Westside Christian High School

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Westside Christian High School
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Address
Westside Christian High School
8200 SW Pfaffle Street

Tigard
,
(Washington County)
,
Oregon
97223

United States
Coordinates 45°26′11″N122°45′39″W / 45.436468°N 122.760762°W / 45.436468; -122.760762 Coordinates: 45°26′11″N122°45′39″W / 45.436468°N 122.760762°W / 45.436468; -122.760762
Information
TypePrivate
Opened1981
Head of schoolJohn Hynes
Grades9–12
Number of students190
Color(s)Red, black, and white    
Athletics conference OSAA 3A Lewis & Clark League
MascotThe Eagle
Team nameEagles
Website www.wchsonline.org

Westside Christian High School is a private Christian High School located in Tigard, Oregon, United States.

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History

In 1981, with 10 students and 6 teachers, Westside Christian High School opened its doors in the vacant Collins View School building (now Riverdale High School) to serve families on the west side of town. In 1992 after a collaborative effort with Lake Bible Church, a new combined church and high school structure was built on the corner of Kruse Way and Carman Drive in Lake Oswego, Oregon.

In 2011, the school announced plans to move to Tigard and a new, larger campus where they planned to eventually grow their enrollment to 450 students. [1] The school received a $1 million grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust to help pay for the new location. [2]

In February 2013, Westside purchased the property at the intersection of Highway 99 and 217, just twenty minutes south of downtown Portland. They moved into their new campus in January 2014.

Mission

Inspiring godly transformation and Christ-like character through exceptional education and intentional discipleship to impact the world for Christ.

Academics

AP classes

Westside offers 10 AP classes [3]

  1. AP Language & Composition
  2. AP Literature & Composition
  3. AP Calculus AB
  4. AP Biology
  5. AP Physics
  6. AP European History
  7. AP US History
  8. AP World History
  9. AP Human Geography
  10. AP Studio Art

Concurrent credit classes

Westside offers 12 concurrent credit classes [4]

WCHS has partnerships with both Warner Pacific College (WPC) and Northwest Nazarene University (NNU) to offer concurrent high school and college credit through a selected group of classes, allowing students to obtain up to a total of 43 semester units. The following 11 classes (10 through WPC and 1 through NNU) are eligible for concurrent credit:

2017-18 Courses through Warner Pacific College (semester system)

  1. AP Literature & Composition will generate credit in En 120: Intro to Literature (3 credits)
  2. AP Language & Composition will generate credit in En 101: College Composition (3 credits)
  3. Pre-Calculus will generate credit in MA 115: Precalculus (4 credits)
  4. AP Calculus AB will generate credit in MA 251: Calculus 1 (4 credits)
  5. AP US History will generate credit in HIS 201: US History (3 credits)
  6. AP World History will generate credit in HIS 211: Survey of World History I (3 credits)
  7. AP European History will generate credit in HIS 212: Survey of World History II (3 credits)
  8. Anatomy & Physiology will generate credit in BIO 121: Intro to Anatomy & Physiology (4 credits)
  9. AP Biology will generate credit in BIO 102: General Biology II (4 credits)
  10. AP Physics will generate credit in PHS 121 Intro to Physics (4 credits)
  11. AP Chemistry

2017-18 Courses through Northwest Nazarene University (semester system)

  1. Spanish 4 will generate credit in SPAN 2010 & 2020 Intermediate Spanish (4 credits for each semester)

Historically, 90 - 95% of Westside students attend 4-year colleges after graduating. 95% of all WCHS teachers have a master's degree and/or their teaching credential. [5]

Accreditation and memberships

Athletics

Westside competes in Oregon's 3A Lewis & Clark League and currently offers 8 unique sports across 3 seasons.

Fall:

Winter:

Spring:

Performing arts

Westside's choir program has won the OSAA 3A State Championship for thirteen consecutive years, from 2007 to 2019. [6] Westside students also perform two to three full-length drama productions at the Alpenrose Dairy opera house each year.

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References

  1. ↑ "Westside Christian High seeks to increase by half with Tigard move". OregonLive.com. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  2. ↑ "$1M for Westside Christian High". www.bizjournals.com. August 23, 2013.
  3. ↑ "AP Classes". wchsonline.org.
  4. ↑ "Concurrent Credit". wchsonline.org.
  5. ↑ Here, Your Name. "About Us / Westside Christian High School / Mission & Vision / History / Statement of Faith". Westside Christian High School. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  6. ↑ "OSAA State Champs" (PDF). osaa.org.
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