Health and Science School (HS2)

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Health and Science School (HS2)
An Expeditionary Learning School
Beaverton School District The Capital
Center 18640 NW Walker Rd
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Mission

• We will prepare students for college in a
  supportive, small school environment that fosters
  academic success through greater relevance to
  students culture, community, and personal lives.
  HS2 will serve Beavertons diverse population of
  students and families by working with community
  partners to provide a rigorous and innovative
  health and science education.
• Health and Science School (HS2)

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HS2 Started with partnerships

• Smart enough to keep the napkin
• Summer Science Camps
• PSU
• OHSU
• Intel
• BSD Welcome Center
• HS2 opened in 2007 with 115 ninth graders
  currently 684 students, 6-12

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Student Population
The Health and Science School is located in the
Beaverton School District and is a district-wide
option school. Approximately 44 of our students
are living in poverty. Of these students, 33
are Hispanic, 4 African American, 12 are
English language learners, 13 are students with
disabilities, and 52 of our students are female
(48 of the students in our engineering courses
are female). Through ongoing recruiting efforts,
we work to maintain this diversity.
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Theories of Action

• 1 Depth-over-breadth (graduate school level)
  experiences in the sciences will engage and
  motivate more students to strive for college
  readiness.

• 2 Equally important to the teaching of content
  and skills, HS2 strives to assist each and every
  student to acquire the identity of a successful
  college student.

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Continuing Partnerships

• Campus visits to PSU, OHSU, Pacific, PCC
• Student teachers
• STEM TOSA, 2010
• Grant support
• Dual Credit courses

• Campus visits (30/year)
• Student internships at local hospitals,
  industries, and public agencies
• Embedded PSU researcher, 2009-10

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Major Community Partners

• City of Beaverton
• Intel Corporation
• Legacy Emmanuel Hospital
• Oregon Department of Transportation
• Oregon Health and Science University
• Oregon Institute of Technology
• Pacific University
• Portland Community College
• Portland State University
• Providence Health Systems
• Vernier Software and Technology

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Evidence of Success

• HS2 named Outstanding School by ODE in 2010-11
• HS2 selected as site visit school for March, 2011
• HS2 selected in Top 20 PLTW schools in the
  country in 2010

• Seniors already accepted at
• Willamette, George Fox, UP, UO, OSU, PSU, PCC,
  Duke, Lewis and Clark, Pacific, Seattle Pacific,
  Linfield, Corbin, Simpson, AzuzaPacific, Clark

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Mission

• We will prepare students for college in a
  supportive, small school environment that fosters
  academic success through greater relevance to
  students culture, community, and personal lives.
  HS2 will serve Beavertons diverse population of
  students and families by working with community
  partners to provide a rigorous and innovative
  health and science education.
• Health and Science School (HS2)