Valley Catholic School is a private Roman Catholic school in Beaverton, Oregon, United States, within the Archdiocese of Portland.
The pre-K-12 school is a sponsored ministry of the Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon. Until 1991, it was an all-girls school and was named St. Mary of the Valley Academy (colloquially known as "St. Mary's"), but at the start of the 1991–1992 school year boys were admitted for the first time, and the school was renamed Valley Catholic School.
Valley Catholic has been accredited through the Northwest Association of Accredited Schools since 1965.
Enrollment Total enrollment for the high-school program was 256 in fall 1984, 243 in fall 1985, 230 in 1992, and 330 in 2014. Enrollment for grades 7 through 12 was 375 in fall 1998.
Athletics The school's athletic nickname is the Valiants. In the fall of 2010, Valley Catholic moved from the West Valley League to the Lewis and Clark League. In fall 2014, the high school sports program moved from being a 3A program in the Oregon School Activities Association's Lewis and Clark League, to a 4A program in OSAA's Cowapa League. Valley Catholic has won two 3A State Titles in Boys' Basketball in 2007 and 2014.Final results osaa.org Valley Catholic also won back-to-back 4A State Titles in Women's Volleyball in 2018 and 2019.
State championships
Boys' Basketball: 2007, 2014, 2026 Boys' Cross Country: 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2023 Boys' Golf: 2018 Boys' Tennis: 2001 Boys' Track and Field: 2024 Dance: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2023 (Traditional), 2023 (Jazz), 2024 (Traditional), 2024 (Jazz), 2025 (Traditional), 2025 (Jazz) Girls' Basketball: 2013 Girls' Soccer: 2013, 2014, 2017, 2022 Girls' Track and Field: 2014 Softball: 2001, 2007, 2008, 2009 Volleyball: 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024, 2025
Activities The school's dance team, the Charisma, took home state titles at the OSAA Dance and Drill State Championships in 2010,Final results osaa.org 2011,Final results osaa.org 2012,Final results osaa.org 2013,Final results osaa.org 2015,Final results osaa.org 2016,Final results osaa.org 2018,Final results osaa.org 2022,Final results osaa.org 2024 and in 2025.
Notable alumni
Aparna Brielle, actress Daniel Hardy, American football player Seema Mody, news anchor and reporter Mariel Zagunis, multi-metal olympic fencer
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