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Corbett Arts Program at Springdale School: A Vision
The Corbett Arts Program at Springdale School
The First Ten Years
May 2023
Today I followed our new electric school bus down Bell road. The bus was filled with high school students headed down to the CAP (Corbett Arts Program at Springdale School). It struck me as appropriate that the high school kids who were being transported down to the Springdale School to participate in Corbett’s drama program were riding in the vehicle that was paid for by the revenue generated by the programming at Springdale School. The image of those kids getting off our newest bus, walking into the refurbished Springdale School gave me pause and inspired me to share with you a reflection about the last 10 years.
Corbett district looks at rehabilitating old Springdale School
The Corbett School District is moving forward with a plan that could bring about the redevelopment of the old Springdale School — and allow the school district to meet rising demand.
The district will invest about $10,000 in environmental studies and construction estimates to get a better idea of what it would cost to fix the 70-year-old building. At stake is a no-interest, $1 million federal stimulus loan, which the district must begin spending on Springdale by Dec. 31 or forfeit.
The school has not been used for instruction since 1996, when Corbett’s current grade school opened. District Superintendent Randy Trani said the new students who would likely occupy the rehabbed building would help pay for the upgrades, since the state funds districts based on the number of students enrolled.
Corbett School District: An Education Destination
An Ad from an Educational Traveler Magazine
“Seekers of an amazing educational experience should travel out the beautiful Columbia River Gorge to find Corbett School District! Two Schools, Corbett School and Corbett Charter School, share one campus and together they will serve about 1100 students during the 2011-2012 school year. Students in both schools enjoy multi-age classroom experiences in grades K-8 and a challenging academic experience in the ‘AP for All’ program in grades 9-12. Place-based education and thematic instruction offer the perfect platform from which to deliver instruction to students in grades K-8. Student progress is assessed based upon a continuous progress model where students are kept in their ‘zone of proximal development’ rather than forcing every student into the confines of scripted grade level expectations. The result of Corbett School District’s efforts in the earlier grades are students who are able to engage in the ‘AP for All’ program that places the average Corbett graduate well into the 99th percentile of all seniors in the country with regard to AP participation. The demand for Corbett is high. So, if you want to be part of something special you will either need to buy a home there, pay tuition, be granted a transfer from your home district, or hope you can get in through the Corbett Charter School lottery which currently has a wait list of over 200 students.”
