August 9, 2017
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M ETRO
Whole Child Education
KairosPDX
celebrates five years
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KairosPDX, a north Portland K-5 charter
school dedicated to bringing whole child edu-
cation to underserved children, celebrated its 5
year anniversary this past Friday.
Students, parents, grandparents, siblings,
teachers, school board members and adminis-
trative staff welcomed the community, donors
and supporters to KairosPDX’s recently ac-
quired building, the former Humboldt Elemen-
tary at 4915 N. Gantenbein Ave.
On hand to support and share in the accom-
plishments of the school and current 140 stu-
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F OOD
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Kali Thorne Ladd (left) and Marsha Williams of KairosPDX, join Multnomah County
Commissioner Loretta Smith (center) to celebrate the five year anniversary of a school
program serving underserved children at the former Humboldt School site.
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dents was Multnomah County Commissioner
Loretta Smith, who took an early role in sup-
porting the launch of the school, former County
Commissioner Jules Bailey and current Port-
land School Board Member Mike Rosen.
Festivities kicked off with a tour of the
school garden, which is maintained by students
and teachers with heritage seeds from student
family members.
Commissioner Smith and executive direc-
tor Kali Thorne Ladd shared a few well cho-
sen words on their pride for the students and
school’s all around growth and success in half
a decade. A young student named Patience,
however, stole the show by warmly telling the
crowd of 30 or more people why the garden
is special place for her and her peers and how
much she is enjoying her academic career.
Park Shooting Death Mystery
Police are looking for an
unidentified African American
male who killed another man
at a Gresham park on Sunday
night.
Authorities said Adrian Gil-
berto Berg, 32, was shot while
attending a social event at Pat
Pfeifer Park, 424 N.E. 172nd
Ave. He died later at a local
hospital.
Berg was engaged in a ver- Adrian Berg
bal altercation with the suspect,
believed to be in his 20s or 30s,
before the gunfire broke out
and the shooter fled the area,
police said. Investigators are
working to determine if the
two men knew each other.
Anyone who witnessed the
shooting or has information
about the suspect is asked to
call the Gresham Police tip line
at 503-618-2719.