Portland Public Schools
Portland, Oregon

Image of school logoBridlemile School

Every student, every day

4300 SW 47th Drive| Portland, OR 97221
Phone: (503) 916-6292 | Fax: (503) 916-2613

Spring Announcements

Memorial Holiday - No School May 28

Band and Strings Concert, May 31: 1:00 (in school) and 6:30 pm (friends and family)

Bridlemile Bike Fest, June 1: 2:30 - 4:30

Parent Volunteer Thank You Coffee and Brunch: June 1, 7:45 am - 10:00 am, Staff Lounge

Fourth Grade Variety Show: June 4, 9:15 am

Third Grade Variety Show: June 4, 12:45 pm

Geography Bee: June 5, 1:00 pm

PTA Volunteer Brunch: June 6, Cynthia Moon's House, 10 - 12

Kindergarten Round-Up was February 14

We will host small tours throughout the spring.  To schedule please call the office: 503 916-6292.

School News & Announcements

2011-12 Academic Year

State of the Schools: This link provides you with information about how PPS and Bridlemile are working to ensure all students experience success in PPS Schools.  In the coming weeks our annual Bridlemile School Improvement Plan will also be posted on this website.  Thank you for taking time to review our District and School progress and goals:

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Questions:  Email Principal: Tanya Ghattas - tghattas@pps.net

What makes Bridlemile special?

Bridlemile is a strong neighborhood program. 

Our core program for 2012-13 includes:

  • Music with a Music Specialist twice a week plus an optional band program for fifth graders and a strings program for third, fourth and fifth graders
  • Music programs for K/1, 2/3, 4/5, and Band/Strings
  • Media with a Library Assistant once a week
  • PE with a PE specialist one time each week
  • Art with classroom teachers using Arts Attack

Bridlemile parents and volunteers are a key part of our program.  The Bridlemile PTA hosts many family events throughout the school year including:

  • Back-to-School Pizza Party
  • Fall Book Fair
  • January Spaghetti Extravanganza
  • Winter After School Elective Program
  • Missoula Theater Week
  • No TV Week
  • Freaky Friday Carnival

A Message from the Principal

Dear Parents and Students,

Bridlemile Elementary is a K-5 kindergarten through fifth grade elementary school serving over 450 students. The program hallmarks include strong academic opportunities in a supportive environment where students learn respect and take personal responsibility for their actions. Bridlemile has welcomed and nurtured students for the past 52 years.

The staff at Bridlemile make this pledge to you:

We promise to greet your child each morning with the expectation that the day will be important. Will you learn about our school program so you can offer the same enthusiasm?

We promise to prepare exciting lessons. Will you help your child get to school well rested and on time to appreciate them?

We promise to work to make your child’s day an intellectually stimulating one. Will you ask questions and encourage discussions so that your child can share his or her educational growth with you?

We promise to call or write whenever we feel that your child needs a little extra help in getting along with others, or taking responsibility for their own actions. Will you call or write us if you hear a comment about school that bothers you?

One of our goals this year is to encourage your child to participate fully in all school activities. You can help by sharing school life. Children learn what they live. When your child sees his/her life surrounded by caring and attentive parents and school staff, he or she will surely join with us to help make this the best year yet.

We ask that you provide support and a quiet workspace for your child to do his/her daily reading and homework.  We are looking forward to a wonderful year and rewarding partnership with you.

Sincerely,
Tanya Ghattas and the Bridlemile Staff

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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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