Mannahouse Christian Academy (formerly City Christian Schools) is a

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pre

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th grade

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located in

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, and

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. It is associated with Mannahouse. The campus is within Mannahouse Church, formerly City Bible Church. This church annually hosts One Conference, an event which students are encouraged to attend. The school is accredited with AdvancED. Mannahouse Christian Academy is also partnered with

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for an opportunity to earn college credits for their junior and senior

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students.

History

Portland

Mannahouse Christian's Academy

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was founded in 1974 as Temple Christian Schools, a vision of Bible Temple Church (later Mannahouse), enrolling 101

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grades 1-9. This campus serves as the main

for Mannahouse Christian Academy, offering multiple connected buildings and an outside

chapel A chapel is a Christian place of prayer and worship that is usually relatively small. The term has several meanings. Firstly, smaller spaces inside a church that have their own altar are often called chapels; the Lady chapel is a common ty ...

for all students. The main reason for establishing this school was the need for students to receive quality academics in a Godly environment. MCA has now grown to over 600 students, with PreK-12 in the Portland campus alone.

Vancouver

Mannahouse Christian Academy's

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campus was started in 2010 at their Mill Plain campus, although Rocky Butte's

started before this. In 2016, Mannahouse Christian Academy announced that they would be opening

kindergarten Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school. Such institutions were originally made in the late 18th cent ...

at the same campus. In 2019, the same year that the school was renamed from City Christian Schools to Mannahouse Christian Academy, the Vancouver campus at 112th Ave opened hosting K-8th

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. For students graduating

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is available to the Portland campus.

Eugene

Mannahouse Christian Academy's Eugene, Oregon location opened in 2022 hosts a 25-acre facility for PreK and 9-12

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. It is currently the only

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high school in all of

. Mannahouse Christian Academy has also partnered with

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in Eugene in combined chapel sessions to help student's spiritual growth.

Other

Mannahouse Christian Academy formerly had a preschool campus in

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however it has since closed down. Mannahouse Christian Academy also hosts a variety of

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from

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Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

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, and

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. This, along with many

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and Burmese students make Mannahouse Christian Academy one of the most diverse private Highschools in

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Academics

Mannahouse Christian Academy is accredited with

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and is partnered with

OSAA The Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) is a non-profit, board-governed organization that regulates high school athletics and competitive activities via athletic conferences in the U.S. state of Oregon, providing equitable competition amo ...

ZMan
Children's Scholarship Fund, and the

National Honor Society The National Honor Society (NHS) is a nationwide organization for high school students in the United States and outlying territories, which consists of many chapters in high schools. Selection is based on four criteria: scholarship (academic achi ...

among others.

Elementary

Along with the standard Elementary classroom subjects such as

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and

Language Arts Language arts (also known as English language arts or ELA) is the study and improvement of the arts of language. Traditionally, the primary divisions in language arts are literature and language, where language in this case refers to both lingu ...

, Mannahouse Christian Academy's Elementary features

Technology Technology is the application of knowledge to reach practical goals in a specifiable and reproducible way. The word ''technology'' may also mean the product of such an endeavor. The use of technology is widely prevalent in medicine, science, ...

Fine Arts In European academic traditions, fine art is developed primarily for aesthetics or creative expression, distinguishing it from decorative art or applied art, which also has to serve some practical function, such as pottery or most metalwork ...

Music Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspect ...

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, and After-Care for all elementary students. Students typically have one teacher with other elective teachers throughout the week. Mannahouse's small class sizes allow students to develop close friendships with one another as early as Preschool.

Middle School

Along with standard Middle School classrooms, MCA's Middle School features

, Science Labs,

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, Performing Arts and Music,

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, and

. They compete with other Middle Schools in Athletics such as

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Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

and a

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class.

High School

Mannahouse Christian Academy's High School offers a wide variety of academics. They offer

, Science Labs, Performing Arts and Music, Honors Classes,

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, Online AP Classes, and dual credit opportunities at

and

Portland Bible College Portland Bible College (PBC) is a four-year Bible college in Portland, Oregon, United States that offers theological and church ministry degrees. It was founded in 1967 and is associated with Mannahouse Church, which is associated with Ministe ...

. Their Athletics offer

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(Male & Female) and

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. A high school student in order to graduate requires 4

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credits, 3

credits, 3 Social Studies credits, 3

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credits, 3

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credits, 2

Religion Religion is usually defined as a social- cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relates humanity to supernatural, ...

credits, 1

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credit, and 1

credit, amounting to twenty credits total.

Athletics

Mannahouse Christian Academy has a wide variety of athletic options for their students, being accredited by

. They compete currently at the 2A level against both private and public schools for their Portland Campus while competing in the 1A level for their Eugene campus.

Boys Basketball

Mannahouse Christian Academy has a varsity and junior varsity team for Boys Basketball in both Portland and Eugene campuses. For their Portland team, as of 2024 they are ranked #7 in OSAA 2A. For their Eugene team, as of 2024, they are ranked #75 in OSAA 1A.

Girls Basketball

Mannahouse Christian Academy has a varsity and junior varsity team for Girls Basketball for their Portland campus. As of 2024, they are ranked #29 for OSAA 2A.

Volleyball

Mannahouse Christian Academy has a varsity and junior varsity team for Girls Volleyball for their Portland campus, and a varsity team for their Eugene campus. They are also trying to start up a Boys Volleyball team in the Portland Campus. For their Portland team, they are ranked #26 in OSAA 2A. For their Eugene team, they are ranked #75 for OSAA 1A.

Cheerleading

Mannahouse Christian Academy has a cheer-leading team in both their Portland and Eugene campus. Currently both teams do not compete against other Cheer leading teams however that is hoped to change in the 2025 school year.

Track & Field

Mannahouse Christian Academy has a varsity boys and girls Track & Field team for both their Portland and Eugene campuses. As of writing this, they have not competed yet in an
track meets
and therefore have no current ranking.

Notable alumni

* Soobin Kim (김수빈) (2013), Business Administrator

References

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