This is a great school with an amazing staff that cares about my child's development. Lower school…read more(PS-5th grade) is French language immersion but the middle school has 5 language tracks, including English only, French (obviously), German, Chinese, and Spanish. The student-teacher ratio is purposefully low and my kid is eager to come to school every day. The campus is big and the other parents are so welcoming. Go visit the campus if you want to learn more about this amazing program.

When your kids have historically not liked school, and then you switch to a different school (FAIS)…read moreand they repeatedly tell you how much they love their school and how they are glad they don't go anywhere else.....you thank your lucky stars that a school like FAIS exists! This school gives kids the wiggle room, the outdoor connection, a Global perspective and basis of information for learning, a rigorous and enriching IB program, amazing art/music/PE that is woven into their everyday subjects beautifully, caring faculty, a small teacher:student ratio, and it instills a love of learning that, based on what I hear from alumni, carries on into their higher education. And let's be real, hearing your child carry on a conversation with their teachers and friends in French is pretty darn cool. Especially when neither parent at home speaks it!

Fantastic school. Talented and caring teachers, and experienced and supportive administration…read more Active PTA with great parent support. We also really enjoyed all the afterschool activities; this year our son did yoga, clay club, Lego explorers, and two art classes. There are a lot of great community building events throughout the year as well.

If you don't have to send your kids to Portland Public Schools, then don't but if you have the…read morechoice to go to Irvington Elementary or not then let me recommend and tell you DO NOT GO THERE, especially if you want to get your kids a good education and a place to feel safe becasue no matter how many times we have expressed, gone in, had the children express there feelings they go un-heard and brushed under the rug, screw that! This school SUCKS!

My son started going to Scribbles about 3/4 of the way through the school year last year when he…read morewas 4, and returned and attended the full year this past year. I could not be happier with our experience with the school. The teachers, the curriculum, the communication were all above expectation. The small class size and having 2 teachers per classroom meant a lot of one on one time. The teachers truly treat the kids like their own. They did daily art projects, played outside or did activities in the gym (weather dependent), went on field trips, learned their ABC's in sign language, and worked on all of the basic Pre-K skills, such as letters, numbers, days of the week, months, colors, shapes, etc. I feel as though my son has a huge advantage going into kindergarten this coming fall, and this is all due to Scribbles wonderful program. I would recommend them to anyone that is looking for a preschool program for their little one.

Park Academy is a Portland area private school that serves students with dyslexia and other…read morelanguage learning differences in Grades 3-12. Structured, sequential, simultaneous, multi-sensory teaching approaches, such as the Barton Reading & Spelling System, help students develop fundamental academic skills. The Academy offers a low student-to-teacher ratio with a complete range of core academic classes plus various electives. Park Academy is located on South Shore Blvd in Lake Oswego, about ten minutes south of downtown Portland. Park Academy is accredited by the Northwest Accreditation Commission (AdvancED) and is a designated Subscriber School with Pacific Northwest Association of Independent Schools (PNAIS). These organizations provide both program oversight and professional development resources. My Son graduated from Park Academy and I can't thank them enough for the educational opportunity they provided him. I also got involved as a school parent and it was a joy to be part of Piper Park's educational vision.

Park Academy is a Portland area private school that serves students with dyslexia and other…read morelanguage learning differences in Grades 3-12. Structured, sequential, simultaneous, multi-sensory teaching approaches, such as the Barton Reading & Spelling System, help students develop fundamental academic skills. The Academy offers a low student-to-teacher ratio with a complete range of core academic classes plus various electives. They have made a tremendous difference in my child's life. The struggles she was having in the public schools were more than they were prepared for. Ridicule was beginning because of her falling behind. School was becoming a nightmare for her. The lack of resources available made it a downward spiral. Park has the resources. The knowledge. Teachers that are prepared to handle the needs of kids with learning difficulties. The teacher ratio is a vast improvement. No child is left behind because they are encouraged. They are stimulated to learn and explore.

This school was my top choice for Preschool Promise program and I'm so glad that I was accepted…read more This is the other location of Little Explorer (there are 2), my son was briefly here before transferring over to their 185th location. Lovely teachers, healthy organic meals, very ethnically diverse, and has teachers that truly care.

I'm displeased by the Lake Ridge High School students parking in the round about spaces by the shy…read moretimid park and taking up the spaces by shy timid dog park. I have legimate walking challenges and cannot park far and bring my dog to park to exercise her. Fully capable able bodied High School students can walk to other parking lot for their cars. The High school students are too lazy to park in parking lot at Hazelia dog park. Why have a high school which students attend where you cannot park at the school of have permit parking makes no sense. So many students are fully able bodied capable of walking to big parking lot to get their cars yet they wanna take up spaces by dog park because too lazy to park in parking lot and take the spaces away from a disabled person who has walking challenges. Yes there's handi cap spaces in parking lot but its far to walk. Its very fustrating the High School students taking up the spaces by dog park.

