Willamette Academy Graduation
Willamette Academy Graduation
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Willamette Academy Service Learning
New course
New Willamette Academy Service Learning course to be offered at Willamette University in the Fall of 2013. Read more
Willamette Academy Summer 2012 Newsletter
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Featured Student
Jose
Jose appreciates the Willamette Academy for its tutoring services, for the mentorship it provides, and its excellent study space. Participation with the Academy has helped him keep his grades up. He also hopes to help other students with their studies-he will likely come to help other students the way the Willamette Academy has helped him. Read More
Featured Student
Jenny
Jenny believes that everyone deserves an opportunity to go to college, an opportunity, she thinks, is limited because many people can't afford college. Jenny is constantly exploring social issues that center around the inaccessibility of college. Especially in her public speaking class, where she’s crafted speeches on the advantages of making college available to everyone . Read More
Featured Student
Brian
Brian is proud of his two last names, Blanco and Lila. One last name from his mother and one last name from his father, they are his role models. He’s motivated to continue his education because of his parents, “they tell me I have to go to college” Brian Blanco Lila loves math, or as he says, “My favorite classes are the ones I get to do math in.” He hopes to be a Mechanical Engineer at Oregon State or Harvard. But for now, he’s spending time at the Willamette Academy with his friends. Read More
Featured Student
Jose Rios
Jose has engaged his interest in Biology and Orchestra by enrolling in IB courses that will help him achieve his future goal of helping both his family and others in an economic way. By knowing how it feels to grow up in a low-economic area, he understands the hardship one has to go thorough to endeavor for a better future. His philanthropic spirit is best understood by his definition of the word “hardship”, which is: an individual who works hard to better himself for the sake of others Read More
Featured Student
Lucee
Lucee feels that Willamette Academy has been a positive influence in her life. Being apart of the Academy has allowed her to come out of her shell. It has allowed her the confidence to talk to more people as well as help with her public speaking skills. Over these three years, she has come to consider the Academy her second family. Read More
Welcome to Willamette Academy
Willamette Academy reaches out to historically underrepresented communities by empowering youth who have the desire and potential to advance to higher education.
This academic program is designed to address a number of factors that may discourage certain students from attending college or otherwise impede their academic progress. We are committed to helping our students achieve at a level that will enable them to attend the four-year college or university of their choice.