Si Se Puede PPS

06/11/2019

Two school leaders from Portland Public Schools have been selected as fellows for a national organization that advocates for Latino students and English learners. 

24/05/2017

Portland Public Schools is proud to announce our honorees for this year's celebration to be held at the BESC on May 26, 2017.

All photos by Ricardo Nagaoka
www.ricardonagaoka.com

24/05/2017

24/05/2017

We are honored to present your 2017 Honorees for the ¡Sí Se Puede! Latino Student Recognition Event.

22/04/2015

Cesar Chavez K-8 students, families and staff held their annual neighborhood march and celebration of the late civil rights leader Cesar Chavez' birthday recently. Each year the school celebrates with a week of special activities.

22/04/2015

In case you missed this news last week, here are photos from the amazing and inspirational visit. Dr. Rigoberta Menchu Tum, a Nobel Laureate and Guatamalan peace activist who is studied by many of our students, met them in person at Jefferson. More than 1,500 people attended the presentation.

Thank you, Dr. Menchu! Your visit won't be forgotten anytime soon.

20/04/2015

We are proud to announce that we are now accepting nominations for the 2015 cohort of ¡Sí Se Puede honorees! Visit our nomination form and let us know about the 8-12 graders at your school who exemplify Latin@ students at PPS.

On Wednesday, May 27, Portland Public Schools will celebrate the accomplishments of our Latino students with our third ¡Sí Se Puede! (“Yes, we can!”) Event to be held at the Blanchard Education Service Center from 6:00 p.m. to 8 p.m. ¡Sí Se Puede! is an opportunity for students to celebrate and insp…

20/04/2015

Congratulations to ACCESS Academy 5th Grader Agustin Montes. Agustin has been named the 2015 winner of the OATAG (Oregon Association for Talented and Gifted) Young Scholars Award. This award is given once per year to one student in the entire state! Representatives from OATAG travelled to Rose City Park School to join PPS TAG Department staff and Agustin's family for an assembly held in Agustin's honor. When addressing the his colleagues in the audience, he made sure to say, "Gracias por el apoyo de mi familia y también mis maestros. Estoy muy orgulloso de ser latino." View more of Agustin's award ceremony at the PPS Flickr page.

Apr. 17 2015: Congratulations to ACCESS Academy 5th Grader Agustin Montes. Agustin has been named the 2015 winner of the OATAG (Oregon Association for Talented and Gifted) Young Scholars Award. This award is given once per year to one student in the entire state! Representatives from OATAG travelled…

02/12/2014

FREE PATH TO SCHOLARSHIPS WORKSHOP AT PSU
Saturday, December 6th
9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Space is limited, registration is required. Call 503.222.0280.

At this workshop, students will:
- Receive their own College & Scholarship Planning Guide with Resource CD.
- Create a portfolio to prepare for college & scholarship applications.
- Be guided to write their first draft of a winning scholarship essay.

Presenter: Araceli Ortiz, Linfield College

Welcome to ¡Sí Se Puede! PPS. This page is dedicated to showcasing and celebrating the accomplishments of our Latino students enrolled in PPS.

23/05/2014

A HUGE Shout Out to our Sponsors for this years Si SE PUEDE Event. It would not been possible without you. Thank you so much for believeing in our youth and for supporting our community with your time, money and energy.

Portland Mayor Charlie Hales, Jaime Soltero Tamale Boy, Mojica de Valdivieso CHA CHA CHA! Artist - EDNA Vazquez, Gina Roletto - OALA, KUNP Portland, Photographer-Katharine Kimball.
And to so so many others, gracias!

Thank you to our Committee
Veronica Bañuelos
Francisco Garcia
MariaElena Alvarado
Sylvia Barajas

23/05/2014

2014 !Si Se Puede! Event

Portland Mayor Charlie Hales speaking to a phenomenal cohort of Latino students in this year’s 2014 !Si Se Puede! Event.

High School and Middle School students sharing their stories and gifts with their families and community, as they deliver their own speech.

Their words, attitudes and projection filled the room with hope and desire for continued growth in all of us. What a beautiful evening!

Gracias a todas los estudiantes y a sus familias !Si Se Puede!

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2014 Portland Public Schools ¡Sí Se Puede! Honorees Dinner. Photos by Katharine Kimball www.KatharineKimballWeddings.com

20/05/2014

Portland Public Schools is proud to announce the 18 students honored at the ¡Sí Se Puede! ("Yes, we can!") PPS Latino Student Recozgnition Event.

Thank you to all the PPS staff and members of the community who nominated students from every PPS high school.

Tenemos el honor de anunciar a los condecorados del evento de reconocimiento a estudiantes latinos ¡Si Se Puede!

Gracias a las nominaciones entusiastas de maestros y personal escolar, el comité recibió nominaciones de estudiantes destacados y sobresalientes.