Do you feel like your teen would benefit from more quality academics, athletics, and extracurriculars—and opportunities for spiritual growth?
Have you tried other schools—even waited it out to see if things would change—but you’re not finding what you need?
The Sherman family, and so many others, have found peace and purpose here at Portland Christian Schools. Their oldest, Kai, started attending PCHS as a freshman.
“He came so alive that first year in school, and he would come home every day and just sit around the dinner table talking about school, and about God and science, and God and math. And he was just incredibly excited about school.”
So excited, in fact, that he offered to find a job to help his parents with tuition and encouraged his younger sister to join him.
Ready to see how your family can thrive at PCHS, too?
Developing Heart, Mind, and Soul
The PC Way of Learning in High School
At Portland Christian Schools, we nurture the whole child through five interconnected components of growth. Explore how each component is expressed at the preschool level.
Character Development
Students participate in Spiritual Emphasis Week, Serve Week, and junior service projects, applying biblical principles through service to the local and global community. Leadership roles in Student Council, honor societies, athletics, and arts provide further opportunities to demonstrate responsibility, initiative, and collaboration.
Clubs, fine arts productions, competitive athletics, mission, and educational travel experiences broaden perspectives and develop resilience, empathy, and a servant-leader mindset. The Student Spiritual Life Team and Student Council provide additional platforms for developing responsibility and service-mindedness.
Participation in national honor societies reinforces service as a core expectation.
Graduates emerge as community-minded believers with a personal relationship with Christ. They are prepared to lead with integrity in college, career, and life, demonstrating responsibility, ethical decision-making, and perseverance.
Faith Formation
Bi-weekly chapels with student-led worship and guest speakers alternate with student-led small groups, creating space for authentic faith conversations. The annual Spiritual Emphasis Week focuses the entire school community on a unified theme through daily chapels and worship. Serve Week provides hands-on service opportunities in the local community, and junior-year service projects deepen commitment to missional living.
Students can serve on the Student Spiritual Life Team, leading chapels, organizing worship nights, and coordinating prayer events such as the National Day of Prayer. Worship team members develop musical and technical skills for ministry, while mission trips offer cross-cultural service and evangelism experiences.
Graduates leave with a personal and actionable faith, able to articulate biblical truth and live it out in relationships, academics, and service. They are prepared to engage as Christ-centered leaders in college, career, and community life.
Physical Growth
Students participate in competitive league play, tournaments, and state championships. PCS teams have a strong legacy of success; recent highlights include girls’ volleyball state championship, a boys’ basketball state runner-up finish, and multiple track and field medals.
Athletic offerings include soccer, volleyball, cross country, basketball, cheer, baseball, softball, golf, track and field, Ski Club, and intramural-style events like Powderpuff and Powertuff. Athletes receive college recruitment support and can pursue leadership roles in team settings.
Graduates leave with well-developed physical skills, resilience, and competitive experience. Many pursue athletics at the collegiate level, while all gain the confidence, health habits, and teamwork skills to sustain lifelong physical well-being.
Servant Leadership
Serve Week connects students to a variety of local ministries and organizations, while mission trips provide opportunities to serve cross-culturally. Spiritual Emphasis Week deepens personal discipleship and leadership influence.
Leadership roles are available through Student Council, Spiritual Life Team, National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, athletics, fine arts, and travel programs. Students help plan chapels, worship nights, school-wide events, and service initiatives, modeling Christlike leadership for peers.
Graduates leave PC with real-world leadership experience, the ability to mentor and influence others, and a commitment to servant leadership rooted in biblical truth, ready to make an impact in college, careers, and ministry.
Intellectual & Creative
Students gain hands-on learning through lab work, Socratic seminars, mock elections, and creative production in art studios, music ensembles, and theater performances. Signature events include the annual art showcase, fall play, spring musical, state-level competitions in music and theater, as well as opportunities to perform or exhibit work in the community.
Elective choices extend academic and creative exploration, from advanced STEM courses and foreign language study to ceramics, digital arts, vocal ensembles, and pit orchestra participation. Clubs (offerings are based on student interest), e-sports, and honor societies such as National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, National Art Honor Society, and Thespian Club offer additional outlets for leadership and talent development. Cultural Week gives students understanding and empathy for people from diverse backgrounds.
Graduates leave PCS academically prepared for college-level work, with over 90% attending college or university. They are equipped to communicate effectively, think analytically, and apply creativity to solve problems. Many earn college credits, academic honors, and recognition in the arts, positioning them for success in higher education and beyond.
