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Marisa Swenson
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MRealty Inc
2211 NW Front Ave Ste. 101
Portland, OR 97209
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Clark School
Clark school is now meeting at the old Binnsmead Middle School location and is a K-8th grade facility with approx 520 students. Clark received the Portland Schools Foundation Award for Excellence in Education which recognizes high performing schools in 2001,2004,2005,2006 and 2007.
information taken from the PPS website
Located at:
2225 SE 87th
Portland, OR 97216
Creative Science School
The Creative Science School is a focus option program within the Portland Public Schools for children in grades K-8th. Students are encouraged to be independent thinkers, learners and problem solvers. Teachers guide and assist children in learning through experience and experiment. You must apply to send your child here through the PPS lottery system.
Information taken from the CSS website
Located at:
1231 SE 92 Ave
Portland, OR 97216
Portland Schools – How do you choose?
So, last night a client asked me about schools, which ones were better than others etc. and I realized that I know of course about the schools that I have attended but where would I choose to send my child now? Currently my child is only 2 years old so I won’t be seriously faced with that decision for a couple of years but those years will go by quickly, I can feel it. Anyway, I started doing some research on schools in the area and how they are rated. There is a lot of information at the Portland Public Schools site about which school your child will go to per neighborhood zoning. It explains how to transfer to a different school if the one in your zone is not the one you would like your child to go to. The PPS sit however does not just flat out rank the schools based on test scores, it is a little bit of work to look at each schools graphs and see where they place and at this moment I have not done that for every school, that might be a future blog post, I will let you know. There is also a site that takes testing information along with parent feedback and rates schools, even charter and private schools. This parent rating makes me a little suspicious because how many parents would publicly bad mouth the school that their kid goes to? Well, the site had a couple. Then there is also a public school ranking site that gives you data from 2003 without charge but if you want current data you have to pay them money (strange to me, what are they trying to hide?). Their old data concludes that SW Portland tops the list, then inner NE and SE, N Portland was towards the end and some outter SE schools bottomed out. I will update more current info once I have it and more on charter schools too since I am leaning that way for the future but need more info.
Something that is newer (to me) that I found with the Portland Public Schools is that a handful of elementary and middle schools have merged to one building like Vestal and Bridger in Montavilla, making them K-8. Also, Fernwood middle school is now called the Beverly Cleary School and is K-8, how cool I love Ramona Quimby!
Beverly Cleary School (K-1st grade campus)
Beverly Cleary K-8th grade is a 2 campus school. The Kindergarten and 1st grade classes meet at the old Hollyrood site and 2nd-8th grade classes meet at the old Fernwood Middle School site. They offer 3 full day Kindergarten sessions, before and after school programs and have strong community partnership.
information taken from the PPS website
Located at:
3560 NE Hollyrood Ct.
Portland, OR 97212
Beverly Cleary School (2nd-8th grade campus)
Beverly Cleary is a Kindergarten through 8th grade facility with approx 565 students. Levels K-1st grade meet in the old Hollyrood campus while 2nd-8th grade meets in the old Fernwood Middle School site. This school has a reputation as being one of the areas top academic schools. Parent involvement, before and after school programs, School-to-Work Connections and community partnerships enhance the educational programs.
information taken from the PPS website
Located at:
1915 NE 33rd
Portland, OR 97212
Bridger School
Bridger School serves Kindergarten through 8th grade students. Bridger provides a positive and caring learning environment where all children are valued for their unique abilities, talents and individual learning styles. Bridger started a Spanish Immersion program in 2007-2008 where 90% of the day is Spanish speaking and by the 8th grade student should be fluent. The Bridge staff maintains connections between school and home providing a variety of opportunities for staff, students and parents to get together beyond the school day.
Like Vestal, they also have a really nice green space out back.
Located at:
7910 SE Market St
Portland, OR 97215
Vestal School
Vestal School serves Kindergarten through 8th grade in the Madison cluster. The Vestal staff is exceptionally focused on academic excellence in a high-performing learning culture. Strong parent involvement and community partnership enrich learning. Vestal has received recognition from the Portland Schools Foundation and The Education Trust for narrowing the achievement gap between students.
Like Bridger, they created a very cool green space out back, go Vestal!
Located at:
161 NE 82nd Ave
Portland, OR 97220
info taken from the PPS website
