OES - Mission Statement and Principles

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.

WE STRIVE for the full development of each student, drawing from resources within and without the School.
WE ENDORSE learning as a natural, exciting process involving struggle and discovery, disappointment, and satisfaction. Shared by student and teacher, the joy of learning flourishes in a caring, orderly environment intended to develop self-discipline.
WE ENCOURAGE the hard work and extra effort needed to lead a student to excellence not otherwise attained.
WE TEACH traditional academic subjects and basic skills, integrated with the aesthetic, physical, and spiritual.
WE CHOOSE, retain, and reward skilled and caring professionals for our faculty, and expect them to stimulate, guide, and challenge their students and to grow professionally.
WE SEEK students with intellectual promise from diverse backgrounds and value energy, enthusiasm, imagination, curiosity, creativity, and a sense of humor.
WE CULTIVATE initiative, integrity, responsibility, self-confidence, and self-reliance.
WE FACILITATE contributions to society by undertaking programs of outreach and service to others.
WE BUILD community, relying on the contributions of students, faculty and staff, families, parents, alumni, trustees, the parish congregation, and the community at large.
WE EMPHASIZE the value and dignity of individual spiritual needs, understanding and respecting the diverse beliefs represented in the OES community while exposing students to the Anglican tradition.
WE GUIDE with a love which is kind and tough; which operates without fear; which says “no” as well as “yes”; which listens with the heart, tells the truth firmly but tenderly, and rewards with encouragement.