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Ockley Green
6031 N MontanaPortland, OR 97217
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Phone: 503-916-5660
Fax: 503-916-2661
E-mail: fhurdle@pps.k12.or.us
School-created web pages: http://www.ockleygreen.pps.k12.or.us
Grade levels: K-8
Principal: Finnius Hurdle
Student Enrollment: 300
Kindergarten: 2 Full day Programs with half day Educational Assistants
Kindergarten Round-up: 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010
Childcare: SUN/SEI after school programing
Focus options: Arts and Technology Focus
Before and after school programs
- Ockley Green is a K-8th Magnet School with a focus on the arts, sciences and technology. The core program is enhanced through Extended Day activities, which are provided by community partners through the SUN Community School Extended Day Program.
- Extended Day programs include: Supper (Nutrition Services), Homework club, OG Fire Drill Team, Hip Hop Beat making (Ethos), Oregon Leadership Institute and EXITO (OCHA), Project Plus (PSU), MESA, drama and dance (Higher Stages) and sports. These programs are offered daily for all K-8th grade students. Additional partnerships with the Weiden and Kennedy Caldera Arts Program, PSU Center for Science Education, OMSI, Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center and others provide enhanced learning experiences for all students before and after school.
Community partnerships
- CREW, Brown & Brown Associates, Life Works Northwest, Overlook Neighborhood Association, One Church/One School, Oregon State University, Portland Community Media, Waters Foundation, Weiden & Kennedy, Saturday Academy, Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center,The Rebuilding Center, Center for Teaching & Learning West, Legacy Emmanuel Hospital, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), North Portland Lions\' Club, Oregon Parent Teacher Association, SUN Schools, Self Enhancement, Inc. (SEI), Friends of the Children, Lewis and Clark College Portland Parks and Recreation, Portland Community College, Portland Police Bureau, G.R.E.A.T Program, Oregon State University, Portland State University, University of Portland, Chess for Success.
Student learning environment
- Ockley Green is organized into grade level teams with each grade level schedule also including time for physical education and choices of arts electives.
- The affective needs of students are addressed through mentors, support groups and support staff.
- The schoolwide focus is on the engagement of every studenting learning experiences that personally impact their lives and maximize their potential for success.
- Block scheduling for 6th-8th graders that decreases student movement throughout the building and the number of teachers per student each day.
Curriculum components
- The Magnet Program at Ockley Green emphasizes educating students for the future through a standards-basedinstructional program that is both challenging andstimulating. Designing a better future for ourselves, our community and our world is the theme of the school. Learning experiences are enhanced through the integration of the arts, sciences and innovative technology.
- The Ockley Green core program includes instruction in language arts (Walk to Read: Grades 2nd-5th), mathematics(Mosey to Math: Grades 2nd-5th), science, social studies and physical education along with specialized instruction in the arts (visual art), instrumental and vocal music, dance, media arts,and digital design.
- Connected Mathematics Program.
- Interdisciplinary block classes: Language arts/social studies and mathematics/science.
- High school accredited algebra class for eligible 8th grade students.
- Schoolwide Title I Program.
- Services for limited-English-proficient students use an inclusion and pull-out model.
- Special Education services include self-contained SLC-B, Resource Centers, speech therapist and a school psychologist.
Staff
- 20 classroom teachers; support staff including student
management specialist, school counselor, library media specialist, campus safety monitor, school nurse, school psychologist, SPED therapist, speech therapist; 9 classified staff members; and administrators: principal and assistant principal.
Parent and family support
- Support Services:Parent Teacher Organization,
Self-Enhancement, Inc.; Friends of Children; Project PLUS; Project Gear-up; Portland Parks and Recreation Community School classes. - Portland Public Schools sponsored Parenting Classes
Site Council.
Special programs and features
- The Magnet School Program provides enhanced instruction in all classes, specialized courses in the arts and access to state-of-the-art technology. The program is in the fourth year of development and is part of an articulated pathway in the arts and technology from Ockley Green to an aligned program on the Jefferson Campus.
- 21st Century Community Learning Center: Self Enhancement, Inc. is the lead community agency at Ockley Green School. The major goal of this program is to assist students in meeting district and state content and performance standards in reading, mathematics, and science. The program will help accomplish this by developing and expanding before school, after school, weekend and summer programs for youth and their families at each school.
- Special Education classes: Resource Center; and Structured Learning Center for Behavior (SLC-B).
- Services for Limited-English-Proficient students.
Statistics and test scores
- Report cards and AYP Scores
Oregon Department of Education school report cards - School Enrollment and Program Data
- Standardized test scores
Course syllabus
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