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Sunnyside environmental school is like none other, it is truly a treasure! I also taught Art and Theatre At Sunnyside between 2015 and 2020."},{"name":"Lana L.","connection":"Friend of student"},{"name":"Liza C.","connection":"My two children (ages 24 and 26) attended SES from kindergarten through 8th grade."},{"name":"Adeline F.","connection":"Former SES student"},{"name":"Todd N.","connection":"Friends of students at the school. Friends of those in the Sunnyside community."},{"name":"Bonnie B.","connection":"Adult of two former SES students"},{"name":"Lauren B.","connection":""},{"name":"Kasia S.","connection":""},{"name":"Colleen C.","connection":"Former teacher"},{"name":"Arlene J.","connection":"My 3 grandchildren excel at social and emotional intelligence primarily because of their 8! Years at Sunnyside. I am a retired school social worker and child therapist at volunteered at Sunnyside for over 10 years. 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The last place we should be cutting is our education in schools. Sunnyside environmental was a very sought after location for children across Portland. Closing this Portland, public school or any other is a tragedy and will impact Portland’s future, housing prices, as people steer clear of certain neighborhoods, and the education of Portland’s future children. We are already nearly dead last and education. Why Portland or Oregon and general thinks cutting any funding to education or schools as appropriate is beyond me. 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If PPS cared about families they wouldn’t do this— and SE already went through redistricting not long ago! This creates instability for everyone."},{"name":"Janet W.","connection":"Family member of 2 current students"},{"name":"Javier G.","connection":"Adult, neighbor."},{"name":"christian L.","connection":"adult of former student"},{"name":"JESUS P.","connection":"Business owner"},{"name":"Don C.","connection":""},{"name":"Margot M.","connection":"Friend of current student"},{"name":"Erin W.","connection":"Community member"},{"name":"Kevin J.","connection":"Parent of current student"},{"name":"Claudia S.","connection":"friend of student and family, community member"},{"name":"Megan E.","connection":"Adult of former SES student"},{"name":"Bronte G.","connection":""},{"name":"Tanner D.","connection":"Friend of a student"},{"name":"Nolan W.","connection":"Student"},{"name":"Audrey F.","connection":"Alumni"},{"name":"Elinor","connection":"Student"},{"name":"Scott M.","connection":"Community member"},{"name":"Audrey","connection":"Student 5th grade"},{"name":"Wendy N.","connection":"PPS parent and community member"},{"name":"Richard R.","connection":"Adult of two former Sunnyside students!"},{"name":"Alica A.","connection":""},{"name":"Isabella M.","connection":"Community member"},{"name":"Myerli O.","connection":"Sister of current SES student"},{"name":"Brad K.","connection":"Family friend of Sunnyside student"},{"name":"Megan B.","connection":""},{"name":"Addie S.","connection":"Community member"},{"name":"Calvin R.","connection":"Adult of current SES student"},{"name":"Alyssa J.","connection":"My nephews have went here, and they all just loved it. Great connection with teachers and friends. Has been an amazing learning environment for them. And Im sad other kids may not get to experience this type of learning. Would be a shame to close this school and lose this type of learning environment."},{"name":"Elliette V.","connection":"SES student"},{"name":"Courtney W.","connection":"Alumni"},{"name":"Jay D.","connection":"community member"},{"name":"Matthew G.","connection":"community member"},{"name":"Kari H.","connection":"Community member"},{"name":"Anna G.","connection":"Parent"},{"name":"Katy B.","connection":"Aunt of a student"},{"name":"Bernard L.","connection":"Neighbor and alum parent"},{"name":"Kate B.","connection":"I am the parent of a current 7th grader at Sunnyside"},{"name":"Edith K.","connection":"Grand parent of a current student"},{"name":"Clare K.","connection":"community member"},{"name":"Jacob P.","connection":"Parent of current students"},{"name":"Amanda S.","connection":""},{"name":"Katharine F.","connection":"Community member"},{"name":"Alexa J.","connection":""},{"name":"Ari E.","connection":"Former pps staff"},{"name":"Mallie M.","connection":"Ive coached one of your students at a soccer camp"},{"name":"Kevin M.","connection":"Community member"},{"name":"Naji S.","connection":"Community member"},{"name":"Brena F.","connection":"My son is a 6th grader there"},{"name":"Rune O.","connection":""},{"name":"Adeline P.","connection":"Community member"},{"name":"Marnie B.","connection":"Neighbor"},{"name":"Jeff R.","connection":""},{"name":"Kendra U.","connection":"Community member - some of your student found me on the street and extremely kind in asking."},{"name":"Gabrielle R.","connection":"Community Member"},{"name":"Maya G.","connection":"PPS educator"},{"name":"Brendan B.","connection":"Neighbor"},{"name":"Max R.","connection":"student"},{"name":"Jack J.","connection":"Cousin attends the school"},{"name":"Arielle M.","connection":"w eats at h mart"},{"name":"Georgia F.","connection":"i like eating food at the park"},{"name":"Deb M.","connection":"Community member"},{"name":"Melanie S.","connection":""},{"name":"Kara M.","connection":""},{"name":"Jess T.","connection":"Friend of student’s parents"},{"name":"Antoinette T.","connection":"Friend of student’s parents"},{"name":"Kara","connection":"Family of current student"},{"name":"Race N.","connection":"Neighbor"},{"name":"Robert C.","connection":"Neighbor"},{"name":"Lisa L.","connection":"Educator, community member, parent of PPS students"},{"name":"Julio H.","connection":"community member"},{"name":"Rayny P.","connection":"community member"},{"name":"Rachel D.","connection":"Community Member"},{"name":"Jennifer B.","connection":"They were on our Scrip Program for fundraising and had a solid volunteer group to financially support their healthy school!"},{"name":"Jessica J.","connection":"Family of current student"},{"name":"Rachel","connection":"Family of student"},{"name":"Dan J.","connection":"Family member of current student"},{"name":"Liana W.","connection":"Community Member"},{"name":"Robert B.","connection":""},{"name":"Ryan L.","connection":"My nephew is currently enrolled."},{"name":"Mary M.","connection":"Former PPS teacher"},{"name":"Rae D.","connection":"My stepsister went there and loved it!"},{"name":"Gregory S.","connection":"Parent of alumnae"},{"name":"Claudia F.","connection":""},{"name":"A.J. 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Will you stoop so low as to take away a little boys friends and community because of your poor spending choices?"},{"name":"Sheila H.","connection":"Community member"},{"name":"Josh V.","connection":"Parent"},{"name":"Katelyn L.","connection":"Sunnyside"},{"name":"Max G.","connection":""},{"name":"Grace Y.","connection":"Parent of SES alumni"},{"name":"Victor M.","connection":"Business Owner"},{"name":"George M.","connection":"Friend of SES."},{"name":"Dianne R.","connection":"Co-parent of a 7th Grader, active Advocate of Full Funding for Public Schools"},{"name":"Mary R.","connection":"I am a grandmother of a current student"},{"name":"Philip S.","connection":"Community member"},{"name":"Maya F.","connection":"Neighbor"},{"name":"Lauren J.","connection":"Community Member and educator"},{"name":"Sherry M.","connection":"Two of my grandchildren go to that school."},{"name":"Adelaide B.","connection":"alumni"},{"name":"Judy T.","connection":"Our 2nd grade granddaughter has been at Sunnyside for three years. We have attended several events at the school. We have been so impressed with both the students and teachers. Our granddaughter has blossomed since kindergarten. She has gained confidence though the classroom and extracurricular activities. We see the older students helping the younger ones. I wish all the schools could adopt this program. Laurel has gained so much confidence in just three years. I don’t think that she would have grown like she has without this school."},{"name":"Marissa G.","connection":"Community member"},{"name":"Laura N.","connection":""},{"name":"Jon H.","connection":"Grandpa"},{"name":"Sarah Z.","connection":"Community member and business owner"},{"name":"Meredith Y.","connection":"Friend of a family who relies on your school"},{"name":"Brit A.","connection":"Community member"},{"name":"Emma C.","connection":"Two of my cousins attend Sunnyside and I am an environmental advocate"},{"name":"Tanya R.","connection":"Family member of student"},{"name":"Hollie N.","connection":"Parent of Sunnyside alumni"},{"name":"Mercedes K.","connection":"Community"},{"name":"Kelly C.","connection":"adult of current student"},{"name":"Elizabeth H.","connection":"I live in SE and my kindergarten daughter was wait listed for Sunnyside. I am an advocate for project based learning and Sunnyside was out top choice. However, I have opted to move my kindergarten daughter to the Emerson school in order to maintain the integrity of the education I want for my daughter."},{"name":"Chris L.","connection":""},{"name":"Sharon B.","connection":"Long term guest teacher"},{"name":"Teresa K.","connection":"Parent/volunteer/community member"},{"name":"Dawson R.","connection":"I went there!"},{"name":"Claire B.","connection":"Friend of students"},{"name":"Emily M.","connection":"community member and friend to several alumni"},{"name":"Alexandra L.","connection":""},{"name":"Dorian B.","connection":"Alumni"},{"name":"Karen C.","connection":"Long time neighbor of the environmental middle school"},{"name":"Christina G.","connection":"Concerned community member and parent"},{"name":"Richard G.","connection":"Long time neighbor three blocks away"},{"name":"Smith H.","connection":"Close friend of family"},{"name":"Craig R.","connection":"community member"},{"name":"Katie M.","connection":"Adult of current student"},{"name":"Kathryn K.","connection":"Community member"},{"name":"Nikki B.","connection":"My cousin is a student!"},{"name":"Disha S.","connection":"Community member"},{"name":"Kay G.","connection":"Parent in the PPS school district"},{"name":"Ben H.","connection":"Parent of student."},{"name":"Donald H.","connection":"Daughter attends middle school"},{"name":"jaq K.","connection":"i am a crew lead for depave and volunteered a saturday to help create a beautiful outdoor classroom"},{"name":"Julia H.","connection":"I live in SE Portland."},{"name":"Maryanna H.","connection":"Community member, PPS parent"},{"name":"Anna R.","connection":"alumni"},{"name":"Matthew F.","connection":"I am a parent of both past and current students"},{"name":"tobias R.","connection":"employee at a business someone was putting up flyers at!! i just believe in saving the schools environmental program/general funding :)"},{"name":"Bridget M.","connection":"Community member"},{"name":"kristina T.","connection":""},{"name":"Bonnie A.","connection":"Educator"},{"name":"Peter M.","connection":"Neighborhood community member"},{"name":"Jill G.","connection":""},{"name":"Joseph M.","connection":"Live in Neighborhood"},{"name":"Tianna A.","connection":"Alumni"},{"name":"Dennis C.","connection":"community member"},{"name":"Gobind B.","connection":"Family friend"},{"name":"Laura S.","connection":"Friend of current student"},{"name":"Sara W.","connection":"Family member"},{"name":"Isabella T.","connection":""},{"name":"Melanie C.","connection":""},{"name":"Donald M.","connection":"Family of current student"},{"name":"Margaret S.","connection":"Community Member"},{"name":"Jason Y.","connection":"Former student! 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Both of my nieces had their primary schooling at Sunnyside. my daughter, now at McDaniel HS went to Sunnyside and my soon is currently a 5th grader there. My wife is a secretary at the school. 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A.","connection":"Volunteered here for college about a decade ago"},{"name":"Sarah A.","connection":"Community member, business owner, friend of parents of students"},{"name":"johanna T.","connection":""},{"name":"Kyle B.","connection":"My niece is a student"},{"name":"Ann Q.","connection":"Educator"},{"name":"Sarah O.","connection":"alumni"},{"name":"Melissa L.","connection":"Community member"},{"name":"Cristina R.","connection":"My three children attended from grades k-8"},{"name":"Megan R.","connection":"Parent of student"},{"name":"Andrew G.","connection":"Alumni"},{"name":"Eric S.","connection":"A grandparent, and active participant, and living just 3 blocks from the campus."},{"name":"Andrew J.","connection":"Community member"},{"name":"Meredith R.","connection":"Community member"},{"name":"Khalila A.","connection":"Parent of student"},{"name":"Kim R.","connection":"Parent of current middle school student"},{"name":"Nicole W.","connection":"Community member"},{"name":"Steven 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students"},{"name":"Mattie C.","connection":"Parent of Current SES Student"},{"name":"Cody S.","connection":"Community member"},{"name":"stanley L.","connection":"former student"},{"name":"Holly F.","connection":"Community Member"},{"name":"Franny A.","connection":"Alumni"},{"name":"Iris B.","connection":"Alumni"},{"name":"Karena G.","connection":"Parent of current student"},{"name":"Sarah C.","connection":"Adult of former student"},{"name":"Alexandra G.","connection":""},{"name":"Rebecca S.","connection":"community member"},{"name":"Scot O.","connection":"Partner to a teacher"},{"name":"Mark P.","connection":"Father to a son"},{"name":"David S.","connection":"Adult of current SES students"},{"name":"Alan E.","connection":"Friend of Teacher"},{"name":"Kimberly J.","connection":"Adult of 2 former SES students"},{"name":"Stephen H.","connection":"Adult of current SES student"},{"name":"Angela H.","connection":"adult of current middle school student"},{"name":"Storm M.","connection":"I went to this school for middle school and it was one of the best times of my life"},{"name":"Sibyl V.","connection":"Parent of two current Sunnyside students, community member"},{"name":"Alyssa K.","connection":"Parent of current students"},{"name":"Hilary D.","connection":"Parent of current student"},{"name":"Kelly K.","connection":"My nephew attends and I am also an environmental and Waldorf ducator in Colorado"},{"name":"Karen W.","connection":"Parent of current SES students"},{"name":"Kim G.","connection":"Granddaughters attend this school."},{"name":"Jessica R.","connection":"Both of my children went to Sunnyside K-8 for all grades. I was a substitute, a volunteer, a teacher and a member of the community. It’s a unique and special place that I have not found anywhere. Please keep this community strong and united. So much love and dedication is poured into the students, families and community."},{"name":"Bradford B.","connection":"Student Rowan Margot Lee"},{"name":"Liese C.","connection":"Mom of current kindergartner"},{"name":"nancy R.","connection":"My three grandchildren attend Sunnyside"},{"name":"David K.","connection":"Parent of current student"},{"name":"Matthew F.","connection":"Friend to a parent who’s child goes there"},{"name":"Emily H.","connection":"Parent of current SES student"},{"name":"Cara Z.","connection":"Parent of student"},{"name":"Brad B.","connection":"Granddaughter is in 5th grade at Sunnyside."},{"name":"John R.","connection":"Community member"},{"name":"Andrew A.","connection":"Parent of current student."},{"name":"Karina R.","connection":""},{"name":"Sarah M.","connection":"Adult of a current student"},{"name":"Sunnyside A.","connection":"Organization"},{"name":"Ricky G.","connection":"Grandparent of two students, and an advocate for the need to have environmental studies in all schools."},{"name":"Valerie K.","connection":"Parent of SES student"},{"name":"Shannon D.","connection":"My two nieces currently attend Sunnyside."},{"name":"Erik P.","connection":"Parent"},{"name":"Amanda A.","connection":"Community member"},{"name":"Asa G.","connection":"Educator (13 years with Sunnyside)"},{"name":"Jessica M.","connection":"Friend of students, community memver"},{"name":"Samantha T.","connection":"Community member"},{"name":"Chloe D.","connection":"Parent"},{"name":"Raymond G.","connection":"Community member"},{"name":"Heather C.","connection":"Parent of Sunnyside student"},{"name":"Michael K.","connection":"Adult of current student (4th grade)"},{"name":"John M.","connection":"Grand Parent of students"},{"name":"Lindsey R.","connection":"Parent of current 1st grader, and would-be kindergartener next year"},{"name":"Becky S.","connection":"Parent"},{"name":"Abigail R.","connection":"Parent of current and former students"},{"name":"Sarah R.","connection":"Parent, former SES teacher, site council member"},{"name":"Rachel M.","connection":"Many friends children attend and we are hoping for our daughter to start kindergarten there next year"},{"name":"Kelsey P.","connection":"Friend of students"},{"name":"Julia P.","connection":"SES student"},{"name":"Jules R.","connection":"Parent"},{"name":"Lynette F.","connection":"grandmother of current student, educator"},{"name":"Patricia C.","connection":"My grandson attends; he is in first grade"},{"name":"Pia S.","connection":"Adult of current SES student"},{"name":"Tara B.","connection":"Community member"},{"name":"Justin M.","connection":"PPS Parent"},{"name":"Jamie S.","connection":"Parent"},{"name":"Alex Y.","connection":"community memeber"},{"name":"Paul C.","connection":"Parent of 2"},{"name":"Korrin W.","connection":"Community member"},{"name":"Emily L.","connection":"Parent of two current students"},{"name":"Leah C.","connection":"Parent of current students"},{"name":"Carrie C.","connection":"Parent of a current SES student"},{"name":"Chelsea C.","connection":"Parent"},{"name":"Anna H.","connection":"Family friend of current student"},{"name":"Jan Z.","connection":"Co-founder and teacher"},{"name":"Stacy K.","connection":"Sister of educator"},{"name":"E K.","connection":"parent of current students"},{"name":"Erin C.","connection":"Parent of current SES student"},{"name":"Danica F.","connection":"SES Parent"},{"name":"Erin L.","connection":"My nieces attend"},{"name":"Tara B.","connection":"Educator"},{"name":"Affinity W.","connection":"Parent of two students"},{"name":"Brendan L.","connection":"Family of current student"},{"name":"Catherine M.","connection":"Adult of current and former students"},{"name":"Maren M.","connection":"My friends child attends"},{"name":"Judith T.","connection":"Friend of one of your atudents"},{"name":"Jessica M.","connection":""},{"name":"Amy G.","connection":"Aunt of children in the school"},{"name":"Stephanie B.","connection":"Grandchild Rowan Lee"},{"name":"Lyndsay M.","connection":"My niece goes to Sunnyside"},{"name":"Jesse O.","connection":""},{"name":"Rachel N.","connection":"Friends’ kids go here"},{"name":"Kelly D.","connection":"Parent of current students"},{"name":"Hanna N.","connection":"Parent of two current students (&th, 2nd)"},{"name":"Kristen G.","connection":"Community member"},{"name":"Alicia P.","connection":"Friend of a Sunnyside parent, and former neighbor of the school"},{"name":"Ana C.","connection":"community member"},{"name":"Dee B.","connection":"Community member"},{"name":"Lila J.","connection":"Parent"},{"name":"Heath L.","connection":"Student"},{"name":"Carolyn S.","connection":"Parent of current SES student"},{"name":"Teresa R.","connection":"Community member"},{"name":"Alyssa A.","connection":"community member/neighbor"},{"name":"Sara C.","connection":"Community member"},{"name":"Meg W.","connection":"Friend of current student and alumni parents, mother of rising kindergarten (not in district for Sunnyside)"},{"name":"Brittany J.","connection":"Family member of current SES students"},{"name":"Erin M.","connection":"I lived next door to Sunnyside for 10 years. It’s an itreplacable part of the Sunnyside neighborbood"},{"name":"Jahmal L.","connection":"Former student, former ParaEducatir at Sunnyside, volunteer, etc"},{"name":"Linn M.","connection":"Parent of two current SES students"},{"name":"Garrett F.","connection":"Parent, volunteer, community partner"},{"name":"Lindsay K.","connection":""},{"name":"Dusan O.","connection":"Parent if student and local business owner."},{"name":"McKenna R.","connection":"Adult of a student"},{"name":"andra P.","connection":"business owner"},{"name":"Katie M.","connection":"Friend and community member"},{"name":"Jennifer T.","connection":"parent of current SES student"},{"name":"Elly B.","connection":"I have seen firsthand the amazing positive effects Sunnyside Environmental School on its students, particularly its SES population. This school deserves to keep its focus and K-8 format."},{"name":"Evan D.","connection":"My niece goes to school here. This school is special. It will be devastating to the community as i have witnessed similar closings in Fairbanks, AK."