to turn in your extended hours to Shannon on a regular basis as opposed to holding on to them until the end of the month. 2nd-5th grade classes are invited to tomorrow's Performance Assembly (Dress Rehearsal). This takes place at 1:40. PLEASE review assembly expectations with your classes if you plan on attending. We will put out a list for 5th period teach...

My apologies for the tardiness of the Nightly News. I didn't send it before I left at 5:00. My family was headed to the Blazer game and I needed to feed them before they left. I planned on getting to work again after they took off and dozed off for a bit...I am sure you can all relate.  It was a busy day and kids were definitely in their feelings. I felt a general sense of emotion in the halls and saw plenty of kids out and about. There are a few items below to address this, but we do need to get a handle on the number of kids in the hall. As the year progresses this will become a larger issue and we need to nip it in the bud now.   I know many of our students had full weekends celebrating Lunar New Year and several reported situations to trusted adults.  Please continue to hold to your classroom norms and revisit expectations regularly. This is especially true coming back from the weekends.  I am supposed to attend Instructional Rounds tomorrow morning and plan...

Monday the 23rd SIT 8-9 Tuesday the 24th Leah @ Instructional Rounds until 12:30 K/1 Arts Performances (Optional) @ 12:15 Staff Meeting @ 3:30-5:00 Wednesday the 25th 2nd-5th Arts Performances (Optional) @ 1:40 ILCT 3:30-4:30 Thursday the 26th Safety Team Meeting @ 8:00 Music & Dance Performance 6:00-7:30 Friday the 27th Planning Day- No Students Lunch Service- Jarvis, Steeves & Kempster (through 2/10) Happy Lunar New Year! I talked with many students who were SOOO excited for their celebrations this weekend. I imagine attendance may be impacted a bit and/or we will have some tired students and staff. To the Year of the Rabbit! I wanted to take a moment to mention that we have several staff members who have had their fair share of loss and life changing events in the past few months. As the building leader I have to ensure I am following privacy protocols around this information. I strive to respect people's wishes in terms of sharing information out. With that being said, ...

  Middle School will be running clubs tomorrow. Students should only be allowed in a club space if they are on that list. We do not allow them to switch clubs, spaces, etc. We had a difficult time locating a few students last week. If they have questions please send them to the office. Lunar New Year - 1/22 - 2/5  K-5 Classrooms please take a moment with your class as you go through the lobby to notice the decorations our DLI teachers have put up.  MS Classes we'll add a slide in Advisory to discuss this Red Envelopes will be delivered to your classes on Friday. Please pass these out to your students on Monday (Lunar New Year begins Sunday).  These symbolize good luck and prosperity for the year to come. The color is an important part of this meaning.  This year is the year of the Rabbit so you'll see it is decorated with this. In general,  Rabbit years  abound with creativity and an appreciation for the art On January 30th all students will have the o...

I am out of the building tomorrow for Leadership. Jill will be here. Shannon will also be out until approximately 9:30. Naima will be working to ensure subs are set.  Just a reminder that we need to be mindful of allowing people into the building after school. The office closes at 4:00. People coming into the building should be signing in until the office is closed. We often have parents come to pick up kids from basketball practice, and now SUN, using various entries. SUN and Champions parents/guardians should not be allowed through the front doors for pickup. Please send them to the cafeteria doors via outside. Basketball parents should be directed to the gym doors. We have several after school activities taking place and want to ensure safety for all.   We are making serious efforts to wrap up MAP testing. Please be sure to send students to the appropriate session to finish up. Next week is the last week of the term and we definitely don't want to be pulling kids out t...

It was a busy day as we had several support staff out, an unfilled classroom and our FIT Assessment. Thank you to all who stepped up. Please continue to wash your hands, wear masks if you are not feeling well and take that Emergent C (I think that is how it is spelled).  I will be leaving the building shortly before 9:00 tomorrow morning and will be returning around 12:00 for instructional rounds. Jill will be here.  Middle School Teacher we will be meeting in Mike Benson's room tomorrow morning at 8:00. This will replace our Friday meeting. ILCT will meet in the Conference Room.  MS Teachers - If you haven't already provided feedback regarding OSAS testing please take 2 minutes to fill this out.   SUN began today and things went fairly smoothly. Cheers to Lilly! Please take a moment to review the list for tomorrow to ensure you are aware of your students who are participating. We have Tuesday/Thursday classes and Monday/Wednesday classes so it will be different tomo...

