| Columbia County Education Campus | |
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| Address | |
474 N 16th Street , , 97051 | |
| Coordinates | 45°51′56″N122°48′58″W / 45.865565°N 122.816023°W Coordinates: 45°51′56″N122°48′58″W / 45.865565°N 122.816023°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| School district | St. Helens School District |
| Director | Colleen Grogan [1] |
| Grades | 7-12 [1] |
| Number of students | 53 [2] |
| Website | http://www.sthelens.k12.or.us/domain/278 |
Columbia County Education Campus is a public alternative school in St. Helens, Oregon, United States.
An alternative school is an educational establishment with a curriculum and methods that are nontraditional. Such schools offer a wide range of philosophies and teaching methods; some have strong political, scholarly, or philosophical orientations, while others are more ad hoc assemblies of teachers and students dissatisfied with some aspect of mainstream or traditional education.
St. Helens is the county seat of Columbia County, Oregon. It was founded by Captain Henry Montgomery Knighton, a native of New England, in 1845, as "Plymouth". The name was changed to St. Helens in the latter part of 1850 for its view of Mount St. Helens, roughly 39 miles (63 km) away in Washington. The city is about 28 miles northwest of Portland. Its population was 12,883 at the 2010 census.
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region on the West Coast of the United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho. The parallel 42° north delineates the southern boundary with California and Nevada.
