Therapeutic School for At-Risk Students in Portland, OR

School Status

Lower School is OPEN
Upper School is OPEN

For more info on closures, alerts or early dismissals
due to weather or other conditions, please click here.

Serendipity has returned to in-person learning. Please click here to see our Guide for Families Booklet.

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for more important information on Student Expectations.

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for Current Job
Openings.

Serendipity is a non-profit therapeutic school
Serving at-risk students whose complex needs prevent success in other settings.

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Serendipity provides a unique and nurturing environment
For students to heal, and become educated, productive community members.

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We are Oregon’s ONLY Special Ed School of Excellence.
(Also accredited and registered/approved for both Oregon and Washington learners.)

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We advance educational equity by striving to eliminate historical and institutional barriers to achievement.
We do this through instruction and community building, both teaching and modeling inclusion and respect for all.

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In Serendipity’s Four-Pillar model, services are integrated across these areas.

EDUCATION

Serendipity provides individualized instruction and adaptive learning opportunities to students of all abilities, helping those who have struggled in traditional classroom settings to experience academic engagement and success.

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MENTAL HEALTH

The therapeutic services offered at Serendipity integrate clinically designed interventions into the structure of a school day, allowing immediate and constant access to support.

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TRANSITION

Serendipity’s transition services create a bridge for young people between the K-12 special education system and the world beyond the classroom.

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WELLNESS

Our Wellness programs develop lifelong health awareness and habits, which are important to everyone and even more critical to students already at risk for health challenges resulting from traumatic or adverse experiences.

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Serendipity would like to extend our most sincere thanks to November’s donors…

Alan Pasternack
Bart & Wendy Ricketts
Dave’s Killer Bread
Eric Robertson
Erika Schwartz
John & Mia Bean
Karen & Cliff Deveney
Kat Hendrix
Kathy Keim Robinson
Kroger
Lori Silverman
Mark Kummerer & Phanna Pich
Mark Wharry
MediaWorks
Michael Hsu
Ms. Elizabeth Clark Agosti
Norm & Kathy Dull
Patrick Wrobel
Paul & Felicha Fields
Rick Larson
Secret Weapon LLC
Shannon Dale
Tom Trussell

What’s Happening

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WHAT’S HAPPENING IN DECEMBER ...

Wednesday, December 1: GSA (Gender/Sexuality Alliance) Group meeting
Wednesday, December 8: Student Council meeting
Friday, December 10: garden work party
Friday, December 10: Lower School professional development day –
Lower School closed, Upper School open
Wednesday, December 15: GSA (Gender/Sexuality Alliance) Group meeting
Friday, December 17: Student of the Month announced
Monday, December 20-Friday December 31:
Winter Break – school and office closed

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN JANUARY...

Monday, January 3: Lower School CLOSED -Professional Development Day. Upper School OPEN.
Wednesday, January 5: GSA (Gender Sexuality Alliance) group meeting.
Monday, January 10 to Thursday, January 13: Winter School-wide Expectations.
Tuesday, January 11: Student Council Meeting
Friday, January 14: No School- Professional Development Day.
Friday, January 14: Garden Work Party.
Monday, January 17: No School and office closed- Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Wednesday, January 19: GSA (Gender Sexuality Alliance) group meeting.
Tuesday, January 25: Student Council Meeting.
Monday, January 31: Student of the Month announced.