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Metropolitan Learning Center, Lincoln, Vernon celebrate milestone anniversaries
9/17/2018Metropolitan Learning Center is believed to be the oldest continually operating alternative school in the United States, and this year the K-12 school hit a milestone number: 50 years.
On Saturday, MLC celebrated its 50th birthday with an all-day fair and evening panel discussion at the school’s campus in Northwest Portland. The event included photos, videos and art displays from the school’s entire history, starting with the free-wheeling first days of 1968.
Oregon Sen. Lew Frederick gave a keynote speech, and the panel discussion included artist Karl Abramovic, whose father, Emil Abramovic, founded MLC.
See more photos from the celebration.
Meanwhile, two other schools are celebrating a milestone anniversary.
Lincoln High School: The school is in its sesquicentennial year, a fancy way of saying it was founded 150 years ago, in 1869. The school is one of the oldest public high schools west of the Mississippi River.
Lincoln is hosting monthly events tied into the anniversary, highlighted by the “150LHS Big Party” event on Saturday, April 13, at Portland State University’s Viking Pavilion. For more information, go to the Friends of Lincoln High School website.
Vernon School: The K-8 school will celebrate a “repdigit” anniversary, 111 years, with an open house on Thursday, Oct. 4, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. In addition, Concordia University will host an exhibit called “Vernon Voices,” a photo and historical project connecting current students with alumni. The exhibit will run Oct. 3-Nov. 25 in Concordia’s Cascade Library.
More information about the events, as well as historical background, can be found in the September edition of Concordia News.
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