Valley Catholic School

Valley Catholic School is a private Roman Catholic school in Beaverton, Oregon, United States, within the Archdiocese of Portland.

Valley Catholic School
Address
4275 Southwest 148th Avenue

Beaverton
,
Oregon
97078

United States
Coordinates45°29′20″N 122°49′47″W
Information
Former nameSt. Mary of the Valley Academy
TypePrivate, Coeducational
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic
Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon
Established1903
PresidentJohn Matcovich
PrincipalsDoug Ierardi, Jennifer Gfroerer, Krista Jacobson, Melissa Doxtator
GradesPre-Kindergarten–12
Enrollment1,000[1] (2016–2017 academic year)
Color(s)Royal blue and white   [2]
Athletics conferenceOSAA Cowapa League 4A-1[2]
NicknameValiants[2][3]
AccreditationNorthwest Accreditation Commission[1]
Websitewww.valleycatholic.org

The school is a sponsored ministry of the Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon. Until 1991, it was an all-girls school and was named St. Mary of the Valley Academy (colloquially known as "St. Mary's"), but at the start of the 1991–1992 school year boys were admitted for the first time, and the school was renamed Valley Catholic School.[4]

Valley Catholic has been accredited through the Northwest Association of Accredited Schools since 1965.[1]

Enrollment

Total enrollment for the high-school program was 256 in fall 1984,[5] 243 in fall 1985,[5] 230 in 1992, and 330 in 2014.[3] Enrollment for grades 7 through 12 was 375 in fall 1998.[6]

Athletics

The school's athletic nickname is the Valiants. In the fall of 2010, Valley Catholic moved from the West Valley League to the Lewis and Clark League. In fall 2014, the high school sports program moved from being a 3A program in the Oregon School Activities Association's Lewis and Clark League, to a 4A program in OSAA's Cowapa League.[3] Valley Catholic has won two 3A State Titles in Boys' Basketball in 2007 and 2014.

Activities

The school's dance team, the Charisma, took home state titles at the OSAA Dance and Drill State Championships in 2010,[7] 2011,[8] 2012,[9] 2013,[10] 2015,[11] 2016,[12] and 2018.[13]

Notable alumni

References
  1. http://www.northwestaccreditation.org/schools/Oregon.pdf%5B%5D
  2. "OSAA - Error". osaa.org. Archived from the original on 2017-03-30. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  3. Vance, Miles (July 2, 2014) [published online June 27]. "Valley Catholic looks ahead to challenges in Class 4A Cowapa". The Oregonian. p. A8. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
  4. Holley, David (December 21, 2008). "With fewer answering the call, sisters are rare in classrooms". The Oregonian.
  5. Thompson, Carla (September 18, 1985). "Non-public schools check enrollment". The Oregonian (West Metro ed.). p. B4.
  6. Gaynair, Gillian (October 8, 1998). "Friends struggle to absorb two deaths". The Oregonian. p. C3.
  7. http://www.osaa.org/docs/dnc/records/2010.pdf
  8. http://www.osaa.org/docs/dnc/records/2011.pdf
  9. http://www.osaa.org/docs/dnc/records/2012.pdf
  10. http://www.osaa.org/docs/dnc/records/2013.pdf
  11. http://www.osaa.org/docs/dnc/records/2015.pdf
  12. http://www.osaa.org/docs/dnc/records/2016.pdf
  13. http://www.osaa.org/docs/dnc/records/2018.pdf
  14. Turnquist, Kristi (April 5, 2018). "Portland native Aparna Brielle on playing a brainy student in NBC's 'A.P. Bio'". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  15. "MARIEL ZAGUNIS". Team USA. United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 11 December 2019.


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