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“ I d o n 't care what you do in creating an
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businesses and com m unities that can help su p ­
port you with resources and opportunities, we
can help with th at,” said H opson, speaking for
SEI.
He sites continuing an em phasis on ed u ca­
tion from preschool o r Head Start program s
to m iddle school and parental involvem ent as
contributing factors to success in high school.
Not to m ention that SEI already has a p res­
T h a t’s w here H opson says he can help.
ence at Jefferson. M ore than 250 SEI students
“ W e’ve had success with bringing people attend the school.
to g eth er unlike any o ther group out there. We
H opson said SEI can be a “vehicle to provide
do a better jo b o f involving kids in activities re so u rces and su p p o rt” to Jefferso n H igh
than anybody else. W e do a better jo b o f School.
getting parents involved than Jefferson ever
“ But there needs to be a full plan and we
could. If you need to get kids to participate need to be given full opportunity to work with
beyond the school day or in school, we can adm inistrators and teacher to get that done, ”
help with that. W hen you want to identify he said.
PORT OF PORTLAND
A ccepting
A pplications
Road Map to Educational Options
continued
from Front
Kersey of the school district’s
educational options program.
Some of the schools offer
specialized programs to give
struggling students more fo­
cused and directed attention.
Each program has its own per­
sonalized flavor created with
success of the student in mind.
Alternative schools, such as
Open Meadows Middle School
located in north Portland, are
designed to meet academic, so­
cial and behavioral needs.
Unique to Open Meadows, the
goal is to attract students ages
12 to 15 that otherwise might be
labeled as dropouts.
Charter schools on the other
hand, like V ictory M iddle
School and Trillium School (K
through 12) in northeast Port­
land utilize a small student to
teacher ratio with additional
before and after school help pro­
grams to attract students and
ensure their success. These spe­
c ialty sch o o ls m ust report
progress and strive to meet, if not
exceed standards in order to con­
tinue operation.
Our goal is
not only to
teach, hut also
to encourage
learning.
-A n d y Kelly, Roosevelt
High School Principal
For years, area high schools
have struggled to meet the di­
verse needs of their students.
P rin cip al Andy K elly of
Roosevelt High School believes
one attributing factor of poor aca­
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confidence in their ability to suc­
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“Here at Roosevelt, we’re try­
ing the best we can as a team to
change that,” says Kelly. “Our
goal is not only to teach, but
also to encourage learning. We
stretch our students so that as a
result, they’ll choose to use their
minds and achieve the extraordi­
nary. This is the reality we’ve
chosen to accept for our stu­
dents.”
To ex p lo re y o u r c h ild ’s
choices within the Portland
Public School system log on to
www.pps.k 12.or.us for more in­
formation. Continue support­
ing your child by becoming
more involved in their educa­
tional journey. As the trad i­
tional African proverb pro­
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lage to raise a child.”
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