• Willamette Academy Now Hiring!

    Willamette Academy Now Hiring!

    Academy seeks first ever Academic Support Coordinator

    The Academy is accepting applications for a full-time Academic Support Coordinator and part-time Academic Year Instructor positions. Details inside! 

  • Buffalo Wild Wings Benefit Nights

    Buffalo Wild Wings Benefit Nights

    Dine with WA @ Buffalo Wild Wings

    Take the free shuttle to Buffalo Wild Wings on Mondays, October 7, 14 and 21 and help out Willamette Academy at the same time!  Read more

  • Featured Student

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

  • Featured Student

    Featured Student

    Mauricio

    Willamette Academy has offered Mauricio a place to get help and support with school, along with building a community of mentors and friends. He believes that Willamette Academy can help him succeed with his goal of becoming a veterinarian.  Read More

Welcome to Willamette Academy

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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.

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Highlights

Dine with WA @ Buffalo Wild Wings Come to Buffalo Wild Wings on Mondays during October and help out Willamette Academy!

Future Teachers Learn from WA Students On May 13th, Willamette Academy students participated in a unique workshop where they were able to give constructive feedback to MAT candidates preparing to become teachers in the near future.

Willamette Academy Wins Silver in Statesman Journal Best Of This year, Willamette Academy won 2nd place for non-profits in the Statesman Journal's Best of the Mid Valley campaign.