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Welcome to Blue Heron!
The 4A's for Success at Blue Heron:
Academics, Attendance, Attitude and Activities
BLUE HERON 2011/12 SCHOOL DAY: 8:30 am - 3:00 pm
Doors open at 8:10
Every Wednesday is Early Release with dismissal at 1:00 pm
There WILL BE school on Friday, February 17
to make one of our snow days
Our next school holiday is Presidents' Day on Monday, February 20
Blue Heron is located in beautiful Port Townsend on San Juan Avenue.
School District Motto: Discover the Power of Learning
Core Principles: (1) Provide access to knowledge; (2) Learner focused education for each student; (3) Community based relationships and connections; (4) Accountability-Set high expectations and achieve them; (5) Continuous improvement; (6) Inspire life long learning.
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Quick Facts:
- Our school was built in 1994 and dedicated on October 5, 1995. We celebrate Blue Heron's birthday on Oct 5. During the 2011-12 school year, Blue Heron will be 16 years old.
- Our school motto: The 4A's for Success at Blue Heron: Academics, Attendance, Attitude and Activities.
- Excellent subject level teaching teams, combined with quality paraprofessionals, nutrition, custodial/maintenance, and transportation teams work together to provide a rigorous, integrated curriculum for students.
- Teachers create lessons clearly tied to Washington State Standards.
- We combine in-class instruction with experiential education activities.
- Our school typically hosts over 1000 school-community events each year.
- We have 23.9 certified teaching staff and an enrollment of 416 students in grades 4-8. In addition, we have 38.25 hours of para-professional support for Special Education, 12 hours of Title 1 para-professional support, and 18.25 hours of Basic Education Assistance (BEA) of para-professional support.
- Two (2) staff members are National Board Certified. Our staff has an average of 11 years of experience.
- Consistently, 160+ parents volunteer their time in our school and 21+ business invest in partnerships with our school.
- Please click the link below to view the WA State "report card" of our school demographics and test scores.
Contact Information:
Blue Heron School
Principal Tom Kent
tkent@ptsd50.org
3939 San Juan Ave.
Port Townsend, WA 98368
(360) 379-4540
FAX (360) 379-4548
Absence Hotline (360) 379-4500 ext. 8110
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