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James John Newsletters

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  • Recursos para las familias

    11/1/2023

    Recursos par las familias

  • Family resources

    11/1/2023

    Family resources

  • School supply list

    8/9/2023

    School supply list School supply list

  • Welcome back - Important dates

    8/9/2023

    Important dates

  • Caraval

    6/2/2023

    Carnaval

  • End of year Carnival

    6/2/2023

    Carnival

  • Connect to Kinder

    3/1/2023

    Connect to Kinder

    Conectata a Kinder

  • Kinder Infromation/ Informacion de Kinder

    2/1/2023

    kInder Kinder

  • Back to school night

    9/9/2022

    Back to school night

  • Back to school night

    9/2/2022

    Come Join us for our in person back to school night September 15th from 5:30-7:30pm 

  • Back to School BBQ

    8/15/2022

    Come join us after our Community care day for a back to school BBQ 12-1pm 

  • Community Care Day/Backpack giveaway

    8/15/2022

    On Saturday, August 27th (9-12pm) we will be holding our Community Care Day. We are asking for volunteers to come out and help clean up our school grounds. We will also be handing out backpacks to all our students. 

  • James John Campfire afterschool program

    8/1/2022
    JJ Multi-Site Manager: Stephanie Vera, svera@campfirecolumbia.org, 503-758-9111
     
    JJ Camp Fire Site Supervisor: Angelica Brown 
    Phone number: 503-954-8590
     
    For registration and billing questions email ppsreg@campfirecolumbia.org
     
     
    About Camp Fire: 
    YOUTH-CENTERED PROGRAMMING:
    • Builds strong and genuine relationships with children, families, and school staff. We offer children a sense of belonging in a safe, engaging, and educational environment.
    • Provides daily after school homework time to give children an opportunity to work with staff and their peers to strengthen their academic skills.
    • Programming is intentional and outcome-based, and developed with the needs and interests of youth in mind.
    • Encourages children to develop and facilitate service-learning projects that help connect them to their communities.
     
    • Offers diverse curriculum to inspire children to “Find their Spark”, teaching them to be curious, engaged, and learning.
    • Develops children’s leadership skills through youth-led clubs, allowing them to practice leading their peers and writing their own curriculum.
    SUPPORT FOR CAMP FIRE FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY:
     
    • We are responsive to the communities we serve and make thoughtful and intentional adjustments to our programs as needed.
    • We are an Employment Related Day Care support (ERDC) approved provider and offer financial aid for low-income families.
    • We invest in outstanding staff who far surpass the state training standards. Training topics covered include Positive
    • Behavior Intervention & Supports (PBIS), growth mindset, cultural responsiveness and inclusion, STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math), group facilitation, curriculum development, healthy habits, and so much more!

District News

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  • Earthstock Brings the Joy to the Crystal Ballroom

    6/7/2024
    Two students dance at Earthstock 2024.

    A little over 30 years ago, a Madison High School student named Joseph Janson had a simple wish. He wanted to go to a dance. But nothing was simple for Joseph, who was born with Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy and was confined to a wheelchair. 

    He confided his wish to Tony Nitz, who at that time was an educational assistant at Madison (now Leodis V. McDaniel High School). Tony had been working one-on-one with Joseph for months and he immediately went about making the young man’s dream come true.

    “The truth is, I would have done anything for Joseph,” Nitz said. “He was a unique person, and we had a very special bond.”

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  • Glencoe Elementary School Counselor and GSA Coordinator Pens a Book About Chosen Family

    6/4/2024
    This is a photo of Madi Bourdon's book, A Kid's Book About Chosen Family.

    Madi Bourdon’s first book practically wrote itself. 

    According to the Glencoe Elementary School counselor and Gender Sexuality Alliance (GSA) coordinator, it only took them an hour and a half to finish A Kid’s Book About Chosen Family, which came out this March with A Kid’s Co. publishing.

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  • Mission Accomplished: Roosevelt Senior Helps Green Card Holders Obtain U.S. Citizenship

    5/31/2024
    Alondra in the Classroom

    For the past three years, Alondra Nieves Barajas has been both student and teacher.

    Most days, the senior from Roosevelt High School attends class, does her homework, and spends time with her friends just like any other 18-year-old. But on Wednesday nights, you can find her at the front desk, teaching adults – often much older than herself – the ins and outs of the United States naturalization test.

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  • PPS Senior Program Manager of Energy & Sustainability Invited to White House Summit

    5/17/2024

    When Aaron Presberg first got the email from the White House, he thought it was some sort of prank. 

    Then he shared the message with a few colleagues who assured him that it was no joke, and the exciting reality that he had been invited to Washington, D.C. to present at the White House’s first-ever Summit for Sustainable and Healthy K–12 School Buildings and Grounds started to sink in.

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