},{"name":"Seth P.","connection":"Uncle of current studentz"},{"name":"Jessica P.","connection":"Parent of current student"},{"name":"Lindsay F.","connection":"Parent of recent SES student"},{"name":"Katie T.","connection":"Adult of current student"},{"name":"Blanche M.","connection":"family friend of current student"},{"name":"Carie N.","connection":"Parent of 2 current SES students"},{"name":"Inge E.","connection":"Grandmother of two Sunnyside students"},{"name":"Tamara L.","connection":"Family friend of current student"},{"name":"Caitlin P.","connection":"Parent of current 5th grade student"},{"name":"Carla R.","connection":"Community member"},{"name":"Bea H.","connection":"Alumni"},{"name":"Diane L.","connection":"Family of current SES student"},{"name":"Kira W.","connection":"Parent of two current Sunnyside students; Sunnyside is our neighborhood school"},{"name":"Matthew G.","connection":""},{"name":"Brandon E.","connection":"Parent of two students"},{"name":"Tammy O.","connection":"Parent of current SES students"},{"name":"Andrew H.","connection":""},{"name":"Daisy D.","connection":"Alum"},{"name":"Sara N.","connection":"Have two students attending here"},{"name":"Julie H.","connection":"Both of my children went to school at SES k-8"},{"name":"Christian M.","connection":"My daughter will be entering kindergarten next year. We also have an infant son. 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It gives our child access to a low-tech learning environment, which is something we were not able to find in other schools. We were excited to feel we'd found our daughter's school for the next 9 years where she could grow up with her classmates and be a part of the community through her middle school years as well.","featured":false},{"name":"Molly N.","connection":"My friends child attends.","story":"Kids with conditions who fall Outside the majority always struggle to be Understood heard or given the opportunity to learn and explore their own personal intelligence. The American school system is already struggling and for kids who also have to struggle even more. They need Safe effective and well supported educational opportunities. Before you take something away, you need to make sure that something is replacing it that is as good or better in the area that it served until you can please do not remove this opportunity for these families","featured":false},{"name":"Irene S.","connection":"Adult of a current student","story":"My daughter is one of the children navigating ADHD and Autism that is hugely supported by SES. This is my families 8th school. Pathological Demand Avoidance had my daughter being restrained and outside of her classroom every day. Not at SES, it’s against there place based model to give up on a student. The teacher go far beyond the IEP and 504 to teach my daughter in a way that fits the values that support each student here. And middle schoolers where what made it all work. We started half way through kindergarten and my daughter had deep trauma from her last school. Her middle school buddy changed our lives! She had a peer who cared for her. And with the education she had received at SES she was able to be a real deal support to my kid. My daughter has challenges that make transition very hard. I chose K-8 because the transition to middle is proven to be dismantling for kids like mine. The changes pps wants to make to this school would dismantle me and my daughters life. Please Save SES","featured":true},{"name":"Leo C.","connection":"Alumni (9th grader)","story":"After going to Sunnyside (SES) for 9 years, I have lived what makes this school special. If it closes, students (especially those that need it the most) lose an amazing connection to their teachers and classmates. The students who go to Sunnyside are some of the brightest critical thinkers in my current high school, as well as some of the strongest activists. The community around Sunnyside, while not measurable in a statistic, is also on another level. I already feel a connection to another Sunnyside kid when I see them. I feel we are some of the most approachable people that I can talk to and we have these great shared experiences together. I also love how well I know all of my teachers. I can easily talk to them about anything I need, even now. Today I'm going to a protest at Sunnyside and I'm looking forward to spending it with lots of former teachers.\nThis also isn't just jabbering and propaganda. SES test scores are far above district, state, and US averages, and that comes from learning that goes beyond a worksheet in a classroom. Sunnyside's environmental education focus is effective at meeting standards, although it does a lot more. Every SES student I've talked to in AP Environmental Science has felt like it was a breeze and stuff they've already covered in detail. And even if we don't go on to take higher environmental sciences, knowing how the environment works gives so much vital context to conversations and experiences in life. Amazingly, SES is also one of few schools in all of PPS that isn't subject to the kind of slow under-enrollment death that other schools are facing. Our enrollment is actually increasing a meaningful amount each year, in stark contrast to what our neighborhood, and PPS are currently facing. SES IS ALREADY \"RIGHTSIZED\". That's because kids at Sunnyside want to be there, and so do the teachers. Sunnyside has probably one of the highest, if not the highest, staff retention rates in all of PPS and Oregon. We've only had 3 principals in our entire history. That's because teachers know they are doing something special, helping kids be the great thinkers and doers of the next generation, and will fight hard to keep doing that.\nTo kill Sunnyside in the name of budget and enrollment is to kill one of the best enrolled schools in PPS, and the extraordinary thinkers, fighters, and doers that come out of it. We, graduates of Sunnyside Environmental, urge you to reconsider the horrific plans that threaten dozens of schools, displacing thousands of kids and placing them in worse and less effective learning environments, which will only further lower enrollment, and therefore reduce funding.","featured":false},{"name":"Sean H.","connection":"Adult of former student - 2015-2025","story":"Sunnyside Environmental School is a community in the truest sense of the word. When my child was younger, I was deeply moved watching the older students actively mentor, support, and guide them. Years later, watching my own child step into that same role, embracing the responsibility of being a role model for the younger grades, was one of my proudest experiences as a SES parent. This sense of duty and empathy does not happen by accident; it is intentionally nurtured by Sunnyside's unique K–8 model.\n​Dismantling Sunnyside’s middle school grades and eliminating its environmental focus option dismantles the exact structure that makes this mentorship possible. At a time when Portland Public Schools faces system-wide enrollment losses, Sunnyside is one of the rare schools with growing enrollment and strong family retention. It is also one of the district’s most inclusive environments, supporting a high percentage of Special Education students who thrive within this stable, multi-age community. Rather than unravelling a proven 30-year program that embodies the climate literacy and civic responsibility our district claims to prioritize, PPS should be studying and replicating Sunnyside. We need more SES in our district, not less. Please keep Sunnyside whole.","featured":false},{"name":"Katy B.","connection":"Aunt of a student","story":"This program is integral for PPS, our students, and community. My niece is neurodivergent and has struggled in traditional classrooms and curriculum, but she is flourishing at Sunnyside, as are many others in her position. There is no other school in our district offering a learning experience as important as this.","featured":true},{"name":"Kate B.","connection":"I am the parent of a current 7th grader at Sunnyside","story":"My child started Sunnyside in 6th grade and it is a place that he has finally felt at home, where he is known well by peers and teachers alike. The structure of the day, the environmental focus, the mixed-grade classes and experiential learning have all contributed to his increased engagement in school and learning. The frequent transitions and high degree of stimulation of a traditional middle school would not allow him to thrive or nurture his incipient sense of autonomy and agency as a learner the way that Sunnyside does. I have another child at a large middle school who does thrive in that kind of environment but it would not work for this child. There is no single \"right\" size and Sunnyside is a place that offers the kind of stability and community engagement my child needs in particular. For some, K-8 schools are the right size.","featured":true},{"name":"Matthew F.","connection":"I am a parent of both past and current students","story":"Sunnyside has been an amazing educational environment and community for my children. In particular, the range of ages of students at Sunnyside creates a greater and deeper sense of community both within the neighborhood, between parents, and between faculty who work together, and more opportunities for collaboration and learning from each other","featured":false},{"name":"Rebecca M.","connection":"Multiple Students","story":"Both my nephews are unique kids - they did not have a chance to fully express themselves at many schools they tried and one of them in particular started to deeply loath education and learning. He did not want to go to school anymore. Then they were accepted into Sunnyside and they both blossomed and changed in a way it was remarkable! They embrace and are obsessed with learning now that the environment and nature are included. They are thriving and becoming something they never could have imagined in a normal school system - this school has progressed them both in a way it is measurable and lifting them to a success life with a new found love for learning and confidence in themselves! Please DO NOT drop this program it would be devastating to them and our family.","featured":false},{"name":"Lauren F.","connection":"Parent of SES student","story":"All the ways that Sunnyside has positively impacted our lives are too numerous to capture in the form, so I'll share the just recent, and perhaps the most crucial. We recently moved out of the Sunnyside boundary and my son, who's in 6th grade, decided he wanted to attend our neighborhood middle school. We transferred there a week into school starting and very quickly and somewhat unexpectedly, he started showing severe signs of anxiety and depression. The traditional format of 7 periods/classes/teachers proved too overwhelming--the pace and intensity was too much--and triggered anxiety that I thought we had \"under control\". It quickly developed into a mental health crisis that was quite concerning. I could not get him to go back to school. He wasn't able to enjoy any of his usual life pleasures and had become despondent. I reached out to Eryn at Sunnyside about transferring back and she encouraged us to apply online. We did that and now he is freshly back at Sunnyside, He has returned to his old self and is enjoying life again. Sunnyside is a lifesaver, perhaps literally. I don't know what next year will look like if he is forced back into it neighborhood middle school. We may have to do online school (which would be too isolating, and devastating for him socially, or private school if there is a suitable option, which we can't afford anyway.","featured":false},{"name":"Leonie A.","connection":"Parent of former students","story":"Sunnyside’s environmental and place-based education was incredible for my kids, especially for my younger son who has numerous learning disabilities. Getting to learn outside, hands on, about the world they’re within every day made sense to a kid who was struggling with things like reading and history (that he couldn’t touch and deeply understand). The experience and approach of Sunnyside definitely helped mold my kids into the compassionate, committed, curious, hard working older students they are today.","featured":true},{"name":"Samuel N.","connection":"Parent of 2 former SES students","story":"Sunnyside was a safe, inclusive place for my neurodiverse son and gender fluid child, where they could be themselves and focus on learning.","featured":true},{"name":"Trevis H.","connection":"I am the parent of a current lottery student","story":"We worked hard to get our kid into Sunnyside from another PPS school via lottery, specifically for the K-8 model and the environment-focused curriculum/curriculum exemption. We would have considered a private school if there wasn't a K-8 option in PPS. We also bought a house over the summer, and purposefully restricted where we were looking to the PPS district, electing to buy a more expensive home so we could ensure our child could continue to attend Sunnyside.","featured":false},{"name":"Aaron T.","connection":"parent of an SES student","story":"Sunnyside has been an incredible environment for my two kids -- one in elementary and one in middle. The link between the elementary and middle school levels has been an important part of how the school functions and what makes it so special. Losing the middle school would be a big blow.","featured":false},{"name":"Kathy M.","connection":"Grandparent of 2 students 5th and 7th, Family Empowerment Network parenting classes, talks, workshops at Sunnyside x 20 yrs","story":"As founder of Family Empowerment Network, I spent decades talking to educators & parents all over the Pacific Northwest. Over and over again, I shared that Sunnyside K-8 is the model school to aspire to, long before my two grandchildren joined the school. As a developmentally focused pediatrician, K-8 schools are a fabulous way to prepare kids for social, emotional, and relational skills: In K-8, MS kids mentor, connect, and look after their younger buddies, developing skills in agency, empathy, and caring. Younger kids feel seen and that \"they matter\" by their buddies. In addition, 6th-8th grade is the most insecure and emotionally vulnerable period of most kids' lives. Having younger kids around keeps the MS kids in check for their language and how they behave and treat each other. A teen who starts high school with a solid sense of self and with relational skills will be way ahead of their peers in navigating the challenges of more rigorous academics.\n\nThe environmental focus is just as important, and it becomes more important every day that the impacts of climate change grow. Plus, there are many kids in school today whose only deep exposure to the outdoors is in the week-long Outdoor School. Having environmental learning as the mainstay of the school day builds future citizens who understand the urgency to work toward preserving our planet from the exploitation and ravages of overuse of resources that are happening today.\n\nPlease consider keeping this highly functional, popular, and successful school intact: both the K-8 with the environmental focus, so future generations of PPS kids can thrive. Kathy Masarie MD, pediatrician","featured":true},{"name":"Erin K.","connection":"Parent of current SES student","story":"Sunnyside has been a gift to my child. She has always loved school, but her neighborhood comprehensive middle school was not a good fit and she could not stay. Starting at Sunnyside completely turned it around. Her anxiety around school is gone. It’s such a special place and she has so many opportunities to be out in the world and see her place and responsibility to care for and protect the environment. The K8 model is such a great fit for her. She is thriving. Losing this program would be such a huge loss for PPS. These kids deserve to have this chance and this incredible school.","featured":false},{"name":"Susan D.","connection":"Mother of adult alum, educator, neighbor","story":"SES was my daughter’s and my family’s home for years 2005-14. It was a community that created a safe, creative and caring space to educate children about the environment and their place among it. She learned to care for the earth and its people and what it was to be part of a loving community. All of that plus so much more than the required curriculum. The K-8 model works at SES. Please let it thrive as it has since 2004.","featured":false},{"name":"Charlotte H.","connection":"Alumni","story":"I attended Sunnyside Environmental School from Kindergarten through eighth grade. Over those nine years, Sunnyside and its educators and carefully constructed environmental programs instilled tremendous values and lessons that I've carried with me now into my first career job. The beauty of Sunnyside is it works to incorporate environmental learning through stewardship and collaboration across age groups -- something rarely seen, if at all, in other PPS programming. I distinctly remember both as a first grader and later as a middle schooler one of the most exciting days of the year where the middle schoolers would bring their learning to the younger kids and step into the role of teachers. The middle schoolers would spend time prepping in teams, each focused on a different aspect of an environmental subject -- for example, the riparian area, watersheds, native plants and animals, etc. They would then take their learning and make it digestible and fun for the younger kids. This collaboration and interaction between age groups was a key piece of my experience at Sunnyside. As a younger kid, it meant the world to see the \"older kids\" interested and involved in environmental learning. As an older kid, we got to share our knowledge, answer questions, and learn how to build community outside of our classmates and immediate peers. I think the most magical piece of Sunnyside is that it has always been a tight-knit community. I think the success Sunnyside has listed due to its teachings -- largely through environmental programs and lessons -- to be a student of the world, to actively embrace and look for new perspectives, and to understand various factors that influence the positions we as individuals and we as communities face across the world. I can confidently say no one I've met, even my friends, outside of Sunnyside learned the same lessons until much later in life. I feel so lucky to have spent nine years at Sunnyside. I had friends who jumped from K-5 schools to middle schools and had a drastically different experience than myself and peers who attended Sunnyside through eight grade. Sunnyside was always the calm, the space open to curiosity, that never seemed to be present in my friends' middle school stories. We had the privilege of being around younger kids who looked up to us (I remember very well being in the young kids' shoes too) which allowed us to maintain our kindness, generosity and ability to navigate those years with more confidence. Sunnyside being a K-8 and its environmental focus is extremely important to its core values, its essence, and the experience of every single student who walks through its doors. If anything, other PPS schools should be leaning into the teachings and structure that Sunnyside has created over these years. There's a reason it's well loved, there's a reason so many of its alumni still talk about it with care and fondness, and there's a reason we are all fighting to maintain its foundation. PPS is lucky to have a school like Sunnyside.","featured":true},{"name":"Tim H.","connection":"Parent of two current students","story":"My children are thriving at Sunnyside in a way they did not at their previous schools. We sought out Sunnyside for its environmental focus and (even more so) its incorporated middle school. The middle school experience for my oldest son has been just what we hoped it would be. He loves going to school. He is engaged and enjoys the educational trips on Thursdays, and the social benefits from the mixed grade rooms have been substantial. As a sixth grader he felt encouraged and included by his eighth grade friends, and now as an eighth grader himself he has made it a point to befriend and encourage the sixth graders. And something about this mixed grade model has also seemed to eliminate the cliques and conflicts that are so often part of middle school. Sunnyside is doing a lot that is right. It seems foolish and shortsighted to stop that.","featured":false},{"name":"Vincent M.","connection":"Alumni Educator & SES Community Member","story":"PPS DECISION-MAKERS: WE NEED YOUR ATTENTION, YOUR COURAGE, AND YOUR CHOICE.\n\nThere is a life force at Sunnyside Environmental School (SES) that fosters growth, connection, and possibility. We all share in the responsibility to protect this, but the power to choose its future is not just in their hands.\n\nI had the privilege of working at Sunnyside Environmental School for six incredible years, and without a doubt, it was the most meaningful work experience of my life. My role as Sustainability Coordinator became a catalyst for my future, inspiring me to pursue community college and eventually earn a Master’s in Social Work.\n\nThe SES community believed in me, and that belief gave me the courage to pursue an education I once felt inadequate to achieve. I succeeded in large part because I was inspired to serve as a mentor to the next generation. Today, I work with vulnerable youth and families, helping them navigate life’s challenges. Every day, I draw on the experience, confidence, and skills I gained at SES.\n\nAt SES, I witnessed a legacy of dedicated staff and passionate educators who weave academics into meaningful learning through social and environmental community engagement. Social and environmental justice are essential to Portland’s identity, and SES strengthens the very fabric of our city.\n\nWatching young people connect with themselves, their community, and their environment—and seeing them truly thrive—has left a lasting impression on me. When young people are given the opportunity to understand themselves, discover their strengths, and find their place in the environment, remarkable things become possible.