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Forest Grove Community School

Scholarship, Stewardship & Citizenship

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Our Mission

FGCS fosters scholarship, stewardship and citizenship through engaging, relevant and active learning to help our students become educated and caring community members. Through classroom and real-world experiences we honor individual student needs and abilities, strive to educate the whole child, and emphasize student growth.

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Our Core Values

To educate the whole child, we have created a culture that includes the following core components, which reflect our values and beliefs and provide the foundation to our scholarship, stewardship and citizenship programs.

Active, Relevant, Engaged Learning

Empowerment & Ownership

Honoring the Individual

Growth & Improvement

What Sets Us Apart

Place-based, Experiential Learning

Using the local community for hands-on, place-based learning boosts student engagement, deepens understanding, and teaches sustainability.

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Learning in Loops

Looping (students with same teacher 2 years) builds long-term relationships among students, teachers and families

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Integrated, Project-Based Learning

Students apply core academic subjects through collaborative group projects that build vcommunication, organizational, and leadership skills.

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Mixed-age Classrooms

Students in mixed-age classrooms learn by readiness, not age, benefiting from older peers who naturally serve as mentors and role models.

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A teacher and two students play a game at a round table in a classroom.From our District Superintendent Suzanne West:

The Forest Grove School District is unwavering in its belief that every student has the fundamental right to learn in a safe, welcoming, and inclusive environment. We are committed to protecting this right, and celebrating each student for their unique cultures, strengths, and contributions to our schools.

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  • A teacher and two students play a game at a round table in a classroom.From our District Superintendent Suzanne West:

    The Forest Grove School District is unwavering in its belief that every student has the fundamental right to learn in a safe, welcoming, and inclusive environment. We are committed to protecting this right, and celebrating each student for their unique cultures, strengths, and contributions to our schools.

    Read the full statement

Helping all students develop as scholars, stewards and citizens through active learning rooted in the community and the natural world.