Hosford Middle School
Home of the Huskies
2303 SE 28th PlacePortland, OR 97214
(503) 916-5640
(503) 916-2637
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We are a neighborhood middle school that serves 530 students drawing from five feeder elementary schools. Our student population represents a wide range of ethnic and national origins. We are 7% African American, 15% Asian, 17% Hispanic, and 60% white. More than 35 different languages are spoken in the homes of our students, and roughly half of our students receive free or reduced lunch.
The core of our instructional program is an interdisciplinary, mixed-grade structure emphasizing teamwork, student-centered, theme-focused instruction. Classes in all subject areas except social studies are mixed-grade groupings. Students entering Hosford are rigorously assessed in both math and language arts. Students from across all three grade levels are then flexibly grouped into Literacy blocks based on reading ability where they receive structured reading and writing lessons geared for their level. Teachers use the Rewards and recently adopted EMC curriculum, along with a range of other supplemental resources, as the Foundation of their instruction. They conduct quarterly assessments in both content areas to guide the regrouping of students throughout the school year. Students are also placed in math classes by ability irrespective of grade-level. Teachers use Connected Math and College-Prepatory Math (CPM) curriculum across the spectrum of class offerings. Math enrichment classes, offering students who demonstrate a need for specialized concept instruction, are built during the school year as needed. The dynamic collaborative relationship of our ELL teacher with the Language Arts team has generated instructional practices that have produced steady reading achievement gains among the mainstream population and the ELL students.
One of our feeder schools sends us approximately 30 students a year to continue the Spanish Immersion program they began in kindergarten. Similarly another feeder sends us approximately 25 students per year to continue the Mandarin Immersion program they began in kindergarten. These two programs provide the mandated middle-year instruction to the immersion students as part of the two separate K-12 initiatives. Building on this world language focus, proficiency-based Spanish instruction began in the fall of 2004 serving neighborhood students in grades 6-8. Likewise, proficiency-based Mandarin instruction began serving neighborhood students in the fall of 2006. Both programs provide the opportunity for students to achieve advanced-language placement at the high-school level.
As a school wide Title I program we convert the majority of our funds to FTE to hire educational assistants. Strategically placing the assistants in classrooms across the curriculum based on student need has been crucial to our ability to group students flexibly and conduct ongoing assessments. Our family involvement philosophy is guided by Title I and is integrated into our School Improvement Plan ever reminding us that healthy schools require healthy relationships with parents and the community.
We are very proud of our students, staff, and parents. The spirit of continuous improvement is infectious as we do the hard work and have the hard conversations necessary to deliver the best possible education for our students.
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kbacon@pps.k12.or.us
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Dr. Verenice Gutierrez
vgutierr@pps.k12.or.us
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groups and their roles in society. All individuals and groups shall be
treated with fairness in all activities, programs and operations, without
regard to age, color, creed, disability, marital status, national origin,
race, religion, sex or sexual orientation. Board of Education Policy 1.80.020-P