De La Salle North Catholic High School Hosts In-Person Benefit and Raises $602,000
Portland, OR. De La Salle North Catholic High School (DLSNC) held an in-person fundraiser by following Covid-19 protocols. The benefit drew 250 supporters and raised $602,000. Ed Maletis and his wife, Board Member Cyndy Maletis, posed for a photo with VP for Advancement Ashleigh de Villiers and Phil and Barbara Silver. The Fall Benefit Dinner & Auction was held on October 29th at the new campus for the school which is located at
Guests tour the new campus during the a reception hour.
Guests raise their paddles to support De La Salle North Catholic.
The event also celebrated 20 years of Knight Nation education and featured members of the first graduating class, 2005, and founding President Matt Powell and founding Corporate Work-Study Program Director Mike Jacobson.
2021 Cassin Award Winners Senka Lenn and Cathy Myers (on right) with DLSNC President Oscar Leong
People mingled in the outdoor courtyard during the silent auction.
250 guests are seated in the new Michael Kelley Gymnasium for the dinner and program.
From De La Salle North Catholic High School:
De La Salle North Catholic High School opened in 2001 to provide a faith-based, college preparatory high school education to underserved students from the Portland area. These families needed and wanted a viable and affordable choice of schools to send their students. Other private high schools in and around Portland were not an option for most of them because of the cost and the distance their student would have to travel to go to school each day. They spoke out and said, “put your school right here in our neighborhood.”
De La Salle was the first school to replicate the innovative Corporate Work Study Program pioneered by Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago. There are now more than 37 schools throughout American cities that model their school on this Cristo Rey model.
De La Salle North Catholic is sponsored by The De La Salle Christian Brothers and is a part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland/Western Oregon. A nationwide, independent rating agency has identified De La Salle North Catholic High School as the most diverse private high school in all of Oregon.
Students at De La Salle North Catholic High School attend class four days per week and work for a local company one day each week as part of the Corporate Work-Study Program (CWSP). The CWSP provides work experience, business contacts, and helps offset the cost to educate them. This school exists to provide this unique educational opportunity to families who would not be able to afford a private, Catholic education. Our goal is to develop tomorrow’s community leaders by making high-quality education accessible to motivated young people in a learning environment that values cultural, spiritual, and ethnic diversity. We don’t turn away any capable, motivated, or interested student because they cannot afford our modest tuition.
