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Ockley Green opens
Ockley Green w ill become P ortlan d 's 12th m iddle
school when it reopens this fall with a new, broadened
program fo r N o rth P o rtla n d students. D elays in
remodeling, however, will cause classes to open initially
at the Washington-Monroe high school building.
Don S tarr, Ockley Green principal, said the delays
will put the school into the W ashington-Monroe build
ing for four to eight weeks. (The high school was closed
by the school board in July and its students transferred
to neighboring high schools.(
The inner-N orth Portland school, which has served
kindergarten through eighth grade students since 1890,
now w ill serve sixth, seventh and eighth graders from
Applegate, Beach, C h ie f Joseph and Kenton prim ary
schools (Prior to 1910, the school was known as Albina-
Multnom ah School.)
The 1926-vintage building has been renovated with
funds from the 1976 special levy for major maintenance
and renovation. That eight-year serial levy has funded
the remodeling of several schools.
Starr said the tem porary facilities at W ashington-
Monroe will allow the new middle school to open with
the same classes and same schedules as w ill be used in
the Ockley Green building. H e anticipates a smooth
transition back to Ockley Green.
U n til the move to the permanent building, students
will receive bus transportation to W ashington-Monroe
from their neighborhood p rim ary schools. A fte r the
move, those students meeting the school district’s trans
portation criteria will continue to receive bus transpor
tation.
L etters have been sent to O ckley G reen parents
explaining the temporary location and transportation.
Starr reported a full range o f classes will be available
for the Ockley Green M iddle School students. Twenty
computer terminals will be installed in the schoo*. C om
puterized programs for remedial reading and math will
be available, along with advanced classes in computer
use and application.
The school will offer advanced placement in algebra,
French, Spanish and typing, allowing middle school stu
dents to earn high school credit. A cooperative program
with Jefferson High School, to which Ockley Green stu
dents graduate, w ill provide dance, dram a and televi
sion production instruction.
In addition, Ockley Green will have a full music pro
gram, offering strings, instrumental and vocal music.
Wood shops, home economics, art and science also are
offered.
The physical education and athletic program will be
a ffilia te d w ith the P o rtla n d P a rk B u reau ’ s m idd le
school league for boys and girls.
Starr said more than 700 students are expected to en
roll at Ockley Green. The student body will be approxi
mately 28 per cent m inority. Approxim ately 30 South
east Asian students w ill take part in the English as A
Second Language (E S L ) program . O ckley Green w ill
have a fu ll-tim e ESL teacher and a com m unity agent.
M o re than 40 teachers will be assigned to the school.
S ta ffin g , however, w ill not be completed until a fu ll
count o f the students can be made.
Starr and staff from the Area I administrative office
worked extensively with parents from the Ockley Green
community to plan new school boundaries and develop
a curriculum reflecting the concerns o f the parents and
the needs o f the students. Principals and parents from
advisory committees at the primary feeder schools have
met at the W ash in g to n-M o nroe building to receive a
firs t-h a n d b rie fin g on the tra n s itio n and the new
program.
Ockley Green is also a community school, offering a
wide-ranging program o f recreational and educational
programs to adults and students in the area. W hile reno
vatio n has been o ccu rrin g at O c k lty G re e n , the
community school program has been held at Beach E l
ementary School. The program will continue at Beach
for the fall term. For the winter term, which begins in
Jan uary, the co m m u n ity school program w ill move
back home to Ockley Green. Katie Bretsch is commun
ity school coordinator.
Renovation has changed the school's address to 6031
N . Montana Ave. The front door is now on the east side
o f the school.
P»B« 2 Section II Portland Observer. August 2 7 .1M1
H U R R A Y III It'a tim e for school to start.
Head Start has vacancies
The A M A Head Start program is accepting applica
tions for 3-, 4- and 5-year old children in their full-day
child care program . The service is free to low-income
families who are working, in training or in school.
Centers are located at: Hughes Mem orial, N E Failing
and Rodney; Iris C o u rt, 400 N Sum ner; L e xin g to n
C o u rt, 7858 SE 72nd; S ellw o o d , 1422 SE T acom a;
Southeast Center, 2800 SE H arrison; Sunnyside, 3520
SE Yamhill; University Park, 9009 N Foss; Woodlawn,
1425 NE Dckum; and Bethel, 5828 N E 8th Avenue.
The centers follow Head Start guidelines in providing
an educational, cu ltu ral and social development p ro
gram. Parents participate in all phases o f the program.
To apply, contact Karen G orton, 1425 N E Dekum ,
283-1267.
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