Oregon Episcopal School

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Oregon Episcopal School
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Oregon Episcopal School
6300 SW Nicol Road

, ,
97223

United States
Coordinates 45°28′27″N122°45′22″W / 45.47417°N 122.75611°W / 45.47417; -122.75611
Information
Type Private, Boarding
Religious affiliation(s)Episcopalian
Opened1869 (as St. Helens Hall)
CEEB code 380915
PrincipalDavid Lowell
Head of Lower School [1]
PrincipalAnn Sulzer
Head of Middle School [1]
PrincipalSarah Grenert-Funk
Head of Upper School [1]
Head of schoolThe Rev. Michael Spencer
Head of School [1]
GradesPre-K–12 [2]
Number of students875 (2020–21) [3]
Campus Suburban, 59 acres (240,000 m2)
Color(s) Forest green, white, and Carolina blue     [4]
SloganMind Opening Since 1869
Athletics conference OSAA Lewis & Clark League 3A-1 [5]
MascotAardvark
Accreditation NAIS [6]
NewspaperThe Dig [7]
Website oes.edu

Oregon Episcopal School (OES) is an American independent, coeducational, college preparatory, day and boarding school in the Raleigh Hills area of Portland, Oregon. It was preceded by St. Helen's Hall, a day and boarding school for girls established in 1869. OES was established in 1972 when the girls school merged with Bishop Dagwell Hall.

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History

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St. Helen's Hall (1906)

Oregon Episcopal School (OES) was known as St. Helen's Hall at the time of its founding and was originally a boarding and day school for girls. It was established in 1869 in Portland, Oregon by the Rt. Rev. Benjamin Wistar Morris, Bishop of Oregon, and is "the oldest Episcopal school west of the Rocky Mountains." [8]

OES's original site at 4th and Madison is now the location of Portland's City Hall. The school moved several times during its first century to different locations in downtown Portland. It was located at 13th and Hall Streets before moving to its present location in the Raleigh Hills neighborhood of Portland in 1964. The Bishop Dagwell Hall was soon added, expanding the academic program to boys.

In 1972, St. Helen's Hall merged with Bishop Dagwell Hall to become Oregon Episcopal School. [9] [10] Currently, the school serves children from prekindergarten through 12th grade and includes day-school and boarding programs. [11]

A number of facilities have been added over the years. Meyer Hall was built in 1996 as a new facility for Middle School students; the Drinkward Center for Math, Science and Technology opened in 2003; and in 2016 a 45,000-square-foot Lower School facility opened for Pre-K through 5th grade students. Today, approximately 870 students in Pre-K through Grade 12 attend OES.

Academics

The Beginning, Lower, and Middle schools consist entirely of day students, but the Upper School includes a boarding program. Approximately one-fifth of the Upper School's student body resides on campus, and around three-fourths of those boarding students hail from outside the United States.

In 2014, Oregon Episcopal School was ranked the best high school in the state of Oregon and the 13th best private school in the United States. [12] [13] [14] OES ranked #2 on Oregon's 25 Best K-12 Schools for 2018, according to the Portland Business Journal . [15]

Science Research

OES's research-based science program has a long history of success in science research competitions. Over the years, many students have placed highly in prestigious competitions such as the Intel Science Talent Search, the Siemens Competition, the Davidson Fellows Scholarship, the Google Science Fair, the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, the Stockholm Junior Water Prize, the International Sustainable World Energy Engineering Environment Project Olympiad, the BioGENIOUS Competition, and the National Junior Science & Humanities Symposium. Since 1995, 19 students have been named Intel National Semifinalists and National Finalists with one senior National Finalist contestant placed 2nd nationally among 40 national finalists in 2003 and one senior National Finalist contestant placed 3rd nationally in 2004. [16] [17] [18] Since 2002, 36 students have been named Siemens National Semifinalists, Regional Finalists and National Finalists. In 2010, juniors Akash Krishnan and Matthew Fernandez placed 1st nationally in the team category and won the Siemens Competition. [19] [20] [21] Also in 2013, Ajay Krishnan was named the recipient of a prestigious $10,000 Davidson Fellows Scholarship, the top honor in the engineering category. He was also named a regional finalist in the Google Science Fair. [22] [23] In 2021 OES's aerospace team beat 614 rocketry teams from across North America to win the American Rocketry Challenge. [24]

Academic Championships

Facilities

OES's 59-acre campus lies in the hills of Southwest Portland. Facilities include:

Accreditation & Memberships

OES is accredited by the Northwest Association of Independent Schools, and is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools, the National Association of Episcopal Schools, and the Association of Boarding Schools. [36] [37] [38] [39]

Athletics

OES has a long tradition of sports, competing under the supervision of the Oregon Schools Activities Association. The school has claimed over 65 championships since 1983. [40] Upper School teams include basketball, soccer, lacrosse, volleyball, fencing, tennis, golf and cross country. Middle and Lower School students also compete in a variety of team sports. [41]

Oregon Episcopal School's traditional athletic rival is Catlin Gabel School. [42]

Mascot

OES's official mascot is an Aardvark, chosen by the student body to replace their previous mascot, a falcon. At one time an eagle was also a mascot at the school. [31]

In 2013, the mascot placed second in the West in USA Today's High School Sports' Best Mascot competition. [43]

State Championships Won

Mount Hood Disaster

One of the worst climbing accidents in U.S. history occurred in May 1986 when seven sophomore students and two faculty froze to death while climbing Mount Hood while participating in an adventure program required by the school. Of the four survivors, three had life-threatening injuries, and one had his legs amputated. [56] The OES disaster spurred the development of the Mountain Locator Unit, an inexpensive transmitter which helps searchers find climbers in distress. [57] OES participates in a day of service in observance of the disaster each year on the second Wednesday of May. [58]

Notable alumni

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