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July 19, 2017
New Prices
Effective
April 1, 2017
O PINION
Martin
Cleaning
Service
Carpet & Upholstery
Cleaning
Residential &
Commercial Services
Minimum Service CHG.
$50.00
A small distance/travel
charge may be applied
CARPET CLEANING
2 Cleaning Areas or more
$30.00 each Area
Pre-Spray Traffic Areas
(Includes: 1 small Hallway)
1 Cleaning Area (only)
$50.00
Includes Pre-Spray Traffic Area
(Hallway Extra)
Stairs (12-16 stairs - With
Other Services) : $30.00
Area/Oriental Rugs:
$25.00 Minimum
Area/Oriental Rugs (Wool) :
$40.00 Minimum
Heavily Soiled Area:
$10.00 each area
(Requiring Extensive Pre-Spraying)
UPHOLSTERY
CLEANING
Sofa: $69.00
Loveseat: $49.00
Sectional: $109 - $139
Chair or Recliner:
$25.00 - $49.00
Throw Pillows (With
Other Services) : $5.00
ADDITIONAL
SERVICES
• Auto/Boat/RV Cleaning
• Deodorizing & Pet
Odor Treatment
• Spot & Stain
Removal Service
• Scotchguard Protection
• Minor Water Damage
Services
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FOR ADDITIONAL
PRICES & SERVICES
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A Vital Connection Between Head Start and School
Working
together for
better results
r onnie h erndon
I have been work-
ing in our community
with Head Start since
1975. I have never
been as excited as I
am today about the
path ahead to make
progress for our stu-
dents because of a new partnership
Albina Head Start formed with
Boise-Eliot/Humboldt School this
past school year.
People have been talking about
building connections between
Head Starts and our local schools
for as long as I can remember, yet
there has been little action. Thank-
fully, All Hands Raised brought us
together to ensure our students
and their families’ transition more
smoothly over the summer to kin-
dergarten this fall.
Boise-Eliot/Humboldt is a cor-
nerstone of our North/Northeast
Portland community, and Boi-
by
se-Eliot/Humboldt’s three kinder-
garten teachers have each taught
in the school for more than 20
years. Yet, no relationships existed
between our teachers and theirs.
This despite Albina being the larg-
est preschool provider to
Boise-Eliot/Humboldt in
the neighborhood; nearly
one-third of all Boise-Eliot/
Humboldt kindergarteners
come from our program.
All
Hands
Raised
brought us together to have
focused
conversations,
boldt teachers visited our class-
rooms this year for the first time,
and gained an understanding of
our curriculum, culture and phi-
losophy. Likewise, Albina teach-
ers visited Boise-Eliot/Humboldt
for the first time to do the same.
And, even more powerful, our
students visited the Boise-Eliot/
Humboldt kindergarten class-
rooms this spring helping address
the anxiety, fear, and excitement
that comes with transitioning out
of preschool.
Now, our teams are working
All Hands Raised brought
us together to have focused
conversations, rooted in data, to
test new ways of working together
that will have positive impacts on
students and their families.
rooted in data, to test new ways
of working together that will have
positive impacts on students and
their families.
As a result, Boise-Eliot/Hum-
Letter to the Editor Culture
is a
Gift
together to align our school read-
iness assessment with the Boi-
se-Eliot/Humboldt measures of
kindergarten and first grade read-
iness and long-term measures of
academic success. We are also
creating a shared plan to engage
families so that our celebrated
family engagement culture be-
comes embedded in the Boise-El-
iot/Humboldt classrooms that will
welcome our students in the fall.
As Boise-Eliot/Humboldt kin-
dergarten teacher John Meskimen
noted, “being connected to the Al-
bina teachers has given us a rich
and valuable resource-not only
to learn about a large number of
our new students and their fami-
lies, but also to learn how we can
improve our classrooms and our
communication to be more wel-
coming and informed from day
one.”
Clearly, these practices are
common sense, yet it took 30
years for two friendly neighbors
to build a smoother transition for
our kids. We needed an objective
match-maker to build this path
forward with both Albina and
Boise-Eliot/Humboldt staff mem-
bers playing an equal role. I look
forward to watching the impacts
multiply.
Ronnie Herndon is executive
director of Albina Head Start.
Sometimes culture is a wonder gift, to keep us anchored and structured,
and from going adrift. It offers up meaning and value and such, and
shows us the way, when we’re in a clutch.
Dr. William Eldridge, Northeast Portland