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Principal |
Andrew Smallman (Director) email the principal |
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Special features |
independent study, nonprofit |
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Gender composition |
coed |
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Dress code |
No dress code |
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School Mission
- To turn passion into achievement.
| Curriculum |
- Foreign language(s) taught: French, Latin, Spanish and others based on student interest.
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Instructional Program Highlights
- Competence-based credit
- Individualized curriculum
- Week-long Intensives three times a year
- Service learning
| Activities and Sports |
- Clubs and extra-curricular activities include: Intensive weeks; Organic Farming; City-wide scavenger hunt; Backpacking trip; School play and Musical performances.
- This school has the following art(s) programs: band, theater/drama, photography, drawing/painting, dance, video/film production and other programs based on student interest.
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Parent and Community Support
- As a community school we encourage parents to be as involved/present as they are comfortable. Feel free to sit in, even offer a class, or keep more of a hands-off approach. PSCS is at its best when the community is involved.
Other news or notes
- PSCS is like an extended family that supports each other!
| Technology and Facilities |
- This school offers wireless internet (wi-fi) access to students.
- This school was established between 1990-1994.
- No transportation is provided to this school.
- This school was built between 1980-1989.
- Recent or upcoming renovations: New 4,100 sq ft facility in the International District with new carpet and flooring, fresh paint and mostly new furniture.
- Gymnasium and physical education facilities: PSCS works closely with the International District/Chinatown Community Center, a new neighborhood center with gym facilities that is only a block away, to provide physical education and after school programs to our students.
- Library facilities: The Wenzel library at PSCS is a small circulating library serving students, staff, and community members. Our school is also served by the International District branch of the Seattle Public Library only a block away.
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| Admissions and Enrollment |
- Measures used to evaluate applicants: interview and recommendations.
- To evaluate applicants, this school also uses: Student and parent responses to questions, student project.
- Of the students who applied for admission to this school for the current school year, 61-80% were accepted.
- Tuition: $13,000-$13,999
- 21-40% of students receive financial aid to attend this school.
- PSCS provides scholarships based on demonstrated need and as funds allow. PSCS would accept private scholarships provided funds are not tied to assessment measures that the school does not support.
- Students at this school enroll by choice.
- Few of the students at this school come from the neighborhood where the school is located.
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| Safety, Discipline and Support |
- Safety and discipline-related resources include: Peer mediation or conflict resolution program. Other safety and discipline-related resources include: Process-oriented approach to discipline issues.
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| Other Features and Highlights |
- 86-90% of students remained enrolled at the school between last school year and this school year.
- This school has an emphasis in: Individualized achievement.
- Regular classroom hours: 9:00am to 3:30pm.
- Principal has been at this school for 14 years.
- Principal has 18 years of experience.
- Foreign language(s) spoken by staff: French and Spanish.
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| Source of Data |
Additional information, including curriculum and special programs, was either submitted to GreatSchools by a school official or comes directly from the school or school district's Web site. This page was last updated on 10/30/2008. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of information submitted by school officials.
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