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Adventist Elementary School

Gresham, Oregon.


Arbor School

The Arbor School of Arts & Sciences, a non-profit, independent elementary school, is situated on a lovely 21-acre campus 20 minutes south of downtown Portland, Oregon. A sizeable Library, a large indoor play space, a Design Studio, a woodshop, and a Music and Language Studio augment the spacious classrooms.  Our rural setting provides students with rich opportunities for exploration in woods, creek, and fields, for work with gardens and animals, and for joyful play on outdoor structures.  Arbor School serves children ages five to thirteen. Each class is limited in size to assure individual attention through low student-teacher ratios. Mixed-age grouping is an important feature of the Arbor School, reflecting our belief that combining ages creates classrooms which focus on individual talents rather than on grade-level norms and enhances a sense of community. Children remain with one teacher for at least two years of their schooling, assuring educational continuity by sustaining the teacher-child partnership.  Tualatin, Oregon.


Carden Cascade Academy

Thank you for your interest in our Carden Cascade Academy, a private school where children receive a classical, formal, and joyful education. Carden Cascade is one of many schools nationwide using the highly acclaimed Carden Method® along with the entire Carden Curriculum. Our teachers' certification and regular attendance at the specialized Carden courses of study offered by the Carden Educational Foundation, assure our compliance with the regulations set for all Carden Schools. Membership in the Oregon Federation of Independent Schools combines with a strong interest in contributing to a sound educational setting for the children in Portland and the neighboring communities.  Hillsboro, Oregon.

Catlin Gable

Catlin Gabel is Portland’s nationally recognized progressive independent day school where teachers build transforming relationships with each student, honoring each child’s innate capacities, encouraging exploration, welcoming questions, and always presenting new intellectual and creative challenges to our young scientists, storytellers, artists, and athletes. This combination of rich content and catalytic method forms bold learners who become insightful questioners, responsible thinkers, and inspired action-takers for life.  Total school population: 737 (50% boys, 50% girls).  Beginning School 58, Lower School 199, Middle School 185, Upper School 295. Portland, Oregon.

Central Catholic High School

Central Catholic High School is a college preparatory school committed to educating the whole person within the Catholic community.  Central Catholic focuses on the moral development, challenging the individual to develop spiritually, intellectually, socially, and physically, and to live as a Christian witness in service to others.  Portland, Oregon.


Chiquitos School

11675 Southwest Butner Road Portland, OR 97225 - (503) 641-7717


Columbia Academy

Columbia Academy is a private school in West Linn, Oregon, for pre-kindergarten (age 4) through 6th grade students.  We offer small classes, fully individualized programs and a proven curriculum.  Current enrollment is approximately 40 students in three blended classrooms.  Over the years our philosophy has remained the same.  Children are born with a natural thirst for knowledge and an inherent desire to explore the world around them.  West Linn, Oregon.


Delphian School

The Delphi Program has been designed from the ground up to help students of any age prepare themselves for learning and life. Applied to K-12 schools and offered by Delphi Schools, Inc., the eight basic principles of the program lay out a fundamental philosophy. Very few things could be more important to a parent or a student than understanding a school's philosophy. Sheridan, Oregon.

French American School

The French American International School (FAIS) is a preschool through grade eight independent school with an internationally-focused curriculum. The primary school accepts students from 2.5 years old and is a French immersion program, complemented with the study of English. The middle school offers an inspiring, international curriculum designed for students with no foreign language experience, as well as students continuing in immersion programs in French, German, Spanish, and Mandarin.  FAIS has two academic divisions. The French American School (FAS) is the primary school for students in preschool through fifth grade. The Gilkey International Middle School (GIMS) provides an international, multilingual program for sixth through eighth grades.  Portland, Oregon.

German American School

The German American School (GSP) is a growing, independent school dedicated to enriching the lives of more than 150 students, their parents and teachers through multi-cultural interaction.  GSP is a dual language program where both the German and the American languages and cultures are taught and appreciated. We value the positive effect that learning a second language has on a child's intellectual growth and mental development. And we create an environment that develops a child’s natural curiosity about learning and the world around them.  Beaverton, Oregon.


Heritage Christian School (Jr & Sr high)


Heritage Christian School is a private school in Hillsboro, Oregon. It is coed and Christian affiliated, serving 204 students in grades K-12.

International School (Chinese, Japanese, Spanish k5)

The International School provides a warm multicultural environment where children are fully immersed in Spanish, Japanese or Chinese language and culture. Children become fluent in another language, at home in other cultures, and engaged in math, science, social studies and arts.  The International School is Portland’s first International Baccalaureate elementary school. It was founded in 1990 and today educates nearly 450 students from age 3 through 5th grade.  Portland, Oregon.

