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AIM Alternative High School (David Douglas School District, Portland, OR) –a small, alternative high school in a suburb east of Portland )(AIM become Fir Ridge Campus- See Fir Ridge Campus)

AIM Alternative High School is for “non-attenders” in grades 9-12. It targets students with behavior problems and low math/reading ability. Students earn credits in science, health, math, social studies, science, and language arts.

AIM Alternative High School moved to a new location in the 2002-2003 school year and the program was named Fir Ridge. Fir Ridge Campus is an alternative high school program has been in existence in the David Douglas School District for about thirty years. Students are referred from David Douglas High School by the assistant principals.

School Year HCP Curricula Student Body % Minority % Free/Reduced Lunch
2002-03 MIO 191 25.7 64.6


Ashland High School (Ashland School District, Ashland, OR) – a medium-sized school in the city of Ashland with a population of about 20,000

Ashland High School is a comprehensive four-year high school of approximately 1200 students and 72 teaching faculty. It is located near the Southern Oregon University Campus.

AHS follows a semester academic calendar with classes meeting every other day for 95-minute periods. AHS has an alternative program on its campus to help freshmen who have failed middle school and for sophomores with high absenteeism and with credit deficiency. There are two separate integrated courses in environmental science, social studies, and language arts offered for 9th and 10th graders who are at-risk of graduating.

School Year HCP Curricula Student Body % Minority % Free/Reduced Lunch
2005-06 WQ 1123 13.7 20.0


Benson Polytechnic High School (Portland Public Schools, Portland, OR) – a large, magnet school for technical and health occupations in intercity Portland

Benson Polytechnic is a public, co-educational high school founded in 1919. It is located in the center of Portland’s Eastside commercial area on a nine acre campus. Benson draws a broad mix of students from all over the city. Benson High School is a technical school which offers a variety of courses in technical and health occupations, along with honors courses and a regular high school curriculum. Benson is one of the nations finest professional/technical school. It is dedicated to producing graduates with a broad, solid base of both academic and professional/technical skills.

Special programs and features

  • Benson is a one-of-a-kind high school in Oregon. The school's professional/technical program is unique, and labs and shops available at Benson are not duplicated anywhere else in the state.
  • Benson's school-to-work focus is in step with Oregon's educational reform legislation. Students choose a major after two years of study and receive on-the-job experience by working in local business and industry -- everywhere from Tektronix to area nursing homes.
  • KBPS-AM Radio prepares Communications students for careers in broadcasting as they work in an on-campus radio station.
  • Benson students design, build and sell a house every two years. Architecture students draw up the plans and construction students build the house. (Offers already have been made to purchase the next three houses that students build.)
  • Benson High School is one of six high schools chosen by the State Department of Education to be a New Century School. This honor puts Bensons' program in a position of helping design the Certificate of Advanced Mastery for the State of Oregon
School Year HCP Curricula Student Body Minority % Free/Reduced Lunch
2001-02 PS 1479 56.5o:p> 34.8o:p>
2002-03 MIO 1501 59.0 34.9
2004-05 IAQ 1500 60.1 46.8

Century High School (Hillsboro School District Hillsboro, OR) – a large school in a suburb west of Portland

School Year HCP Curricula Student Body % Minority % Free/Reduced Lunch
2004-05 IAQ 1464 31.5 31.4


The Community Schoolhouse (Salem-Keizer School District, Salem, OR) – a small public alternative high school program in Salem The Community School House is a public alternative high school program open to all Salem-Keizer students (grades 9-12). Instruction at the Community Schoolhouse is both integrated and subject-specific with emphasis on integrated team teaching. Teams of teachers work together to design projects, lessons, and activities for cross-curricular thematic units of study. The team approach to teaching generates a dynamic learning environment. It reduces the student-teacher ratio, and increases the opportunity to employ alternative methods of assessment. The IAQ Curriculum was implemented in the area of Science and Society where students earned credits in science and health.

HCP Curricula Student Body % Minority % Free/Reduced Lunch
2004-05 IAQ 145 26.0 39.0

Corvallis High School (Corvallis School District, Corvallis, OR) – a medium-sized school in the Willamette Valley

School Year HCP Curricula Student Body % Minority % Free/Reduced Lunch
2001-02 PS 1301 13.5 17.6


Crescent Valley High School (Corvallis School District, OR) – a medium-sized school in the Willamette Valley

School Year HCP Curricula Student Body % Minority % Free/Reduced Lunch
2002-03 MIO 1200 14.8 12.6


Creswell High School (Creswell School District, Creswell, OR) – a small, rural school about 15 miles south of Eugene

Creswell High School is a comprehensive high school dedicated to providing positive educational experiences to the young people that we serve.

