Hosford Middle School

6th Grade Transition Information

It's hard to believe its that time of year already, but its time to start looking at the procedures for transitioning your current 5th graders to middle school. Here are some dates, guidelines, and a little information about Hosford to make this process move as smoothly as possible.

Hosford Middle School:

Hosford is a comprehensive neighborhood school with immersion programs in Mandarin and Spanish. In addition to strong core classes, we offer an impressive array of exploratory classes including tech ed, strings, band, computers, drama, and ceramics. Our diverse population represents many ethnic and language groups and all of our students study Mandarin or Spanish through immersion, or exploratory classes.

Chinese and Spanish Immersion Information:

Current immersion students at Woodstock or Atkinson are guaranteed placement at Hosford. It is considered a program continuation, not a transfer. Please do not fill out a transfer request, regardless of where you live, if your student is in immersion and planning to continue at Hosford.

Dates and Events:

• School Information Night for incoming 6th grade families February 9th at 6:30 PM.
• School Information Night (informal, for families who missed the first night) March 2nd at 6:30 PM.
• Shadowing Opportunities for students only please prearrange before visiting. February 8th - March 10th 9:00-11:50. Students will need transportation and need to be picked up prior to lunch on shadowing days. Please call Tina Jarvis at (503) 916-5640 to arrange a date.

  Feb.  8              Monday             Shadow
  Feb.  9              Tuesday            Shadow
  Feb.10              Wednesday        Shadow
  Feb. 22             Monday             Shadow
  Feb. 23             Tuesday            Shadow
  Feb. 24             Wednesday        Shadow
  Mar.  8             Monday             Shadow
  Mar.  9              Tuesday            Shadow
  Mar.10              Wednesday        Shadow

• Parent Tours will be on the following dates and times:

  Feb.  2          Tuesday     Parent Tour     9:30 AM
  Feb. 16         Tuesday     Parent Tour     10:00 AM

• Elementary School Forecasting. Hosford will visit 5th grade classrooms to hand out forecasting sheets and go over information. Parents should plan on emailing, or attending an information night with specific questions, as these dates are for classroom presentations only.
  
  
• Atkinson - TBA
• Abernathy February - 24th
• Grout February - 26th
• Woodstock - March 11th
• Buckman - February 19th

Please feel free to email me about any Hosford information. This is an exciting time for 5th grade families and we look forward to meeting you!

Sincerely,

Verenice Gutierrez, PhD

Assistant Principal, Hosford MS

vgutierr@pps.k12.or.us

Assistant Principal:
Dr. Verenice Gutierrez
vgutierr@pps.k12.or.us

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