  Monday the 16th No School- Martin Luther King Jr. Day Tuesday the 17th FIT Assessment 7:30-4:00 SUN Begins Wednesday the 18th ILCT @ 7:50-8:40 MS Team Meeting @ 8:00-8:35 (see email) Leah out 8:30-12:30 @ Instructional Rounds DLI Team Meeting 3:30-4:30 Garden Lessons Thursday the 19th Leah out @ Leadership Friday the 20th ASERT (Attendance Team) Meeting @ 8:00 Middle School Clubs (adjusted schedule) Lunch Service- Schulze, Wickstrom, DaRosa (last week) It looks like a busy week ahead. We are packing a lot into four days! Tuesday we will have district MTSS staff in the building to conduct our FIT Assessment. Several staff members have been asked to participate in interviews and provide input to their team. We will be utilizing the conference room for the entire day. The district office is also hosting virtual principal interviews on Tuesday from 3:30-7:30.  I will be out of the building for Instructional Rounds and Leadership on Wednesday and Thursday. Jill will be here....

Please be sure to turn in any extended hours or items that need to be addressed by Payroll ASAP.  I realize this may be one of those things we did not directly communicate, but need to. If a student is injured and you witnessed that injury we need to fill out the form that follows. This is not for a small "boo boo", but those that could require medical attention, head injuries (these should ALWAYS be sent to the the health room to be addressed), and those that were caused by building equipment etc.   Kelly documents all visits, but this is separate from our PPS reporting on injuries. We will work on getting a hard copy of this for sub folders as well.  https://www.pps.net/Page/12905 All are welcome to read, but is more focused on K-5. We have not had time to check in on a few things with cadres and other imperative work. We will discuss more in coming PLCs or staff meetings (we don't meet as entire staff for awhile). The district office/school board has stressed the ...

ELPA testing will be March 13th-24th. The 27th-10th will be prep. The ESL team will begin working with ESL students specifically during the 27th-10th. We will hold a short assembly on March 10th with all ESL students to prepare for ELPA. Thank you to those who put your names in for the interview committee. Interviews will take place next Tuesday from 3:30-7:30. This is being handled by the district office and someone will be reaching out to those on the committee later today or tomorrow. I am just coordinating information out.  We are looking for a parent, Tuliakiono Veliteki in our system. They were interested in being on the interview committee, but we cannot match them with a student. Please let me know if you have any idea who this parent may be. Middle School teachers I will be finding a time soon to discuss special plans for January 30th and 31st. Please check in with Benson, Brenner or Wickstrom if you want some more info. 

 I have had the ability to begin some calendering for Open Houses and other events for families for the 2023-24 school year. I will be sending out invites to people who we would like to be in attendance this week. Here are dates that have been penciled in so far: February 28th- Kinder Open House March 7th- Middle School Open House May 2nd- Kinder Open House Multicultural Night is scheduled for March 23rd Promotion is scheduled for June 12th Next Tuesday we have our yearly FIT Assessment (Fidelity Inventory Tool). This is run through the MTSS department. Attached is a slide presentation. I will be reaching out to staff to provide feedback and participation in this assessment. Emily and I put together the schedule prior to the break and I am not sure if she reached out to people then to give them a heads up, so my emails may be the first time you have heard about it, or a reminder!   https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1OdoVdZIsnYaXAJLkMqghvPJIOccIYijM4NpAjy1GTpM/edit?usp=sha...

