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Scuola Italiana Announces Partnership with The Art Cubby to Serve as its After-Care Provider in NW Portland

We at Scuola Italiana understand that busy families need access to safe, affordable, and convenient child care to attend our camps and preschool.  It is with that in mind that we have established a partnership with The Art Cubby to serve as our after-care provider in NW Portland.  Scuola families will receive a significant discount on child care services through this new partnership.

The Art Cubby is an art-based, child care program in NW Portland that introduces children to sketching, painting, jewelry making, collage work, clay manipulation and many other creative activities. The Art Cubby is a TV and video game free zone and a creative place to spend time!

Discounted services are available to all of our school families: Discounted after-care for children enrolled in programs at our NW Portland location and daily drop-in child care services for all other school families.  Children enrolled in the after-care program will be safely escorted to The Art Cubby, three blocks from our school, by school staff.

As it is with Scuola Italiana, all employees of The Art Cubby are screened and must undergo a Criminal Background check and hold current Infant/Child/Adult CPR and Basic First Aid Certifications. All staff must have qualifying educational background and experience.

For rates and additional information, please contact the school at info@scuola.us.

To learn more about The Art Cubby, visit: http://kidsartcubby.com/.

Scuola Italiana di Portland accepts new enrollment all year!

La Scuola Italiana di Portland is an Italian language and cultural enrichment program that expands students’ language abilities and cultural perspectives in a fun, creative environment.

We offer beginner, intermediate and advanced classes for adults, children ages 3 through 12 and a Reggio Emilia inspired preschool for 3 to 4 year olds.

La Scuola, a 501-c3 non-profit organization, has grown from a small group of dedicated families to a thriving children’s language program with over 30 students. If you have a love of the Italian culture or simply the desire for you or your kids to discover the richness of learning a second language, we invite you to join us.

The Scuola Italiana di Portland is now accepting new enrollments.

Free Italian Language Playgroup at Zimmerman Community Center

PLEASE NOTE:  OUR PLAYGROUP HAS MOVED TO THURSDAY MORNINGS!

Scuola Italiana di Portland is pleased to announce the addition of “Io e la Mamma (Mommy and Me)”, An Italian language play group for children ages 18 to 36 months and their parent or caregiver” to its selection of programs. The play group is free to the public and no prior Italian language experience is necessary. Read more…

Our Reggio Emilia inspired preschool is now located in the Pearl District

Scuola Italiana is pleased to announce the relocation and fall opening of our preschool in the Zimmerman Community Center located at 1542 NW 14th Ave (between Quimby & Raleigh) on the ground floor of the beautiful Ramona Apartments.

The new preschool location is open Monday – Wednesday from 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM and classes are taught by our native Italian teacher and published children’s author, Lara Carnovali. Before moving to the US to teach at Scuola Italiana, Lara spent seven years at an elementary school in Milan, Italy. Lara looks forward to sharing her love for Italian language and culture with all of her students! Children ages three to five years old are welcome.

Please join us at our Open House on September 11, 2011 from 2:00 – 4:00 PM. The Open house will showcase all of the classes offered at the scuola.

Meet our teachers… hear more about our programs… tour our new location or just stop by to say hi… we look forward to seeing you!

For more information about the open house, email administration@scuola.us

Details here.