Browse past news stories for George Middle School in Portland, OR.

• Helping middle schoolers take next step (The Oregonian)
  posted on October 22, 2009 at 11:09:46 am
  Portland middle schools are increasing their academic requirements to better prepare their students for the higher standards high schools are setting.
• Schools push for better results (Portland Tribune)
  posted on September 3, 2009 at 07:10:50 am
  Forget an open-door policy. Beth Madison, principal at North Portland’s George Middle School, has no doors. She does have wheels, though. And she’ll use them this school year to cruise the halls, pop into classrooms, keep tabs on the cafeteria at lunch hour and, in general, be ...
• Schools facing federal sanctions double to 18 (The Oregonian)
  posted on August 6, 2009 at 10:44:35 am
  Olivia Bucks/The OregonianCynthia Harris, principal of Jefferson High School, says new federal ratings are an important wake-up call. Jefferson is on the troubled schools list for the first time. Data released this week show the number of Portland and east...
• Chapman neighbors fight for DEQ pollution monitors (Portland Tribune)
  posted on June 4, 2009 at 07:08:53 am
  It isn’t too often that parents at Northwest Portland’s Chapman Elementary School look with envy at Jefferson High School’s Harriet Tubman girls academy in North Portland. But Tubman has something a number of Northwest Portland residents think rightfully belongs in their part of ...
• Portland parents tackle industrial pollution near schools (The Oregonian)
  posted on May 21, 2009 at 03:06:40 am
  A group will petition Oregon officials to get tough on emissions after a report finds high levels of air toxics near several city schools
• In St. Johns, working to lighten up a little (The Oregonian)
  posted on March 19, 2009 at 02:31:10 pm
  Parents work to reduce childhood obesity and make their area healthier