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Ainsworth Spanish Immersion Elementary School
2425 SW Vista Ave
Portland, OR 97201

http://www.ainsworth.pps.k12.or.us/index.html

Comments

[Erica]

Does anyone have any experience with Spanish immersion programs?

[MamaG]

Any Ainsworth S - I families out there? What do you have to say about your school and the S-I program? Would love for someone to give me their honest opinion... thanks!

[fran]

hi, my family & i are thinking of taking a long-planned, long-delayed plunge and move to portland from phila, pa. i'd like to hear frank comments about ainsworth. we're interested in its spanish immersion option, as our kids are currently in a full immersion program in a city charter school.

i'm also interested in the school's diversity. since we are in a city school, we have lots here & we want to replicate that as much as possible.

thanks. so glad i found this group!

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[Susan]

Two weeks into school we just got the word that there is a space for him at Ainsworth. We are currently in a spanish immersion program on the east side of town. I don't really want to move him since he started school, and am worried that we are overrating Ainsworth and under valuing our current school. Can someone remind me why Ainsworth is so great? Also, does anyone have any experience moving kids after school starts? Any advice would be appreciated! Thanks.

[Barbara]

Where is your kiddo now? Atkinson? I think the move would depend upon which school you're leaving to a certain extent.

Congratulations on having your spot come up but I know how hard these decisions can be.

[susan]

We are at Beach. Are you an Ainsworth parent? My son does not want to leave Beach and I really don't want to leave, but my partner feels stronly the move would be best, particularly because of the highschool choices between the two schools.

[js]

Don't transfer into Ainsworth if it is specifically for the high school. Where you transfer for elementary school no longer has any relationship to where you will be assigned for high school. Previously if you went to Ainsworth you would get to go on to Lincoln for high school, but that policy has changed at least for most schools. Now transfers are guaranteed only through the last grade of the school, then you have to enter the transfer lottery again.

[Erica]

Just wanted to say that all of the above is true except in the case of immersion programs....If your child gets into any of the immersion programs through PPS, they are guaranteed to through all of the schools in that cluster (Elementary, middle, High School).

[js]

Thank you for the correction Erica. Do you know what that means for Beach Spanish Immersion students? Beach is a Jefferson cluster school but Jefferson has no Spanish immersion program, nor much else to the dismay of many Jefferson neighborhood families. What high school immersion program are Beach students guaranteed to get since their cluster doesn't have one?

[Erica]

JS- I wish I had the answer to that question. You should call the Enrollment and Transfer Center at the District office and see what they say.

[nk]

js - I'm pretty sure that Beach kids go to Lincoln...that's what I heard recently anyway. I agree with Erica, we could call the district to find out for sure.

[Kinder Mama]

I would like to hear more about the Ainsworth immersion program? What are your numbers in kindergarten? Are your teachers excited about learning? Do they smile, sing, enjoy their job? How about the principal? Sometimes just a smile can make all the difference...

feeling frustrated with kindergarten...