School Year HCP Curricula Student Body % Minority % Free/Reduced Lunch
2001-02 PS 1200 14.8 12.6


David Douglas High School (Douglas School District Portland, OR)– a large, urban high school in a Portland suburb

David Douglas High School is a comprehensive, urban high school serving 2800 students in a middle-class suburb.  It has seven small learning communities which complement the school’s mission of being a safe place where students are valued, connected to the school community, and succeed academically. Despite a high poverty level and an increasing immigrant population, the percent of students going on to post-secondary education has nearly doubled in the past ten years.

School Year HCP Curricula Student Body % Minority % Free/Reduced Lunch
2005-06 WQ 2768 33.2 64.2


Fir Ridge Campus (David Douglas School District, Portland, OR) – a small, alternative high school in a suburb east of Portland

Fir Ridge is composed of students enrolled in grades 9-12. It provides its students with an opportunity to pursue and education in a less traditional setting. It stresses small class sizes, a more individualized educational program, a structured school environment, a more flexible and student-centered curricula, and a staff of professionals who have experience within an alternative school setting

School Year HCP Curricula Student Body % Minority % Free/Reduced Lunch
2004-05 IAQ 229 35.4 NA


Gateways Learning Center(Springfield School District Springfield, OR) – a small, alternative school for at-risk students

Gateways Learning Center is an alternative high school which focuses on getting student credits in courses where they need them. For example, students can earn 0.5 credits after successfully completing the Pesticide Spill curriculum. The break down is as follows: science (1/2), Language Arts (1/4), math (1/4) or Career Development (1/8). Students choose which areas they want the credits applied based on their credit deficiency.

School Year HCP Curricula Student Body % Minority % Free/Reduced Lunch
2001-02 PS 116 10.3 NA
2002-03 MIO 125 12.0 12.0


LaGrande Alternative High School (LaGrande School District, LaGrande, OR) – a small, alternative high school in rural Oregon, 35 students in school

LaGrande School District is located in La Grande, Oregon, nestled in the Grande Ronde valley between the Blue Mountains and the Wallowa Mountains of Northeastern Oregon. The district includes La Grande Middle School and La Grande High School. LaGrande Alternative High School targets students with behavior problems and low math/reading ability.

School Year HCP Curricula Student Body % Minority % Free/Reduced Lunch
2002-03 MIO (LaGrande HS) 6.7 (LaGrande HS) 22.8 (LaGrande HS)


Liberty High School (Hillsboro School District, Hillsboro, OR) – a medium-sized, suburban school in Hillsboro, located west of Portland, that is rapidly growing

Liberty High School opened in September 2003 to 850 students with a diverse population; about 40% are students of color. In its first year of operation, the school was based on the foundation of “Advisories” or “Academies”. Students selected one of four small learning communities based on an area of interest. About 300 students are in each of the four academies: Health & Human Services, Business & Media, Science, Engineering & Technology, and Art, Communication, and Technology.

To ensure a personalized school, all students in a academy are housed in a wing of the school with its own community center, counseling office, shared teacher office, and science labs. The students are also grouped together for their core academic classes. Students report to an advisor two or three times a week for all four years with other academy students to further personalize their education, set goals, voice issues, and to provide service to the community. By the time they are juniors, all students will be enrolled in a focused program of study learning to advanced application classes and career related learning experiences their senior year. To complete their program, all students will demonstrate a senior exhibition.

School Year HCP Curricula Student Body % Minority % Free/Reduced Lunch
2005-06 WQ 1268 34.3 36.1


Milwaukee High School Support House (North Clackamas School District Clackamas, OR) – The Support House is an alternative program at Milwaukie High School for 9 and 10th graders who are at-risk to fail. There are four teachers who work as a team to teach social studies, language arts, math, and global science.

School Year HCP Curricula Student Body % Minority % Free/Reduced Lunch
2005-06 WQ 1267 24.6 35.1


Mountain View High School (Bend-LaPine School District, Bend, OR) – Team 1: A Small Learning Community for freshmen comprised of three teachers in science, language arts, and social studies. Team 2: A team of teachers who share students in math and science.

