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Pioneer Special School Locations

Holladay Site
(kindergarden through 6th grade)
Holladay Annex
(9th grade through 12th grade)
Youngson Site
(6th grade through 9th 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

Board approves budget adding teachers, prioritizing full high school course loads

May 20, 2013

The Portland School Board approved a $487 million budget for the 2013-14 school year by a vote of 6-0. The budget adds teachers district-wide, prioritizes equity in allocating staff to schools, and allows high school students to take full course loads.

 

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Wilson, Cleveland claim 1st, 2nd at state choir championship

May 13, 2013
Wilson High School's Wilson High School took first place and Cleveland High School landed second place in the 2013 5A OSAA State Choir Championships May 11 at George Fox University in Newberg - a first for Wilson and a first for two PPS high schools earning top finishes in one year. [More]

Agreement between City and PPS would buffer City arts tax risk for schools

May 13, 2013
Superintendent Carole Smith has outlined a proposed agreement that would allow PPS to put at least a half-time art teacher in every school serving elementary students for the 2013-14 school year, pending resolution of current legal challenges to the City arts tax. [More]

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