Leadership
Teach students how to think, not what to believe.
PSCS is a small middle and high school, located in the historic and vibrant Chinatown neighborhood of the International District. At PSCS, we prioritize intersectional curriculum focused on traditionally excluded narratives-particularly those whose stories are, and continue to be, systematically altered, silenced, and stolen.
This includes programming that intentionally supports offering counter-narratives so students learn to connect the history of the world, our country, cities, and neighborhoods, to more and less traditional academics-in preparation for many possible pathways, including higher education, and for life well beyond their early 20s.
Teach solidarity.
At PSCS, our staff work hard to support young people (and each other) to develop and hone strategies to parse important facts from opinions and the truth from fiction; to think critically and to connect history to our current reality; to understand more and less traditional academics within the context of equity, access, and systems-and how making these connections may serve our individual goals as well as the goals of a larger community, and ultimately bring us each closer to a more empathetic and compassionate future.
Together, PSCS staff and student facilitators, guide deeper embodiment of learning, and foster the “soft” skills most often undervalued and de-prioritized in American education: collaboration, empathy, boundaries, consent, restoration, transformation, community-building, mutual aid, joy, rest, and creativity.
We meet every student where they’re at and model intentional collaboration every day. As PSCS’ three collaborative administrative Directors, we are transparent, honest, and committed to sending young people out in the world who can advocate for themselves and others, who forge their own paths (and acknowledge the footsteps they walk in), and who embrace the dignity and humanity of all people.
The PSCS logo, a möbius strip fashioned into a heart, is a continuous surface with no boundaries; an unending loop that connects itself to all existing possibilities. This represents for us the individual perspectives, needs, and desires of each one of us, as well as the collective priorities of the community, of humanity-infinitely intertwined with no true beginning or end.
We look forward to meeting those for whom this resonates, and who are interested in learning more.
Teach community.
Val, Tim, and Sieg
PSCS Administrative Directors
Valerie | Director of Program
Tim | Director of Operations & Registrar
Sieglinde Director of Community Engagement & Admissions