Jesuit High School


Jesuit's curriculum is founded in the educational philosophy of Jesuit founder, St. Ignatius of Loyola and takes a holistic view of adolescent education, to include nurturing the spiritual, physical, emotional, intellectual, and aesthetic gifts each student brings to campus. Jesuit hopes to accomplish this development by demonstrating a personal concern for individuals, an articulate wisdom, enthusiasm, and a sense of community. In so doing, we hope to graduate leaders who are committed to serve God and their fellow men and women through a profound sense of justice founded in love, i.e. leaders who are "men and women for others." Portland, Oregon.


LaSalle High School

Inspired by St. John Baptist de La Salle, La Salle Catholic College Preparatory develops students of faith, service and scholarship by providing a transformative education allowing students to realize their maximum potential and use their gifts to serve Christ and humankind.  La Salle optimizes financial and academic accessibility for students, especially the underserved, who desire a rigorous and relevant education preparing them for college and life.  The La Salle community inspires students to find their voice as global citizens, to put their faith into action and to lead exceptional lives of integrity, honoring the God-given dignity of all.  Milwaukie, Oregon.

North Clackamas Christian School k12

"North Clackamas Christian School partners with Christian Parents in providing our students with a Biblically-based education that pursues excellence in spiritual, academic, artistic, and athletic programs, training them to serve Christ daily."  Oregon City, Oregon.

Oregon Episcopal k12

The purpose of Oregon Episcopal School is to prepare students with promise for higher education and lifelong learning and to enhance their intellectual, physical, social, emotional, spiritual, and artistic growth so that they may realize their power for good as citizens of local and world communities.  PreK-12 college preparatory independent school.  840 students from the Northwest and around the world.  Both day and boarding programs -Small classes, superb faculty, individualized education.  Global experiences across six continents through exchange programs, winterim trips and curricular connections.  Episcopal tradition and heritage.  Fifteen minutes from downtown Portland, an hour from the Cascade Mountains and less than two hours from the Oregon Coast.  Portland, Oregon.

Portland Christian


The ultimate goal of Greater Portland Christian Academy is to assist each student as he strives to fulfill God's total purpose for his life. This goal includes bringing each student into fellowship with God through a personal relationship with Christ and then assisting in his spiritual growth by leading him to become strong and mighty in spirit; training him to fully adopt the mind of Christ; and teaching him to demonstrate a Christ-like character.  Portland, Oregon.

Portland Jewish Academy


Portland Jewish Academy was established on the premise that the community needed a Jewish community day school with a truly superior academic education, built on years of Jewish tradition and values, but representative of the whole Jewish community.  More than ever this holds true today.  Academically, PJA is a power house.  Our graduates are proof of this, from their performance in the areas best high schools to their acceptance at prestigious colleges and universities from across the country. Our students, parents and staff represent the diversity of Portland's Jewish and non-Jewish community and are inclusive of all family types.  Portland, Oregon.

Portland Lutheran School


Portland Lutheran School is an independent private PreKindergarten through 12th grade Christian school dedicated to the intellectual, spiritual and emotional development of its students. With small class sizes from preschool through high school, Portland Lutheran ensures individualized attention for every student.  Portland, Oregon.

St. Mary's High School


St. Mary's Academy, a Catholic high school for young women, provides a challenging college-preparatory education in a vibrant learning environment.  St. Mary's, a diverse community, educates the whole person by nurturing spirituality, encouraging creativity, promoting justice, and inspiring a sense of global interdependence to prepare students for service and leadership.  Portland, Oregon.

St. Thomas More


Our mission is to recognize and educate the whole child spiritually, cognitively, physically, and emotionally. Parents entrust their children to St. Thomas More Catholic School because they are assured of a strong, faith-based curriculum delivered in a caring, creative atmosphere.  Portland, Oregon.

Valley Catholic (Jr & Sr high)


Valley Catholic School offers pre-school through high-school students a Catholic faith-based education, ambitious academic program, championship athletics, and excellent arts in small, co-ed classrooms and a friendly community. Our campus holds an Early Learning School, Elementary School, Middle School and High School.  Beaverton, Oregon.

Waldorf Jr & Sr high

With over 300 students in Pre-K through 12th grade, Portland Waldorf School is a full member of the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America (AWSNA) and, like other Waldorf schools located worldwide, educates children using Rudolf Steiner’s profound insights into the developmental phases of childhood. In 2009 we were again granted full Accreditation for 7 years with the remark that, " Portland Waldorf School is a model of a Waldorf school working diligently with the foundations and principles of Waldorf education."  Milwaukie, Oregon.