577 East 46th Avenue, Eugene, OR 97405
(541) 790-8700 Fax: (541) 790-8705
Attendance Line: (541) 790-8725
Grades: K–5
2021–22 Enrollment: 406
Principal: Jim Moore <moore_ji@4j.lane.edu>
Secretary: Tanya Bunson <bunson_t@4j.lane.edu>
School Hours:
Monday–Thursday: 8:30 a.m.–3 p.m.
Friday: 8:30 a.m.–1:45 p.m.
School Meals:
Breakfast and Lunch Menu
Free for all students in 2021–22
Middle School Region: Spencer Butte
High School Region: South Eugene
Mission Statement:
Edgewood Community Elementary School is dedicated to building a community of engaged, resilient, responsible life-long learners. We value respect, we honor difference, and we celebrate growth and effort.
Program Description:
Principal, staff and community work together to create a safe, caring, respectful and culturally inclusive environment that encourages a growth mindset approach to learning. Edgewood offers a strong academic program that emphasizes effective effort with basic skills through an integrated curriculum approach. In a positive, caring environment, children are given responsibility for their behavior. We emphasize communication between home and school.
School Highlights:
- Variety of instructional approaches, techniques, strategies and enrichments form an integrated curriculum approach to meet the individual needs of each learner
- Focus on cultivating a growth mindset for learning and a culturally inclusive campus
- Schoolwide behavior support program helps create a safe, respectful school climate. Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS) guides students to be safe, be kind, be responsible. Social skills curriculum, problem-solving strategies, and behavior assistance for individualized needs
- Special activities include artist-in-residence, professional storyteller, 5th grade Outdoor School, schoolwide educational assemblies, and classroom and all-quad meetings
- After-school programs may include sewing class, knitting, chess club, OBOB (Oregon Battle of the Books), art class, Coyote Kids Whole Earth Nature School, Treetop Science classes, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts and YMCA Child Care
- Parent involvement and open communication between home and school are valued
School Improvement Goals:
- Increase student achievement in reading and math as measured by both formative and summative assessments
- Integrate cultural competency at all levels of the school and into all relationships within the school. Continue to create a safe, respectful, and inclusive environment for students and families
- All teachers use instructional strategies and initiatives that are grounded in evidence based practices