\n\nEstablishing the Environmental Middle School took courage, commitment, and countless hours from young people and adults who believed in something bigger than themselves. That vision has endured, becoming a beacon of opportunity that enriches the lives of youth and families throughout and beyond Portland.\n\nIf you are a decision-maker at PPS and have never experienced this program firsthand, please visit SES. See for yourself. Talk with the educators. Witness what this community makes possible. Understand what is at stake.\n\nThe educators at SES are my dear friends, and I am frightened by the uncertainty they face. These are people who continue to show up, invest in young people, and meet the increasingly complex demands of the world we live in today.\n\nNow, they need you to show up for them.\n\nPPS, you have a choice. Please have the courage to protect what generations of dedicated people have worked so hard to build. Stand with SES. Stand with its educators, its students, and its families. Protect the Environmental Middle School and the future they make possible.","featured":true},{"name":"Karin C.","connection":"Parent of current student","story":"SES has changed my daughter’s academic life. She struggled to find her place and her people in her old school but has felt accepted and seen since day one at SES.","featured":true},{"name":"Stacy C.","connection":"Adult of former SES student","story":"The model of older students mentoring younger students to create place based and environmental studies to connect and create community has been foundational for my kiddo!","featured":false},{"name":"Doug E.","connection":"Parent of a Sunnyside sixth grader","story":"As the parent of a neurodivergent sixth grader, I can say that Sunnyside’s K-8 model is a big part of why my child is doing well. Staying in the same building, with the same teachers and community, gives my child the stability that neurodivergent kids need, and research shows K-8 schools can support students with disabilities better than stand-alone middle schools. Under both proposals, my child would be moved to a new, larger school for seventh grade, losing that stability at the most vulnerable age. Sunnyside’s environmental and social justice focus also reflects our family’s values. Learning outdoors, in the garden and on weekly field studies, along with service projects and advocacy, teaches kids that they can care for their community and make a difference. Sunnyside serves one of the highest shares of special education students in the district, it is growing while other schools shrink, and it has far more applicants than seats. Turning it into a K-5 would effectively end the program, and the district’s own projections show a K-5 Sunnyside falling to 235 students by 2031-32. Please keep Sunnyside a K-8 with its environmental program intact.","featured":true},{"name":"Gretchen B.","connection":"Alumni","story":"Sunnyside supported me as best as they could through difficult times with my family’s financial situations and other majorly difficult situations. They prioritized my well being, my education, and my sense of safety and community. The school has different approaches to education and learning material which has only made me feel grateful for the unique experience I had the older I get.","featured":false},{"name":"Jeremy F.","connection":"Parent of former SES students","story":"Sunnyside was both our kids’ neighborhood school and loved their experience there. Also, the environmental component was such an impact on them and our family. I work in tribal conservation and the inclusion and opportunities I had to present to the students from K through 8 on salmon, tribal salmon culture, and sense of place was unparalleled. We still participate in school events even though our kids went on to high school years ago. It’s the heart of the Sunnyside neighborhood","featured":false},{"name":"Guenevere M.","connection":"Former parent","story":"Sunnyside created space for my neurodivergent child to grow in a way that standard middle school could not. I want to see more smaller middle school programs in PPS, not fewer.","featured":true},{"name":"Rebecca H.","connection":"Teacher, parent of future student","story":"This pedagogy has changed my life. I taught at a traditional middle school for three years before joining Sunnyside. The learning is so much deeper here. The community that can be created in a mixed grade, multi subject class is incredible. Barriers that students typically face socially are broken down here based on the school's structure. People get to experience what it feels like to be in true community where people support each other, advocate for justice in the world, and everyone is truly known. This school creates a microcosm of the world that I want to live in and the world that I want to exist for my own child.","featured":true},{"name":"Eco-School N.","connection":"Nonprofit partner/ longtime supporters","story":"Sunnyside Environmental School has had an enormous impact far beyond its own students and families. For Eco-School Network, which has spent 17 years helping Oregon school communities become greener, healthier, and more connected, Sunnyside has been an inspiring example of what's possible when environmental stewardship, creativity, and student leadership are woven into the fabric of a school.\n\nSunnyside's commitment to place-based education, outdoor learning, environmental justice, and community service has inspired parents and educators across our network to rethink what a school can be. Students aren't just learning *about* environmental challenges. They're developing the skills, confidence, and power to do something about them.\n\nSunnyside also shows what happens when a school welcomes the talents of its broader community. Parents, teachers, students, and neighbors become partners in building something none could create alone. That culture of trust, shared purpose, and stewardship doesn't come in a curriculum or materialize overnight. It's been cultivated over decades, by countless hands and hearts.\n\nWe've seen Sunnyside inspire other schools to take learning outdoors, transform school grounds into living classrooms, and give students meaningful opportunities to care for their environment.\n\nAt last year's PCEF-funded Student Climate Projects Showcase at OMSI, Sunnyside students proudly described how they'd designed and helped build their new outdoor classroom. Even more powerful than the project itself was hearing students explain what it meant to be taken seriously, to see their ideas become reality, and how the experience had changed what they believed they were capable of. This is what happens when young people are trusted with real responsibility, real resources, and a real voice.\n\nPPS has made important commitments to climate action, environmental justice, outdoor education, and student engagement. Sunnyside embodies those commitments. At a time when more schools should be embracing these approaches, why dismantle one of the district's most established models?\n\nWe recognize that PPS faces difficult financial and enrollment decisions, and that the proposal would not close Sunnyside's doors. But eliminating its environmental focus and middle grades would fundamentally change the school. The K–8 continuity helps a culture of stewardship take root and pass from older students to younger ones. **Keeping the building open while dismantling the program is not the same as preserving the school.**\n\nWe urge PPS to look beyond enrollment figures and building utilization to recognize decades of community investment in an educational model that reflects the district's own aspirations.\n\n**Sunnyside isn't just a school that practices sustainability. It's a school that has taught other schools how to do it.** That's an extraordinary public asset—one PPS should be proud to preserve, learn from, and build upon.","featured":true},{"name":"Emmett E.","connection":"Alumni, Community Member","story":"Sunnyside inspired my current college education path, inspired years of service and volunteer science work, and remains a core community to me.","featured":false},{"name":"Susie S.","connection":"Parent and advisory council","story":"Sunnyside environmental school had a profound effect on my children’s lives. It provided them, during their middle school years, with strong appreciation of the importance of tending to our environment, and creating positive strong communities. The culture of the school was powerfully supportive of their sense of belonging and their sense of agency as responsible and capable individuals who could impact their world. They headed into high school very well, equipped, and were able to excel there and in college.","featured":false},{"name":"Gregory H.","connection":"Parent of 2 alumni","story":"Amazing teachers and curriculum helped guide our two graduates toward careers with animals and the environment. They studied topics and learned critical thinking at SES that they were not reintroduced to until senior year in HS and in college courses. Please do not change SES!","featured":false},{"name":"Taylor B.","connection":"friend of a Sunnyside student","story":"Sunnyside has been the only PPS school that has been able to provide a safe nurturing environment for a 3rd grade student I love who has autism. They feel accepted and happy there and would like to continue through middle school at Sunnyside.","featured":false},{"name":"Gina B.","connection":"adult of former SES students","story":"As a parent of two Sunnyside Environmental School graduates, I can draw a line from their days at SES to the people they are becoming. The kids who asked for native plants for their birthdays are now pursuing college studies in environment and sustainability, politics, policy and justice. Their curiosity has grown into purpose.\n\nAt Sunnyside, elementary learning exposed them to the world that surrounds them. Science and math came alive at Laurelhurst Park and Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge. In middle school, weekly community outings meant working on local farms, studying urban planning, testing water quality, monitoring wildlife and more. They learned to think critically, ask good questions and see themselves as part of something bigger. Those lessons came home, shaping our family’s conversations, choices and sense of responsibility to our community.\n\nI see Sunnyside’s influence in quieter ways, too — their compassion, their gratitude and their instinct to show up when something needs doing. They are activists and organizers for causes big and small because they grew up in a school where service was woven into everyday life. They know they can make a difference, and they do.\n\nFamilies pay substantial tuition at schools like Catlin Gabel and Arbor for the kind of connected, experiential education our children received at a Portland public school. We should be expanding access to that opportunity.\n\nThe K–8 model works, and Sunnyside shows what it makes possible. Our family carries its benefits every day. PPS should be ashamed that dismantling it is even being considered.","featured":false},{"name":"Hannah R.","connection":"Alumni","story":"I attended middle school at Sunnyside and feel grateful everyday for the experience. The school taught us critical and engaging educational concepts and prepared us for high school, while also guiding us to be better people. The environmental focus at Sunnyside helped young students understand our role in the ecosystem and cultivated a lifelong interest in environmental systems. I fondly remember field trips to test local rivers’ PH levels and learning Oregon native plants. Closing this school would be such a loss for young learners and the Portland community.","featured":false},{"name":"Alyssa R.","connection":"Adult of current SES student","story":"My child is neurodivergent and intellectually gifted. The place-based curricula focus, storyline and K-8 provide structure and continuity she needs to participate in public schooling.","featured":false},{"name":"Emily H.","connection":"Former student, alumni","story":"Sunnyside was an incredible educational experience that really shaped who I am as a person. Being able to have exploratory learning: including the field trips, the mixed grade classes, and the unique curriculum is something that has shaped me as a person in innumerable ways. I would not be the person I am today without my Sunnyside education. Keeping these alternative education schools alive is so important for Portland as a city and the future of other children.","featured":false},{"name":"Matthew S.","connection":"Parent of current student","story":"This is our family’s first year at Sunnyside, but the impact has already been significant. Both of our daughters have transitioned exceptionally well, and we’ve been incredibly encouraged by how they’ve responded to the school’s approach to learning.\n\nWe chose Sunnyside intentionally. Two of the biggest reasons were its K–8 structure and its environmental focus. We wanted our children to have the opportunity to grow within a consistent school community, while experiencing an educational approach that connects learning to the world around them.\n\nWhat has been especially meaningful is seeing just how well that approach works for our daughters. Sunnyside’s environmental focus isn’t simply an added feature of the school. It’s woven into how children learn, engage, and connect with their education.\n\nWe believe children don’t all learn the same way, and having different educational approaches within our public school system is incredibly important. Sunnyside offers something distinct and valuable, and we’re already seeing the benefits in our own family.\n\nAlthough we’re only beginning our journey at Sunnyside, the prospect of losing its environmental focus and K–8 continuity is deeply concerning. These aren’t incidental features of the school. They’re fundamental to why we chose it, and they’re already making a positive difference in our children’s lives.","featured":false},{"name":"Nora P.","connection":"I am an allumni — I went to SES for K-8.","story":"Sunnyside being a K-8 helped me make and maintain peer and teacher connections throughout my time there, which gave me stability and consistency in a way a K-5 wouldn't have. Even as someone who didn't continue much of my environmental education after leaving SES, the environmental aspect of the school helped connect me to the greater community and gave me an understanding of environmental science that many people don't have by the time they reach high school. It really wouldn't be SES without these elements, and I truly hope you keep Sunnyside an environmental K-8.","featured":false},{"name":"Jenny S.","connection":"Students parent","story":"Sunnyside has been the answer for being able to keep my son in a PPS school. Without it we would be doing online school from home","featured":false},{"name":"Gloria A.","connection":"community member","story":"Was an incredible school for my best friend's autistic daughter. The teachers and community helped recognize and support her condition, and worked collaboratively with parents to support her special social and educational needs. The particular mentoring available at Sunnyside was instrumental in her success -- it was through interacting with older students that she had meaningful role models to emulate.\n\nTaking that away really harms our neurodivergent students.","featured":false},{"name":"Kayla C.","connection":"Community member, friend of a student entering 6th grade next year","story":"My friend's daughter was lottery'ed into Sunnyside after having a hard year at her last elementary school. She's found great friends at Sunnyside, loves the environmental factor that the school offers, participated in a play, and has grown a lot in healthy and positive ways because she's in such a supportive environment. I've seen the change and know how relieved her parents (my friends) have felt, having their daughter attend this school.","featured":false},{"name":"Sarah P.","connection":"Educator and adult of former SES students","story":"Sunnyside Environmental K-8 school has profoundly shaped my understanding and experience of community and how essential it is in shaping our kids’ sense of belonging and learning for all of life ahead. I value our SES years more and more the older my kids get, as I see the ways that the community and the place-based education they received continue to benefit them and their ability to be in friendships and communities even now. As a teacher who taught at several PPS schools, my years teaching at Sunnyside stand out for the full commitment, creativity, and thoughtfulness of the other teachers, staff and parents as we worked together to create educational experiences and caring community. This school is changing lives and needs to continue to exist as a k-8. It Is educating kids to face the challenges of the world we live in with passion and empowerment and care for each other.","featured":false},{"name":"Brett M.","connection":"alumni","story":"I went to the original Environmental Middle School. This had a profound impact on my education in preparing me for High School, and my activism for climate change and the environment. We need schools like Sunnyside to continue this education in Portland.","featured":false},{"name":"Mariel N.","connection":"Alumni","story":"I attended EMS before the school moved to Sunnyside. Over 20 years later, it continues to be the most influential experience of my life and directly motivated me to pursue a career in sustainability. Environmental education doesn't just enrich learning for current students, it creates engaged, curious community members.","featured":false},{"name":"Tiffany L.","connection":"","story":"As a Sunnyside neighbor, public school teacher (on leave while I serve on City Council), and rank and file union member — Sunnyside Environmental School is deeply personal to me. I loved teaching third grade at SES and saw firsthand how Sunnyside’s unique curriculum and K–8 model can transform the lives of kids and families.\n\nSunnyside is so important for many families, including the high number of students with IEPs who thrive in its inclusive, hands-on, nature-based learning environment. Stripping away the focus programming and middle school grades would disrupt a model that works for our students.\n\nI stand with the kids and parents all across the district who are asking that changes to our schools be decided WITH community, not TO community.","featured":true},{"name":"Andrew M.","connection":"Adult of current student","story":"I’ve lived in this neighborhood since long before I had a child at Sunnyside School, and the school’s impact reaches well beyond its beautiful campus. Its active garden spaces, street paintings, and child-driven projects are part of what makes this corner of Portland special. If Sunnyside were to lose this part of its identity, the kids wouldn’t be the only ones to suffer. Local businesses and households without children would feel the loss too, and an important part of our city would disappear. We could not be more pleased with the education our 1st grader is receiving at Sunnyside and want the K-8 school we love to remain as-is.","featured":false},{"name":"Nathaniel L.","connection":"owner of Nate’s Oatmeal Cookies","story":"Sunnyside school has greatly improved the community and business for me and other surrounding businesses.","featured":false},{"name":"Andrew W.","connection":"adult of current or former SES student","story":"Sunnyside connects students with the Portland community. It gives them space to feel that they are part of our city and community.","featured":false},{"name":"Susan M.","connection":"Educator","story":"Teaching at SES and being part of its community has given me a renewed sense of joy as an educator. Middle school students greet me by name when I arrive, smiles on their faces. In classes, they care and respect each other, on field studies they are respectful to the community. There are no “invisible” students at SES. They are each valued for who they are and supported in their growth as individuals. Staff all work together every day to raise responsible humans, one child at a time. Please do not break what is working. Middle school is a difficult yet critical time of growth and SES has found a model that succeeds","featured":false},{"name":"Nico H.","connection":"K-8 alumni who's brother also attended!","story":"Sunnyside has impacted my life and family in so many positive ways over the past 17 years. When I was 3 years old my family moved to Portland and my parents specifically chose to move into the neighborhood so that my brother and I could attend Sunnyside. Over the next 12 years we would move two times but always making sure to still be in the neighborhood to be able to attend such an amazing school. Sunnyside's environmental focus, hands-on learning approach, and loving community has impacted almost so many parts of my life. It inspired my love for the environment that carries on to today where I am studying Environmental Science at the University of British Columbia. It's middle school focuses (year of the mountain, forest, and river/ocean) sparked my interest in conservation and ecology which is now what I hope to do as a career. It's field studies showed me that I love doing field work and the skills I learned there have beed directly applicable to both my high school and university courses (including learning about water quality, biogeochemical cycles, interactions within ecosystems, salmon, and Indigenous knowledge). I have referenced these experiences at Sunnyside in my college application essays, job interviews, university assignments, conversations with professors, and so much more. I cannot count the number of times that I have told people about my K-8 experience and they have expressed how they wished their elementary and middle school years were more like that. Even now, Sunnyside is one of my biggest connections with the community. I spent the end of last school year and the start of this school year volunteering in the middle school: helping install the orca fins, chaperoning on field studies, helping around the classroom, and guest speaking in class teaching about sea turtle conservation. This time back in the community, connecting with the students and my old teachers have once again shown me the impact that Sunnyside has on the community. It's environmental focus inspired me and so many others to be interested and care about the world, which is so important right now more than ever, and its mixed grade level middle school fosters incredible role model and leadership abilities. Losing its environmental focus and K-8 standing out truly be a loss of Sunnyside as a whole. My life would not be what it is today without those aspects of Sunnyside.","featured":false},{"name":"Dodie D.","connection":"parent of current student","story":"The support Sunnyside has provided for my neurodivergent child is astounding.","featured":false},{"name":"Audra M.","connection":"Alumni","story":"I was at SES 1st through 8th grade. Sunnyside's environmental programming shaped the relationship with Portland that I have today. It made me a more engaged community member, and built my capacity to believe in and work for the change I want to see in the world, even when it feels hard or hopeless. That resilience and community spirit is just as important for students now.","featured":false},{"name":"Alexandra E.","connection":"Parent of current 7th grade SES student","story":"SES has already had an incredible impact on our family in just a short time. We were lucky to lottery in for middle school, as our neighborhood school is lacking in opportunities in science (among other things) & we've had some major safety concerns about it over the years.