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Delphian School Varsity Choir achieves 4th Place in State Competition

On May 6, the Delphian Varsity Choir participated in the Oregon State Choir Championships at George Fox University. The choir performed a varied program, opening with L'eccho (Echo Song), a renaissance piece for double choir by ...READ»

Delphian School Students Celebrate Teacher Appreciation Day

On Tuesday, May 4th, Delphian School celebrated Teacher Appreciation Day with student-organized presentations to each Upper School teacher. Form 6* Head Trevor Ott gave a presentation to all Upper School students about the ...READ»

Delphian Musicians Placed at District Solo & Ensemble Competition

Chaiwin "Doh" Lertsachanant, alto saxophone; Kathleen Yang, flute; Savana St. Aubin, vocal; and Elizabeth Strickland, piano recently went to Astoria to participate in the Oregon District Solo and Ensemble Contest.  At this event, ...READ»

Delphian School Students Raise Human Rights Awareness

"What are your Human Rights?” Delphian students from the Youth for Human Rights club asked interested McMinnville parents, families and educators as part of Delphian’s Community Service Day last Saturday, April 17, 2010.
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Delphian School - Supporting the Community

On Saturday, April 17th, 104 Delphian School students participated in a school-sponsored Community Service day to help the local community.  Students help Deer Meadow Assisted Living Center in their gardens, they assisted Head ...READ»

Delphian School Jazz Choir takes 1st Place at Pleasant Hill Jazz Festival

Pleasant Hill is the largest school jazz festival in the state, with about thirty high schools and ten middle schools sending jazz bands and choirs to participate.In the preliminary round the Delphian Jazz choir performed 3 songs. ...READ»

Delphian's caring approach

I am very happy about the fact that even though I am far away I am always so well informed by all of you regarding any concern or matter related to my daughter. Delphian's caring approach towards the well being of the students is so ...READ»

Academics

In addition to rounding out academic studies in literature, mathematics, writing, science, history and government, Upper School students get practical understanding and experience in the subjects of leadership, integrity, and logic, ...READ»

Student Services

All students aged nine and older participate in Student Services, a program of contribution to the operation and maintenance of the school. The Student Service program not only helps the school run smoothly, but it also helps the ...READ»

Delphian Musicians Placed at District Solo & Ensemble Competition

Chaiwin "Doh" Lertsachanant, alto saxophone; Kathleen Yang, flute; Savana St. Aubin, vocal; and Elizabeth Strickland, piano recently went to Astoria to participate in the Oregon District Solo and Ensemble Contest.  At this event, ...READ»

Delphian Takes Trophy at US Chess Federation Tournament

Nine Delphian Chess Club members competed in a United States Chess Federation-rated chess tournament in Corvalis. The Delphian team normally participates in two tournaments of this type a year, both of which are quite challenging.In ...READ»

Delphian Jazz Choir Performs at Oregon Symphony

The Delphian School's award-winning Jazz Choir sang at the Oregon Symphony in Portland last Sunday as part of the Symphony's Prelude Program.  This program offers music groups from the area a chance to perform as the ...READ»

Delphian Senior has Article Published in Statesman Journal

An essay written by Delphian School senior and Academic All-Star, Joseph Kim, was recently published by Salem's Statesman Journal. The article discusses what Joseph would do if elected Governor of Oregon. Here's the article:If I were ...READ»

Delphian Student Awarded Academic All-Star

Delphian School senior, Joseph Kim, was named Academic All-Star by Salem's Statesman Journal and was honored at the paper's annual celebration dinner held on Sunday, February 21st.  The Statesman Journal started its Academic ...READ»

Delphian Creates Artwork for The Portland Youth Philharmonic

This week Delphian Elementary and Lower School students attended a concert given by the Portland Youth Philharmonic. The students got acquainted with the different musical instruments used by a symphony orchestra and listened to the ...READ»

Delphian Students Selected for Honor Choir

On Feb. 5th and 6th, nine Delphian School Varsity Choir members went to St. Helens, Oregon to participate in the Oregon Music Educator's Association District 3 Honor Choir. About 120 students participated from 14 High Schools in ...READ»

Delphian School hosts Chess for Success Regional Championships

For the fifth year in a row, Delphian School hosted the Chess for Success regional championship chess tournament. Nearly 100 top players from Kindergarten through 12th grade came from all over Yamhill and Polk County to compete for ...READ»

Delphian Students Create "A Touch of Magic" at the Mayor's Ball

Delphian School students have been volunteering at the annual McMinnville Mayor's Charity Ball long enough to become a staple at the fundraiser, which raises money for the local Kids on the Block program.This year, Delphian Senior ...READ»

Delphian School Provides First Aid Relief to 4,800 Haitians

In response to the global plea for aid, Delphian School students Jett Lahde and Nicole Danko led the relief fund collection for Haiti on behalf of the school community. Students, families and faculty alike pitched in ...READ»

English As a Second Language

The Delphian School offers a strong English-as-a-Second-Language program year-round to students from the ages of eight through eighteen.Our goal is to help ESL students become competitive with American students in their pursuit of an ...READ»