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School Mission
- Cascades Academy weaves a challenging academic program with a broad range of shared experiences and recognizes each individual in a community of inspired students, talented teachers, and involved parents.
| Curriculum |
- Foreign language(s) taught: Spanish.
- This school has a particular instructional focus on hands-on learning, project-based instruction.
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Instructional Program Highlights
- Cascades Academy emphasizes a rigorous academic program, experiential education, small class sizes, and community service.
| Activities and Sports |
- This school has the following art(s) programs: band, theater/drama, art and Creative Movement.
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Parent and Community Support
- Cascades Academy parents are greatly involved in the school and its programs. Each family contributes 40 volunteer hours to the school each year.
Other news or notes
- Visit our website, to learn more details about Cascades Academy: www.cascadesacademy.org
| College and Work Preparation |
- 80-100% of graduates go to 4-year colleges.
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| Technology and Facilities |
- 6 students per computer.
- 100% of classrooms are connected to the Internet.
- This school was established in 2002.
- No transportation is provided to this school.
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| Admissions and Enrollment |
- Measures used to evaluate applicants: interview and recommendations.
- To evaluate applicants, this school also uses: student questionnaire, standardized test results.
- Standardized tests used to evaluate applicants: ERB (Educational Records Bureau);
- Of the students who applied for admission to this school for the current school year, 81-100% were accepted.
- Tuition: $9000-$9999
- 21-40% of students receive financial aid to attend this school.
- Most of the students at this school come from the neighborhood where the school is located.
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| Other Features and Highlights |
- This school has an emphasis in: COLLEGE PREP for high school.
- Regular classroom hours: 8:00 to 3:15.
- Accredited by Northwest Association of Independent Schools in 2006.
- Principal has been at this school for 4 years.
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| Source of Data |
Additional information, including curriculum and special programs, was either submitted to GreatSchools by a school official or comes directly from the school or school district's Web site. This page was last updated on 03/19/2007. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of information submitted by school officials.
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