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 [...]
Read MoreMt. 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. Dani-Rae Gragg The two $2,500 scholarships are awarded each year to two on-track-to-graduate MSLC seniors [...]
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Our students’ turnaround stories keep getting rave reviews – and national awards! Our recent “Faces of Mt. Scott” video spotlights on students Zaira and DJ – produced by Portland’s Sproutbox Media – won the Award of Excellence in the Schools/Colleges/Universities category at the 27th annual Communicator Awards. With over 6,000 […]
We are seeking a Science and Health Teacher to join our team for the 2021-22 school year. If you are committed to educational equity and student success, looking for the opportunity to grow and improve your teaching practice, and excited about building genuine relationships with students and colleagues, then we […]
Seven students from Mt. Scott Learning Center have been awarded the 2021-22 Future Connect Scholarship sponsored through the City of Portland and Portland Community College. Congratulations to Alondra Sanchez-Ruiz, Lily Kutch, Logan Cushman, Reyna Sebastian, Zaira Rasca, Jaysun Quillen and Mochi Dryad on earning the award! The Mt. Scott students […]
At Mt. Scott, our teachers work to center the experiences and voices of our BIPOC students year-round. This Black History month, we’d like to highlight a few of the ways two of our teachers are incorporating a racial equity lens to their curriculum. In Emily Class’s Social Studies course, the […]
This year, Mt. Scott’s Transitions program has been hosting a virtual speaker series, Career Explorations. The program exposes our students to a variety of career paths and connects them to community members, helping them map out their future. “Our speakers represent a balance of careers our students are interested in […]
Enrollment openings are now available! Mt. Scott Learning Center provides a community where every student feels welcomed, accepted, respected, and supported. As students at Mt. Scott explore their own unique path to graduation, they find hope, feel safe, and experience success – many for the first time in their lives. […]
Our ability to plant seeds of hope in the lives of young people depends on you. Board member Eldridge Fantroy recently shared why he’s passionate about being part a community that helps students reach a brighter future: With your donation to Mt. Scott, you are bringing hope to youth who […]
At Mt. Scott Learning Center, students fine hope. They find safety. And they find success. And Mt. Scott can offer that success because we have generous supporters like you. Today, DJ is on track to graduate high school and achieve a bright future. But just a couple years ago, he […]
A huge thank-you to everyone who made STRIVE! 2020 our most successful fundraising event ever! Thanks to our event sponsors, our generous supporters, and an exciting matching gift, we raised more than $20,000 for our programs! In the midst of such a tough year, the amazing response to STRIVE! reminds […]
Great news! Our annual STRIVE! event originally scheduled at the school in May is now rescheduled as a virtual event on Thursday, November 12 at 6 p.m. Registration is free at strive2020.eventbrite.com We’ll go on a virtual tour of our historic building, will hear from students and staff about the school’s […]