\nOur daughter has excelled & loved science for a long time and SES has provided such a unique experiential learning experience, keeping her engaged & thriving in her studies. She has opportunities to learn from older kids in her classes & lead younger kids as a matched up buddy, which is also such a special aspect of our K-8.\nAs her parents, we are concerned about what will happen if she must go to our neighborhood school for her last year of middle school - a new school for 1 year, where she knows no one, at such a delicate & critical time in her life (mentally, emotionally, socially).","featured":false},{"name":"Zakiah S.","connection":"Former student, k-8.","story":"SES was an amazing experience as a elementary and middle school. Having the opportunities offered to experience natural settings and connect it to the learning we were doing was something I will remember for life, and sparked an ongoing appreciation for how seemingly unrelated parts of life can be unexpectedly interconnected, and how they can inform solutions to problems in surprising ways. The community that SES fostered has continued with me for my life this far, and are connections I plan to carry for the rest of it as well.","featured":false},{"name":"Lisa C.","connection":"Parent, volunteer","story":"From the time my son (now a 6th grader) began attending SES in second grade , he has had intense enthusiasm about going to school. He hates when he has to stay at home when he’s unwell, which I believe is a testament to the engaging nature of SES. When conflict comes up, I see how his responses have been positively shaped by the culture of SES. My daughter recently graduated from SES, and loved her experiences with school. I’m really proud of how teachers and student engage with, and support the community. In her classes, she would regularly make sandwiches for houseless folks, help to keep the school and neighborhood clean, and do things like pull invasive weeds at Mt. Tabor. SES is creating leaders, and people who are deeply invested in their communities. Losing the middle school would but only harm students, it would be robbing our community of kids who love and care for it.","featured":false},{"name":"Lois D.","connection":"Student alumni","story":"Sunnyside has ultimately shaped me into the person I am today. Sunnyside has shown me what it means to live alongside my environment and support it. Sunnyside has shown me what it means to be critical thinker and to be a responsible member of a community. Sunnyside has showed me how to advocate for the earth and those who cannot advocate for themselves.","featured":false},{"name":"Dana B.","connection":"Former Sunnyside parent (K-8 student with learning disability) and neighbor","story":"My daughter has a learning disability and the combination of regular exposure to a range of settings/environments, the project based learning, and the equity focus were critical to her success as a student and a young adult.","featured":false},{"name":"Sonja B.","connection":"Adult of current student","story":"It has been the most welcoming and kind learning environment for my students attending. We have tried 2 other PPS schools and have had a very negative experience. The teachers are amazing and really connect with my kids. We love Sunnyside. I currently have a 4th and a 8th and they are thriving.","featured":false},{"name":"malcolm L.","connection":"parent of current student","story":"Sunnyside has changed my daughter's life. She transferred into this school and community after struggling to find her place at another public K8 school. Her love of learning had gone, she was struggling socially and in the classroom. We knew that a different environment could help her, but we never imagined what a difference a welcoming, caring and supportive community like sunnyside could make. She absolutely loves going to school every day (something that was unimaginable just a few years ago), is part of a thriving community, with trusted adult and peer relationships. She's proud of the environmental curriculum and excited about the storyline learning and field studies she gets to do.","featured":false},{"name":"Ethan H.","connection":"Parent of current student","story":"Sunnyside has offered our family tremendous support and an extremely strong sense of community, these being the result of the mentorship roles occurring between middle and elementary aged students that come with the K-8 model, the hands on learning opportunities inherent in placed based education with an environmental focus, and the acceptance of students across the spectrum ranging from neurotypical to neurodivergent minds.","featured":false},{"name":"Linda S.","connection":"Parent of former EMS student","story":"EMS (before moving and becoming SES) created a middle school environment where kids felt safe and included, and learned to tend to their social environment as well as the broader environment of the world around them. Rather than middle school being a traumatic experience of bullying and cliques, SES is able to give vulnerable children a different and positive vision of their self-worth and the value of their friendships. This is what my (now 36 year old!) child experienced and I watched as they built a community of strengths, caring, and integrated learning. My child’s career has been in environmental education and environmental justice so it is hard to overstate the value the environmental education program had on them and on our family. It would be a great loss to Portland and to the future to close this unique and valuable program.","featured":false},{"name":"Solomon D.","connection":"Alumni","story":"Sunnyside has had a great impact on my life. Sunnyside inspired me to do climate activism during highschool school and college and significantly shaped my career. I now work as an energy efficiency engineer helping commercial and industrial businesses save energy. This is largely because Sunnyside made me want to center my career on the climate.","featured":false},{"name":"Andrea W.","connection":"Parent of Current Students","story":"Sunnyside Environmental School has been foundational to my children’s education, building curious, resilient, and community oriented learners and students. The focus option curriculum paired with the involved K-8 faculty, administration and parent & volunteer community has not only fueled my 3 childrens’ love of learning but has encouraged their growth potential, individual leadership, and sense of civic responsibility. I am incredibly proud to be a parent of students in the SES community and strongly recommend keeping the SES fundamentals, focus option curriculum, and K-8 learning environment intact to benefit current and future generations of PPS learners.","featured":false},{"name":"Kester C.","connection":"Adult of current SES student","story":"My student is neurodiverse and being served in a way that is inherently inclusive and belonging. SES has made such a huge impact on their self esteem and self concept.","featured":false},{"name":"Sten M.","connection":"Alumni","story":"The learning I did at Sunnyside had a huge impact on me as it inspired me to go into a career focused on green energy.","featured":false},{"name":"Iona T.","connection":"Alumni","story":"Sunnyside provided a unique and holistic approach to education with time spent learning about the Earth’s miraculous natural systems, the native plants and animals of Oregon, engaging in immersive off-campus learning experiences almost every week, along with tradition courses. My time at sunnyside planted the seed for my higher education in sustainable landscape design, and is a very important and well loved part of our SE Portland community.","featured":false},{"name":"Angela T.","connection":"Adult of former SES student","story":"SES is incredibly special school and has had a huge impact on my daughter, who is now studying Environmental Design at University of Oregon. Please keep this amazing school open for our neighborhood!","featured":false},{"name":"Jarrett A.","connection":"Parent of a former student","story":"Sunnyside Environmental School has made a lasting impact on our family and compliments our beliefs in promoting Environmental studies being a part of the local community. I own a small real estate firm and have served the community promoting home ownership, restoring homes and green building practices, supporting local businesses and other community members - all of which are compatible with the mission of the school. Our daughter is a graduate of the program and her time at Sunnyside made a lasting impression. She is carrying on with her studies in Environmental Studies and Green City Planning at U of O Honors College, and her love of nature was supported and nurtured by the program at Sunnyside. She has also made lifelong friends, and as a family, we have made lifelong friends due to the active involvement of parents with field studies, and overnight trips, along with daily volunteer opportunities. The school is more than a neighborhood school, it's a huge part of the community of Portland as a whole, and an example of place based learning which emphasizes the value of the entire community working together for a common goal. The school helps create wonderful, curious, confident, lifelong learners and all around good humans! Please allow the program to continue to support students and families and continue to grow and succeed!","featured":false},{"name":"Zola B.","connection":"Alumni and community member","story":"Sunnyside taught me the value of community, education and education regarding the environment, I would not be who I am today without SES","featured":false},{"name":"Monty M.","connection":"I'm a student in 7th grade","story":"I've been at sunnyside for basically my whole life and have learned so many things from all the teachers and staff. Everybody is so nice and trustworthy. It would be such a big deal for me and all my peers, and for teachers and past teachers, if Sunnyside closed. As a 7th grader, I've gone through a lot of disruption already — school closed for COVID when I was in kindergarten and first grade, in second grade we had social distancing, in fourth grade we had the teacher strike and ice storm. If the middle school part of Sunnyside closed, all the middle schoolers would have to move to Hosford Middle School, and all the seventh graders would be new eighth graders. All the people from Hosford have to go to Clevland High School, which will be at the Marshall campus for our first year, then we'll have to move back to Cleveland. For me and my friends in seventh graders, that makes seven huge transitions by the time we graduate high school.","featured":false},{"name":"McKenzie R.","connection":"Alumni as well as parent of current student","story":"I attended EMS from 1996-1999 as a middle schooler. The impact of the program on my life and future are indescribable. My whole career path was influenced by the amazing educators I had as young tween/teen. I am now a teacher/instructional coach and only chose this career because of how influential my middle school teachers were. My son is now in kindergarten at SES. We were very intentional on choosing SES. My son who experiences ADHD and anxiety needs a program that emphasizes outdoor education as well as a closely connected community with continuity and minimal transitions. My daughter, who we plan on also sending to SES when she reaches kindergarten, has ASD and requires many of the same supports that are simply just a part of how SES operates. We don’t know what we would do without it.","featured":false},{"name":"Leila E.","connection":"Alumni","story":"I learned how to give back to my community through community services","featured":false},{"name":"Aeon R.","connection":"Alumni","story":"Sunnyside has been apart of my family through generations of siblings and 20 years total. We all have learned so much about the environment and why it's important to learn and protect our earth. Activities like school field trips and the Riparian Festival help so much more than just the students learn about these topics by incorporating families and the whole neighborhood into the education while also being so much fun.","featured":false},{"name":"Kari J.","connection":"parent and occupational therapist serving Sunnyside","story":"Sunnyside has had a positive impact on my son and my family. My son attended our neighborhood school for kindergarten and first grade. His social emotional and academic skills were not being met. He thrives as a learner and was not having a positive connection with the learning. for his second grade year he joined Sunnyside. Sunnyside's approach to learning has been a positive impact on my sons learning in addition to his social emotional health. Following the Scottish Storyline Method principle; \"It builds on the key principle that learning, to be meaningful, has to be memorable, and that by using learner's enthusiasm for story-making, the classroom, the teacher's role and learning can be transformed.\" My son has found joy in learning and has built his confidence and a desire as learner.\n\nAs a special education staff member the Sunnyside learning focus and staff meets all students learning needs where they are. It supports their confidnce and learners, safety and social emotional needs. Seeing students move through Sunnyside and emerge as an independent thinker and confident highschooler has been incredible. Sunnyside has a high percentage of special education students and staff is able to meet their needs and support them through all types of different learning styles and needs.","featured":false},{"name":"Rebecca C.","connection":"parent","story":"Sunnyside has changed my son's life. It's the first time my family has experienced community in this way.","featured":true},{"name":"Mil","connection":"I am grandmother of Sunnyside Environmental students, a former educator and frequent school volunteer","story":"Sunnyside, which sits smack dab in the middle of busy SE Portland, is a keystone for community-building, continuity for residents throughout the Eastside, the health of businesses along several major corridors and even the well-being of underprivileged who depend on the neighborhood's vitality for support. In these economic and climate critical times, dismantling Sunnyside's environmental program is unthinkable. Above all, students will bear the academic and psychological brunt of PPS' closure policies. My two grandchildren - part of the pandemic generation - have already experienced multiple disruptions and closures in their short lives. Upheaval will follow them into their assigned high school - Cleveland - during its new build. The school board must slow down and consider additional options such as shrinking its admin budgets, determining how many teacher layoffs and at what cost and what to do with abandoned school buildings and other property PPS owns.","featured":true},{"name":"Lenore C.","connection":"Student and. Community member","story":"This community has give my kids friends, a sense of hope and inspiration for the future","featured":false},{"name":"Roberta W.","connection":"I am a grandparent of a student attending this school.","story":"This school has changed the meaning of community into a verb. We need more schools like this.","featured":true},{"name":"Angela K.","connection":"Adult of former student","story":"I had two children go through Sunnyside Environmental School and one of them had special needs, and I’m not sure we could’ve made it through the middle school years without the supportive principal and amazing staff. They worked with our family every step of the way there are some pretty intense times, and I attribute much of my child’s success to the foundation of learning and support they got at Sunnyside. They were very successful in high school and are now in college despite special needs because they learned that they are capable and part of something at Sunnyside.\n\nMy other child was a more typical learner, but they learned at Sunnyside about being part of the community, accepting and supporting people around you no matter how different they may seem, giving to the community, what it means to show up and be a member of the community, how they fit into the city, the state, the country and the world. Sunnyside taught them they were part of something big and that they matter. They are a very successful high school student and both they and I know that a big reason for them being so ready for a big school is because of the foundation they got at Sunnyside.","featured":false},{"name":"Lizabeth B.","connection":"Parent of an SES student","story":"Sunnyside has transformed my child’s relationship with school, fostering a genuine joy for learning and embracing an understanding of her perspectives and needs. It really is an incredible place of learning (of all the schools my kids have attended it is by far the most creative, intellectually engaging, and most centered on teaching young people to critically think about themselves and their worlds). It’s has created such a deep sense of belonging, community, pride, and safety - important factors for kids like mine with childhood trauma and neurodivergence.","featured":true},{"name":"Susan A.","connection":"Neighbor","story":"Even though I don’t have children, Sunnyside School has always been a vibrant asset to the neighborhood. I always attend the holiday market they put on and the Earth Day festivities. Please consider downsizing rather than closing this vital part of the neighborhood.","featured":false},{"name":"Aidan F.","connection":"Alumnus, attended EMS 2003-04, SES 2004-06","story":"SES has been a major influence in my life and is what instilled environmental values in me. It’s the main reason I became an environmental lawyer. It’s a unique program that should be supported by PPS, not cut.","featured":false},{"name":"Solène C.","connection":"Alumni, sibling of student","story":"Sunnyside made me consider how the world is interconnected and made me see the world through an empathetic lens","featured":false},{"name":"Liv B.","connection":"Parent of current student","story":"My child transferred to Sunnyside in 4th grade when their previous school wasn’t working for them. Their daily joy has increased with more ability to move their body and explore nature creatively. Transitions are hard for them, and we had hoped they wouldn’t have to transition to another school again due to the K-8 model.","featured":false},{"name":"Noelle E.","connection":"Parent of student","story":"Sunnyside is my child’s favorite place to be. My child went from being very anxious and not enjoying school to absolutely thriving at Sunnyside. The storyline method captivates my child and activates her learning. The place based model is helping my child to be a better steward of her environment. My child is learning so much about the world around her thru the gardening program. Sunnyside’s curriculum and model should be replicated not destroyed.","featured":false},{"name":"Maren S.","connection":"alumni","story":"Attending this school has had a lasting impact on my whole adult life thus far. Sunnyside taught me an apprecation and love for the natural world that I don't think I would otherwise have. Like learning a second language, I firmly believe that kids should be brought up immersed in nature as young as possible in order to properly appreciate it and learn how to protect it. In addition, this school fostered an enviroment in which I was encouraged to think for myself, chase what inspired me, and form meaningful, lifelong friendships with my peers. I've simply never felt this emphasis replicated in any other public school I've attended in the PPS system and I truly believe it set me up for success in the rest of my school career and afterwards. Schools like Sunnyside must continue to exist. Period.","featured":false},{"name":"Wrigley C.","connection":"I am an alumni","story":"Sunnyside enormously shaped who I am as a person, how I interact with others, and how I view the world. I went to SES for 9 years, from Kindergarten to 8th grade.