Portage Path Community Learning Center

• Portage Path Elementary School has 270 students and is rated Continuous Improvement
• Portage Path Community Learning Center opens in fall 2010
• Teachers average 16 years of experience; 62% hold a master's degree or higher

Academics

• Test scores: third-grade math scores rose 22%, fourth-grade reading scores rose 6% and fourth-grade writing scores rose 3%
• Portage Path offers ongoing electronic testing in math and reading
• Co-teaching model on instruction and an inclusion model

Partnerships/Activities

• West Akron Kiwanis: outstanding partnership with Portage Path participating in AkronReads, planting flowers and sharing lunchtime activities with students
• Portage Path enjoys a video conferencing partnership with Akron Children's Hospital and Kent State University
• Students in every grade enjoy after-school programs
• Active PTA and parent liaison program
• Malcom Pirnie Inc. is an OhioReads partner and was awarded a $20,000 grant to continue this successful program
• Project THRIVE encourages attendance and reduces truancy
• GAR Foundation grant supports "Math is Fun at the Path" program
• Reading Recovery for all first-graders
• Undergraduate/graduate partnerships with Kent State University and The University of Akron
• Recreational reading participation increased by 100% in one year due to a performance-based reading program with student incentives based on the 'Build a Bear" program