The Delphian School is a place for the curious, compassionate and driven. It’s for those who lead by example—the doers, the makers and the fixers.
It’s for those who live life to the fullest and love exploring and discovering. They want to see more, know more and help more.
About Delphian School
In the fall of 1976, the Delphian School opened on the site of a former Jesuit novitiate near Sheridan, Oregon. The main building on campus is a four-story, Art Deco-style building with a brick exterior that was designed by Poole & McGonigle and built in 1933 for the Jesuit house.
Total Student Enrollment and Tuition at Delphian School
There were about 60 students enrolled in the school’s first year. Two years later in 1978 the school had 120 students, tuition was $4,500 for boarding students and $2,800 for non-boarders.In the mid-1980s the campus was considered as a possible location for a federal prison. The Sheridan Federal Correctional Institution opened in 1989 in another location in the area.
The headquarters for Delphi Schools, Inc. are located at The Delphian School, which is the founding school.
Academics at Delphian School
The Delphian School uses a proficiency-based education model, where students advance through the curriculum by demonstrating proficiency or competence rather than at a set time. Profiles of the school mention the applied focus of the curriculum and its “highly disciplined and self-directed approach,” as well as its transformation of the traditional grading system.
In addition to its K-12 curriculum, the school is licensed by the nonprofit group Applied Scholastics to teach its students to use the study techniques, known as Study Tech, developed by L. Ron Hubbard, a point of some controversy in profiles of the school.
Conclusion
Delphian is a member of the Oregon Federation of Independent Schools (OFIS), an organization that safeguards educational choice; it is an accredited member of the Northwest Association of Independent Schools, one of the Northwest’s major accrediting groups; and it is an accredited member of Cognia, a standards-based accreditation body.
