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Beaverton Academy of Science and Engineering
10740 NE Walker Road

Hillsboro
,
(Washington County)
,
Oregon
97006

United States
Coordinates 45°31′38″N122°52′11″W / 45.5273°N 122.86984°W / 45.5273; -122.86984
Information
Type Public
Opened2020 (as BASE)
School district Beaverton School District
PrincipalAndrew Cronk [1]
Staff36 (FTE) [2]
Grades6-12 [3]
Number of students704 (2018-19) [4]
Student to teacher ratio20 [2]
CampusCapital Center
Campus typeSuburban
Color(s)Blue, Gold
MascotPhoenix
Website https://base.beaverton.k12.or.us/

The Beaverton Academy of Science and Engineering (BASE) is a public school in the U.S. state of Oregon. Part of the Beaverton School District (BSD), the school offers grades 6 through 12. [5] Opened in 2007, the school was housed in the Capital Center at NE 185th Avenue and Walker Road in Hillsboro, [6] then named the Health and Science School (HS2). From 2016 to 2021, the school is directly adjacent to another BSD option school, the School of Science & Technology (SST), with the relocation of that school to the Capital Center at the end of 2015. [7] The school hosts a HOSA-Future Health Professionals chapter. For the 2020–2021 school year and onward, this school and the neighboring school, the School of Science and Technology have merged to become the Beaverton Academy of Science and Engineering.

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History

Start

The school opened in September 2007 with 120 students in ninth grade as an option program, intending to add students each year until it included grades six through twelve. [8] [9] In January 2008, the district purchased the Capital Center from Portland Community College and the Oregon University System for $15 million to serve as the home for the Health & Science School. [8] Plans called for an additional $6 million to be spent remodeling the center for use by the school. [8] The Capital Center was previously a campus of Tektronix that was sold in 1995 to a consortium of local public education entities with plans that included using part of it for a regional high school. [10]

2008-2011

In 2008, the school was one of six district schools that failed to provide enough class time to meet a state mandate. [11]

Also in 2011, the school was rated as needing improvement by the state after it failed to hold some state mandated tests. [12]

2011 arson

On April 26, 2011, [13] Beaverton Academy of Science and Engineering (then Health & Science School) suffered a fire in the student girls' bathroom. According to the Oregonian, the fire was an arson and was started by 2 14-year-old girls and 1 15-year-old girl, who started the fire with a paper towel and a match in the bathroom's trash can, reportedly to get out of class. These students were later arrested after they admitted to starting the fire, but were later released but referred to the Washington County Juvenile Department. The fire cost $22,000 in damage, and all three perpetrators were expelled. [6]

2012-2013

The school was identified as one of several schools that would take students with the closure of Terra Nova High School in 2012. [14]

Female students participated in the Hermanas Conference sponsored by Intel Corporation in February 2013. [15]

2016-2019

In 2016, the School of Science and Technology (SST), an accredited high school initially located beside Merlo High School, moved next door to the Health and Science school to occupy the 2 left-most side halls of the campus. Student attending classes at SST had the option of taking crossover classes with HS2.

In 2019, it was decided by the district that due to limited budgeting, SST and HS2 would merge to become one entity known as the Beaverton Academy of Science and Engineering, thus making the 2019-2020 school-year the last year that the two schools would be officially separate entities. From 2020 to 2021 and onward, the school was officially recognized as BASE, dawning new colors, blue and gold, and a new mascot, a Phoenix. [16]

Academics

Beaverton Academy of Science and Engineering is an option school; students opt out of their neighborhood school and are entered into a lottery for one of the limited spots at the school. [9] [17] As of the 2022-2023 school year it had an on time graduation rating of 100% from the state. Enrollment for the 2022 to 2023 school year was 811 students. [18]

The high school adheres to a rigorous dual credit program that is incorporated into the Expeditionary Learning curriculum. Students have the opportunity to earn college credit in math, biomedical science, engineering, foreign language and science courses through OIT (Oregon Institute of Technology), PCC (Portland Community College) and PSU (Portland State University).[ citation needed ]

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References

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  11. ↑ Navas, Melissa (October 17, 2008). "Six Beaverton schools fail to meet required class time". The Oregonian. p. B1.
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  15. ↑ "Female students focus on science at forum". Beaverton Valley Times . February 20, 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  16. ↑ "About Us". Beaverton Academy of Science and Engineering.
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