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  • Wind & Oar Boat School engages young people and inspires learning through the art, science, and craft of building wooden boats.

It’s Bigger Than the Boat

Our work is powered by the belief that all children are capable of learning and thriving.
Experiential, hands-on, project based education is essential for for engaging and inspiring students.

There is so much left to do to transform our education system so that all youth can be the builders of their own lives. Wind & Oar Boat School is dedicated to making that transformation a reality.

What We Do

  • STEAM
    STEAM

    Integrated curriculum in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Math

  • Engage and Inspire
    Engage and Inspire

    Active learning through hands-on projects, getting students to dig deeper

  • Environmental Stewardship
    Environmental Stewardship

    Connecting to the woods, wind & water

  • Inclusion and Belonging
    Inclusion and Belonging

    Embracing diversity and different learning styles

  • Perseverance
    Perseverance

    Creating possibilities from challenges

  • Collaboration
    Collaboration

    Sharing in the joy of a job well done

Explore

  • Youth Served

    2721

  • Hours of Instruction

    4028

  • Boats Built

    74

  • Program Partners

    37

We engage students in their own learning and inspire them to envision possibilities. Our supporters generosity changes students lives by building more than a boat.

April 12, 2023

Amplifying Earth Day throughout April.

July 6, 2022

Our 2021 Impact Report highlights and celebrates a year of "Ah-ha Learning" at it's finest. 

March 31, 2022
  • Suzanne Bonamici, U.S. Representative, Oregon 1st District

    “Several years ago, I visited with some of the students at the Wind & Oar Boat School…. I was impressed with the new skills they were learning and how poised and confident they were as they went about their work.”

Thank you to our generous supporters:

  • Daimler Trucks NA
    Daimler Trucks NA
  • The Standard
    The Standard
  • Northwest Natural
    Northwest Natural
  • AAA
    AAA
  • City Graphics
    City Graphics
  • Port of Portland
    Port of Portland
  • Vernier
    Vernier
  • Foterra Jewelry
    Foterra Jewelry
  • Joyce Miller Owens Foundation
    Joyce Miller Owens Foundation
  • Hyla Woods
    Hyla Woods
  • Gray Family Foundation
    Gray Family Foundation
  • Oregon Youth Sailing Foundation
    Oregon Youth Sailing Foundation
  • CFM Advocates
    CFM Advocates
  • AshbeanPDX Marketing
    AshbeanPDX Marketing
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