BLACK BUTTE SCHOOL DISTRICT

Nestled in the heart of the Metolius Basin, Black Butte School is a public K-8 school. The school offers a dynamic educational experience that utilizes the unique bioregion of the Metolius Basin to enhance student learning. The curriculum blends classroom lessons with adventures in our local community to foster curiosity, compassion, confidence and environmental stewardship.

BLACK BUTTE SCHOOL DISTRICT

Nestled in the heart of the Metolius Basin, Black Butte School is a public K-8 school. The school offers a dynamic educational experience that utilizes the unique bioregion of the Metolius Basin to enhance student learning. The curriculum blends classroom lessons with adventures in our local community to foster curiosity, compassion, confidence and environmental stewardship.

BLACK BUTTE SCHOOL DISTRICT

Nestled in the heart of the Metolius Basin, Black Butte School is a public K-8 school. The school offers a dynamic educational experience that utilizes the unique bioregion of the Metolius Basin to enhance student learning. The curriculum blends classroom lessons with adventures in our local community to foster curiosity, compassion, confidence and environmental stewardship.

BLACK BUTTE SCHOOL DISTRICT

Nestled in the heart of the Metolius Basin, Black Butte School is a public K-8 school. The school offers a dynamic educational experience that utilizes the unique bioregion of the Metolius Basin to enhance student learning. The curriculum blends classroom lessons with adventures in our local community to foster curiosity, compassion, confidence and environmental stewardship.

BLACK BUTTE SCHOOL DISTRICT

Nestled in the heart of the Metolius Basin, Black Butte School is a public K-8 school. The school offers a dynamic educational experience that utilizes the unique bioregion of the Metolius Basin to enhance student learning. The curriculum blends classroom lessons with adventures in our local community to foster curiosity, compassion, confidence and environmental stewardship.

OUR MISSION

With our small school and multi-age classrooms,
we engage in meaningful learning experiences that help students develop a deep connection
to self, others, and the world around them.

WHAT SETS US APART

K - 8

Grade Levels

6:1

Student-Teacher Ratio

7

Average number of field trips per year

13

Avg number of hours spent outside per week

14

Days spent off campus in Ski and Swim programs

15

Avg number of community partners we work with

WHAT WE DO

Our historic two-room schoolhouse borders Deschutes National Forest and the Metolius River. With the combination of this forest setting and our small student body, Black Butte School has the ability to focus on outdoor education in a way that many other public schools cannot. Our K-8 students spend an average of 13 hours per week outside: field trips, recess, PE, field studies, the ski program, and more!

WHO WE ARE

Black Butte School District offers education to students K-8 in mixed-grade classrooms. Our teaching faculty brings a collective background of diverse experience to their lessons, keeping things fresh by infusing creativity and innovation to the curriculum year after year. With a 6:1 student-to-teacher ratio, kids receive a higher level of attention.

HOW TO GET INVOLVED

Interested in enrolling? Black Butte School District serves students in the Camp Sherman area, and accepts transfer students from outside the district (if space available).  Interested in volunteering? We love partnering with our local community and have many opportunities for volunteer positions.

OUR VISION

COMMUNITY

CURIOSITY

COMPASSION

CONFIDENCE

STEWARDSHIP

“I love telling people about my elementary school experience at Black Butte School. It was so unique…although I didn’t know it at the time. It definitely formed me into the person I am today.”

Emily Sargent, Black Butte School Alum

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