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Lent School
5105 SE 97thPortland, OR 97266
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Phone: 503-916-6322
Fax: 503-916-2651
E-mail: lralley@pps.k12.or.us
School-created web pages: http://www.lent.pps.k12.or.us
School-brochure: http://www.pps.k12.or.us/schools-c/profiles/brochure/Lent.pdf
Grade levels: K-8
Principal: Linda Ralley
Student Enrollment: 470
About:
Lent is a learning community where everyone is a learner and where we believe in educating the whole child. Staff members work collaboratively and cooperatively in creating a caring environment where a diverse group of children can learn to their highest potential. Lent offers music, art, dance, PE and library and has a full-time school counselor. Student work and performances are routinely showcased at the school and in the Portland community. Lent's teachers have studied and use all of the district's adopted programs, all with an emphasis on challenging children to increase their critical-thinking skills and engage in creative thought. Teachers emphasize integrated studies from a multicultural perspective and encourage creativity and reflection. Lent has an active SUN school on site with classes and resources for children and adults. Lent has a Spanish/English dual language immersion program in grades K2 with one grade added each year until fully implemented in K8. Lent will be a full K8 school with all grades in place by the 20082009 school year. Upper-grade students are offered opportunities in service projects and leadership development.
Kindergarten Round-up: Wednesday, March 5, 2008, 9:00 AM.
Focus options: Spanish/English immersion program in grades K2.
Information Sessions: Dual Language mandatory meetings: Wednesday, March 5, 2008, 10:00 AM or 6:00 PM. Dual Language mandatory meeting after the transfer deadline: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 10:00 AM or 6:00 PM.
Before and after school programs
- SUN (Schools Uniting Neighborhoods) after school activities for children and adults: Homework Club, bike safety, arts & crafts, quilting, choir, dance, science, drama, volleyball, basketball, adventure cycling, Spanish and other activities.
- Wattles Boys & Girls Club picks up students at the school for after school care at their facility.
Community partnerships
- Community Cycling Center, Bicycle Transportation Alliance, Safer Routes to School, Portland Reading Foundation, Portland State University, Concordia University, Metropolitan Family Services (Experience Corps and Foster Grandparents), Portland Schools Alliance, Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO), Asian Family Services, The Bridge, New Hope Community Church, SMART and Mercy Corps.
Student learning environment
- Lent believes in educating the whole child and our curriculum includes art, dance, music, physical education, and library. Lent has a school climate in which students, families and teachers work together for the success of each child.
- Full-day kindergarten, small class sizes in grades K2, Spanish/English immersion program, emphasis on beginning reading skills, strong math program and strong preparation for high school.
Curriculum components
- Lent will be a complete K8 school in 20082009 with a full middle school curriculum for strong preparation for high school.
- Spanish/English dual language immersion program in kindergarten, first and second grades. One grade will be added each year until fully implemented in K8.
- Lent has a Reading First grant to provide deep professional development for staff and strong beginning reading skills in all children.
- Consistent use of the Investigations math curriculum and Everyday Math Calendar has increased math understanding at all grade levels.
- Integration of social studies and science into the reading and writing curriculum helps children think and understand in deeper, richer ways about complex ideas.
- Curriculum includes art, music, dance, PE and library.
Staff
- All children can learn and achieve and are important at Lent. Therefore, each child, by name, is the responsibility of each staff member, because we all care about the success of every child.
- Classroom teachers, ESL staff, special education teachers, speech and language specialists, school counselor, art, music, dance, PE, classroom and administrative support, library assistant, two secretaries, educational assistants, Head Start teachers with educational assistants, principal.
Parent and family support
- SUN school Advisory Committee meets regularly to support SUN school and student achievement through enrichment activities.
- Lent\'s SUN school includes opportunities for family
involvement in a variety of evening classes. - PTSA (Parent, Teacher, Student Association) meets monthly to support the school.
- Portland Schools Alliance and the Latino Family Group.
- Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO) and the ASPIRE program connect with families of 4th8th graders.
- Many parents and citizens volunteer in classrooms and special programs.
- Family Learning Nights are offered during the year through our SUN program.
- Openings available on the Site Council.
- The school community conducts student-goals conferences.
Special programs and features
- Lent will be a K8 school in 20082009 with a full middleschool curriculum for strong preparation for high school.
- Lent has a dual language Spanish/English immersion program with one grade level added every year.
- Lent understands the educational and social value offull-day kindergarten and offers only full-day kindergartento all students.
- Lent believes in educating the whole child, and ourcurriculum includes art, music, dance, PE and library.
- Title 1 program offers an integrated approach to emergent literacy and numeracy.
- The Portland Reading Foundation helps support struggling readers in the 4th and 5th grades.
- Strong English as a Second Language (ESL) program with an emphasis on English Language Development (ELD) at all levels.
- SUN school through Multnomah County and coordinated through the Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO).
- Experience Corps and Foster Grandparents. Seniors work withstudents, staff and the community in a variety of activities.
- Lent has a 3-year grant with the City of Portland's Safer
Routes to School program coordinated by the Bicycle
Transportation Alliance.
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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