Adams is a strong neighborhood school committed to reading instruction and multicultural experiences that promote student involvement and high achievement. Adams encourages parental participation with staff and students. A special feature is Story School, focusing on children reading, writing, telling, hearing, and acting out literary pieces. At Adams, uniqueness is recognized and celebrated.
Program Description
Adams Elementary serves grades K-5. We have declared ourselves a Human Dignity Zone where students and staff commit to treat all people with dignity and respect. Our school houses a Cognitive Regional Learning Center. Children are taught in largely self-contained classrooms with weekly and twice weekly instruction by certified teachers in media, music, and physical education. Blended grade classrooms provide opportunities for varied ability grouping and for children to have the same teacher for two years. We serve a diverse student and family population. We are a neighborhood school with active parent involvement and strong linkages to the local neighborhood.
Mission Statement
Adams Elementary School is a diverse community of students, parents, and staff working together to foster academic excellence, and the social, emotional, and physical growth of all students.
School Highlights
- Adams Family Book Club: Reading is a Family Affair.
 Special thanks to TARGET for helping to support our reading program
Meeting Times 2007-2008:
January 30 6:30pm
February 27 6:30pm
March 19 6:30pm
April 23 6:30pm
May 28 6:30pm(End of year Ice Cream Party!)
All book club meetings will be in the library. Snacks provided at all meetings.
The Adams Family Book Club is an opportunity for family members to “check-out” books from a special selection that includes books endorsed by the International Reading Assoc. and the Teaching Tolerance Magazine. Book club members and their families meet once a month to talk about their selections and check out new books! This wonderful opportunity is made possible by a grant awarded by our local TARGET store. The funds from the grant are providing the books, bookcases, snacks and supplies needed to make this program a success. All we need now are readers! So please join us! The club is open to all Adams Elementary students and families. If you are interested in joining the book club, please sign up in Room 18! If you have any questions please contact: Deborah Tanner at school, 687-3475 or e-mail: tanner_d@4j.lane.edu.
Adams Family Books Club Titles
Almost to Freedom
Arthur and the Lost and Found
A to Z Mysteries The Haunted Hotel
Becoming Naomi Le’on
Bronco Charlie and the Pony Express
Dairy of a Worm
Eliza and the Dragonfly
Fly High
Froggy Plays Soccer
Good Thing You’re Not an Octopus
Great White Sharks
How To Train Your Dragon
Lewis and Clark
My Season With Penguins
Portraits of African-American Heroes
Ramona Forever
Riding Freedom
Shiloh
Snake Scientist
Sneaky Salamanders
The Best Winds
The Bicycle Man
The Golden Compass
The Dirty Little Boy
Thunder Rose
- Wrap-around programs such as Title I, Start Making A Reader Today (SMART), before- and after-school child care, a pre-school program, ACE afterschool program (free), all on-site
- Music and choir instruction; Spanish classes sponsored by the City of Eugene; PE instruction; former Oregon School Librarian of the Year on staff
- Technology curriculum including central computer lab and Computers on Wheels (mobile computer labs), and a handheld computer project
- Field-based science curriculum; a focus on writing and reading instruction that recognizes different learning styles with opportunities for daily journaling
- Bilingual staff with staff speaking Spanish, along with English Language Learner (ELL) services
School Improvement Goals:
Literacy
- Increase reading and math literacy as measured by both standardized tests (State assessment, 4j reading and math kits) and classroom assessments.
Cultural Competency
- Integrate cultural competency at all levels of the school, and into all relationships within the school.
Technology
- Demonstrate proficiency in the use of technological tools and devices.
- Select and use technology to enhance learning and problem solving capacity.
- Access, organize and analyze information to make informed decisions, using one or more technologies.
- Use technology in an ethical and legal manner and understand how technology affects society.
- Design, prepare and present unique works using technology to communicate information and ideas.
- Extend communication and collaboration with peers, experts and other audiences using telecommunications.
Other Information
Adams Elementary School welcomes all children and their families. We are a democratic learning community and value diversity and the intrinsic worth of each individual.
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