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One out of every four students in the David Douglas School District proudly claims Hispanic/Latinx heritage. As we do with all students, we treasure and celebrate these students every day. But from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, we get to give special recognition as the nation celebrates National Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month. Our…

The Portland Bureau of Transportation has an online survey regarding 122nd Ave. Community members are invited to take the survey and share it with others who travel on 122nd Ave. PBOT wants feedback on how people use 122nd, what kind of improvements are most needed, problem areas and which evaluation criteria are…

The David Douglas School District has been honored with the Best Communities for Music Education designation from The NAMM Foundation for its outstanding commitment to music education. Again. This is the ninth time our District has received this prestigious, national recognition of our music program. We are one of only two districts…

The David Douglas School District seeks to create a Native American/Alaska Native parent advisory group to help us reach out to our Native American community. Any Native American parent is invited to attend our Native American/Alaska Native Night to begin talking about the purpose and goals of this advisory group. The next meeting…

  The David Douglas School District will hold a public meeting to discuss the budget for the fiscal year July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019 on the following dates: April 30, 2018     Budget Committee Meeting/Testimony received. The purpose of the meeting is to receive the budget message and to…

Once again, music programs from across the country are celebrating Music In Our Schools Month (MIOSM). The nationally recognized celebration, led by the National Association for Music Education, has been taking place since 1985. What began as an advocacy day in New York on March 14th, 1973 expanded nationwide to a month…

Become a SMART (Start Making a Reader Today) reader at one of our elementary schools! SMART is currently in need of volunteers now through mid-May. Volunteers, read one-on-one with students grades K-3. The consistent, one-on-one time helps build literacy skills and self-confidence. SMART is fun and further encourages children to read outside the classroom…

During the month of November 2017, the David Douglas School District provided parents and guardians an opportunity to take our District Family Survey. Some 896 parents or guardians did. We first want to thank all of our families who took this survey. We care about and respect what our families think and…

ATTENTION: DAVID DOUGLAS 1970’S ALUMNI Go back in time to the grooviest decade of them all. Help us celebrate the dy-no-mite 1970’s at our Turn Back the Clock basketball game VS Gresham High School on Friday January 12th at the DDHS north gym. Game time begins at 7:30pm. Be there or be square! Here’s the low down: We will…

The Oregon Department of Education produces yearly report cards for schools and districts. In 2013, the Oregon Department of Education released a redesigned school and district Report Card. This redesigned Report Card was the product of a year of review and revisions, led by an external Report Card Steering Committee and informed…