Start The school opened in September 2007 with 120 students in ninth grade as an option program, intending to add students each year until it included grades six through twelve. In January 2008, the district purchased the Capital Center from
Portland Community College and the
Oregon University System for $15 million to serve as the home for the Health & Science School.
2008–2011 In 2008, the school was one of six district schools that failed to provide enough class time to meet a state mandate. Also in 2011, the school was rated as needing improvement by the state after it failed to hold some state mandated tests.
2011 arson On April 26, 2011, Beaverton Academy of Science and Engineering (then Health & Science School) suffered a fire in the student girls' bathroom. According to the Oregonian, the fire was an arson and was started by 2 14-year-old girls and 1 15-year-old girl, who started the fire with a paper towel and a match in the bathroom's trash can, reportedly to get out of class. These students were later arrested after they admitted to starting the fire, but were later released but referred to the
Washington County Juvenile Department. The fire cost $22,000 in damage, and all three perpetrators were expelled.
2012–2013 The school was identified as one of several schools that would take students with the closure of
Terra Nova High School in 2012. Female students participated in the Hermanas Conference sponsored by
Intel Corporation in February 2013.
2016–2019 In 2016, the School of Science and Technology (SST), an accredited high school initially located beside Merlo High School, moved next door to the Health and Science school to occupy the 2 left-most side halls of the campus. Student attending classes at SST had the option of taking crossover classes with HS2. In 2019, it was decided by the district that due to limited budgeting, SST and HS2 would merge to become one entity known as the Beaverton Academy of Science and Engineering, thus making the 2019-2020 school-year the last year that the two schools would be officially separate entities. From 2020 to 2021 and onward, the school was officially recognized as BASE, dawning new colors, blue and gold, and a new mascot, a Phoenix. ==Academics==