Llewellyn really wants to help keep you and your child/children happy and healthy this school year. As a reminder, back to school can also mean back to increased exposure to common germs and illnesses.  This chart provides guidance about when to keep your students home, and when they can return to school.

Please notify the school if your student is absent due to illness. You can call the attendance line at (503) 916-6256 or send an email to Mark, mrobb@pps.net or Kellie, kgrunde@pps.net.  If you know your child will be out for a few days according to their symptoms, you can report multiple days at once instead of calling daily. Also, the school nurse is always available if you have any questions or concerns about your student’s symptoms.

Do you need to add or remove an authorized pick-up person (also known as an emergency contact) to your student's profile in ParentVUE?  This link will walk you through the process. Adding Pick Up in ParentVUE .  Please notify your child's teacher of any changes to the pick up routine.  Contact Mark at mrobb@pps.net with any questions.

• Parents / Guardians: PLEASE be sure to include the office in any and all communication regarding your student being absent. Teachers don’t always have time to forward emails to us and they are only able to mark Absent or Tardy in attendance. They cannot put in an excused absence (Vacation, Appointment, Family Emergency, etc.). Only the office can!  Email mrobb@pps.net (Mark) OR leave a message on the School Attendance Line at 503-916-6256. In all cases, please be sure to leave a REASON for your student's absence.

  Questions? You can always call the office at 503-916-6216.

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.”

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.

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.

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.