About Us

MISSION

Powell Butte Community School will develop the ability to think critically, communicate effectively, and excel academically. Through place-based learning our students will become stewards of their environment and community.

VISION

Powell Butte Community School is a rural public school dedicated to the integration of an outstanding academic program with the community, the land, and its people.We offer a joyful and creative educational experience where engaged students practice the skills they need to be effective citizens and stewards. Powell Butte Community School will serve as a model for preserving schools in rural communities.

Our perceived individual and community benefits:

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Heightened commitment to serving as an active, contributing member of society

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Ongoing professional development of teachers

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Serving as a model for other rural schools trying to preserve their integrity and culture

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Improved academic achievement

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Increased student efficacy

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Enhanced appreciation of the natural world

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Stronger ties to the community

PHILOSOPHY STATEMENT

Powell Butte Community School members believe:

In using local place to learn how to act both locally and globally:
Prepare people to live and work effectively in a democratic society;
Sustain the cultural and ecological integrity of the place we inhabit.

In providing a quality education:

Systematically and intentionally integrate place-based education and service learning;
Maintain a standards-based core curriculum;
Utilize an integrated, multidisciplinary approach;
Use varied methodologies (such as: experiential learning, inquiry, storyline, problem-based learning, and direct instruction);
Personalize and make more meaningful the educational experience of individual students.