Mt. Scott Learning Center honored another outstanding group of high school graduates on Saturday, May 31, 2025, at Portland State University’s Smith Memorial Student Union Ballroom. This year’s talented, resilient, and appreciative collection of 39 Mt. Scott seniors received their diplomas at the graduation ceremony, which highlighted the individual and […]
(April 2025) – Nine students from Mt. Scott Learning Center have been awarded the 2025-26 Future Connect Scholarship sponsored through the City of Portland and Portland Community College (PCC). Congratulations to Nyx Canty, Xander Chapin Plata, Kamilah Hernadez-Sanchez, Mya Glover, Miles Markowitz, Kai Moser, Nico Ross, Mace Skutley, and Mariano Quintero on earning the award. […]
Mt. Scott Learning Center (MSLC) seniors Kaliyah Mohr and Jibril El Bellaj have been named the 2025 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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
At Mt. Scott we’re used to doing a lot with a little. So a gift to our school makes a real difference, whether we’re adding new books to our library, buying students lunch on a college campus visit, or making sure everyone’s laser pointer is still working. These little things […]
Willamette Week’s Give!Guide is now live and we’re so excited to be a part of it! Now through the end of the year you can support holistic, student-centered education at Mt. Scott by making your gift at www.giveguide.org. When you give through the Give!Guide you will: Be entered to win […]
We are so thrilled to be sharing space in this year’s Willamette Week’s Give!Guide with over 200 other nonprofits making a difference for Portland communities! The Give!Guide is Willamette Week’s annual effort to raise funds for, and draw attention to, the good works of local nonprofits. You can find Mt. […]