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THE GRANTONIAN

Principal's Message

  • Dear GHS Families,

    Welcome back to the 2024-25 school year. This will be an exciting year filled with exciting games and memorable performances that will create lasting memories for our students.  We are excited to announce new hires in our Counseling, English, Science, and Classified Departments.  We’re also happy to welcome Jessika Magnett as our new Curriculum and instruction Vice Principal.

    During this first week of the school year, we have enjoyed welcoming our 2,172 students. Many of these Grantonians have decided to participate in a sport, performing arts program and or Leadership. We Strongly encourage every student to be involved in at least one activity that helps connect them to Grant.  Grant students thrive when they are actively involved at Grant. Stay tuned for Club Fair information coming soon.  

    Please encourage your student to attend every class period every day! Attendance is a top priority at Grant. Our data shows that when students miss classes they are less likely to succeed at Grant. Please try to schedule appointments and family vacations around the school schedule and calendar whenever possible to support student success. 

    Thank you to ALL of our families who support students and Grant in a variety of ways. We would not have been able to get all of our students through Gear Up Days without so many fabulous volunteers. We also want to thank our GHS PTA for providing an incredible Welcome Back lunch for our staff. The community support for our teachers is inspiring and appreciated.  A huge thank you to our Grant Alumni Association for their support of our Grant High School 100th Birthday event scheduled for Friday, September the 13th.

    Once again,  I will be  hosting my Principal’s Coffee Talk on the second Wednesday of each month starting in October at 8:45 - 9:30am for families who would like to learn a little more about Grant or have questions. We hope to see everyone at Back to School Night on Wednesday, September 18th, where families will be able to meet teachers and learn more about their students’ classes.  

     

    Here’s to a year of growth and learning.

     

    James McGee, Principal

     

District News

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  • McDaniel Junior Takes Top Honors in State Solo Music Contest

    6/14/2024

    When Beckham Weatherby picks up his tuba, the rest of the world falls away. 

    “I don’t get that nervous and I don’t get stage fright at all,” he said. “I guess I got lucky with how my body reacts to performing in front of crowds.”

    Which is something the McDaniel High School junior has done quite a bit of lately. Not only is he a member of the prestigious Portland Youth Philharmonic (PYP) and the PYP conservatory orchestra, but he recently earned first prize in the tuba solo performance category at the Oregon State Solo Music Championships.

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  • Bon Voyage, Miss Ellie: Teacher Retires After 50 Years at PPS

    6/13/2024
    Miss Ellie helps students hold a chick.

    The first things you notice when you walk into Ellie Jensen’s classroom at Boise-Eliot/Humboldt Elementary School are peace and warmth. Then you hear the laughter of children. Then you just might see two posters hanging on the walls that tell you a great deal about the kind of teacher she has been for the past 50 years. The posters simply say, “Leave a little sparkle wherever you go” and “Be a friend.”

    Jensen, known as “Miss Ellie” to the hundreds of students she has taught in her half a century as a Portland Public Schools educator, can’t help but light up a room. And she is a friend to all children. 

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  • Food Pantry Gets a Makeover, Courtesy of McDaniel¡¯s CTE Art Students

    6/13/2024

    We dare you to drive by the Mainspring Food Pantry on the corner of 82nd Avenue and Fremont and not do a double take. Or a triple take. 

    Students from McDaniel High School’s art-focused Career Technical Education (CTE) class have spent the last four weeks turning the exterior walls of the pantry into one, huge, joyful mural as part of the course’s exploration of climate justice and community engagement.

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  • Earthstock Brings the Joy to the Crystal Ballroom

    6/7/2024
    Two students dance at Earthstock 2024.

    A little over 30 years ago, a Madison High School student named Joseph Janson had a simple wish. He wanted to go to a dance. But nothing was simple for Joseph, who was born with Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy and was confined to a wheelchair. 

    He confided his wish to Tony Nitz, who at that time was an educational assistant at Madison (now Leodis V. McDaniel High School). Tony had been working one-on-one with Joseph for months and he immediately went about making the young man’s dream come true.

    “The truth is, I would have done anything for Joseph,” Nitz said. “He was a unique person, and we had a very special bond.”

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