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Cleveland's newest Principal, Jo Ann Wadkins, at Lincoln High School where she taught for fifteen years - credit PPS Admin Staff Bio

Cleveland High School Welcomes Jo Ann Wadkins as Newest Principal

June 25, 2020

Cleveland High School announced Jo Ann Wadkins as their new Principal starting in the 2020-21 school ...

Wordplay

January 3, 2019

“M-A-R-O-C-A-I-N, marocain.” This was the word that cemented the victory for Ananya Vinay in the...

Second Year, No Contract

October 10, 2017

Portland Public Schools officials and the Portland Association of Teachers have been unsuccessful in thei...

PPS Protects Undocumented Students in Latest Resolution

By Sophie Weir, Reporter

December 4, 2016

PPS has long prided itself on being an all-inclusive, safe space for students of every race, gender, orientation, and religion. That’s why, on Nov. 17, its board of education unanimously passed a resolution banning Immigration Control Enforcement (ICE) officers from freely entering school grounds. This momentous vote will guaran...

Why is Waking Up Such Torture for High School Students?

October 10, 2016

We all envy those kids who can keep their eyes open in the morning, who can absorb what the teacher is ...

Dress Code Decoded

October 1, 2016

Obsession over bare shoulders and exposed bra straps are over: the dress code has been revised to enforc...

Clarion Top 10: If the PPS water crisis were a movie

September 30, 2016

Top 10 Proposed movie titles about the PPS water crisis... 10. American Plumber 9. Carole Smith and...

Lincoln students walkout in support of bond measure

By Ariel Harmon and McKenzie Potter-Moen

September 15, 2016

The ceilings are rotting in high schools around Portland. The water is undrinkable. A bond that could...