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Elementary School Enrollment – Ages 5-11
*Incoming students must be age 5 by August 31 of that year
Current Weekly Schedule:
Monday-Thursday 8:30am-3pm
Friday 8:30-12pm
Bridge School Students are assigned to a mixed age classrooms with the goal of creating balanced cohorts that support individual and group learning. The weekly schedule includes our Core Classrooms 3 days per week, Creative Enrichment Workshops on early release days, and weekly Outdoor Education classes at Seahurst Park.
Mixed-age Core Classrooms are assigned the summer prior to the school year and and cohorts are determined by teachers and Head of School based on age, social-emotional development, and academic needs. Number of classes and age ranges vary based on student demographics and enrollment. Our current classes for 23-24 are:
Coho (ages 5-6)
Kokanee (ages 7-8)
Chinook (ages 9-11)
Our Approach to Learning
We focus on whole child development through academics, social-emotional growth, creativity, and problem-solving skills. Our schedule includes literacy and math workshops, project-based learning and the use of broad interdisciplinary themes to encourage deep exploration. We foster community building and social development by taking time to model, support and teach communication skills, conflict resolution, leadership and compassion for all.
We believe:
- All human beings have an innate desire to connect with the natural environment and that children need hands-on, exploratory experiences outdoors. Every child participates in our Outdoor Education program at Seahurst Park throughout the year.
- Integrating visual and performing arts into our core program doesn’t simply enrich it, but is a vital creative resource for children. All students are offered creative opportunities for expression during the core academic curriculum and dive deeply into specific areas during Creative Enrichment.
- In using a social justice lens to guide our curriculum and programming choices and in teaching students to be advocates and leaders for equity in their community.
- All students join us just where they need to be and track growth with a variety of assessment tools and learning continuums. Each student is supported as an individual and a valued member of our school community.
Questions? Contact amanda@bridgeschoolcoop.org
Creative Enrichment Workshops
Open to Homeschoolers Ages 4-11
Summer Camps
Registration for 2024 Summer Camps is now open, both to enrolled and non-enrolled families! See below for detailed class descriptions and cost. To register, complete the registration form. External families not enrolled in Bridge School programs will need to complete an additional waiver and release form and submit to amanda@bridgeschoolcoop.org
Creative Enrichment Workshops
Open to Homeschoolers Ages 4-11
Creative Enrichment offerings for 2024-25 will be announced in late spring 2024. Read below to learn about Spring 2024 offerings as an example of the kinds of learning experiences open to homeschooler enrollment.
Creative Enrichment Workshops offer creative, hands-on topics and experiences. Two sessions offer a variety of topics, with past courses including theater skills, play-writing, yearbook, wood working, cooking, photography, science, storytelling and more. One of our most popular workshops – Bridge to Broadway – culminates in a performance of a Junior Broadway musical! All students who are enrolled in our full day elementary program are automatically enrolled in Creative Enrichment Friday AM.
Spring 2024 Offerings
Food for Thought (Ages 4-11)
COST
Core Program Enrolled Bridge Students: Included in tuition
Homeschool Families: $1270
BRIDGE TO BROADWAY: THWACKED! (Ages 8-11)
COST
Core Program Enrolled Bridge Students: Included in tuition
Homeschool Families: $1270
Learning in Nature
Outdoor Education offerings for 2024-25 will be announced in late spring 2024. Read below to learn about Spring 2024 offerings as an example of the kinds of learning experiences open to homeschooler enrollment.
OUTDOOR EDUCATION
Weekly Schedule: Mondays, 8:30-3pm
Held at Seahurst Park
The Outdoor Education Program is a hands-on learning experience where nature is our classroom. We normalize outdoor learning environments while delivering hands-on science, art, and social-emotional learning. Students increase their basic natural sciences knowledge of the outdoors such as identification of common plants/animals, knowledge of weather patterns, life cycles, ecosystems, and outdoor/wilderness safety. Our goal is to help children develop authentic connections to the natural world and feel comfortable outdoors in all seasons. Held at Seahurst Park in Burien, WA, students have access to marine and forest ecosystems to explore.
COST
Enrolled Bridge Students: Included in Tuition
Homeschool Families: $1,800 (Jan 8 – June 3)
The Bridge School offers week-long summer camps to enrolled students based on student interest and staff availability. Look for Summer 2024 offerings coming early 2024.