School Year HCP Curricula Student Body % Minority % Free/Reduced Lunch
2005-06 WQ 1570 9.2 16.9


Nestucca High School (Nestucca Valley, Nestucca, OR) – a small, rural school located in southern Tillamook County on the coast

Nestucca High School is located in the beautiful and scenic Nestucca River Valley in pastoral Cloverdale, Oregon. The Nestucca Valley nestled along the shores of the Nestucca River, leads to the picturesque Pacific Ocean.

School Year HCP Curricula Student Body % Minority % Free/Reduced Lunch
2001-02 PS 248 9.3 31.5


North Salem High School(Salem-Keizer School District, Salem, OR) – a large school in central Salem, Oregon’s state capital

One of six public high schools in the Salem-Keizer Public School District, North Salem High School, Salem's original high school, is located in the central city one mile from the Capitol. Salem's 130,000 residents live in the mid-Willamette Valley, which has a rapidly changing and diversifying economy.

North Salem High School is a traditional high school serving students in grades 9 – 12. Average enrollment is 1800 students. North Salem High School is on a block schedule with four 9-week terms. Eighty-two minute classes comprise a four-period day. Classes meet five days per week.

School Year HCP Curricula Student Body % Minority % Free/Reduced Lunch
2005-06 WQ 2039 39.0 55.7


Philomath High School (Philomath School District, Philomath, OR) – a small, rural school located in Oregon's Willamette Valley.

Philomath High School is home to approximately 600 students in grades 9-12. We are well known for our academic and athletic accomplishments. Beginning with the 2004-05 school year, we implemented a trimester schedule. PHS is known for its outstanding academic, athletic, and activity achievements. It aspires to have every student emerge from high school as a contributing citizen, possessing a broad range of skills and having many options as to a career or further education. The health and safety of our students is dependent on the students themselves and the adults who work to assure the very same. The cooperation between the parents, community and schools is a hallmark of our success in this area and every thing we accomplish. We invite you to join us in the process of helping every student to reach his or her greatest potential.

School Year HCP Curricula Student Body % Minority % Free/Reduced Lunch
2001-02 PS 656 13.0 18.8


Phoenix School of Roseburg (Douglas County, OR) - a special purpose charter school

Phoenix School of Roseburg serves at-risk youth who wish to continue their education but are unable to succeed in the public school system. Phoenix School relies on public donations, grants, and some public education funds for its support. We have the capacity to serve two hundred students per term. The entire student population qualifies for the National School Lunch Program. The student population reflects the twice the level of community diversity.

The school provides tuition free accredited middle school and high school alternative programs that respond to the five major reason youth drop out. They are the Oregon Youth Service Corp, counseling for grief, substance and sexual abuse, a teen parent program and certified infant to toddler childcare. School improvement data supplied to regulatory and accreditation agencies shows that we successfully engage, educate, and transition at-risk youth. Graduate follow-up studies show our graduates have 96% employment status, show a 98% satisfaction index for their experience, and transition to successful independent living 83% of the time.

There are three main components to the program that help students on their path to success. The first is school Learning Environments that are designed to offer variety in how students learn. These range from core teacher-centered instruction to self-directed lessons. These environments act as a "home base" and provide different formats for learning the core academic subjects. The second is Learning Opportunities where a student's personal plan for education is further individualized. This is through coursework that is specially designed to meet specific learning and personal development needs and interests. Lastly, Phoenix provides Student Support Services to help students with life issues that may require drug and alcohol abuse intervention, therapeutic counseling, or assistance with basic life needs. Teacher-centered classrooms of about 16 students where each provide instruction on the core curriculum of English, Social Studies, Science, and Mathematics.

School Year HCP Curricula Student Body % Minority % Free/Reduced Lunch
2005-06 WQ 20 NA NA


Reynolds High School (Reynolds School District Troutdale, OR) – a large, suburban school (Portland) with “Small Learning Communities” in 9th and 10th grades

Reynolds High School is located in Oregon and has over 2,300 students enrolled. This makes it the one of the largest high schools in the state. Reynolds High School is a “New American School” where all the students are expected to meet both challenging academic standards and acquire communication, problem-solving, computer, and technical skills necessary to pursue college and careers. All over the country, states and communities are taking up the challenge of reforming schools and building school-to-work systems for the demands of the global, knowledge-based economy of the 21st century. Reynolds High School is one of these institutions.

