Seeking high school options for the 2025-26 school year? Discover why Mt. Scott Learning Center may be the best choice for you or your student at our in-person information session: When: Wednesday, April 16th, at 5:30 p.m.Where: Mt. Scott Learning Center6148 SE Holgate Blvd., Portland, OR 97206Who: Incoming 9th graders/current [...]
Read MoreBy Eldridge Fantroy, Mt. Scott Board member "Since I was a child, I've always been a lover of stories. My favorite memories from elementary school were those moments after recess when our teacher would read stories aloud to us—stories like James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and The BFG. "Stories have a beautiful [...]
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Seeking high school options for the 2025-26 school year? Discover why Mt. Scott Learning Center may be the best choice for you or your student at our in-person information session: When: Wednesday, April 16th, at 5:30 p.m.Where: Mt. Scott Learning Center6148 SE Holgate Blvd., Portland, OR 97206Who: Incoming 9th graders/current […]
By Eldridge Fantroy, Mt. Scott Board member “Since I was a child, I’ve always been a lover of stories. My favorite memories from elementary school were those moments after recess when our teacher would read stories aloud to us—stories like James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and The BFG. “Stories have a beautiful […]
For more than 25 years Mt. Scott Learning Center has worked to provide a learningcommunity where every student feels welcomed, accepted, respected, and supported asthey explore their own unique path to graduation and a happy, successful life after highschool. Students like Kaliyah (class of 2025), who spent much of her young life living […]
Mt. Scott Learning Center honored another outstanding group of high school graduates on Saturday, June 1, 2024, at Warner Pacific University’s McGuire Auditorium. This year’s talented, resilient, and appreciative collection of Mt. Scott seniors received diplomas at the graduation ceremony, which highlighted the individual and group accomplishments of the Class […]
Mt. Scott Learning Center (MSLC) seniors Dani-Rae Gragg and Ryder Brown have been named this year’s recipients of the Fisher Scholarship, named in honor of long-time MSLC board members and supporters Mark and Sue Fisher. The two $2,500 scholarships are awarded each year to two on-track-to-graduate MSLC seniors that have […]
(April 2024) – Six students from Mt. Scott Learning Center have been awarded the 2024-25 Future Connect Scholarship sponsored through the City of Portland and Portland Community College (PCC). Congratulations to Aiyesha Harris, Hailee Woods, Ryder Brown, Audrey Crunk, Kazi Swartz, and Theo Curtis on earning the award. The Mt. Scott students were selected from […]
What an amazing testimonial presented by Mt. Scott Learning Center graduate Taylor Peters (Class of 2008) at our STRIVE! event on May 15th. Here’s a summary of her message: Thank you all for your time and attention while I share some of my life story and specifically my experience with […]
Mt. Scott Learning Center and Sackcloth & Ashes teamed up for a special donation and day of service at the Laurelwood Center shelter in SE Portland on Wednesday, February 21. A Mt. Scott teacher and team of students were at Laurelwood Center early preparing and serving a delicious lunch for […]
by Jake Arnold, Oregon School Boards Association Students waiting for the Mt. Scott Learning Center school day to start gathered in the cafeteria on a recent morning. They played table tennis and pool, chatted at tables or gathered around a student playing a piano in the corner. Not a cellphone […]
Nine students from Mt. Scott Learning Center have been awarded the 2023-24 Future Connect Scholarship sponsored through the City of Portland and Portland Community College (PCC). Congratulations Dorian Bracewell-Stokes, Bohdon Santiago, Harley Beach, Liam Pearson, Jaidyn Grahn, Esther Sanchez, Grace Reeves, Devo Whittam, and Hailey Sturgeon on earning the award. […]