Historical Background & Ministry
West Hills Christian School was organized in 1949 by six families who had been transporting their children to Portland Christian School in Southeast Portland. After two years of long distance commuting to Portland Christian School, these six families decided that it was time to start a school of their own on the west side of Portland.
Our beginnings were small, twenty-one students in grades one through six and Mrs. Mabel Langhough, our first teacher/principal. She remained with the school for several years.
The school's original location was the basement of Hillcrest Bible Chapel. It was later moved to two other church basement locations before the present property was purchased and a permanent building erected. Under the Lord's blessing, West Hills Christian School has continued to expand and facilitate student growth academically, physically, morally and spiritually.
The campus is housed on approximately five acres of prime residential land in Southwest Portland just five minutes from downtown Portland. The main building is a two story concrete and frame structure with an attached gymnasium. In 1997 the Board of Directors developed a long range plan to improve and expand the school's facilities. A two-story, twelve-classroom wing was completed in 1999. In the summer of 2006, the school completed another educational wing and gym, as well as a library media center. Read More