Detrash Portland – Boise Neighborhood trash clean up event with Ex Novo

Date: Saturday September 5th.
Time: 10 am to noon.
Where: The corner of the Lillis Albina Park at N Russell and N Flint Avenue.

Sign-up: https://www.solveoregon.org/opportunity/a0C1I00000RMyA9UAL

Detrash Portland needs civic minded volunteers for another trash pick up event!

We will be hosting a clean up event on Saturday September 5th to pick up litter from the streets, gutters, and drains in the North Portland Boise neighborhood. We will be meeting at the corner of the Lillis Albina Park at N Russell and N Flint Avenue by the baseball field at 10 am. From there we will provide trash grabbers, gloves, and bags to our volunteers. 

Trash pick up is an activity that complies with social distancing guidelines while at the same time benefits our city greatly. Safety is are utmost priority. We hope you can come out an help make a difference.

Masks will be required to participate in this event.  Please also dress for the weather and wear closed toed shoes. 

Ex Novo has also partnered with Detrash Portland for this event. They will be just down the street from our meeting location. Ex Novo has been gratcious enough to offer all volunteers to this event a 10% discount to any to-go orders or on site guest tabs, food, draft beer, package beer, or merchandise.

They are also open for Phase 1 dinein and encourage any participants to stay after the trash pick up event to have lunch. They encourage you to make a reservation first through Resy.com or through the link on their website http://www.exnovobrew.com/portland

If you have any questions about the event or Detrash Portland you can contact the group by email at detrashportland@gmail.com or via instagram @detrashportland.

Detrash Portland | https://www.meetup.com/Detrash-Portland/

Welcome the New KNA Board!

The King Neighborhood Association elections were held at the General Membership Meeting on Wednesday, May 8th, at 6:30 PM, at the NECN Headquarters Office (4815 NE 7th Avenue). The following new board members were elected.

Chair – Amy Wilson (amy@kingneighborhood.org)

Co-Chair – Cheri Folsom (cheri@kingneighborhood.org)

Secretary – Jacquie Walton (jacquie@kingneighborhood.org)

Treasurer – Sarah  Moses (sarah@kingneighbhorhood.org)

At-Large Representative #1: vacant

At-Large Representative #2: John Kim (johnk@kingneighborhood.org)

At-large Representative #3: vacant

At-large Representative #4: Libby Deal (libby@kingneighborhood.org)

King Neighborhood Board Elections 2018!

King Neighborhood Association will be having the Annual Elections at the General Membership Meeting on May 9thth at 6:30 pm at the NECN Headquarters Office (4815 NE 7th Avenue)

Board service is a chance to grow personally and professionally, to develop skills, gain unique experience and make lasting connections with a team of other passionate neighbors.

The Call for Nominations is now open and we are seeking candidates for the following open positions:

Chair

Co-Chair

Secretary

At-Large Representatives One

At-Large Representatives Three

At-Large Representatives Five

If you have interest, please read the job description and fill this voluntary application:

KNA Board Member Job Description

KNA Board Member Application Form

Help King Students Play Math

Dear neighbors:

Schools are the heart of our communities and children are the heart of our schools.  King School needs your help in supporting our children’s academic growth and success.  Almost no one would deny that a college education and a strong foundation in academic fundamentals is mandatory in our increasingly knowledge-based economy.  Growing industries like science, technology, math and engineering rely on not only our students’ proficiency in language, but also a strong foundation in mathematical concepts.

Test results show that, upon graduation, fewer than half of Portland students are ready for college math.  For many students the achievement gap starts early.  At King Elementary School only 8 percent of students in 3rd grade are meeting or exceeding state standards in math.  The district average is 56 percent of students meeting or exceeding standards for math in 3rd grade.

In an attempt to increase young children’s comfort with and exposure to foundational mathematical concepts, a parent group in collaboration with King School administration, teachers and the SUN community schools program is looking to offer a twice weekly two hour after school program called “Play Math!”  The curriculum introduces progressively more challenging math concepts the same way that a video game provides more fun, stimulation and challenge with each level a player reaches.

We would like to involve King neighbors. 

Can you share everyday problems you have that the children can help you to solve using math, or, talk about a career or hobby that you have that uses math?  Do you ever have to do any of the following?

  • Create a budget? For example: for a home remodel or grocery shopping.
  • Are you a business owner who has to price products, make sales and track inventory?
  • Are you a computer programmer who ‘teaches’ computers to perform complex mathematical functions quickly?
  • Are you an engineers who designs electronics, roads, bridges, make buildings stand, etc.?
  • Are you a contractor, baker, chef who must measure parts in order to make a whole?
  • Do you play bridge, or, a sport that requires you make basic arithmetic concepts?

We need your stories and problems for the children to solve.  Our class will be every Tuesday and Thursday in March from 3:30-5:00 p.m. Even if you cannot attend we would love to use your picture, story and problem for the students so that they can make the connection between what they are leaning, their neighbors and real world problems solved by math.   If you are interested in being involved please send a quick email to tanyabarham{at}gmail.com

Thanks for helping King students find fun and success in math.  Go Lions!

Tanya

KNA needs a Secretary

Quill

There’s been some changes to our board, and we need your help to record what transpires at our meetings until our General Election in May.  The duties are described in our by-laws, or please contact any of our board members with questions.

Please come to our meeting in November to throw your hat in the ring!

http://kingneighborhood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/King-Neighborhood-Association-Bylaws-FINAL-APPROVED-2014.07.09.pdf

See you there? Hope so!