Oregon Episcopal School
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| Oregon Episcopal School | |
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| Location | |
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| Portland, OR, USA | |
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| Religion | Episcopalian |
| Head of School | Matthew H. Hanly |
| Enrollment |
830 total |
| Faculty | 118 |
| CEEB Code | 380915 |
| Average class size | Upper School: 14 Middle and Lower School: 17 |
| Student:teacher ratio | 7:1 |
| Average SAT scores (2006) | 642 critical reading 650 mathematics 625 writing |
| Type | Private, Boarding |
| Campus | Suburban, 59 acres (239,000 m²) |
| Mascot | Aardvark |
| Color(s) | Forest Green, with Light Blue and White highlights |
| Established | 1869 "the oldest Episcopal school west of the Rocky Mountains."[1] |
| Homepage | www.oes.edu |
The Oregon Episcopal School (also known as OES) is a private, coeducational college preparatory school in the suburbs of Portland, Oregon. The school is in Raleigh Hills, a census-designated place in Washington County, Oregon. The Beginning, Lower, and Middle schools consist entirely of day students, but the Upper School includes a large boarding program. Approximately one third of the Upper School's student body resides on campus, and around one quarter hail from outside the United States from countries such as China, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Russia, Mexico, Kenya and Rwanda. OES is known for its academic rigor and its success in national science competitions such as the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, the Intel Science Talent Search, and the Siemens Westinghouse Competition. In 2007, Portland Monthly Magazine named the school one of the best in Oregon.[2] OES has always been a fierce rival of the Catlin Gabel School, particularly in athletics.
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[edit] Mission statement
"The purpose of Oregon Episcopal School is to prepare students with promise for higher education and lifelong learning and to enhance their intellectual, physical, social, emotional, spiritual, and artistic growth so that they may realize their power for good as citizens of local and world communities."
[edit] College matriculation
- 99% of all graduates matriculate at a college or university within a year of their high school graduation.
[edit] Athletics
In most sports, OES competes in the OSAA 3A league. The exceptions are lacrosse, fencing and skiing, for which there is no official OSAA categorization, and in which OES competes against schools of all sizes. Despite competing against schools ten times the size, OES reached the Oregon State Lacrosse Championships in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006 with a victory in 2004. The school also won state championships in the 2005-2006 season in women's soccer, women's volleyball, and men's tennis, and men's soccer with each team going undefeated throughout their respective seasons. In the 2006-2007 season, the men's soccer and tennis teams defended their state titles while the women's soccer, volleyball, and tennis teams placed third in state. In the 2007-2008 season, the men's basketball team reached the state playoffs and both the men's and women's tennis teams won the state title. The fencing program has historically attracted and produced many highly-ranked fencers at all age levels under coach Ed Korfanty.
| Fall | Winter | Spring |
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| Soccer | Basketball | Lacrosse |
| Volleyball | Skiing | Track & Field |
| Cross Country | Snowboarding | Tennis |
| Fencing | Fencing | Fencing |
[edit] Mascot
OES's official mascot is the aardvark. This somewhat unusual animal was chosen by the student body to replace the falcon. According to the school's website, "Many years ago, when the falcon mascot seemed a bit too hard-driving, a student reached for the dictionary and didn’t have to look too far to find an alternative."[3] While OES has no official alma mater, at sports events students often sing a school song to the tune of Oh My Darling, Clementine: [4][5]
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- I'm an Aardvark, I'm an Aardvark,
- I'm an Aardvark till I die.
- I would rather be an Aardvark
- Than a Tree from Catlin High.
The last line refers to the Catlin Gabel School, OES's traditional rival, which uses the Pine Tree as its logo.[6] (The school's mascot is actually the Eagle.[7])
[edit] Disaster on Mount Hood
One of the worst climbing accidents in U.S. history occurred in May of 1986 when seven sophomore students and two faculty froze to death during an Outward Bound excursion on Mount Hood. Of the four survivors, three had life-threatening hypothermia; one had his legs amputated. The parents of the victims created a trust fund which supports the sophomore class in a yearly cultural event in memory of the sophomores and teachers lost.
The OES disaster spurred the development of the Mountain Locator Unit, an inexpensive transmitter which helps searchers find climbers in distress.[1]
[edit] Notable alumni
- Virginia Euwer Wolff '55 - Winner of the 2001 National Book Award in the Young People's Literature category. [8][9]
- Ben Westlund '67 - 2006 Oregon Gubernatorial Candidate. [10]
- Maggie Groening '76 - Sister of Matt Groening, creator of Emmy Award winning television show The Simpsons, and nominal inspiration for character Maggie Simpson.[citation needed]
- Gene Trautmann '85 - Drummer for the rock band Eagles of Death Metal, and former drummer for Queens of the Stone Age.[citation needed]
- Peter Holmstrom '87 - Guitarist, songwriter, and founding member of The Dandy Warhols.[citation needed]
- Courtney Voelker '95 - 2001 Rhodes Scholar. [11][12]
- Seth Kelsey '99 - Member of the 2004 United States Olympic Fencing Team. [13]
- Tianhui Michael Li '03 - Member of the 2003 USA TODAY All-USA High School Academic Team, 2nd Place Winner at the 2003 Intel Science Talent Search, and 2007 Marshall Scholar. [14][15]
- John Robinson '05 - Actor, best known for Elephant and Lords of Dogtown. [16]
