Built on a liberal arts foundation

We provide a weekly Spanish immersion experience for each of our classrooms. Children build a basic Spanish vocabulary through visuals, songs, and games.

Weekly art lessons are tailored to each grade's skill level and interests, progressing from developing fine motor skills and learning about different mediums to perspective drawing, landscapes, color theory, shading, and fine detail. Children are taught to draw realistically step by step using the Monart Drawing Method.

Our weekly theater class helps children develop personal voice, stage presence, verbal and non-verbal expression, and teamwork, culminating each spring in an all-school musical where every child has an age-appropriate role and a chance to build confidence performing in front of an audience.

Students attend PE class twice a week, focusing on conditioning and sports skills. Throughout the year, they work toward conditioning goals while building a stronger understanding of various team sports.

Our curriculum emphasizes learning both in and outside the classroom, rooted in the belief that a rich education happens in authentic surroundings where exploration and discovery drive the experience. Each classroom takes part in four to five curriculum-based field trips per year, such as:

• Seattle Children's Theatre

• Pacific Science Center

• Kids Quest

• Woodland Park Zoo

• Seattle Aquarium

• Fort Nisqually Living History Museum

• Issaquah Salmon Hatchery

• Bellevue Botanical Gardens

• 21 Acres Center

• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

• Hopelink Food Bank

• Redmond City Hall

Fourth graders get the unique opportunity to attend a four-day sleepover excursion at Camp Coleman near Gig Harbor, WA, where guided outdoor activities and group initiatives challenge them to work as a team and build leadership skills like problem solving and delegation. This hands-on setting lets students practice real-life critical thinking and take on new roles within a group. They return with more confidence, compassion, deeper friendships, and stronger leadership skills.

In fifth grade, students use scientific inquiry in tandem with technology and experimentation to study geology and earth science. Students have the opportunity to attend Nature Bridge, a week-long environmental education experience on the Olympic Peninsula where they are given the opportunity to apply the scientific process in field studies based on water conservation, geology, forest ecology, or marine sciences.

Third through fifth graders have the chance to become ambassadors, taking on leadership roles around the school such as helping with morning drop-off and snack, running craft club, and planning our all-school celebrations.