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Adams High School (Portland, Oregon)

John Adams High School
Location
Portland, Oregon, Multnomah County 97218
United States
Coordinates 45°33′50″N 122°37′21″W / 45.5637607°N 122.6226227°W / 45.5637607; -122.6226227Coordinates: 45°33′50″N 122°37′21″W / 45.5637607°N 122.6226227°W / 45.5637607; -122.6226227
Information
Type Public high school
Opened 1969
Closed 1981
School district Portland Public Schools

John Adams High School was a public high school in Portland, Oregon, United States, managed by Portland Public Schools (PPS). Located at 5700 N.E. 39th Avenue (now Cesar Chavez Blvd.), Portland, Oregon, the school opened in 1969. Its curriculum, based on ES-70 and further developed by students and faculty at Harvard Graduate School of Education, had a unique and sometimes controversial approach to secondary education.

When Adams opened, there were many ways that it differed from a normal High School. The school was organized into four different sub-schools, or "houses", each with a multiple-discipline and general education focus, including a blend of students from all grades. The general education classes gave students the opportunity to debate current events, such as pollution or automation. By studying these concepts, students would learn science and the humanities through hands-on learning about topics relevant to them. Students were given the choice of selecting elective classes and were also offered the opportunity to gain educational experiences outside of the classroom, many of which were vocational classes. The governance of the school was inspired by the system of the United States government, with an executive, judicial, and legislative branch. This gave students and teachers the power to override the principal on decisions. Classes would also not be tracked. Counselors and secretaries would be a part of the four houses, and would interact regularly with students. 20 of the initial faculty members did not even have degrees in Education.

Adams pulled students from areas that had previously been in the neighborhoods of Madison, Jefferson, and Grant high schools, which were 1%, 41%, and 9% African American, respectively. According to The Oregonian, "Integration of Portland's High Schools... will be expedited in the fall with the opening of John Adams High School."


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