\nThroughout those years I learned the importance of community and having strong values, I learned how to\ncommunicate my feelings and advocate for myself and the things that matter to me. I learned how to be a team player. I would not be the same person if I didn't get this Sunnyside Environmental education. Do not take our school away.","featured":false},{"name":"Ty A.","connection":"current parent and volunteer","story":"We were very excited to send our first child to Rigler, our dual-immersion neighborhood school in the NE. But it became clear quickly that our child's neurodivergent brain (dyslexia, dysgraphia and ADHD) was not structurally well supported there. Literacy specialists advised us to place them in a school where they would learn to read and write in English first before taking on a second language. We are strong believers in public education and did not want to send our child to a private or charter school, so were so grateful that PPS had a lottery option and even more grateful that our kiddo was able to attend Sunnyside.\n\nIf that option didn't exist and we had been forced to remain at Rigler (even though we loved the community there), our family would have left the PPS system. Once at Sunnyside, the literacy turnaround and academic blossoming of our child was remarkable, and clearly due to the systems structure of the school, the supports in place and unique project-based, outdoor centered curriculum.\n\nI firmly believe that if this beautiful, neurodivergent brain had been forced into a comprehensive school with canned curriculum that required more sitting at the desk time, they would not only be miles behind on their standard academic progress, but they would not have the same joy of learning, sense of safety or belief in their own creativity and unique intelligence. I have more conviction about this than just about any other belief I hold.\n\nThanks to PPS focus options, this child is in their 8th grade year and smashing their progress reports. They are excited to enter high school next year with their equally incredible, supportive cohort of peers. So, it's not just for this child that I urge you to rethink your approach to Sunnyside and focus option schools, but for all the kids with similar brains.","featured":true},{"name":"Sorrel U.","connection":"Alumni","story":"Sunnyside was my home from kindergarten all the way through 8th grade. The education that I received during that time was foundational to the way I have come to view the world and my role in it. The values that Sunnyside taught me have stayed with me for all these years. It taught me the importance of environmentalism and sustainability and was and still is a community with deep care for one another and the world around us.","featured":false},{"name":"Lanie N.","connection":"Alumni in the 2010’s","story":"The impact an alternative and environmental education had on me as a student who is neurodivergent and has learning disabilities was incomparable. I was able to understand and immerse and learn for the first time in a way I never did before middle school. The community I made there is still with me today!","featured":true},{"name":"Jane C.","connection":"Former EMS parent. Multnomah County youth librarian serving Ses.","story":"My daughter was in the first class to go through all 3 years of EMS when it was at Abernethy. It was a transformative period of community building and enthusiasm for learning. When she got to high school I remember her saying that some kids she had known in elementary school had lost their love of learning. Liz never lost hers. Because of the field trips students learned the city. Rather than killing it other schools should emulate it. I could go on and on.\n\nAs a librarian both visiting and being visited by the schools I served, I was always impressed by the care of the teachers, the respect for students as full human beings that I didn’t always see in some other schools. I loved going there and feeling how alive it was.","featured":false},{"name":"Ina Z.","connection":"Adult of 2 former SES students","story":"The environmental curriculum at SES from K-8 provided my children with an exemplary, place based education. Other students deserve the same opportunity.","featured":false},{"name":"Kirsten M.","connection":"Both alumni and current parent","story":"Sunnyside Environmental School, known as Environmental Middle School when I attended from 2000–2003, fundamentally changed who I am. Although the name has changed, its ethos remains the same. My experience there shaped my understanding of community, environmental responsibility, and what it means to be an engaged member of society. Through its place-based, field-study-forward curriculum, I learned not only about the world around me but also how to be part of a community and contribute to something bigger than myself. Those lessons have stayed with me throughout my life.\n\nNow, as a parent at SES, I have the privilege of watching my own children attend the same school, and I am currently pregnant with our next child. Our whole family is looking forward to the day this baby starts kindergarten and their older siblings are seventh graders at Sunnyside. The thought of our children sharing this community across generations of their own childhoods is incredibly special to us. It is a testament to the lasting impact of this school that I want my children to experience the same sense of belonging, connection, and community that shaped my own childhood.\n\nSunnyside is so much more than a school. Its K-8 structure fosters relationships, mentorship, and a sense of responsibility that grow over time. Younger students have older students to look up to, and older students have opportunities to become leaders and role models. The place based curriculum connects students to their neighborhoods, their environment, and the wider community in ways that extend far beyond the classroom. These experiences help children learn not just academic skills, but how to care for one another and the world around them.\n\nI believe schools like Sunnyside are a significant reason families choose to stay in the district. Families build roots here, make long-term commitments to the school community, and look forward to having their children grow up within its unique K-8 environment. Dismantling that structure risks losing something irreplaceable and could make the district less attractive to families, potentially contributing to even lower enrollment.\n\nPlease don’t dismantle our K-8 and focus option. The impact Sunnyside has had on my life is difficult to fully articulate, but it is something I carry with me every day. Having the opportunity to share this special place with my children, and soon with our newest family member, is a gift. I want future generations of students and families to have that same opportunity. Please protect the community, continuity, and educational experience that make Sunnyside so special.","featured":false},{"name":"Andy P.","connection":"Parent","story":"Sunnyside is the center and heart of our neighborhood and community. I believe its character, environmental focus, and pedagogical approach is the single most important reason that our community values are shared and maintained. In particular, the way older students care about and for their younger peers is extraordinary, and not something I've observed elsewhere (here in Portland or elsewhere). Sunnyside is a _success_. It's something that should be emulated elsewhere rather than dismantled.","featured":false},{"name":"Jess R.","connection":"Parent of current student","story":"My daughter has ADHD. Being at Sunnyside environmental school has allowed her the freedom to be able to be herself and be supported by her teachers and fellow students. The learning environment is more forgiving and encouraging of her need to be more active and outdoors. My daughter comes home from school everyday saying school was magical. Her favorite part of school is gardening, she is already educating me on plants and helping out in our garden at home and she's 6. She is so excited about having a middle school buddy! When she sees her buddy before or after school they always say hi, hug and talk for a minute. It’s amazing for her to have older children that she looks up to at school!","featured":false},{"name":"Randy T.","connection":"Parent of two former students","story":"My kids emerged from Sunnyside as critical thinkers well prepared for high school and beyond.","featured":false},{"name":"Zayn W.","connection":"Alumni","story":"SES encouraged me to keep my passion for the outdoors while living in the city. The school helped me discover pieces of my life i didn’t know would exist without SES. I have made and sustained countless friendships at SES. SES gave me many opportunities to help others as well as myself and helped me significantly grow as a person.","featured":false},{"name":"Lydia H.","connection":"Adult of current SES students","story":"Having grown up in a rigid educational school system focused solely on high test scores—where students' unique interests and voices were discouraged—I deeply appreciate Sunnyside Environmental School’s approach to education. In our school, every child is given a safe space to explore, grow, and overcome their personal challenges. My own children feel connected and accepted and at the same time challenged in a good way to see their inner and outer world with new perspectives and openness. Sunnyside’s environmental and social justice program helps our children navigate the brokenness of the world with love. Through my volunteer work, I consistently witness many curious, thoughtful, and engaged students who truly benefit from the care, respect, and values instilled by their teachers and peers. Sunnyside Environmental School is a place of joyful, active learning where both students and staff actively contribute to building a better community. The vibrancy of this functional, supportive environment energizes our entire school community. Rather than cutting out programs like ours, Portland Public Schools should look to Sunnyside as a model and work to provide more educational options like it for local families. Save our K-8 program!","featured":false},{"name":"Willow R.","connection":"Parent of current and former SES students","story":"Our family chose Sunnyside for its K-8 model, including its environmental programming, mixed-age classrooms, Storyline curriculum, and place-based learning, but it has been so much more. Middle school is a tough time for many kids, and Sunnyside’s K-8 model softens it with steady relationships and teachers who know each student deeply over the years. Our rising 6th grader would have to leave Sunnyside and lose her bonded peer cohort just as middle school begins. We are also very concerned that Hosford will be overcrowded after this “rightsizing.” PPS has many good comprehensive middle schools, but they aren’t the best fit for every student, and Sunnyside serves those families.","featured":false},{"name":"Jesse L.","connection":"Parent of two current SES students","story":"Sunnyside is a place both of my children are excited to go to each day. They love their teachers, have made strong connections with their peers, and through Sunnyside’s curriculum they are growing more connected to their community and the natural environment around them. There would be dark irony in shuttering— in the name of “sustainability”—the one program in PPS that puts understanding how to sustainably live together at the core of its entire educational project.","featured":true},{"name":"Arlene K.","connection":"Grandparents of 2 students community member","story":"I value the curriculum that intergrates community and connectivity to our world with hands on projects and inclusiveness.","featured":false},{"name":"Danielle R.","connection":"I am a parent of a first grader and a seventh grader.","story":"Sunnyside Environmental has been a tremendously positive educational force in my children’s lives. My seventh grader was impacted by Covid with school closures starting in kindergarten that didn’t really return to normal until second grade. He was so far behind in reading from “online school” that he needed extra help to get to grade level. Once we were back in person his teachers supported him to catch up, the hands-on aspect of the curriculum engaged him in learning, and now he is excelling and is an above grade level reader. In addition, my seventh grader’s social/emotional development was impacted by Covid. Sunnyside has effectively supported this cohort of kids socially and emotionally and helped my child and their peers to thrive. After COVID, my child was SPED identified and received effective support for a few years, which wrapped up in fifth grade. My seventh grader is also TAG identified and learns best in hands-on settings. The environmental science focus is a fantastic fit for their learning needs. We explored other options for middle school, however we found that the Sunnyside Environmental community and environmental science focus was truly the best fit for our child.\n\nMy first grader is SPED identified, and she receives effective support at Sunnyside Environmental. The story line and environmental science focused curriculum keeps my child engaged in learning and offers options to engage with my child at the right level. I continue to be impressed with the way Sunnyside Environmental teachers create classroom community and support social/emotional development.","featured":false},{"name":"Nanci J.","connection":"Parent","story":"Sunnyside has become a central part of our family’s life. After years of instability, we have finally found a place that feels like home. My children are counting on Sunnyside to remain their school through eighth grade—a place where they can participate in field studies, build meaningful buddy relationships, learn about our world and our impact on it, explore through storytelling, and feel supported by a close-knit community.\n\nAs a neurodivergent family that thrives on consistency and established relationships, Sunnyside’s vision and community are essential to our ability to thrive. The K–8 structure is especially valuable as my children transition into adolescence. Having a smaller middle school community surrounded by familiar faces and trusted relationships would help make these sensitive years manageable, supported, and joyful.\n\nIf Sunnyside’s K–8 structure is dismantled, I will seriously consider moving my children to a non-PPS school rather than uprooting them from the community where they belong. I am concerned that these proposed changes will drive families away and further reduce enrollment, while preserving Sunnyside’s current structure would help sustain it.\n\nPlease do not tear apart a thriving community without fully considering the lasting impact on our children and families. Preserve Sunnyside’s K–8 model, honor the community that has made it successful, and make a thoughtful, data-informed decision that protects the relationships and stability our children need to thrive.","featured":false},{"name":"Elise C.","connection":"Adult of two current SES students","story":"Sunnyside K-8 is our community, our neighborhood, our home. I have a child in both second grade and 7th grade. The benefits for each of them of having their sibling there, across their age gap, are tremendous. The environmental focus gives us all the tether and hope and knowledge we need in a world that presents challenges that seem insurmountable. We need this school to continue its foundational, important work. Sunnyside is more than a sum of its parts, instantly felt on campus and throughout its web of graduates.","featured":true},{"name":"Harry N.","connection":"Parent of two students","story":"Sunnyside situates kids in their communities and their natural environments. There is no other school or program like it in PPS.","featured":false},{"name":"Emily H.","connection":"","story":"Sunnyside environmental (called EMS at the time) was extremely formidable during my middle school years in the 90s and I’m hoping to share that experience with my daughter when she goes to kindergarten next year.","featured":false},{"name":"Beth C.","connection":"Adult of current student","story":"I am a current parent at Sunnyside and we’ve loved being part of this community since we started. One of the things that I’m struck is how the committed teachers and curriculum are at empowering students to engage with the broader community and city and learn what it means to be a community member and leader. Students are empowered to identify problems or challenges in the school and neighborhood community and think of solutions. I believe sunnyside’s place based model is important to helping foster the next generation of leaders for this city!","featured":true},{"name":"Robert E.","connection":"Adult of current SES student","story":"Sunnyside has been an ideal environment for our child to learn and enrich their connection to the community and world around him. The environmental focus and K-8 programs are essential to that happening.","featured":false},{"name":"Sofia B.","connection":"Student","story":"Sunnyside was the highlight of my childhood. It provided me with a safe and caring community, and the ability to connect with nature on a daily basis which really grounded me as a child.","featured":false},{"name":"Patrick M.","connection":"Parent of current student","story":"Both my kids are on the spectrum. The nurturing environment created by Sunnyside's community-based approach has helped them open up and connect with their fellow students in a way that a standard school wouldn't allow. The smooth transition from elementary to middle school has created the stability they need to thrive. Arbitrarily removing the things that make this school great would be a disastrous mistake.","featured":false},{"name":"Malena L.","connection":"Ex nanny of a student","story":"School is a safe place for many children. They find joy in learning, socializing, and being in a healthy, positive environment where they can grow and enjoy their childhood.","featured":false},{"name":"Lauriel A.","connection":"I did my student teaching at Sunnyside","story":"As a former student teacher at Sunnyside, I know how important the unique environmental focus is for the teachers, students, and families. I was able to enter teaching with a foundation in inquiry-based education and a deep connection with place and nature. I’m not sure I would have entered the field of formal education, without option schools like Sunnyside. I believe that closing these programs will just push more families to choose charter and private schools and impact enrollment numbers even further. Instead of closing schools and eliminating option programs, we need to be expanding these options to show our community that PPS is a place where meaningful, high quality education is celebrated and thrives. We need art and music and inquiry and joy. We need schools where students want to show up each day and go beyond “the basics.” Our schools need to be places that inspire the next generation of environmental stewards, where learning is relevant and gives us hope for a better future. Sunnyside should be a model that other schools in the district are working to replicate, not a program being considered for elimination.","featured":false},{"name":"Miles U.","connection":"Parent of former SES students","story":"Both of my kids are SES alumni. My daughter was in the first class of students starting in 2004! They benefited so much from the hands on environmental curriculum and child centered focus. Both having and being a middle school mentor to elementary students gave them support and perspective which helped shaped them to be the thoughtful adults they are now. I understand the budget is tight, but this does not seem like the right choice. Please allow Sunnyside to continue serving the kids and community as it has for over 20 years.","featured":false},{"name":"Peyton H.","connection":"Business owner","story":"This school has helped form some of the most amazing kids. It would be a terrible loss to the community and to society at large if Sunnyside could not continue their efforts to make positive change in this increasingly turbulent world.","featured":true},{"name":"Emanuela R.","connection":"Parent & Educator","story":"I have worked as an SLP for PPS for over 12 years, the last 3 years I have been at Sunnyside Environmental and I have described it to friends and acquaintances as PPS's best kept secret. Sunnyside is the best PPS school that I have ever worked in the way they support their students and staff. I have been so impressed with Sunnyside that I was able to have my own 6th grade daughter attend the middle school program. Discontinuing the middle school program and the environmental option will be devestating for this community and for PPS in general. Sunnyside environmental should be a model for PPS to benchmark more programing from, not to discontinue.","featured":false},{"name":"Mario G.","connection":"I was a parent for 9 years and 2 children attended","story":"This is a remarkable school model that so benefited many families who typically would not be exposed to important education linking school studies with environmental science. The school staff at SES is devoted to this mission and the families. Regrettable it would be even considered to close this extraordinary school’s environmental curriculum.","featured":false},{"name":"Sarah A.","connection":"Community member, business owner, friend of parents of students","story":"Sunnyside is a bright spot in the neighborhood due to the environmental focus. Its additional support for special needs students has been important for many of my friends’ children over the years. Losing its current program would be a negative impact to the community.","featured":false},{"name":"Sarah O.","connection":"alumni","story":"Sunnyside meant so much more to me than just a school. It was a place where inclusivity was at the heart of the community, where differences were embraced, and where I learned the importance of making everyone feel like they belong. Those values became part of who I am and continue to shape how I treat others and move through the world as an adult.