Adams Elementary School

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950 West 22nd Avenue, Eugene, OR 97405

(541) 687-3475
Fax: (541) 334-4700
School web site | Staff List
Grades:
K-5
Enrollment:
192
Principal:
Pamela Irvine <irvine_p@4j.lane.edu>
Secretary:
Cheryl Lindsey <lindsey@4j.lane.edu>
School Hours:
8:25 - 2:35
Early Release: Wednesdays 1:35
Breakfast Menu | Lunch Menu
Middle School Region: Arts and Technology Academy
Roosevelt
Spencer Butte
High School Region: Churchill
Mission Statement:
We have a commitment to learning about and respecting a diverse, interconnected and sustainable world.
Program Description:
Adams Elementary emphasizes inclusion, sustainability with a global focus, and high expectations. Every year since the state report card was established, Adams has earned a rating of 'strong' for academic performance, and our fifth grade scored 4th of all 4j elementary schools in math and science. Our achievement gap is one of the smallest in the district. We focus on all aspects of literacy, along with the development of community. Adams is committed to embedding diversity-enhancing experiences into the school day and the curriculum. We are a school with active parent involvement and strong linkages to our Friendly area neighborhood.
School Highlights:
  • Our guiding principles are diversity, sustainability, green/ecology, multiculturalism, community/family/neighborhood, and interconnections. Before and after school care, ACE after school program (free), all on site.
  • Music instruction; Spanish classes sponsored by the City of Eugene; MECCA art and recycling programs; Composting program; PE instruction; 2006 Oregon School Librarian of the Year on staff; Title I; SMART.
  • Each classroom teacher uses a SmartBoard, a document camera and a laptop during instruction. Students complete projects using laptops, hand-helds, and document cameras.
  • Adams is designated as a green school, winner of the 2007 Trashbusters award; Field-based science curriculum; a focus on writing and reading instruction that recognizes different learning styles.
  • English Language Learner (ELL) services; a commitment to add Spanish.
School Improvement Goals:
  • To decrease our carbon footprint through adoption of sustainable practices.
  • To increase reading and math literacy as measured by both standardized tests and classroom assessments.
  • To integrate cultural competency at all levels of the school, and into all relationships within the school.
  • To improve the functional ICT (information and communication technology) knowledge and skills of all students.
Other Information:
Adams Elementary School is committed to sustainable practices and outreach. Adams is designated as an Oregon Green School for resource conservation and waste reduction, winning the Lane County Trashbusters award. We strive to be good stewards of the environment. Our school employs the Oregon librarian of the year, and we are the only elementary school in 4j with a licensed librarian. All students receive music, physical education, media, and technology classes each week. Each classroom has a SmartBoard, projector, and document camera. We are a democratic learning community, and have declared ourselves a Human Dignity Zone where students and staff commit to the intrinsic worth of each individual.
School Colors:
Green

ODE school report cards and AYP reports



Last updated on December 4, 2008 - 11:47am