Start the Conversation
Learn how Portland Christian High School can offer your teen a college-prep education and enriching extracurriculars.
Outstanding Academics and Extracurriculars
Academic Tracks
The best way to describe our rigorous curriculum is personalized. We meet with your student one-on-one to hear what they want their future to look like, and we work with them to choose an academic track that will get them there.
Specialized Electives and Clubs
High school is the perfect time for your student to explore their interests, so we offer everything from a state-championship choir and a top-tier theater program to classes like 3D computer-aided design and more than 20 AP and advanced classes. Plus, we have clubs for esports, chess, ping pong, thespians, and more.
Outstanding Facilities
Strong Athletics
Your student-athlete can choose from a variety of sports throughout the year. PCHS teams have a long legacy of winning championships. In fact, in the 2023-24 school year, the girls’ volleyball team won state; boys’ basketball placed second; and the track and field team brought home eleven medals.
Invested Teachers
All of our teachers are highly qualified, and more than 60% have advanced degrees. They care deeply about each student’s success. Tutoring is available for free after school on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays because our teachers want your teen to have the best chance to succeed.
“Looking back at my time in high school,
I realize the best thing about the teachers at Portland Christian is that if I was struggling they went out of their way to help me. They taught me how to find and use tools to be successful in my learning. They cared enough to make sure I succeeded, even if it meant extra work for them.”
— Jordan Curtis, PCS Class of 2023 Computer Game Development major at Mt. Hood Community College
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*PCS offers six AP/dual credit math courses ranging from college algebra to Calculus III — and has some of the best AP calculus scores in the state (80% passed with a score of 4 or 5 compared to 40% in the state).
Thoughtful, Personalized Career and College Prep
Well over 90% of our graduates go on to colleges and universities, including Harvard University, George Washington University, Oklahoma Christian University, United States Naval Academy, Wheaton College, and the University of California. Here’s a high-level view of how we help students discern God’s calling on their lives, whether that includes college, the trades, missions, or a direct path to a career.
Eighth Grade
We meet with every family to discuss the high school path and give each student an opportunity to chart their high school coursework to see all of the opportunities available to them.
Ninth Grade
We begin by walking your teen through the basics of college and career planning. After the first semester, we meet with students to show them their transcripts and explain step-by-step how transcripts are used.
Tenth Grade
Sophomores attend a PCS-hosted college fair that draws representatives from at least 17 universities, and we partner with Portland Community College on a trade fair. All freshmen and sophomores take the PSAT.
Eleventh Grade
Every junior takes the ASVAB to help match them with potential job areas. They take the PSAT and have the opportunity to take the SAT on campus during the school day. Every junior also meets with the Dean at least once during the school year.
Twelfth Grade
Seniors continue to receive one-on-one guidance as they prepare for their future and can also take the SAT on campus during the school day. Support for scholarship applications and essay writing during the college application process is also provided.
Athletes
Athletes who have the opportunity to play sports beyond high school will often receive interest and scholarship offers from different colleges based on their sport and skill levels. Portland Christian works with our athletes to ensure they are on track to graduate, eligible for scholarships, and able to market themselves to maximize their scholarship opportunities.
All high school students have daily access to the Dean to discuss academics, schedules, and college and career planning.
“I participated in varsity sports, student council,
honor society, art honor society, scholastic art and writing awards, and was a recognized member of Mu Alpha Theta at graduation. These numerous activities prepared me by teaching me social skills, pushing me academically, and helping me learn good time management. Thanks to Portland Christian, I felt very prepared for college.”
— Matthew Griffith, PCS Class of 2021, GRADUATE OF Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia
A Culture Focused on Christ
To promote students’ spiritual growth we offer a Student Spiritual Life Team, small groups, student-led chapels, mentor-teachers, and a Biblically integrated curriculum.
All of those work together to help our students transform and grow in:
Heart
Students at PCS will be community-minded believers whose actions and interactions prove that they strive to be responsible, ethical, productive, and informed citizens.
Soul
Students at PCS will be spiritual believers whose faith causes them to understand and enter into a personal relationship with Christ.
Mind
Students at PCS will be scholarly believers whose discipline leads them to research, analyze, and apply information from a Biblical worldview.
STRENGTH
Students at PCS will be active believers who responsibly protect and nourish their bodies as God’s temple.
Come experience PCS for yourself.
The best way to see if we’re the right fit for your family is to tour our campus, meet our students, and visit our Christ-centered classrooms.