\n\nSunnyside also instilled in me a deep appreciation for the environment and a sense of responsibility to care for the world around me. The values I learned there have stayed with me throughout my life and continue to influence the choices I make today.\n\nSunnyside helped shape the person I am, and I believe the kind of education and community it provides is something worth preserving for future generations. Every child deserves the opportunity to experience that same sense of belonging, connection, and environmental stewardship.","featured":true},{"name":"Khalila A.","connection":"Parent of student","story":"Sunnyside curriculum and community is exactly what I want for my child’s education! We are so lucky to have this choice as part of pps, and it would be heartbreaking for us and the community at large to lose such a rich opportunity for place based learning. At a time when so much focus is on divesting from public education - this school is an example of doing it well! We should be using Sunnyside as an example for the kind of educational opportunity all children deserve through public education.","featured":false},{"name":"Dian C.","connection":"former SES educator","story":"The question almost brings me to tears. I taught the final 15 years of my career at Sunnyside. The parents and community, the faculty, the students and administration, were steadfast in their commitment to education. It was, in comparison, vastly different than any of my previous experiences in multiple states and schools.\n\nThe curriculum was unique in that it combined the traditional “book work” with authentic experiential learning opportunities that exposed the students to the real world they would be living in as adults.\n\nSES believes in bringing students into the learning process and offers a myriad of learning opportunities not often found in more traditional schools. To watch them grow into people conscious of their surroundings and their impact on community (both the school and the greater community) was a blessing to witness.\n\nParent involvement was wholehearted and beneficial to all. They supported the faculty in ways I had not previously experienced. I felt so appreciative of their efforts in fund raising, field trip and travel support along with creating an awareness they were there to support us ALL.\n\nSES is a Gem in this city. It is treasured by many and should it be closed, will be a loss felt across this city and state. The contributions of former students to our community should not be forgotten. Nor should SES be dismantled. What a truly misguided decision the city would be making.","featured":false},{"name":"Levi Z.","connection":"Alumni","story":"Sunnyside taught me the invaluable importance to fostering community. How we can make a positive impact for our environment through an collaborative and educational spirit. Of all my years of schooling at PPS, my time at Sunnyside have stuck with me the most even over 20 years after graduating.","featured":false},{"name":"Amberlee P.","connection":"Parent to current student","story":"Prior to Sunnyside we struggled to find a school to call home that met our child's emotional, physical and academic needs. Our child faced bullying and a lack of respect from students and teachers who did not understand Tourette's Syndrome and neurodivergence. I applied for the Sunnyside lottery after entering the school system myself as a school psychologist who had heard great things about Sunnyside. To my utter shock we got it and it changed our lives! We went from our child never wanting to go to school, having anxiety attacks and stomach aches, and academically struggling, to catching up to grade level in reading, loving school, and even being sad when the school day is over. Sunnyside is the best thing to happen to us. The community is like family. The teachers and admin are incredible, and the curriculum is top notch, and I say this as an SP. We are terrified to be forced to move back into a system not designed for our child's mind. Sunnyside is the only environmental school in Portland. The only school who has taken nature, which has been scientifically proven to benefit humans neurologically, systematically, and emotionally, and successfully integrated it into our students education system. And it has worked wonders.","featured":true},{"name":"Sydney Y.","connection":"Alumni","story":"Because of SES, I have perused a career in environmental management and education. This school shaped me into who I am today and for that I am forever grateful.","featured":false},{"name":"Angela H.","connection":"adult of current middle school student","story":"Sunnyside has truly been a best case scenario school experience for my kid and our family. We feel a sense of belonging, community, and trust. My kid is out and about in the city and beyond -- developing critical thinking skills in the context of place, exploring the nuance and interdependencies of issues, and celebrating learning and growth!","featured":false},{"name":"Storm M.","connection":"I went to this school for middle school and it was one of the best times of my life","story":"It gave me more confidence to be myself. It taught me a lot of amazing skills and helped shape the person I am today. I can’t imagine having sunnyside not be an environmental school. It gave me connections with friends that I still have after all these years. It also gave me skills that I use daily.","featured":false},{"name":"Emily H.","connection":"Parent of current SES student","story":"As the parent of an autistic Sunnyside student with an IEP and substantial support needs, I cannot imagine a better learning environment and community for kids like mine. Sunnyside’s environmental education focus is the only such option in PPS that allows for outdoor nature- and place-based learning that is proven to help autistic kids better regulate. The prospect of losing that is terrifying — as is the idea that kids like mine would do better after a transition to a large middle school when research demonstrates the opposite.","featured":false},{"name":"Shannon D.","connection":"My two nieces currently attend Sunnyside.","story":"Sunnyside’s teachers and staff have nurtured a culture of community and intellectual curiosity for the students that prepares them well for high school and life well beyond that.","featured":false},{"name":"Heather C.","connection":"Parent of Sunnyside student","story":"The K-8 model should be replicated, not dismantled; it works, and for some students, is a far better option.\nAllow Sunnyside to be a shining example of how to incorporate place-based curriculum into the public school experience, so it can be replicated across the district.","featured":false},{"name":"Michael K.","connection":"Adult of current student (4th grade)","story":"The approach and curriculum here has been incredibly inspiring! As someone who works in the sustainable energy field, I'm impressed every day by what my son is working on. Sunnyside is an asset that should be expanded upon, not shuttered!","featured":false},{"name":"Lindsey R.","connection":"Parent of current 1st grader, and would-be kindergartener next year","story":"Sunnyside is truly our community. Our family was welcomed with open arms and it is an anchor for kids and adults alike it a world that often feels way too large. Connection is so crucial.","featured":false},{"name":"Emily L.","connection":"Parent of two current students","story":"Sunnyside has been a wonderful place for both of my children to learn and grow. Its inclusive, nurturing, project-based approach meets the needs of a wide range of learners. Our children have thrived in an environment that values curiosity, creativity, community, and the whole child. Schools like Sunnyside are an asset to PPS, and we should be learning from what makes them successful, not dismantling them.","featured":true},{"name":"Jan Z.","connection":"Co-founder and teacher","story":"Sunnyside Environmental School (formerly EMS) was my life’s work. It was founded to connect students to all parts of the city so that they would love and care for all neighborhoods as their own. Placed-based education, service learning, and Storyline are key elements.","featured":false},{"name":"Hanna N.","connection":"Parent of two current students (&th, 2nd)","story":"When my kids walk onto campus each morning, I can visibly see them grow an inch or two taller. The culture of belonging at the school and the care shown by the students to one another across grades K8 is moving. The quality and engagement of teachers is incredible. And the real-world learning experiences they have had because of SES's place-based curriculum are profound. Last week, I watched 26 middle schoolers lean in with focus an engagement as they learned about indigenous foodways at a farm Sauvie Island. They were invited to consider how food can be medicine, and how different cultures engage with food. Their faces were alive with fascination and attention as they pulled weeds, picked edible flowers, worked tortilla presses, and made corn husk dolls, together. I hope the district can see what a valuable part of its portfolio of neighborhood and focus options schools SES is, and work to preserve it. Sunnyside offers a model of project-based, real-world learning that engages students and gives them a sense of agency and ownership of their education, which is something that every child in Portland deserves.","featured":false},{"name":"Carolyn S.","connection":"Parent of current SES student","story":"Sunnyside’s dynamic environmental curriculum, vibrant community, and seasoned educators have been a perfect learning environment for my neurodivergent child who thrives with structure, hands-on learning, and strengths-based support. A primary draw of the school was its K-8 field study-based program and commitment to engaging and supporting who may not thrive in traditional environments. We would be devastated to lose it.","featured":false},{"name":"Lindsay F.","connection":"Parent of recent SES student","story":"SES welcomed and became our son’s community when he didn’t “fit” into our own neighborhood school. He entered in middle school. SES’s focus on internal community building helped my son finally feel included, building relationships with peers and staff. SES’s middle school curriculum provided lifelong skills (I don’t think happen at other middle schools) such as writing and giving an 8th speeches and developing portfolios. Their program and dedicated staff give students confidence and all the opportunities to be a successful learner.","featured":false},{"name":"Inge E.","connection":"Grandmother of two Sunnyside students","story":"I have been a volunteer at Sunnyside in several different capacities and have been extremely impressed with Sunnyside's curriculum and the enthusiasm of the students towards learning and greater understanding. I wish I could have gone to a school like Sunnyside!!","featured":false},{"name":"Bea H.","connection":"Alumni","story":"My whole life! The way I think about community and the world. The way I look at volunteer work and choosing something that connects with my strengths and joy. My love and stewardship of the earth, playfulness, singing. My best memories, all my friends. My connection to Portland and inner SE to this day!","featured":false},{"name":"Kira W.","connection":"Parent of two current Sunnyside students; Sunnyside is our neighborhood school","story":"Both my children are thriving at Sunnyside. They love the environmental focus, the storyline curriculum, and the extensive and impactful field studies. My older daughter has a kindergarten buddy and she absolutely loves being a mentor. My younger daughter loves her middle school buddy. My second grader is a wiggly kiddo and sometimes has issues focusing, but we love the support she gets at Sunnyside. The community is wonderful, the teachers, staff, and principal and VP are amazing. Several of the middle school teachers already know my second grader by name and we have only been at the school for one year. Last year I was blown away by the storyline theme and how deep the kids got into learning it. The fourth grade teacher team was absolutely brilliant. I can’t imagine not having the K-8 and environmental focus. It would be heartbreaking to dismantle this school that is successful and beloved by the community.","featured":false},{"name":"Alexander B.","connection":"Alum","story":"It shaped and built me into the person I am today. Sunnyside is a rare gift to young students. Those who have gone through the school are fortunate and others deserve a chance.","featured":false},{"name":"Niyati D.","connection":"Adult of former SES student","story":"Sunnyside is much more than a school. It’s a community hub, a safe haven, a place to dream, imagine and grow. Most importantly its a place to learn about our global humanity and how our actions impact the world around us. My stepson is one of the kindest, most empathetic and confident young people I know and I credit that the incredible teachers and community at SES.","featured":false},{"name":"Kara D.","connection":"Parent of two young children who will attend the school","story":"As a parent of two young children who will attend Sunnyside - one next year! - this school is essential to what makes this neighborhood special and desirable for us. Its environmental focus is deeply meaningful to us and is woven into the Sunnyside community here. We regularly pass by the gardens, talk with our neighbors kids, wear our SES shirts, plant seeds sold by the students. SES inspires us, and we’re so excited for what it will offer our children — if its soul isn’t abruptly dismantled by a shortsighted school board.","featured":false},{"name":"Shoshana W.","connection":"Parent of current SES students, volunteer, former PPS educator, business owner","story":"The Sunnyside community is the reason my children love school. It is my 5th grader's third PPS placement, and the first school in which she has started to call classmates her friends. As a twice-exceptional, highly-gifted student with Autism and ADHD, she receives the academic challenge she needs to engage in learning, and has been able to build strong relationships with her classmates that have transformed her into a confident, thriving human being. There is no benefit to ending the middle school program...only harm; to her, and the rest of her rising middle school peers. As a former PPS Middle School Educator, I have never met a group of middle school students as committed to their community and to their own learning as I find at Sunnyside. Shutting down the Middle School Program would be a devastating loss to the district.","featured":true},{"name":"Katie M.","connection":"Business owner “The Hangout PDX”","story":"The kids of this school are part of my business, and my community! I love SES!!","featured":false},{"name":"Jessie B.","connection":"Parent of 5th grader.","story":"My child is more connected within 2 months of being at Sunnyside than they were after 5 years at our neighborhood school. We have found community and belonging. I have found a group of parents that I connect with as well.","featured":false},{"name":"Nancy H.","connection":"Parent of current middle school student","story":"Sunnyside was a soft landing for my child when he transferred schools in fifth grade. There is a warm, nurturing environment and true kindness in our school.","featured":false},{"name":"Allye K.","connection":"Teacher and current parent","story":"I have spent the bulk of my teaching career teaching kindergarten at ses. I'm always learning and forever in awe of these magical children I get to spend year after year with. Ses has helped mold me into the educator l've always wanted to be. It reflects my core values in education and place-based learning to the core. Watching kids I've taught grow up into strong, passionate and driven middle schoolers is truly amazing. Seeing them out in the wild as high schoolers and adults humbles me and confirms the environmental k-8 approach to forming everlasting learners and caring people working towards making this world a better place. My daughter is now a second grader at ses and I have watched her grow into a curious and passionate learner, always asking questions, thinking outside of the box, fully engaged in her learning and always questioning the world around her. It has been such an amazing experience having her along with me at school and I've been so proud to have her by my side.\nShe loves school more than anything and watching her talk about her teachers and the learning that goes on in each room with both her peers and adults truly proves the point that Ses is magical. Adults always comment at how amazing it is to hear a child talk so fondly of school and be able to discuss many things peers her age at other schools have never had opportunities to speak to.","featured":false},{"name":"Megan G.","connection":"Parent of two SES kids","story":"Although our family is relatively new to Sunnyside Environmental School, the impact has already been significant. We came to Sunnyside looking for a school where our two daughters could thrive, but what we found was something much bigger than a school. We found a community.\n\nWhat stands out to me most is how connected the students, families, and staff are. Sunnyside teaches children that they are part of something bigger than themselves, that their voices matter, and that they have a responsibility to care for their community and the world around them. Those are values I want my children to grow up with.\n\nI’ve spent years volunteering in schools, organizing events, fundraising, and helping build community, and I know firsthand how much time and effort it takes to create something like what Sunnyside has. You can’t simply move students into another building and expect those relationships, traditions, and sense of belonging to follow automatically.\n\nMy daughters are only in kindergarten and third grade, but I chose Sunnyside because I wanted them to experience this kind of education throughout their elementary and middle school years. I want them to grow up knowing that learning isn’t just about what happens inside a classroom. It’s about curiosity, compassion, environmental stewardship, and understanding that even as children, they have the power to make a difference.