Recent News
Building Blocks – Spring 2018 Bond Quarterly Newsletter
Spring 2018 Groundbreaking ceremonies underway for new school construction This spring, Gresham-Barlow School District held groundbreaking ceremonies for the new construction underway at Gresham High and East Gresham Elementary. Join us on April 25 for [...]
Bond-funded classroom security measures installed this spring
In March, construction crews installed new handles, locks, and other security improvements on doors at East Orient, Highland, West Gresham and Powell Valley Elementary Schools. New door locks and security improvements are also underway at [...]
Local businesses thrive with Gresham-Barlow’s investment in schools
In April, Gresham residents will celebrate the groundbreaking of the new North Gresham Elementary School and Gresham businesses are excited to help with these new projects. Bremik Construction, the general contractor responsible for the construction [...]
Groundbreakings Scheduled for New Construction
This spring, Gresham-Barlow School District is hosting groundbreaking ceremonies to celebrate the commencement of construction on the four major renovations funded by the 2016 Gresham-Barlow School Bond. These events are free and open to the [...]
Security Summit Highlights District Commitment to Student Safety
$13 million of safety and security improvements are coming to every school across the district, including Powell Valley Elementary School. Safety and security improvements are coming to every school in the Gresham-Barlow [...]
Historic Doors to Return In Gresham High Reconstruction
Daniel Stevens, a Gresham High School alumni ('57) and art teacher. Gresham High School students in 2020 will have access to a state-of-the-art building. The new school will have technology unthinkable to [...]
Gresham High School redesign receives vote of support from City
The district’s efforts to build a new Gresham High School passed a significant hurdle last month when the City of Gresham’s Design Commission approved plans for the new building on a 6-1 vote. This [...]
Middle School Teachers Help Shape Tomorrow’s Classrooms
This November, middle school teachers, custodians and principals from across the Gresham-Barlow district attended a Furniture Fair held in the Deep Creek Elementary School building to check out the latest offerings in classroom furniture, [...]
Community Helping Shape Barlow’s Upcoming CTE Classrooms
As a part of the 2016 school bond, Sam Barlow High School will undergo a major renovation. That renovation includes what Principal Bruce Schmidt calls “a game-changing” investment in Barlow’s Career and Technical Education [...]
Sam Barlow – Open House on Bond Project Updates
Parents, students, teachers, and community members are invited to learn more about the proposed updates at Sam Barlow High School at an upcoming Open House. Please join us on Monday, October 23 at Barlow [...]
Gresham High School: Honoring the past, building for the future
Gresham High School is a beloved landmark. The stately building has served students and families in the community for more than one hundred years. When people think of Gresham, one of the sites that [...]
A Student Returns, to Build a New School
When she heard that North Gresham Elementary School would be rebuilt as part of the voter-approved capital construction bond, Renée Alexander knew that she wanted to be involved in the construction of the new [...]
Bond Oversight Committee Launches!
Bond oversight committee made up of Gresham-Barlow community members holds first meeting Focus of their work: To ensure bond dollars are spent as voters intended The Bond Oversight committee conducted their inaugural meeting in August [...]
Community invited to provide thoughts, feedback on Gresham High School redesign
Forums scheduled for April 5 Staff, parents, and community members are invited to attend an upcoming community forum on the redesign of Gresham High School. Architects, project managers, and building leaders will present proposed key [...]
Voters approve $291.2 million Gresham school bond
Bond to fund improvements at every school Voters in the Gresham-Barlow School District passed the $291.2 million facilities bond, which will bring upgrades to every school in the district. The bond was ahead by 1,461 [...]
Take a peek at the Gresham High School of the (very near) future
Parents and community members gathered Wednesday night at Gresham High School to look over three proposed designs and make suggestions for the dramatic remodel of the school. "We're designing what will be the most modern [...]