Beaverton School District's first charter school, Arco Iris Spanish Immersion, opens with 57 students | OregonLive.com

Beaverton School District's first charter school, Arco Iris Spanish Immersion, opens with 57 students | OregonLive.com

Beaverton School District's first charter school, Arco Iris Spanish Immersion, opens with 57 students

Published: Friday, September 24, 2010, 10:00 AM

Wendy Owen, The Oregonian
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View full sizeDOUG BEGHTEL/The OregonianMiguel Lugo, a teacher at Arco Iris Spanish Immersion School, works with his second-grade students. Students at the Beaverton School District’s first charter wear uniforms and learn Singapore math, which focuses on problem solving and in-depth understanding.

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BEAVERTON -- This summer, a group of Beaverton parents knocked down cobwebs, scrubbed walls and hoisted desks in five modular classrooms behindMcKinley Elementary to prepare for the opening of Beaverton's first charter school.

Arco Iris Spanish Immersion Schoolstarted the school year with 57 students. It wasn't as many as they'd expected, but it was enough for a class of first-graders, second-graders and a third/fourth grade blend.

It also guarantees them a place inBeaverton School District history.

Arco Iris, which is Spanish for rainbow, offers Spanish immersion, meaning