How does PJA compare to Portland Public Schools (PPS)?
PJA is a high performing academic school with great attention spent to each individual student and their learning style. PJA students are motivated to learn in an environment that is supportive of their needs as an individual as well as their performance within the classroom. PJA students have art, music, dance, library time with the PJA librarian, physical education, field trips, and language instruction from the earliest grades. In addition, PJA students spend 20% more hours of the day in class than do PPS students. Specifically, PJA has 29% more instructional hours in the day than does PPS.
