Our Mission
Educating for Global Fluency by developing Chinese & English dual-language skills, nurturing cultural adaptability and inspiring excellence in our students for a positive impact in our world.
Hope Chinese Charter School is the first public Chinese immersion school in the Beaverton School District.
The dream for this school first began in 2010, in a Saturday language school. Parents saw their children blossom in the Chinese classes, and realized they wanted something more. The vision for the school was initiated by parents, and quickly gained interest from local educators, leaders and community organizations. Hope successfully opened its doors in the Fall of 2012 with 70 students.
Since then, Hope Chinese Charter School has provided Chinese immersion education for over 700 students and counting. Hope began with one Kindergarten and 1st Grade class and has now grown to grades K-8 with two classes per grade, plus a Preschool program.
Hope has also built a reputation for high academic performance in Math and English Language Arts, as well as high rates of proficiency in Chinese language standardized tests. In addition, we are honored to earn the #1 Best Charter Elementary School and #2 Best Charter Middle School in Oregon on niche.com year after year.
HCCS credits the passionate parents, educators, and sponsors for igniting the dream and carrying it forward.
It took many dedicated volunteers and teachers to overcome significant challenges to launch our school. We also thank Arco Iris Spanish Immersion School for trailblazing the path as the first language immersion charter school in the Beaverton School District, and supporting our founders. This legacy continues through the highly engaged families and community support that Hope still depends on today and the continued collaboration with Arco Iris for school events.
Hope is proud to serve a globally diverse community with over 19 different languages spoken in student’s homes. The faculty and staff at Hope offer decades of experience in Chinese language immersion education and it is their expertise that has made Hope an internationally recognized Chinese immersion program.
What is “World Readiness”?
“The World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages define the central role of world languages in the learning career of every student. The five goal areas of the Standards establish an inextricable link between communication and culture, which is applied in making connections and comparisons and in using this competence to be part of local and global communities.
The World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages create a roadmap to guide learners to develop competence to communicate effectively and interact with cultural competence to participate in multilingual communities at home and around the world.
Language and communication are at the heart of the human experience. The United States must educate students who are linguistically and culturally equipped to communicate successfully in a pluralistic American society and abroad. This imperative envisions a future in which ALL students will develop and maintain proficiency in English and at least one other language, modern or classical. Children who come to school from non-English backgrounds should also have opportunities to develop further proficiencies in their first language.”
—ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages).
Test Scores
In our program, students think critically and work collaboratively. Research shows that children in dual-language programs achieve higher academic outcomes than their monolingual peers (Thomas & Collier 2011), which is also reflected in our test scores.