Portland Public Schools
Portland, Oregon

Ainsworth School

2425 SW Vista Ave. | Portland, OR 97201
Phone: (503) 916-6288 | Fax: (503) 916-2601

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Welcome to Ainsworth

Ainsworth Kindergarten Round-Up 2012

All interested families with children entering Kindergarten for 2012-2013

  • February 2, 2012
  • 6:30 PM in the Ainsworth Auditorium
  • Featured speakers will be Cindy Roby, Principal and Ainsworth Spanish Immersion & English teachers
  • Child care available for incoming kindergarten students during the meeting

Spanish Immersion Schedule for 2012

All families applying to the Immersion Program must attend a tour or an evening meeting.

Tours

Please call the school office after January 3, 2012 to schedule a tour (503) 916-6288.  Limited spaces are available.  These tours involve going into the classrooms during instructional time, therefore we request no children on the tours.

  • Tour Dates:  February 8, 15, 22, 29 and March 7, 2012
  • Tour Times:  11:45 AM - 1 PM

               11:45 AM Meet in the Library with the Principal, Cindy Roby and Spanish Immersion Parent Docents.  12:15 PM Tours begin of school and classrooms.

Evening Meetings

  • February 2 (Kindergarten Round-Up) and March 8, 2012
  • 6:30 PM in the Ainsworth Auditorium

Applications

 

A Culture of Excellence in a Community of Friends -

Ainsworth Elementary is a Kindergarten through 5th grade school located in the southwest hills of Portland, Oregon.  Our school is an immersion and neighborhood school - which means that some of our students who attend Ainsworth are enrolled in the Spanish Immersion Program (Spanish/English) and the remaining students live within our neighborhood and are enrolled in the English (non-immersion) program.  Instruction is differentiated to meet the needs and abilities of each student. Ainsworth is committed to a balanced curriculum that includes art, media and technology, physical education and music. Our students are connected to their community through class projects and service.

Our mission is to support all students in achieving their very highest educational and personal potential, to inspire in them an enduring love for learning and to prepare them to contribute as citizens of a diverse, multicultural and international community. Our staff, families and community members’ vision is to sustain and continue to develop a school, which provides our children with the best education possible. Ainsworth’s staff, community and Site Council have developed an outstanding School Improvement Plan, which includes the following programs:

  • A rigorous and challenging curriculum that promotes personal success, educational excellence and physical well-being.
  • The development of the skills necessary for self-direction and life-long learning.
  • A sense of connection with, and service to, both the local and global community.
  • The expectations of respect for oneself and for others.
  • A campus environment that is emotionally and physically safe in its physical setting.
  • An appreciation on the part of all students for the arts.

What makes us unique?

  • A neighborhood English program and a Spanish Immersion program, K – 5th grades
  • Blocks for literacy and math
  • Focus on the Arts with music and art instruction
  • Young Audiences support in grades K – 5th, an award winning Samba Band
  • Entire staff trained in Second Steps and Steps to Respect, friendship skills and anti-bullying curriculum
  • Computer Lab with a Smart Board
  • Tuition-based full day Kindergarten
  • And much, much more

Browse our web site and experience the learning opportunities that are happening in our school every day.  The staff, students and families that make up our Ainsworth community welcome you.

Sincerely,

Cindy Roby, Principal

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