☀️ Summer camp is off to a super start! Our campers had an amazing time during Superhero Week, creating their own superhero identities, exploring campus, and making new friends. A huge thank you to our summer camp counselors for making every day so much fun! We wrapped up the week with a visit from the snow cone truck, and we cannot wait for all the adventures still to come this summer. #summer #camp #bellevuewa

We are thrilled to be welcoming our first cohort of Kindergarten students this August! We cannot wait to see the classroom come to life with curiosity, joy, and growth as our wonderful Kindergarten teaching team, Ms. Metrick and Ms. Armitage, nurture a love of learning with their students. Our Early Learning Teacher, Ms. Metrick, earned her Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education from Oakland University and then went on to earn her Master’s in Education at Antioch University. She joins us with 19 years of teaching experience, spanning from preschool to second grade. However, her favorite grade to teach is Kindergarten! She shares, “I love using project-based learning, art, songs, stories, jokes, and movement to help kindergarten students have a magical introduction to primary school.” Our Early Learning Teaching Fellow, Ms. Armitage, previously earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Boise State University, which fuels her passion for understanding how our youngest learners thrive, connect, and grow. Ms. Armitage’s teaching philosophy is rooted in fostering curiosity and a safe community to learn in. “I place immense value on the relationships students build with learning early on, and I make it my mission to ensure those first experiences are rooted in joy, confidence, and safety.”   We extend a warm Mountaineer welcome to Ms. Metrick and Ms. Armitage!

Project Week is the time of year when students can pursue passion projects that take their fun and learning outside of traditional curriculum. During this time, they built, played, cooked, explored, solved, danced, and experimented. Thanks to all our teachers for their creativity and excitement in providing these opportunities for our students!