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Programs at Open Meadow


  • Open Meadow Middle School – serves students in the sixth through eighth grades.
  • STEP UP – In collaboration with Roosevelt and its feeder middle schools, students at very high risk of dropping out of school participate in tutoring, mentoring, leadership development, and summer enrichment programs.
  • Open Meadow High School – serves students in the ninth through twelfth grades.
  • Corps Restoring the Urban Environment (CRUE) – serves students ages 16-21 in an intensive, project-based high school program, emphasizing three areas of work experience:  Natural Resources, Technology, and Social Services.
  • Open Meadow Career Services–works to ensure that all Open Meadow youth reach their long-term career goals by providing access to advanced employment and educational opportunities, focused training, and comprehensive support. Most Career Services participants are (or have been) enrolled in one of Open Meadow’s core school-based programs, but youth from all around Portland are welcome to apply for admission into Career Services.

    Learn more about students who have found success through Open Meadow’s programs.






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Painting by Open Meadow High School student


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High school graduates, on average, earn $9,200 more per year than high school dropouts.

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