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Charles Wright Academy (CWA) is an independent school for girls and boys from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. Opened in 1957, CWA provides a rigorous liberal arts program guided by an ethos of excellence and compassion. Within a diverse learning community, we foster self-reliance, integrity, social responsibility, and humor, empowering our students to achieve their personal best in mind, body, and spirit. Serving over 700 students, CWA is truly one of the premiere schools in the Northwest, sending its graduates to the best colleges and universities in the country. We prepare our students for their futures through a demanding academic program in an environment which fosters the development of character and independence.

Founded in 1964 and expanding nationally since 1995, Horizons is a network of high-quality, tuition-free, immersive, academic and enrichment programs for low-income children, providing out-of-school-time supports for the duration of a child’s Pre-K-12th grade experience. Horizons students, all of whom are free-or-reduced-lunch qualified, come from public schools, with roughly 2/3 performing below grade level when they first arrive. Horizons programs operate outside of the regular school day, with a six-week summer intensive, after school, and on weekends. The network has 52+ programs across 17 states and is growing every year. The six-week summer session is Horizons’ hallmark. Beginning in Pre-K or Kindergarten, students join a cohort that receives ample individual attention in a new educational environment: the resource-rich campus of an independent school, college, or university. Horizons programs blend high-quality academics – with an emphasis on literacy and STEM – with arts, fitness, cultural enrichment, field trips, and confidence-building challenges, particularly swimming. Returning year-after-year, our students, staff, and families develop deep, trusting relationships. Horizons is unique among summer programs for four reasons: our insistence on exceptional program quality; partnership with students’ families; long-term approach; and balanced support of academic achievement and healthy youth development. Evidence shows the Horizons approach mitigates gaps of opportunity, skills, and achievement: • Over each 6-week summer session, Horizons students achieve an average 8 to 12 weeks improvement in reading and math – reversing the typical “summer slide” and sending students back to school ahead of where they left in June; • 99% of students in Horizons high school programs graduate on time; • Students show improved social skills, self-confidence, motivation, attitudes toward learning, and school-year attendance. The mission of Horizons National is to initiate, support, and ensure the quality of Horizons programs throughout the United States.

Our mission is to expose a diverse population of young girls to a high-quality STEM academy that inspires confidence in their pursuit of learning throughout the year.

Carter Elementary School is committed to providing an outstanding education for nearly 600 students in the Carter community. They are an elementary school that offers resources including STEM programming and arts education.

Orchard House educates and inspires middle school girls in a responsive, academically engaging community that fosters each girl's intellectual curiosity, social responsibility, emotional integrity, and physical well being.

The Alexander Dawson School at Rainbow Mountain is a nurturing learning community for boys and girls in preschool through grade eight that challenges students to achieve excellence in mind, body and character.

Miss Hall's School inspires and encourages each girl to pursue the highest standards of learning and character; to contribute boldly and creatively to the common good; and to seek a purposeful life based on honor, respect, growth, and personal authenticity.

The Nightingale-Bamford School inspires girls to go beyond barriers.Our vision is for Nightingale students to be joyful learners who have the intellectual depth and the courage to be critical thinkers, compassionate citizens, and agents of their own lives; in doing so, we advance equity for the betterment of all.To achieve this mission and vision, we will educate girls’ minds and hearts by:-Infusing their lives with meaningful relationships;-Teaching them to value difference as a source of strength and means of growth;-Empowering them to question the status quo with confidence, empathy, resilience, and reason.Adopted by the Board of Trustees on November 2, 2017.

THE MISSION OF THE WEBB SCHOOLS IS TO PROVIDE AN EXEMPLARY LEARNING COMMUNITY THAT NURTURES AND INSPIRES BOYS AND GIRLS TO BECOME MEN AND WOMEN WHO THINK BOLDLY, MINDFULLY AND CREATIVELY, ACT WITH HONOR AND MORAL COURAGE, LEAD WITH DISTINCTION, AND SERVE WITH A GENEROUS SPIRIT.

Saturday Academy strives to engage all motivated young people, including those from under-represented communities, in hands-on, in-depth learning by connecting them to community experts as educators and mentors. Their vision is that all interested, pre-college students in our region will have the opportunity to interact with community experts and experience professional environments in ways that assist them in developing intellectually and preparing for rewarding careers. Saturday Academy's innovative programs are open to all students in grades 2 through 12. They value all learning, and offer experiences in many disciplines. They emphasize science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), because these fields are critical for children's careers and their fast pace of change is difficult to address in traditional school settings. Saturday Academy was founded in 1983, and became an independent 501c3 nonprofit in 2006. Saturday Academy has provided instruction to more than 190,000 students throughout Oregon and SW Washington.

Torah High School was founded in 1999 with the purpose of providing an intensive program of Torah studies combined with a rigorous general studies program. Torah High School has received international recognition for its ability to provide a rigorous dual curricular program of secular and Judaic education for girls, preparing them for successful university and seminary study. Our mission is to prepare all students for a lifetime of learning, spiritual growth, and community responsibility. Our goal is to provide all students with an outstanding Torah education and an excellent college preparatory secular education.

Roland Park Country School, a college preparatory school for girls, is dedicated to the intellectual, aesthetic, physical and moral development of its students. While maintaining high academic standards, it upholds tradition and promotes innovation. It encourages self-discipline, independence of thought, tenacity of purpose, creativity, and spiritual well-being. It also fosters personal integrity, respect for others, an appreciation of diversity, and a cooperative, resilient spirit. RPCS values the friendly atmosphere of mutual trust inherent in an inclusive community. It strives to instill in its students a lifelong love of learning and the motivation to look within and beyond themselves in order that they become responsible, contributing members and leaders of their communities.