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October 30. 2002
R eligion
De La Salle North Works
con tin u ed
fro m M etro
co u ld n 't afford his tuition to a pri
vate school any longer. Deem said
he w asn’t too concerned. He en
rolled in public school. But while he
never got bad grades, they w eren’t
great either.
All that changed when his par
ents found about De La Salle North
Catholic and Deem was admitted.
He started working at Mc Menamins
Kennedy School and began putting
m ore tim e into his schoolwork.
“ It was like all o f a sudden I just
becam e motivated,” Deem said. “I
d o n 't know what happened. Before
I d idn’t really care, but not I’m w ait
ing for my report card.”
Sophom ore M ary M iller also
enjoyed her first year at De La Salle
North Catholic. I ler sister attends a
public high school and Miller said
she sees the difference between their
educational experiences in many
layers. The dress codes are differ
ent, class sizes are smal ler and De La
Salle North Catholic has a student
leadership team o f nine am bassa
dors, ratherthan the hierarchy found
in m ost student governm ent pro
grams. Miller spends her w eekends
doing volunteer work instead o f
going out and she spends on aver-
aga tw o to three hours a night on
homework compared to the hal fhour
her sister usually gets. But Miller
said the corporate internship pro
gram is what really distinguishes De
La Salle North.
“ I do accounting for Stoel Rives
law firm,’’Miller said. "Not that other
jo b s are bad, but m ost kids my age
w ork at fast food places.”
Powell will be the first toacknowl-
edge the difference between his
school and public high schools, but
trying to get him to put down the
public school system is another
story.
“W e are in a totally di fferent and
very fortunate situation,” he said.
“W e are able to provide a lot o f
De La Salle North
Catholic Choir
instructor Maurice
Wright (left) and
school founder and
president M att Powell
head toward a school
spirit rally. The north
Portland high school
serves a diverse
student body with a
minority population
making up half o f the
freshman and
sophomore classes.
individualized education.”
He said the public school system
often does not have that ability, not
because it doesn 't want to, but be
cause it doesn't have the privilege
o fb ein g so small.
It is that sm allness that students
say makes De La Salle North Catho
lic feel more like a family than a
He d id n ’t w ant to move. He was
already the school’s star soccer
player, well liked by his peers, aca
dem ically successful and happily
em ployed a, Nike. He felt he could
better serve his family by finishing
his education in Portland and be
com ing a doctor.
“He really had this global view
We are in a totally different
and very fortunate situation.
We are able to provide a lot o f
individualized education.
a
— M att Powell, De La Salle North Catholic founder and president.
school. In the case o f sophomore
Luke Johnson, the high school has
literallybecom e his family.
Johnson, a G hana native, came to
Portland with his m other and eight
siblings under the sponsorship o f a
Catholiccharity. D ueto the sagging
econom y, his m other was unable to
find work and planned to m ove with
relatives in New' York. W hen his
m other broke the news, Johnson
was four m onths into the school
year at De La Salle North Catholic.
about how to liberate people from
their poverty through education,”
Powell said. “T hat’s w hat De La
Salle saw in 17'h century France and
that’s what w e’re doing here to
day.”
So school officials m ade a plan.
With the permission o f Johnson’s
mother, they arranged for hi m to I i ve
with his 23-year-old brother, a stu
dent at Portland State University.
Johnson gets a ride to school from
the principal and the rest o f the staff
and students pitch in to help him
out.
“ It has been am azing,” Johnson
said. “School is everything to me.
T h ey 'v e been just like a family to
me.”
Powell is eagerly trying to recruit
more members to the family.
This year the school added a
new principal and adm issions d i
rector Lena M cGee. She will over
see the adm issions process, w hich
begins this fall for enrollm ent be
ginning next year. A pplications
require a com pleted form, available
at the school, three letters o f rec
om m endation, transcripts o f sev
enth and eighth grades and a co m
pleted placem ent exam . W hile a
strong academ ic record is not a
requirem ent for adm ission, a de
sire to be challenged is.
“W e are looking for kids who
can perform ,” Powell said. “ Last
year w e only had 3 kids below a 2.0
grade point average. It w as really
im pressive. T h ey ’re w orking re
ally hard.”
De La Salle North Catholic High
School will hold a com m unity open
house Sunday Nov. 17 from 1 p.m .to
4 p.m. at 7654N . Delaware. Students
interested in attending the school
next year and businesses w ishing to
participate in the corporate intern
ship program are encouraged to
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