As an education professional and someone with many friends in education, I offer some bold words:…read morethe opinion that Lakeridge may be the best public high school in the state. Recent scandals involving the football program notwithstanding, students continue to excel at Lakeridge. The school is filled with caring and knowledgable teachers and staff, and students know this. I truly believe that the positive mentoring relationship between students and staff is valued by both parties. A final note: if I had teenagers, I would move just to make sure they attended Lakeridge.

I call portland home for some reason. it's not really my home though. i was born in korea and first…read moremoved to los angeles and went to elementary there. I moved to oregon and finished all my primary education, came back to so cal for college and have been here ever since. i've lived in la longer than anywhere else. yet why do i call oregon home? maybe i don't want to be an angeleno. or maybe home is where you go to high school? whenever i am home in beaverton, oregon. i tend to drive around my area to see how things have changed and i always drive by sunset. i slow down and lower my window and just linger and look at the sign about the new game, or school play and let it all come back to me. how i remember high school and how it really was, is probably 2 different things. i thought i was a character, memorable. i remember speaking to mr. shlegal, a teacher i really got along with, a lot of time had passed but he didn't remember me. he was sorry but told me class clowns like me come through ever year. i remember mr. coply my ap econ and ap history teacher. i saw him some place and he didn't recognize me. i thought i was an econ and history prodigy but probably one of me every year... though one person i swear does recognize me is my old wrestling coach, coach parker. haha i always got this notion he still holds a grudge when i quit the team my senior year. whats funny is i still wrestle and compete to this very day, but now its more like ufc (not useful funny cool but ultimate fighting championship) style. i remember when westview was built and our school looked old and small and they took half our students and all our best athletes...freakin westview!!! i remember friends becoming enemies, friends being separated, because of new school boundaries... i remember break dancing in the halls. listening to my walkman at all times. wearing my letterman's jacket as a badge of honor and pride. pride... some kids hate their high school, or their experience. high school was rough. but needed to make me who i am. i made life long friends i still talk to, not a lot of people can say that. my best friend from then is my best friend now. my car from then is my car still. hey who says sam can't keep a long term relationship! i even still wrestler dammit haha. i still got school pride. i remember blushing when girls used to ask me for my jackets or if i could show them a move, or for me to dance a lil bit. i remember making home movies with my friends with hopes of becoming a filmmaker. i remember writing a lot. i remember picking on a lot of other people and smacking kids around. the bullied becomes the bully sometimes. i remember smoking behind the school, i remember drinking at my friends house and falling in love with liquor. I remember catcher in the rye and robert cormier books and the great gatsby and ethan frome and crime and punishment and so many more. i remember garretty and zinn. i remember warm summers eating outside, laughing, and care free eating orange creamcicles. before i was an adult. i was a human being. it was almost idyllic, or thats how i remember it. i remember what it felt like to be at home. i remember pride. sunset apollos.

Went here as a spectator for a "visitor" football team. The place seemed quite welcoming and…read morepleasant. I had heard all sorts of things about being a visiting spectator for high school football events and this was nothing like any of that...

Double Creek is a truly magical learning environment for elementary age kids. My older child…read moreswitched to Double Creek two years ago after being insufficiently challenged academically and feeling overwhelmed with the stressors of a typical public school classroom. She immediately loved the individual attention and positive environment at her new school and started looking forward to school again. She has really blossomed in the time she's been there. My younger child also recently started kindergarten at Double Creek and loves school. The school is very small (I believe 9 students currently) and students are grouped according to ability or age depending on the activity. Math and language arts are individualized so students can progress at their own rate. There are two wonderful full-time teachers and they sometimes have volunteer parent helpers. They go on tons of field trips, take care of chickens and dogs, have music lessons and art projects, and have plenty of indoor and outdoor play, including walks through the forested backyard or around the neighborhood. The building is spacious, light-filled, and full of good energy. The kids are inquisitive, kind, and really support each other. I like that the curriculum is structured, but they also allow space for kids to dig into things they get excited about. For example, a couple of weeks ago the older kids decided they wanted to put on a play for the school, which they wrote, produced, and presented to the parents and younger kids. The teachers, Sherilyn, and Joy, are true gems. They're both highly qualified (one even has a PhD) with years of teaching under their belts. They truly care about the kids and really partner with families to make sure kids' needs are met. We feel extremely lucky to have found such a wonderful place for our children to grow.

Incredible Micro school specializing in gifted education and 1:1 instruction. Impressive.read more