In August, we moved to our new main campus at 2550 Portland, one block west of Willamette. We offer up to 6 courses a period on this campus. In addition, students still take courses at MECCA and Peace Village classrooms downtown and in the yurt at Alton Baker Park.
Enrollment for students in grades 7-12 is currently open for the second semester. If you are interested in enrolling at NCS, you can contact the office to receive an enrollment packet by calling (541) 344-1229 or emailing info@networkcharterschool.org You may also with any additional questions you have. We would love to hear from you!
Fees have become a sad fact of life in all public schools, and NCS is no different. At registration, prepare to be asked for a contribution of $75 for supplies and special fees for certain courses. We do not issue a "must have" schoolwide supply list, choosing instead to keep our requirements simple and lay in a vast store of paper, pencils, and other tools of learning at the beginning of the year, distributing them as needed. Most courses with special fees have unusual materials needs. For example, in culinary class, students learn to cook many different foods and then they eat them. By the time they finish, they are well fed experts in preparing multi-course meals. In the fishing course, students' fees pay for licenses. Every student is admitted to NCS and enrolled in courses regardless of ability to pay. But we urge all families to pay what they can, sharing the burden of expenses in these hard times.
Because teaching sustainable life choices is part of the mission of Network Charter School, we encourage all students to travel by foot, bike, or LTD bus. We can provide bus passes to all students through a special arrangement with LTD, but we strongly urge all families to contribute to the cost of these passes, which is about $16 per quarter.
At enrollment, our first concern is to provide each student with the educational experience that will be most personally rewarding while at the same time meeting state middle and high school standards. We do fundraising to fill in the gaps between what we receive from public funding and parent contributions, on one hand, and what it costs to provide a comprehensive, responsive educational program, on the other.