Twin Rivers Charter School
A SCHOOL OF CARE, CONNECTION, CREATIVITY, AND
CONSERVATION
Welcome to Twin Rivers Charter School
Twin Rivers Charter School (TRCS), part of Northwest Youth Corps, is a public school chartered by the Eugene 4J School District. TRCS serves students from 8th to 12th grade who are ready to achieve academic success beyond a traditional classroom environment.
No other school travels as much, goes as far, or takes on more challenges than Twin Rivers Charter School. Instruction is hands-on and place-based, incorporating classroom learning, field studies, and work projects. If we are studying it, we want to go see it, to experience it. When we study oceans, we go to the coast, when we study climate change we go see the impacts of glacier melt. These experiences help connect classroom learning to the world and in so doing create connections in our students’ brains.
We Go Farther
Whether we're camping under the stars, preparing our own farm-to-table school lunches, clearing trail from storm damage, or searching for Bigfoot, we do things differently at Twin Rivers. If we are studying it, we want to go stand on it, feel it, smell it, experience it to its fullest. That's how we think our students learn best. This approach allows us to dig deeper into our academic learning and take our understanding farther than we thought possible.
By the Numbers
16 students in an average class 1 to 6 staff to student ratio 4 weeks spent camping each year 15,000 miles traveled per school year
Career Pathways
Twin Rivers Charter School prepares youth for the workplace by emphasizing basic skills and career readiness, while providing a solid academic foundation for students interested in pursuing a college education. Students will gain first hand experience in Outdoor Recreation and Natural Resource Management fields, opportunities to visit colleges and universities, meet representatives of the building trades, and participate in internships and field experiences
