Press Releases
Press Releases announcing major milestones related to the work of All Hands Raised.
Record Number of Leaders to Visit Schools Throughout County for 15th Annual Principal for Almost a Day–Lunch Program Features Community Impact on Improving Attendance
Nearly 140 Leaders to Visit More Than 115 Schools and District Offices throughout Multnomah County Portland, OR (10/14/15) – Tomorrow, Thursday, October 15, more than 140 business executives, civic leaders, and non-profit CEOs will walk in the…
Ninth Grade Counts Update
Do you remember the summer before you started high school? What interests, questions or anxieties filled your mind? A collaborative effort of dozens of partners worked this summer to help answer those questions and get students ready for high school…
Registration for 2015 Ninth Grade Counts Open! Get the Guide and Find Registration Information.
The 2015 Guide to Summer Transition Programs for Incoming Ninth Graders in Portland and Multnomah County is now available. Paper copies were released to all partner school districts this week in order to help Academic Priority eighth graders get a…
Registering by June 1st Gets Kindergartners Ready for School
Registering by June 1st Gets Kindergartners Ready for School On-time registration eases the transition for families and teachers Portland, Ore.— (4/20/15) Registering for kindergarten before June 1 is one of the easiest ways to put children on a…
All Hands Raised Releases Chapter 02 Highlighting the Collective Impact Work Focused on the More Than 225,000 Children and Youth Living in Multnomah County
AHR Partnership Improving the Way Adults Come Together to Help Kids Succeed from Birth to Career Last week, All Hands Raised (AHR) released its Chapter 02 publication highlighting the accomplishments, challenges and impactful practices happening…
All Hands Raised Releases Chapter 02
In 2010, we started writing a new story for kids in Multnomah County. Chapter 01, that was released in Summer of 2013 was the first chapter in our shared work and helped to explain how this community was organized to adapt a local cradle to career…
Community Leaders Matched with School Leaders for All Hands Raised’s Annual Principal for Almost a Day
Keynote Luncheon Panel to Discuss the Challenges of Equipping our Students for Careers in Oregon Tomorrow, Thursday, October 23rd, more than 100 leaders representing the private, public and nonprofit sectors will travel throughout Portland and…
StriveTogether Recognizes All Hands Raised CEO with National Award
StriveTogether just released the following: StriveTogether presented its 2014 Bill Henningsgaard Cradle to Career Champion Award to Dan Ryan, CEO of All Hands Raised, the ‘backbone’ organization for the All Hands Raised Partnership in Multnomah…
Regional and National Funders Continue to Invest in the All Hands Raised Partnership
Work to Improve Local Educational Outcomes Continues to Progress, as Momentum Builds to Add a Fifth Collaborative Focused on the Transition from High School to College and Career. In the first half of 2014 a number of local and national foundations…
All Hands Raised Invited to First-Ever StriveTogether Expert Convening in Salt Lake City
ATTENDEES TO EXPLORE INNOVATIVE WAYS COMMUNITIES TAKE ACTION TO MOVE ACADEMIC OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN Salt Lake City – This week All Hands Raised is attending the first-ever StriveTogether Expert Convening to provide insight into collective impact…
