Portland Public Schools
Portland, Oregon

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Specially designed instruction to meet students' individual needs.

• Holladay Center (Elementary School) • Youngson (Middle School) • Columbia (High School) • Annex •

Pioneer Special School Locations

Holladay Site
(kindergarden through 6th grade)
Holladay Annex
(6th grade through 12th grade)
Youngson Site
(6th grade through 12th grade)
 

School News & Announcements

Positive Behavior Supports (PBS)

Many students come to us after a long series of problems at home, at school, and in the community. In other settings they have been seen as either failures or victims. At Pioneer Special Schools we are adopting a skills-based approach that replaces the blaming and punishment/reward systems that children and their families have so often dealt with in the past. Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) is a way of teaching and parenting that makes use of every child’s wish to be understood and enlists him/her as a partner in developing skills for effective learning and living. It all begins with one premise:

Kids do well if they can.

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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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