Editing Tigard, Oregon (section)

==Education==
[[File:Tigard-High-School.jpg|thumb|[[Tigard High School]]]]
The city of Tigard falls mostly under the jurisdiction of the [[Tigard-Tualatin School District]]; however, some of the northwesternmost part of the city falls under the jurisdiction of the [[Beaverton School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st41_or/schooldistrict_maps/c41067_washington/DC20SD_C41067.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Washington County, OR|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=May 19, 2023}}</ref> The Tigard-Tualatin School District contains ten elementary schools, three middle schools and two high schools. Tigard is home to [[Tigard High School]], Fowler Middle School, Twality Middle School, Alberta Rider Elementary, CF Tigard Elementary, Durham Elementary, Mary Woodward Elementary, Deer Creek Elementary, Metzger Elementary, and Templeton Elementary. The district also operates the alternative school [[Creekside Community High School]].

Private schools include Gaarde Christian School,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gaardechristian.com/|title=Gaarde Christian School|website=gaardechristian.com}}</ref> [[Oregon Islamic Academy]] and [[Westside Christian High School]]. Higher education includes a branch of [[Everest Institute]], a branch of the [[University of Phoenix]], and a branch of [[National American University]]. The closest traditional four-year college is [[Lewis & Clark College]] in Portland. The city operates the [[Tigard Public Library]], which started in 1963.<ref>{{cite news|last=Nirappil|first=Fenit|title=Tigard Public Library plans to celebrate 50th birthday|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/tigard/index.ssf/2013/10/tigard_public_library_plans_to.html#incart_river_default|access-date=October 28, 2013|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=October 26, 2013}}</ref>

From the 1980s until 1992 the [[Portland Japanese School]], a [[Hoshuko|weekend Japanese educational program]] for Japanese citizens and [[Japanese Americans]], was held at Twality Middle School.<ref name=Florip>Florip, Eric. "[http://www.oregonlive.com/tualatin/index.ssf/2011/06/every_weekend_tualatins_hazelbrook_middle_school_becomes_portland_japanese_school_where_its_all_math.html Every weekend, Tualatin's Hazelbrook Middle School becomes Portland Japanese School, where it's all math and language]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150416031621/http://www.oregonlive.com/tualatin/index.ssf/2011/06/every_weekend_tualatins_hazelbrook_middle_school_becomes_portland_japanese_school_where_its_all_math.html Archive]) ''[[The Oregonian]]''. June 2, 2011. Retrieved on April 9, 2015.</ref>