\n\nSunnyside isn’t just a place where my children go to school. It’s a community we’re becoming part of, and one I believe is worth protecting.","featured":true},{"name":"Stephanie L.","connection":"Parent of current students","story":"My children have thrived at Sunnyside and are engaged learners. The amazing community and structure of the school helps kids like mine flourish and love learning because it's rooted in their community (place based learning). We are a lottery family and felt honored to have this school as an option.","featured":false},{"name":"Lisa E.","connection":"Parent","story":"We moved both our kids to SES through the lottery. They have thrived with the change. It’s our 4th year there and both kids have improved academically and socially. We love the curriculum and have been very involved in the school community.","featured":false},{"name":"Desiree H.","connection":"Parent of a Sunnyside graduate and 6th grader","story":"Sunnyside has taught my children to be critical, creative thinkers who care about their community and the environment.","featured":false},{"name":"Alison G.","connection":"Educator","story":"It is literally my livelihood. My heart and soul are committed to Sunnyside and its environmental program. I truly believe middle school students who have struggled in traditional middle schools are successful at sunnyside because of the environmental program and the emphasis on social emotional learning, relationships, and community that our educators are dedicated to because we know this is what students need. Students build confidence and critical thinking skills and to set them up for success in high school. Students learn and practice how to have a positive influence both locally and globally. Sunnyside has taught me what it means to be in a community and be a community member. We care for each other and our neighbors. Losing Sunnyside as we know it would be a loss no words could express.","featured":false},{"name":"Mark C.","connection":"Parent of current students","story":"Our love of Sunnyside was the deciding factor in our choice to still live in Portland.","featured":false},{"name":"Y","connection":"Adult of current and former student, garden Coordinator","story":"Sunnyside is our everything. Its our education, community and family, Sunnyside is our home.","featured":false},{"name":"Kathleen M.","connection":"Adult of current SES student","story":"Sunnyside has been a safe and inclusive place for my neurodiverse student to learn and feel seen and accepted.","featured":false},{"name":"Michelle S.","connection":"Educator","story":"I sent 2 kids to Sunnyside Environmental K-8. It turned them into passionate stewards of the environment, active participants in change for the greater good of their communities, critical thinkers and respectful humans. They learned to ask questions and stand up for their beliefs. They learned to speak their truth. The lessons they learned while at Sunnyside Environmental have stayed with them into adulthood. Sunnyside Environmental is more than a school, it’s a way of thinking that helps make our world stronger.","featured":false},{"name":"Dominique C.","connection":"Community member/parent to 2 at Sunnyside","story":"As a parent of two lottery students at Sunnyside Environmental School, I urge you to preserve our complete K–8 model. SES is the only educational home my children have known, and its uniquely inclusive, justice-driven philosophy is where they have thrived. Splitting or altering this learning community dismantles a proven, highly supportive environment that our kids rely on and deserve. Please protect the integrity of Sunnyside K–8 for our students and families.","featured":false},{"name":"Ashley A.","connection":"Parent of a current SES student","story":"Sunnyside is our neighborhood school and it ties us to this community. Being able to walk to school, to other families houses, enhances our desire to be in Portland. We love Sunnyside and everything it brings to Inner SE.","featured":false},{"name":"Jenny B.","connection":"Parent of current student and of an alumni student","story":"SES has had a major positive impact on the lives of myself and both my children that have attended the school! Allowing them to learn while being immersed in the environment of the city and Oregon as a whole. Uncountable amazing field studies throughout the state that have taught them about the history, environment and social economic aspects of our culture. The teachers are all very intuned and impactful. The campus is a safe space for the kids to go when they are in and out of school and all the alumni students still meet there before going other spots in town. The k-8 School allows the younger kids to feel confident as well as the older kids to feel youthful and helpful and having that age range has been great! PPS community would suffer a huge lose without SES.","featured":false},{"name":"Heather T.","connection":"Adult of current or former SES student, Educator, Community Member","story":"Both of my children attended Sunnyside from Kindergarten through 8th grade, and my husband has taught there for more than 20 years. There is no match in Portland for either environmental education or community. Dismantling it is dismantling a Portland institution decades old that has positively impacted multiple generations, and which is still impacting this generation. Since we clearly have not solved the environmental crisis, we clearly still need resources trained on it and what better resource than our children, who will need to figure out how to navigate an increasingly hotter and more volatile climate. Sunnyside Environmental School needs the support to be an even stronger center for environmental education, not to be merely treated as a landing place for the remnants of neighboring destroyed school communities. Schools are the beating hearts of our communities, and we must protect and expand their role as resource centers instead of destroying them.","featured":false},{"name":"Heidi H.","connection":"Adult of current or former SES student","story":"Sunnyside was an incredible education and community for my daughter, who is now a Sophomore in college. It was beyond ‘just a school’, it was a daily practice of inclusion, advocacy, holistic perspective and critical thought. I have no doubt that SES is a strong reason my daughter has pursued higher education with the goal of counseling and community care. This school is needs to exist and continue connecting children to the impact they have on the environment and world at large. These are future change makers.","featured":false},{"name":"Amelia D.","connection":"Alumni","story":"Attending Sunnyside for all of my elementary and middle school years gave me such deep empathy and justice, for the environment and for all people, that I feel the world needs more of today.","featured":false},{"name":"Lucia W.","connection":"Alumni","story":"Sunnyside was 9 years of my life. I adored the school and its teachers, and it felt like the goal was to foster curiosity and a love and appreciation of nature and the outdoors. I have very fond memories of my time there, and I can't imagine the neighborhood I grew up in without it.","featured":false},{"name":"Hazel W.","connection":"Alumni","story":"It truly shaped who I am today. Sunnyside not only sparked my passion for environmental science but also was a foundational part of my childhood and neighborhood. I wouldn’t change it for the world, and I really hope students can keep experiencing the school for years to come!","featured":false},{"name":"Carol P.","connection":"Adult of current or former SES student, Neighbor","story":"We love this unique and life changing school. Our granddaughter thrives there. Our neighborhood is enriched by environmental programs and events.","featured":false},{"name":"Angela T.","connection":"Alumni","story":"Attending Sunnyside helped me learn how to think and show up in the world, by teaching critical thinking skills and things that I still use to this day. They also helped me grow an appreciation and love for nature that a lot of kids don’t get that early on or at all. Through the field trips and environmental learning I’ve always had respect for nature and the world around me, which is so important and a gift to get as a kid.","featured":false},{"name":"Olivia T.","connection":"Alumni","story":"I attended sunnyside for 9 years and it had such a meaningful impact on my life. Sunnyside allows students to learn outside of a traditional classroom setting. This is really important for students with learning disabilities or similar difficulties with school. I was always a very shy and anxious kid and my best friends dyslexic and sunnyside provided us with tools that helped us learn in our own unique ways. Being able to go on field trips, whether it was just to laurelhurst park or out in the Tillamook forest, made learning so much more fun and engaging. Everyone I knew from sunnyside loved school and would be sad if they had to miss school which is not something you see at most schools. It's so important for this to be an option as a public school because many portland families don't have the means to send their kids to private schools for the type of experience one has at sunnyside. Sunnyside is also so important to my family because my dad has worked there for almost 15 years and my sister and cousins both went there as well. We would be devastated to see this incredible program be discontinued.","featured":false},{"name":"Poppy J.","connection":"Alumni, Community Member","story":"As a school, Sunnyside manages to foster a beautiful, supportive community that stays with you long after your time there.The Sunnyside community supported my mom and I through our hardest times and made me the person I am today. Despite us living on the other side of town, SES parents and teachers looked out for me, fed me, gifted me their kids' hand-me-downs, and ensured I always had support. Sunnyside didn't only keep me healthy and safe, but allowed me to be a kid. I lived for field studies, art projects, time in the garden and reading with Winnie, our library dog. Sunnyside gave me all of my favorite parts of myself, and I will always be grateful.","featured":true},{"name":"Catherine L.","connection":"Adult of current or former SES student","story":"My son is a grade 7 student at Sunnyside. We started in our neighborhood school, but it was not working for us, and along with the changes that were created by the Southeast Guiding Coalition staying with our neighborhood options was no longer feasible for my family. We began at Sunnyside in grade 5 and have had a wonderful experience. My son is excited and happy to come to school, he is thriving academically and feels supported in this community. I'm heartbroken that my son's academic and social development could be disrupted yet again by decisions made by PPS.","featured":false},{"name":"Taylor G.","connection":"Alumni, Adult of current or former SES student","story":"Sunny Side when it was the environmental middle school taught me about community, stewardship of our environment and how to build lasting relationships.","featured":false},{"name":"Madeline Y.","connection":"Alumni","story":"Sunnyside helped me connect with my local community, learn to care for my surroundings, and built a strong foundation of peace and empathy that I carry with me still. Through hands-on outdoor learning I gained invaluable knowledge based in real life experiences. Sunnyside’s model for learning goes beyond the basic building blocks of education, it engrains wisdom, compassion, and community into students.","featured":false},{"name":"Emma S.","connection":"Alumni","story":"I attended Sunnyside for all of my k-8 years and I am so lucky for that. I am now currently in my 5th year of studying elementary education and am in the licensure program at Portland State University. Recently, I even put down Sunnyside as the school I hope to do my student teaching at in the next school year. Now more than ever I value the education I received at SES. In my courses we learn about and discuss how children best learn and time after time when we discuss an effective method of teaching it brings back memories of Sunnyside and how this environment for learning shaped me in a way that even my textbooks, which were formulated but experts in education and child development, name as ideal in a child’s education. I think back to how integrative and well rounded my education was and how my peers and I are were helped to become critical thinkers. I gained the skills to learn anything and pull understanding from complex topics at such a young age. Sunnyside is a strong community that supports each other and this has raised so many smart and creative people. Another aspect I so love about Sunnyside is the K-8 structure. It is so important to have opportunities in education to share knowledge and build from each other. In this K-8 environment the younger and older student can learn from each other as well as further building community and respect across all ages. The buddy system was always one of my favorite parts of school. I still remember the names of my buddies and the connections we made which made the school environment more comfortable and a safe space to learn and open up. The kind and caring teaches also built me up over and over to help me even through the challenges I faced in learning as a young child who dealt with hearing loss and special educational needs such as dyslexia. But I was able to work through these challenges, catch up to my peers, and even excel before I graduated from Sunnyside. I have so much more I could say of my love and support for Sunnyside. I am happy to support Sunnyside in whatever ways I can. :)","featured":false},{"name":"Esme C.","connection":"Alumni","story":"Sunnyside taught me what a school can be, now, as a teacher I think often on my time at Sunnyside and strive to provide the same level of education, community and values to my own students. This school is an incredibly magical place.","featured":false},{"name":"Olivia Y.","connection":"Alumni","story":"I grew up at Sunnyside. I started when I was five years old and left when I was fourteen. Within those brick walls, and outside on our intentional and informative studies in the field, I transformed again and again, became kinder, intuitive, humble, and educated not only as a student of a public school but as a student of the world. Sunnyside instills in its citizens a profound respect, care, and love of the natural world — the world that has birthed every one of us since time immemorial; the world we need to nurture and protect now more than ever. Cutting Sunnyside’s program is the fastest way to accelerate the decline of our most precious relatives, of life as we know it. Because yes, it is that far-reaching and essential of a program. The students of Sunnyside are the policymakers, leaders, educators, and supporters of the next generation. When did we stop advocating for the future of today’s children? What if your policy leaders had divested in your future, instead choosing to put that money toward ammunition to take another child’s life across the world, toward disappearing our neighbors, toward building a shiny new sports stadium? Would you be where you are today? As an adult, I never cease to look back with the utmost appreciation for my years spent at Sunnyside. Everything in my present life and academic career continues to circle back to the foundations of knowledge that Sunnyside built for me. Even in my social world, I have many friends who have been with me since the Sunnyside days. I have always noticed that the alumni of Sunnyside are, more often than not, people with good hearts and pure intentions. That isn’t a coincidence. Attending Sunnyside in those formative years teaches children not only immensely crucial environmental stewardship, but also how that knowledge connects to all other aspects of life, raising them to be true, just, kind members of society — members of society who will be voting for and creating our collective future. So I implore you to really think: what kind of future do you want to be shaping today?","featured":false},{"name":"Kathleen F.","connection":"Alumni, Educator","story":"I was a student of EMS (prior to it becoming Sunnyside) and I have taught several Sunnyside alumni as high school students. This school changed how I view the world and introduced me at a young age to pressing environmental issues. It provided me with a voice and a sense of purpose. It set me on my life's track to be an educator and an environmental advocate. Without this school, the opportunities to spend time outside in informal classrooms, the connection to environmental issues, and the perspective it provided me, I would not be the person I am today. This school is fundamental and its vision and approach to education cannot be lost.","featured":true},{"name":"Lynn K.","connection":"Adult of current or former SES student, Educator","story":"My son built a deep, personal connection to nature and a strong sense of personal agency regarding community and global environmental issues.","featured":false},{"name":"Jude S.","connection":"Community Member","story":"I haven’t been connected to Sunnyside directly because I moved from out of state. Before I lived in Oregon, I had never heard of an Environmental Public School. The public schools I grew up around unanimously funded sports programs more than any other part of our education. My education about the natural world around me was severely undernourished and I’ve only better educated myself as an adult. I feel like I have a lot of catching up to do, without that fundamental knowledge that trains us in the basics of taking care of our planet. At a time when climate change and natural disasters are rapidly accelerating, the general public needs access to this relational background as early in life as possible. I believe losing Sunnyside as the only public environmental focus school in the city would be a horrible loss.","featured":false},{"name":"Mason P.","connection":"Alumni, Community Member","story":"My entire childhood was shaped by this school.","featured":false},{"name":"Henry P.","connection":"Alumni","story":"SES has been ingrained in my family and my community since 2008 when I was in kindergarten. SES provided such a unique education for my brother and I, and all of the lifelong friends I met attending the school. The environmental program is an essential asset that should not and cannot be taken away. SES’s environmental program gives students the chance to learn outside of the classroom and spend time in a living, breathing world. It fosters environmental stewardship, a love for nature, immense curiosity, and social awareness that other schools do not provide. SES’s approach to education is forward thinking and raises a generations of compassionate community members. Additionally, the school is incredibly involved in the local community of not only SE Portland, but the city as a whole and even other cities around Oregon with its Marine Biology trips and explorative field trips. SES is an anchor of norm-challenging education that cannot be replaced or abandoned. If PPS decides to shut down SES’s environmental program it would be catastrophic loss for the community and most importantly the next generation of Portland students. Do not take away the children’s chance to experience the world they will be joining in an educational setting. SES’s staff, students, teachers, and community members deserve better than to be threatened with a shut down. Keep this environmental program alive. Go SES!","featured":false},{"name":"jennifer W.","connection":"Adult of current or former SES student, Community Member","story":"Sunnyside has been a saving grace for our family. Both of my students are neurodivergent with ADHD. My husband is Jamaican, my children are mixed race. We are low income earners and can’t afford private options. Both of my children attended Albina Headstart. We are also a lottery family at SES. Sunnyside provides an atmosphere that allows my children to move while they learn. My children don’t do well sitting in a desk listening to instruction for long periods of time. Especially, an entire school day. My son who is now a freshman at Franklin high school started SES in kindergarten. The entire staff knew and helped support him. Teachers recognized early on that he struggled with sitting still and focus. Had it not been for the teachers pointing out potential ADHD, my son would have been looked at as disruptive. He was sweet and kind but he couldn’t sit still. The teachers were able to support him until the IEP was put in place. He started to receive one on one support that started in 3 grade. He didn’t have an IEP yet, and a teacher that wasn’t his, would help route him on her own time during Covid learning at home. He was at a 3rd grade reading and writing level in 5th grade. With the continued support and outside environment he was able to grow and succeed. The one on one would not have been enough without lots of movement outside the classroom. He is now thriving at grade level reading and writing. He sat a goal to attain a 3.5 grade average which is very ambitious for him. Friends that he made in kinder that are still his best friends today at Franklin help inspire these goals. I saw a Sunnyside student recently and asked how high school was going for her. She replied, “The only thing making it good is seeing my Sunnyside friends like him” she’s always been a shy kid and is adjusting to the change. She credits Sunnyside for her ability to stay rooted in who she is and is reminded of that with each glance or nod she revives from Sunnyside alumni. I can say that most of the SES students share the same sentiments. There is something so valuable in that. I could go on and on. My daughter is now a 6th grader at SES. She struggles with ADHD as well. Her diagnosis is new and we are currently in the process of getting her an IEP. The outdoor environment allows her to succeed. The regular movement and being seen by her teachers is crucial for her I invite any of you to come on a field study with us one day to see for yourself the value this program adds to the SPED students and the entire community at large. So many families come to SES when no other options are working. Is it perfect? No. Does it work, yes! Is it for everyone, no. But that’s the point. This program for many is place of refuge in a system designed for one size fits all. We all know students need options so why take away a program that provides that for so many people.