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Wednesday • August 16, 2017
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Faubion School Principal Jen McCalley and Concordia Dean of Education Sheryl Reinisch get ready to open the doors to a brand new landmark school. The northeast Port-
land school was rebuilt from the ground up as part of a community based partnership with Concordia University to usher the city’s education system into the 21st Century.
A new school to follow
child’s needs to adulthood
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t he p ortland o bserver
The new and improved Faubion School is opening its
doors this month following a landmark redevelopment
process. The iconic northeast Portland institution is using
a unique series of community-based partnerships to usher
the city’s educational system into the 21st century.
Located on the original school site at 2930 N.E. Dekum
St., the construction was made possible by the passage
of 2012’s Portland Public Schools’ capital improvement
bond.
Faubion School Principal Jen McCalley says that the
new building will include a number of programming as-
pects that will make’s educational offerings truly unique.
by
‘From 3
to PhD’
“Faubion’s mission is to create safer, healthier and
more educated communities,” McCalley told the Portland
Observer.
The pre-k through 8th grade school will be pioneer-
ing a program known as “3 to PhD,” in partnership with
Concordia University. McCalley says that this approach
means that Faubion will be providing for a child’s needs
throughout the entirety of their academic career all the
way to college and beyond.
“3 to PhD stands for the first three trimesters to pursu-
ing one’s highest dreams,” McCalley said. “We want to
make sure that we wrap up kids from the very beginning,
when mom knows she’s pregnant, all the way up until
they’re doing what they want to do.”
McCalley says that they don’t expect all of their stu-
dents to earn doctorate’s degrees. She says that the school
wants to support them no matter what level of academic
attainment they are aiming for, whether it’s in the trades or
by earning a degree.
Concordia University, which is located adjacent to
Faubion’s site, will also have classrooms and learning
spaces spread throughout the new campus. The college’s
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