School Year HCP Curricula Student Body % Minority % Free/Reduced Lunch
2001-02 PS 2381 20.4 32.7
2002-03 MIO 2422 25.1 38.4
2004-05 IAQ 2533 31.0 41.7


Scappoose High School (Scappoose School District, Scappoose, OR) - a medium-sized, school

School Year HCP Curricula Student Body % Minority % Free/Reduced Lunch
2001-02 PS 716 5.9 11.0


Skyview High School (Vancouver School District Vancouver, WA)

Skyview's courses and magnet programs are designed to meet the needs of every student. Besides core classes, Skyview offers opportunities in fine arts, technology, business, social sciences and foreign language. In addition, students can choose from a multitude of focuses and Honors classes, including various honors mathematics programs, the Science, Mathematics and Technology Magnet and SHARP (Skyview Honors Academic Research Program) which is designed to prepare students for post-secondary education through English, Social Studies and History classes.

A magnet program features a unique theme as a focus for the adopted curriculum. These programs offer special opportunities that are not readily available in their home school. The Science-Math-Technology (SMT) Magnet offers a unique education. The special content focus of the schools is high-level mathematics, and technology education using technological approaches. The freshmen and sophomore courses emphasize and provide a foundation for research projects in the junior year.

School Year HCP Curricula Student Body % Minority % Free/Reduced Lunch
2005-06 WQ 1892 12.7 11.5


Tigard High School (Tigard-Tualatin School District, Tigard, OR) – a large school, located in a suburb SW of Portland. Tigard High School serves the Tigard community as public education for grades 9-12. We have approximately 2000 students and approximately 120 staff as of the 2006-07 school year. The city of Tigard with a population of 37,000 residents. Tigard High School is a four year comprehensive high school serving around 2000 students. Average class size: 29, 4 period block schedule.

School Year HCP Curricula Student Body % Minority % Free/Reduced Lunch
2005-06 WQ 2005 24.2 18.0


Westview High School (Beaverton School District, Beaverton, OR) – a large, suburban school west of Portland Mission: to meet the educational needs of each of our students, and to provide a quality education which prepares each student to become a productive member of the community. We believe that all students can be successful learners, that the diversity of our students must be respected and nurtured, and that we must meet the intellectual, emotional, social, and physical needs of all our students through multiple approaches to teaching and learning. We also believe that maintaining a safe, secure, and positive learning environment, and emphasizing preparation for post-high school education and work are critical to the success or our students.

School Year HCP Curricula Student Body % Minority % Free/Reduced Lunch
2001-02 PS 2338 27.0 11.2
2002-03 MIO 2340 30.5 13.4
2004-05 IAQ 2396 33.4 17.2
2005-06 WQ 2487 36.1 19.5


Woodburn Success Program (Woodburn School District Woodburn, OR) – a small school for at-risk youth located off campus in a farming community of 20,000 in the Willamette Valley

The Woodburn Success Program was founded in 2002 to meet the needs of at-risk middle and high school students in the Woodburn School System. Students are taught by 5 faculty members in a small nurturing environment. The mission statement of the school program is Academics, Attendance, and Attitude. Students can return to Woodburn High School or graduate from the program obtaining the same diploma as Woodburn High School students.

School Year HCP Curricula Student Body % Minority % Free/Reduced Lunch
2005-06 WQ 130 83 100


Young Parent Program (Springfield School District, Springfield, OR)

The Young Parent Program serves pregnant and parenting students. It is only available to Springfield Public School students. Students may self-refer or be referred by school staff, parents or other agency staff. Childcare for both infants and toddlers is provided by the Springfield High School's Child Development Program.

The school operates one 5-hour session each day. Tutoring services for homebound students are provided by staff on an "as needed basis" as determined by medical need. In addition to the core academic courses required by Springfield Public Schools and the State of Oregon classes are offered in life skills, parenting education, child care, career development, health and nutrition. High school students are provided the opportunity to earn high school credits to apply towards meeting the requirements for graduation. In addition, GED preparation services are also available. The Young Parent Program was dissolved at the end of the 2005-06 school year. Students were transferred to Gateways Learning Center.

School Year HCP Curricula Student Body % Minority % Free/Reduced Lunch
2004-05 IAQ 45 21.6 (HS) 46.3 (HS)
2005-06 WQ 24.5 (HS) 47.1 (HS)