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Benson Polytechnic High School
United by Spirit, Bonded by Name

546 NE 12th Ave. | Portland, OR 97232
Phone: (503) 916-5100 | Fax: (503) 916-2690

Benson Polytechnic High School Application 2012-2013

The Benson Polytechnic H.S. 2012-2013 Application will be available right here Feb. 3rd 8:00 AM through Feb. 29th 2012 until 5:00 PM. If you have questions regarding the application process please call Benson at 503-916-5100, ext. 77105 or e-mail Roi San Anderson at randerson@pps.net for more information.

Welcome to Benson Polytechnic High School

Please see our website maintained by Benson students at www.bensonhs.pps.k12.or.us .

School News & Announcements

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Sade Beasley

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For February’s Female Student of the Month, we would like to highlight Benson High School senior Sadé Beasley (Tlingit). Sadé currently has a 4.0 GPA and has been on Benson’s honor roll for the
last three years. She is a member of the Benson mural and Portland Evening Scholars mural design teams, poetry, and NELA’s Mentor to College program. Sadé has completed the Apprenticeship of Science and Engineering internship with Colombia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, and was selected as one of the first women to be in Nike’s Footwear Academy called PENSOL.

Benson's Penelope Biggs Wins NCWIT Award!

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Benson Polytechnic High School senior student Penelope Biggs is the National Center for Women in Technology's (NCWIT) Aspirations in Computing Award winner. Penelope and her mother, Mrs. Bowen-Biggs, are being flown to Charlotte North Carolina next month for her to receive the award in person. Penelope is also an Oregon Affiliate Award winner. Khue Tran, who graduated from Benson in 2010, won the Oregon Award and was a national runner up a few years back. Khue inspired Penelope to get involved.

Bell Schedules

Regular Bell - Odd Days

90 minute periods -- 360 minutes per day-40 minute lunch
Period 1 8:15-9:45
Period 3 9:50-11:20
Lunch 11:25-12:05
Period 5 12:10-1:40
Period 7 1:45-3:15

Regular Bell - Even Days

90 minute periods -- 360 minutes per day-40 minute lunch
Period 2 8:15-9:45
Period 4 9:50-11:20
Lunch 11:25-12:05
Period 6 12:10-1:40
Period 8 1:45-3:15

Wednesday/Thursday Late Opening Schedule

60 minute periods -- 240 minutes per day-40 minute lunch
Late Open  8:00-10:00
Period 1 or 2 10:15-11:15
Lunch 11:20-12:00
Period 3 or 4 12:05-1:05
Period 5 or 6 1:10-2:10
Period 7 or 8 2:15-3:15

Assembly Schedule 

75 minute periods -- 360 minutes per day-60 minute assembly
Period 1 or 2 8:15-9:30
Period 3 or 4 9:35-10:50
Assembly 10:55-11:55
Lunch 12:00-12:35
Period 5 or 6 12:40-1:55
Period 7 or 8 2:00-3:15

Conference Schedule

Nov. 21 and 22 -- No School Nov. 23-25, 2011
Period 1 or 2 8:15-9:00
Period 3 or 4 9:05-9:50
Period 5 or 6 9:55-10:40
Period 7 or 8 10:45-11:15
Lunch 11:20-12:00
Planning 12:00-12:45

Afternoon Session from 1:00-3:00 and
Evening Sesson from 5:00-8:00

Finals Schedule Day 1 and 2

90 minute finals -- 90 minute classes -- 360 minutes per day
Period 1 or 2 Final 8:15-9:45
Period 3 or 4 Final 9:50-11:20
Lunch 11:25-12:05
Period 5 or 6 Class 11:55-12:35
Period 7 or 8 Class 1:45-3:15 

Finals Schedule Day 3 and 4

90 minute finals -- 90 minute make-up/grading -- 180 minutes per day
Period 5 or 6 Final 8:15-9:45
Period 7 or 8 Final 9:50-11:20
Lunch 11:25-12:05
Make Up Testing 12:10-1:40
Grading 1:45-3:15

 TECH Show, 6:00-9:00 PM, February 16, 2012 -- No School February 17, 2012

25 minute periods -- 200 minutes per day-40 minute lunch
Period 1 8:15-8:40
Period 2 8:45-9:10
Period 3 9:15-9:40
Period 4 9:45-10:10
Period 5 10:15-10:40
Period 6 10:45-11:10
Period 7 11:15-11:40
Period 8 11:45-12:10
Lunch 12:15-12:55
Tech Show 1:00-3:30

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PPS News

Celebration honors Humboldt School

May 23, 2012
Humboldt PK-8 School

Students and teachers, past and present, are invited to celebrate Humboldt School’s more than half a century of service to Northeast Portland from 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, June 8, at Humboldt PK-8 School, 4916 N. Gantenbein Ave.

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Student-built house offers ‘skills for life’

May 22, 2012

Benson Polytechnic High School students’ new 1,542-square-foot house will be sold, but the construction skills are theirs to keep.

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Construction bond discussion gets specific

May 18, 2012

Portland Public Schools seeks input on school construction bond themes — developed by a superintendent’s advisory group — at three upcoming meetings. Community feedback will help Superintendent Carole Smith and the Portland School Board determine the timing, size and priority of a bond to update antiquated school buildings.

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