I have added a parent coffee this Friday to ensure parents have an in person opportunity to provide input in regards to the Clark opening. Just wanted to communicate that out. Thank you to those who attended this morning.  Cadres are tomorrow. Please be sure you attend as attendance is being taken and administrators are being asked to follow up.  From Kenneth: With MAP testing coming up I just wanted to remind everyone that if you have a student that cannot test due to a resolution issue. It is an easy fix that can be resolved with the following: FIX At the sign in screen press SHIFT + CTRL + Minus  you will see the screen flicker and get smaller. One time should be enough but if your student still has the resolution issue have them try that another time until the resolution error is gone.  **If this doesn't work have the student sign in and ensure the keyboard is set to US. Then try the process above again.*** Middle School End of Semester Dates: 1/27 - gr...

MAP TESTING BEGINS Monday the 9th Optional Meeting @ 8:15 (see below) SIT @ 3:30 Tuesday the 10th PAT Members attend Cadres @ 3:30 Wednesday the 11th ILCT @ 3:30 Thursday the 12th 6th Grade Kid Chat Friday 13th Lunch Service- Schulze, Wickstrom, DaRosa/Kempster Emily will be out on family leave through the end of this month. I have asked her to avoid checking email and to focus on her family and their needs at this time. At this time please try to avoid sending emails her way as I don't want her mailbox to be massive upon her return. I ask that emails you would typically send to her are sent to me and Jill Bailey (jbailey2@pps.net). We will be working on delineating some of her duties to Dan Carpenter, Theresa, Jill and myself.  On this note, Jill and I will be coming around to middle school Advisory classes tomorrow and Tuesday to introduce students to her. We will also let students know of Ms.Moore's absence. We may receive some additional support in her absence, but for rig...

Sorry for the late edition. I had a 4:15 meeting off site and failed to send this before leaving. I am just now getting back to my computer. Not much to report tonight.   Kenneth put picture labels in your boxes. These should go on student Chromebooks to help w/ identification.

It is with great enthusiasm  I want to welcome Jill Bailey to our Harrison Park team. Jill will be serving as the interim planning principal for the Clark/HP Middle School transition. A retired PPS administrator, she  recently has supported at Beverly Cleary K-8, Kellogg, and Richmond. Prior to retirement Jill spent nine years as principal at Maplewood (feeds into Wilson) and served as a Special Education director. This development was shared with me late yesterday and she arrived this morning! I spent much of the day catching her up on all things HP. We will be working together to determine how to utilize her help and expertise.  I will be working on delegating some of my day to day work to Jill so I can begin to focus on transition work. Emily, Jill and I will work as a team to develop lists of the work that needs to be done to prepare for next year in both schools.  I am EXCITED to get moving on things and am happy to be able to do much of this work on site. I wil...

Interviews for the Clark Planning Principal will be held next Wednesday. At this time two candidates will be interviewed by a committee of  2-3 certified staff, 1 classified staff and 2-3 parent/community members. People interested will need to commit to working from 3:30-7:30, or after, next Wednesday the 11th. Those interested in interviewing should be staff members planning on making the move to Clark next year. Please let me know ASAP if you are interested.  Emily will be out of the building for the remainder of the week. Please send any emails/texts to me, or Dr.Carpenter in the event you need immediate assistance.  There will be no snacks tomorrow. They should resume on Thursday.  Sharing this on behalf of OTIS: As a part of the 2020 bond, OTIS is  upgrading all of the teacher workstation equipment on the tech bundles across the district. We will do this in conjunction with the bond modification project that is getting underway at the school....

Monday the 2nd No School Tuesday the 3rd First Day Back No Staff Meeting- See below Safety Team Walk Through @ 3:45 Wednesday the 4th ILCT @ 8:00 Garden Lessons Thursday the 5th Friday the 6th Lunch Service- Schulze, Wickstrom, DaRosa I am easing back into work. I listened to my own advice and tried my best to focus on my family and taking time away from work so I could return refreshed. I know I woke up this morning with my mind racing...it is time to get back to work. I hope you all had a well deserved break full of the things you love the most.  Here is a video I found a few days ago and I thought it was worth sharing. To new beginnings and reminders of why we do this work.  https://youtu.be/XPdD4zYHJLI I went into the building last Thursday to get an eye on the construction.  They did get the lockers out and people were busy working away. I was not able to get a close look at the hallways as they were blocked off. I am anxious to see things in the morning.  The ...