Peninsula PTA

🐾 PANTHER HUNT 🐾

Tiny Panthers are on the loose!

This summer, keep your eyes peeled around North Portland and at community events. Hidden mini Panthers are waiting to be discovered. Find one, post a pic with the panther, tag us , then place it at another North Portland spot for another family to discover!

How far will the Panthers travel? How many will be found? There’s only one way to find out...

✨ Find. Scan. Share. Re-hide. Repeat.

🐾 Presales are officially open!

Fresh Panther gear has arrived! Order in our shop (link in bio)

Youth Tees: $20
Adult Tees: $25
Youth Sweatshirts: $35
Adult Sweatshirts: $35

Grab a shirt or sweatshirt for yourself, your kiddo, or the whole crew and show off your pride all year long.

Don’t let these Panther sightings become extinct—order yours before they disappear into the wild! 🐾

Digital Content Manager Needed!

Are you organized, tech-savvy, and looking for a meaningful way to support our school community?

Peninsula PTA is looking for a volunteer Digital Content Manager to help with the computer things like:

✨ Managing Google Workspace access
✨ Maintaining shared inboxes, calendars, and Drive files
✨ Keeping passwords and account information up to date
✨ Updating the PTA website and online resources
✨ Managing Square shop links

⏰ Time commitment: upto 2–4 hours per week.

This is a great behind-the-scenes role that makes a big impact.

Interested or have questions? Reach out and we can connect you with our outgoing volunteer to learn more.

Next year 1st and 2nd graders will learn together in multi-grade classrooms, and our successful 4th/5th grade blend will continue for another year! 🎉

📚 Multi-grade classrooms bring students of different developmental stages together, creating opportunities for peer mentoring, leadership, collaboration, and greater independence.

🤔 What questions do you have about multi-grade classrooms and how they’ll work at Peninsula? Drop them in the comments—we’d love to hear from you!

Free National Parks Pass for 4th Graders!
All 4th graders (rising 5th graders) can get a free pass to visit national parks, forests, wildlife refuges, and other federal lands through the Every Kid Outdoors program.

The pass gives free admission for the student and their family through August 31 after their 4th grade year — perfect for summer adventures!

🌲Learn more and print your free pass by searching Every Kid Outdoors (link in stories)

The school year is rapidly coming to an end and there is so much to look forward to! We need your help making the end-of-year and summer events a success for our Panthers:

🌈 Pride Party 5/29
🏃‍♀️ Field Day 6/4
🚴🏿‍♀️ NoPo Bike Rodeo 7/18
🌻 Summer Garden Care

Please visit the Peninsula PTA website to sign up for a shift or two. We appreciate you!

☀️ Summer health support is here!

Two Multnomah County Student Health Centers will stay open this summer for medical care, checkups, sports physicals, vaccines, and more.

📍 Parkrose HS: June 15–Aug 21
📍 David Douglas HS: June 16–Aug 20

Call to schedule or scan the QR code for details. Please share with families who may need summer access to care. 💚

🚲 Save the Date: FREE North Portland Bike Fair!

Join us Saturday, July 18 • 10am–1pm at Peninsula Elementary for a free, all-ages community bike fair with PBOT, PPS, and Community Cycling Center. This event is for all North Portland 💜

✨ Learn-to-ride lessons
✨ Bike skills course
✨ Guided neighborhood ride
✨ Free bike repair
✨ Free helmets & fittings

Bring your bike if you can — limited loaner bikes available!

Get your 2025–26 Peninsula Panther Yearbooks!

Every student will receive a yearbook during Field Day, regardless of purchase. If you’re able, we invite families to purchase a yearbook in the shop to help offset printing costs — and, if it’s within your means, consider purchasing an extra copy to help support another student (link in bio).

Community support helps make it possible for every Panther to head into summer with this special keepsake. 🐾

Check out this brand new gleaming beacon of refrigeration in Peninsula’s Staff Lounge! Huge thanks to and for the incredible donation, and for hauling away the (rapidly failing) old ones. We ♥️ our community!