About Us

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Aloha-Huber Park is a PK - 8th grade school in Beaverton, Oregon. We serve approximately 925 students. 36 are prekinder, 733 are elementary students and 156 are middle school students. Our school qualifies for the community eligibility program, with all students eligible for free meals. 13% of our students qualify for special education services, 53% are emerging bilinguals and 28 different home languages are represented. Twenty-six of our students are identified as Talented and Gifted. 7% of our students identify as Asian, 5% identify as Black or African American, 62% as Hispanic or Latino, 4% identify as multiracial, and 20% identify as white. Aloha Huber Park is a multicultural and multilingual school, valuing the full cultural and linguistic repertoires of our students, staff and families and using the cultural and linguistic resources of our community as the foundation for student learning. Our dual language (Spanish-English) PK program serves a total of 36 preschoolers. Eighteen students attend in each half day session. We partner with families to nurture the whole child. Our pre-k team engages each child in joyful learning and playful inquiry. Our dual language program serves approximately 400 students in PK-8th grade. The mission of the dual language program is to honor and develop multilingual, multi-literate, and multicultural students through rigorous, culturally inclusive education while nurturing a diversity of identities, and empowering students to become agents of change in a global community. We implement an 80/20 model. This means that the language of instruction in PK and kindergarten is 80% Spanish and 20% English; 70% Spanish and 30% English in first grade; 60% Spanish and 40% English in second grade; and 50% Spanish and 50% English in grades 3rd-5th. Our middle school is 100% dual language 6-8th grades. The language allocation in middle school is 50% Spanish and 50% English. This will ensure a bilingual pathway for students through high school and the opportunity to graduate with a Seal of Biliteracy. Our newcomer program serves 6 students in grade 2nd-5th grade. The mission of the newcomer program is to provide recent arrivals with tools that will increase their confidence and use of the English language and at the same time assist in the positive acculturation of students in the new environment so they grow to be productive navigators of society. Our school benefits from a rich diversity of cultural and linguistic backgrounds among our students, families, and staff. These assets provide opportunities to integrate multiple languages, perspectives, and experiences into our instruction, creating authentic, culturally sustaining learning environments. Leveraging these resources supports engagement, identity affirmation, and deeper learning for all students. |