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Touchstone Elementary School
Published on: May 07, 2020
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Touchstone Elementary School combines a rigorous standards-based curriculum with experiences that develop 21st-century skills such as creativity collaboration and communication for K-6 students. Their teachers engage and challenge each student in a warm and nurturing learning community. Touchstone provides a technology-rich environment including iPads for student use in all grade levels and an iPad for each 5th and 6th grade student.

Touchstone provides deeply engaging projects and opportunities for students to master skills problem solve make positive decisions and practice higher-level thinking. Teachers personalize lessons and projects to ensure that instruction is stimulating and challenging for each student. They believe that beyond the core subjects classes in art music technology Spanish and physical education are essential to educating the whole child.

An after-school program is available for its students which includes activities such as study hall chess club dance drama art and more including soccer on its turfed playground field. Since 1982 Touchstone has served families all across the greater Portland area.

 

2 SW Touchstone Drive | Lake Oswego OR 97035 | 503-635-4486 | www.touchstoneschools.com