Idyllic setting for young authors.Byline: FACES AND PLACES by The Register-Guard School: Twin Oaks Twin Oaks may refer to any of the following:
Location: 85916 Bailey Hill Road Grades: Kindergarten kindergarten [Ger.,=garden of children], system of preschool education. Friedrich Froebel designed (1837) the kindergarten to provide an educational situation less formal than that of the elementary school but one in which children's creative play instincts would be through 5 Area served: The enrollment area, the largest in the district, is bordered by West 18th Avenue to the north, Coyote Creek (near Fern Ridge Reservoir Fern Ridge Reservoir is a reservoir on the Long Tom River in the U.S. state of Oregon. The reservoir is located approximately 12 miles (19 km) west of Eugene on Oregon Route 126. Fern Ridge Reservoir is a U.S. ) to the west, Fox Hollow Road and Lorane Highway to the south and McBeth Road to the east. Principal: Larry Soberman How long on the job: It's his second year. Previously, he worked at South Eugene High School South Eugene High School is a public high school located in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It was founded as Eugene High School around 1900, and was located at Willamette Street and West 11th Avenue in a brick building that later served as Eugene's city hall. as a special education teacher and most recently as an assistant principal. He says the past two years have been the best of his career. What's special about the school: For starters, Soberman says, the idyllic i·dyl·lic adj. 1. Of or having the nature of an idyll. 2. Simple and carefree: an idyllic vacation in a seashore cottage. location: 17 picturesque acres surrounded by hills, trees and horses. The school also has close links with the community, which gathers there for the annual Harvest Fair and School Picnic. Soberman says he's never seen such committed parents: This year, the parent group shared the cost of 30 laptop, wireless computers that doubled the number of computers available to students, and next year it will help build a covered play area. "However," he says, "by far the most special thing about Twin Oaks are the incredible kids and staff that I have the pleasure of working with every day." Number of students: 245 Number of teachers: Nine classroom teachers, plus a full-time P.E. teacher who also assists with the reading program, a part-time music specialist and two special education teachers. Total number of school employees: 27 Average years of teacher experience: 16.5 Class sizes: It ranges from 20 at kindergarten to 28 in grade 5 Special programs and classes: Twin Oaks is known as "the School of Young Authors," Soberman says. Students produce an annual book called "Hoofbeats"; this year's theme is "I Am From," and includes a collection of poems. Students also write and bind their own books in classes, a project that culminates with author visits and Author Day, when students read their books to friends and family. Recently, 16 students were trained to be Seeds of Peace peer mediators, who help other students work out problems at recess. The school holds an annual Culture and Book Fair highlighting the tastes, dress and cultures of other countries. The school also offers Junior Achievement, OASIS senior reading tutors, an Artist in Residence, a summer library, Sock It to Drugs Day, a chess club, after-school dance classes, a homework club, a jog-a-thon, the IditaRead, three musicals, a talent show and more. Namesake name·sake n. One that is named after another. [From the phrase for the name's sake.] namesake Noun : The school's original location was on a slope overlooking Spencer Creek, between two oak trees. Last year, retiring teacher Virginia Garvin planted an oak tree to serve as a "twin" for an existing tree in memory of her husband, Curry Garvin. History: The original Twin Oaks was built in 1884, replaced by a larger structure in 1893 that served students until 1927, when a still larger building was erected. The Twin Oaks Sewing Circle sewing circle n. A group of people, especially women, who meet regularly for the purpose of sewing, often for charitable causes. raised money for additions. Twice in the school's history it has absorbed students from nearby Bailey Hill Elementary School, which closed in 2001. Before that, the school took some Bailey Hill students in the 1950s as a result of consolidation with the district. Mascot: The mustang mustang [Sp. mesteño=a stray], small feral horse of the W United States. Mustangs are descended from escaped Native American horses, which in turn were descended from horses of North African blood, brought to the New World by the Spanish c.1500. Motto: "Learning, reaching, growing" Colors: Blue and white Year it opened: 1958 Condition: Considering its age, excellent. The last bond measure provided a new classroom, three new bathrooms, new light fixtures and upgrades to the electrical system. Capacity: 300 School Report Card rating for 2004 (based on the 2003-04 school year): Strong How students fared on the 2004 state tests: In math, 95 percent of fifth-graders and 79 percent of third-graders met standards, compared with statewide averages of 78 percent and 81 percent, respectively. In reading, 86 percent of fifth-graders and 83 percent of third-graders did so, compared with statewide averages of 76 percent and 82 percent. Racial/ethnic makeup: 84 percent Caucasian, 2 percent African-American, 5 percent Hispanic, 6 percent American Indian American Indian or Native American or Amerindian or indigenous American Any member of the various aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere, with the exception of the Eskimos (Inuit) and the Aleuts. , 3 percent unspecified. Poverty rate, based on the number of students qualifying for free or reduced price meals: 38 percent Percentage of students in special education: 20 percent Attendance rate: 96 percent Web site: http://www.4j.lane.edu/schools/elementary/twinoaks.html Upcoming events: This week, Soberman may be kissing a pig if students reach their fund-raising goal for the Read-a-Thon. The year will end with a track and field event called Jelly Bean Day, and field trips are planned. - Anne Williams CAPTION(S): With rolling hills Rolling hills are like a mountain chain, only a "hill chain" of hills that roll on and on continually. You will often find them in between plains and mountains, near major rivers, or randomly anywhere. The only places without rolling hills are deserts and flood plains. as backdrop, Twin Oaks second-grader Harris Bosworth, 7, watches as the ball he kicked, and his shoe, fly. Miranda Stone Miranda Stone is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She has been described as a creator of "Christian Music", but has said that she prefers the term "Pro-God". (see Israel Kloss review in links) Stone runs her own independent record label, Earthdress Productions. , 9, dissects a sheep's eye in her third-grade class Miranda Stone, 9, reacts as her teacher unveils sheep eyes that the third-grade class will dissect dissect /dis·sect/ (di-sekt´) (di-sekt´) 1. to cut apart, or separate. 2. to expose structures of a cadaver for anatomical study. dis·sect v. to learn more about how they work. |
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