\nI firmly believe this program could be a model for the future. Not a relic of the past. This school and this community are part of my identity. I’m sure there are reason our program is considered being cut. What I am asking for is to show us the metrics used to arrive at the decision to kill the environmental program that means so much to so many. The earth, the students, the teachers, our houseless neighbors, the neighborhood, the businesses on Hawthorne and Belmont and so much more. I don’t beg often but in this case I am on my knees begging you all to consider saving this program. I understand budget shortfalls and future planning point to change. I just ask that you consider the changes being made and consider the impact this will have on so many students who rely on outdoor space as a learning tool. We have a very high SPED population at SES and that is worth looking at. Beyond metric on paper, come hang with us. Learn about the salmon, test water turbidity, learn about soil, rivers, mountains and oceans. At a time when climate change is visible we can’t afford to lose a program that is creating stewards of the earth. If any of you ski or snowboard we can see that for the first time in all of my 30 years in Portland that there is no snow field this year. Zero. All rock. We must protect the earth and I turn this environmental program.","featured":false},{"name":"Jennifer B.","connection":"Adult of current or former SES student","story":"Both my older children went to SES and I currently have a 4th grader in the school. The education they received made them into incredibly kind, independent and thoughtful humans who care about the impact and involvement of being part of a functional community that supports all people. There is no other school community that I know of that puts the work into making our kids feel confident and capable like this one. Everyone’s voice is heard and their opinion matters. Any change to this school will be devastating to our family and the community that surrounds us.","featured":false},{"name":"Logan M.","connection":"Educator","story":"I’ve dedicated my entire teaching career to this school. This is a vibrant, brilliant, and thriving focus option public school which inspires students and families to critically think. In order to solve the climate crisis, it takes imagination, innovation; and a deep sense of place. Those are the children we are raising.","featured":false},{"name":"Mark P.","connection":"Adult of current or former SES student","story":"It has become a community and second family for my son and our immediate family. Losing this focus program would be a devastating loss.","featured":false},{"name":"Irene S.","connection":"Adult of current or former SES student","story":"Sunnyside has changed my families life. The model and mission of Sunnyside builds up everyone. Even those that were left behind. My daughter struggled at many schools and found a home and a community at Sunnyside. My daughter is in first grade but a key reason we love sunnyside environmental is the connection to middle school. Middle school is notably challenging for young people. I work with youth and I see first hand the challenges middle school transitions have. Being able to stay at one school supports learners with a more extreme challenge to transition. It also support the community ideals that make this place a safe place for my daughter. Young kids get supported by older. Older get the chance to learn maturity and connections from younger. As we worry so deeply about childhood mental health challenges we should seek to develop places like Sunnyside Environmental school not phase them out. Since starting the is school my daughter who navigates depression has finally been able to tell me she is happy and has friends. A life changing experience for both her and I.","featured":true},{"name":"Deborah R.","connection":"Adult of current or former SES student","story":"Sunnyside has taught our grandkids so much, but has also taught us a lot: When our daughter's family moved to Portland a year ago, we offered to help pay for our grandchildren's private school education (as we had done for our own children and as we are doing for our other grandchildren). Our daughter declined our offer, saying that they were going to try to lottery in to the wonderful Sunnyside Environmental School. Happily, their kids did get in to Sunnyside, and we were completely won over to this wonderful school. So the impacts were: 1) We've seen our grandchildren deepen their understanding of, and commitment to, the environment, as well as a sense of community and friendships. 2) Sunnyside had given us new faith in public schools. To terminate that education, not to mention those friendships and sense of community, would be damaging to the children. Obviously, our new excitement and hope for public education is dashed; maybe it was naive to believe public education this good could be sustained.","featured":false},{"name":"Tara P.","connection":"Adult of current or former SES student","story":"Sunnyside challenges and supports kids to think critically and act responsibly to advance environmental justice, and our focus on place-based education plays a vital role in PPS’s portfolio for neuro-expansive learners. We are an economically diverse, fully-enrolled K-8 school drawing kids from the neighborhood and beyond. Most importantly, our students and teachers are doing real, quality work together.\n\nScenarios A and B are deeply flawed and require further analysis before any decision impacting our city’s students and teachers is made. Do not break apart our school, do not close other schools. Do not create more worry and uncertainty for families in our district. Dismantling half the schools in PPS is not the way to strengthen public education. It’s too risky and too reckless.","featured":true},{"name":"Erik P.","connection":"Adult of current or former SES student","story":"As demonstrated by PPS’s own data, Sunnyside succeeds is supporting and educating SPED kids where standard k5 neighborhood schools fail.","featured":false},{"name":"Catherine M.","connection":"Adult of current or former SES student","story":"I am an environmental history professor at Portland State University. Not only do I have two children who are Sunnysiders, but I have collaborated with teachers across grades to bring local environmental history into their classrooms. What I have observed is a stellar education. The students from kindergarten through eighth grade receive a higher-level of education than I’ve seen elsewhere, with thoughtful projects and storylines that connect the students to the neighborhood, city, and region in thoughtful and profound ways. Even more important, while environmental stewardship, place-based learning, and knowledge is central, Sunnyside teachers forefront social emotional learning, teaching students to be better community members. Sunnyside k-8 is a gem in the Portland Public School system.\nThe fact that the school encompasses kindergarten through eighth is all the more important for this curriculum, as I’ve watched the circle of exploration move from the schoolyard when my children were kindergartners, to the entire West Coast as they’ve reached the elder years in middle school. Sunnyside promotes a buddy system that connects students across the years, so that my seventh grader is currently buddied up with a first grader who shares his experience with her as she reads him books and collaborates with him on projects. The k-8 model is particularly powerful in providing these options. The younger kids look up to the middle schoolers and can’t wait until they get the turn to become “big buddies,” while middle schoolers feel equipped to be leaders and role models. My sense is that the establishment of k-8 schools decades ago was a reflection of another demographic shift in Portland. What the district did, though, was create a magical experience for the students at Sunnyside. It would be shortsighted indeed to destroy something that is working so profoundly well.","featured":true},{"name":"Katie H.","connection":"Adult of current or former SES student, Community Member","story":"Going to Sunnyside has introduced us to many neighbors and neighborhood organizations and businesses. Our children are learning values of community, connection to place, and the roles they play in the natural world.","featured":false},{"name":"Ana J.","connection":"Community Member","story":"Through friendship with staff, parents and their children I am witness to the immense and meaningful ways that SES becomes an integral part of these families community. It’s unlike anything I’ve ever seen, and that’s even before acknowledging the incredible curriculum! Our city, these families, and our collective future are better and brighter with SES fully functioning, fully staffed, and fully supported.","featured":false},{"name":"Kelley H.","connection":"Student","story":"Sunnyside is the only schooling option that worked for my autistic child. He loves it there. The combination of K-8 and hand on, in the community learning makes schooling possible for him.","featured":false},{"name":"Kristen D.","connection":"Adult of current or former SES student, Community Member, Business Owner","story":"SES is a home to our family. My kid is on an IEP and feels full acceptance there. I have learned so much about the city we live in and its Native Plants as well!","featured":false},{"name":"Anne T.","connection":"Adult of current or former SES student, Community Member, Environmental Organization","story":"Helping us raise a good human and fostering a community where our neurodiverse child is thriving.","featured":false},{"name":"Andrew D.","connection":"Adult of current or former SES student","story":"Amazing education for my daughter in an incredible community.","featured":false},{"name":"Emily H.","connection":"Adult of current or former SES student","story":"Sunnyside has been a lifeline for my autistic kindergartener who has substantial support needs and IEP. We moved to this neighborhood BECAUSE of the school and its environmental education focus and k-8 option, because both are documented to be better suited to serve autistic children. Please do not take away this option which is the only hope many of our neurodivergent kids have for thriving in general ed.","featured":true},{"name":"Jason A.","connection":"Adult of current or former SES student","story":"Sunnyside provides my 2nd grader such a wonderful experience that she looks forward to school and marvels at how her teachers started great and get better each year!","featured":false},{"name":"Malcolm L.","connection":"Adult of current or former SES student","story":"Sunnyside has transformed our daughter’s life. She joined the school via lottery in 4th grade and our entire family was immediately welcomed into the community. We are a lottery family who came to SES in 4th grade after three years of Montessori and one year at our neighborhood school, Beverly Cleary, which was not a good fit for her. She went from crying morning and night, being tardy almost daily, and missing many days from resistance and anxiety in 3rd grade, to never wanting to miss a day of school, even when sick, in 4th.\n\nSunnyside’s culture is unique and special and should be protected. It's full of kind, curious, and accepting people, exactly what our daughter - and all students - need. She has found friends she loves, adults she trusts, and a community where she really thrives. She loves gardening with Nathan, making the musical with Mo, and has a love for learning, social justice, and our environment that is inspiring. When we told her the proposal for the future of Sunnyside, she cried at the loss of her community, but also the loss of the environmental education for other kids. She cares about endangered animals, invasive and native species, and indigenous people. She wants to be an animal scientist when she grows up. There is no better feeling as a parent than sending your kid to a place each day that she loves. I have so much gratitude to Sunnyside.\n\nWe chose to make the move in 4th grade knowing it would be her last school transition before high school, giving her the opportunity to build lasting relationships with the same cohort for five years. If this proposal moves forward, she would be separated from her friends who live in different parts of Portland and forced back to the culture and community that didn't work for her or welcome her in 3rd grade. Because Sunnyside is a focus school that parents from different neighborhoods have chosen, her classroom will be disproportionately affected and broken up into many different middle schools. She's facing the challenge of starting a new middle school without any familiar faces, friends or trusted adults, while mourning the loss of the community she's been so warmly welcomed into. Middle school at Sunnyside has been something she's been looking forward to since first learning about the school - weekly field studies, special field trips to amazing places like Olympic National Park, and more than anything, the chance to be big buddies with elementary SES students, mentoring them and helping them to feel connected to the school and community. We'll do anything to protect the K-8 and environmental education model that IS WORKING for so many right now. Please protect this program, this community, the INCREDIBLE faculty that has invested so much into this school and its focus curriculum, and these students. Sunnyside is working so well for so many. Rather than losing its focus and its K8 program, it should be protected and serve as a model for how other schools can grow and thrive and keep families in the public school system.","featured":false},{"name":"Eva F.","connection":"Educator","story":"I have been a Learning Specialist at Sunnyside Environmental for 15 years. I have learned so much and have grown as a human and as an educator thanks to the Sunnyside Community. Great curricula, fantastic place-based education with a thriving garden, exciting field studies and environmental stewardship, community events like Harvest Fair and Riparian Festival, and a phenomenal staff that careds deeply about their calling, that is teaching students so they become academically, socially, emotionally and environmentally literate as they grow into teenagers and beyond. Truly a unique, vibrant and thriving community hub!","featured":false},{"name":"Yael P.","connection":"Student","story":"My daughter is thriving at SES! She’s in first grade and started in kindergarten","featured":false},{"name":"dominique R.","connection":"Adult of current or former SES student","story":"My child is neurodivergent, and finding an educational environment where they can truly be themselves has been incredibly important to our family. Traditional school environments can sometimes focus heavily on whether a child fits into a particular mold. Sunnyside has given my child opportunities to learn, explore, create, and connect in ways that recognize them as an individual.\n\nI have watched my kid grow in confidence at Sunnyside. The school's emphasis on community, creativity, hands-on learning, and connection to the environment has given them ways to engage with learning that feel meaningful and accessible to them. Just as importantly, they have developed relationships with teachers and peers who know them and understand that every child learns and experiences the world differently.\n\nFor our family, the K–8 community is especially valuable. Having continuity and strong relationships with educators and peers creates a sense of stability and belonging that can be incredibly important for a neurodivergent child. Lilly has been able to grow within a community where they are known, rather than having to continually start over and prove who they are in a new environment.\n\nSunnyside has also changed me as a parent. It has connected me with other families, teachers, and community members in ways that have made Portland feel smaller and more connected. I have volunteered, participated in school events, met incredible families, and watched our community come together again and again.\n\nThat is why the possibility of losing our K–8 community feels so devastating. A school is not simply a building or a collection of classrooms. It is the relationships that exist within it. It is the teachers who know our children. It is the families who show up for one another. It is the traditions, the shared experiences, the sense of belonging, and the feeling that our children are growing up surrounded by people who care about them.\n\nRather than seeing schools like Sunnyside as something to restructure or eliminate, I believe the district should be looking at Sunnyside as a model for what public education can be. What is happening here is worth studying, celebrating, and learning from. The strong sense of community, the K–8 structure, the connection to the environment, the emphasis on hands-on learning, and the ability to see and support children as individuals are all things that could benefit students across our district.\n\nFor neurodivergent students especially, schools should be places where differences are understood and supported—not places where children are constantly expected to conform. Sunnyside has shown me that a school can create space for children to learn differently while still holding high expectations for them. It has helped my child develop confidence, connection, and a sense that they belong.\n\nSunnyside has shown me what public education can look like when community is at the center of it. It has reminded me that our children deserve more than a place to learn they deserve a place where they feel known, valued, supported, and connected.\n\nI am incredibly grateful for what Sunnyside has given our family, and that gratitude is exactly why I feel so strongly about protecting it. I don't want the next generation of families especially families of neurodivergent children—to lose a school community where their children can feel understood and thrive.\n\nSunnyside is not just a school to us. It is part of our village. And instead of dismantling what makes this community special, I hope the district will listen to the families and educators who have built it and ask a different question: How can we bring the things that make Sunnyside successful to schools across our district?\n\nOur children deserve schools that learn from what is working—not schools that eliminate it. Sunnyside should be a model, not a casualty.","featured":true},{"name":"Noelle E.","connection":"Adult of current or former SES student","story":"I was an educator and have worked as a teacher and substitute teacher in many buildings within PPS and beyond. When I discovered Placed Based Education my world was rocked and I became a placed based teacher. I have seen first hand that the Place Based Education model at Sunnyside and at schools across the country works! Sunnyside is a model of education that should be replicated, not destroyed. The students have strong communities, they are happy, they love to learn, they are engaging in their communities, in middle school they have a safe and comfortable environment to continue to thrive in those pivotal years where kids do often struggle with mental health. When it was time for my kid to go to school I planned on the local school, also a lovely community, but my heart knew from my teaching experience how valuable place based education, story line, first 6 weeks, and all those kinds of curriculum are for kids. We put our kid into the lottery for Sunnyside and Sunnyside only and were very surprised to get in. It was without a doubt the best choice for our anxious non-binary kid. Our kid is THRIVING. They went from hating school to absolutely loving it. The model just works and there is no clear reason for dismantling it.","featured":true},{"name":"Sarah P.","connection":"Adult of current or former SES student","story":"SES has changed my daughter’s life in a crucial manner. The environmental focus has given her meaning in a deeply transitional and disruptive time. She has been able to heal from an eating disorder due to feeling safe, seen, loved, and known by all of the staff there, and her fellow students. She is a 6th grader this year. And closing the middle school program will wreak havoc for our family. We are a single parent household. I have her full time. She is able to safely walk to SES. The school is a true home away from home. Please do not kill the culture, community, and support system that this school has provided for decades. Please allow our school to keep its thriving environmental focus program, and to keep its middle school. . Thank you.","featured":true},{"name":"Felicia T.","connection":"Community Member","story":"Sunny side I know from my professional life, my work does field trip programs every year. Bringing out sunny side outside is always a yearly highlight!","featured":false},{"name":"Meagan Z.","connection":"Adult of current or former SES student, Community Member","story":"My family and our business are here entirely due to Sunnyside. We moved close before we even had a child in the anticipation that they could attend. Sunnyside IS Portland to us.","featured":false},{"name":"Emanuela R.","connection":"Adult of current or former SES student, Educator, Community Member","story":"It would effect my job as a special educator and it would disrupt my daughters 8th grade year and shatter her educational experience- again - she was also impacted by the pandemic in her kinder year - and by the teacher strike - in 4th grade! In addition it will make it a hardship to transport her to her new middle school.","featured":false},{"name":"Arianna S.","connection":"Alumni, Educator","story":"I was a student at EMS, and it was the best educational experience of my life. It inspired me to be a middle school teacher, and last year I finally got my dream job at Sunnyside. I was laid off in June. This year I am working as a sub, almost always at Sunnyside, because I believe that deeply about the program and the work we are doing here. This school has impacted all areas of my life, for the better, since 2001.","featured":true},{"name":"Heather C.","connection":"Adult of current or former SES student, Educator","story":"Sunnyside is THE MAIN REASON I live in/stayed in Portland. I could have moved closer to family across the country, but SES is honestly more a family to me than my own. It’s an exceptionally engaged community, and it’s exceptionally engaged in getting to know the environments and ecosystems of our city and surrounding area, as well an incredibly engaged in protecting them for future Portlanders. Sunnyside students are THE MOST ENGAGED kids, and we have the highest attendance rate for middle school in the whole city. Students are happy, learning, passing assessments at higher rates than the state and national average, and students go on to do so many environmental/climate/stewardship/education-related jobs and careers -it’s astounding!","featured":false}]}