"I know that each of you will recognize that the roots of my [college] Proposal are grounded in the values I developed through PSCS' Senior Seminar...Thank you for all the personal and intellectual skills and support you lovingly gave me. My PSCS education, which was very much a life education, has been invaluable since the day I graduated." —Lauren, PSCS Alum

founding

Puget Sound Community School (PSCS) is a small, private, middle and high school located in the Chinatown-International District of Seattle. The first organizational meeting of what was to become the Puget Sound Community School took place in the home of Andy Smallman and Melinda Shaw in December, 1993. The first day of school took place in September of 1994.

our place in history

PSCS exists on unceded Duwamish and Coast Salish land, in Seattle’s third Chinatown-International District. Some of the most important work we can do together at PSCS is to appreciate and educate ourselves about the history that surrounds us and the land we thrive on. We continue to add to our list of local support and volunteer opportunities and appreciate when friends and families share new ideas and additions.

We are located at 660 S. Dearborn St., Seattle, WA 98134.

where folks come from

PSCS students and staff come to PSCS from the King County region, and the greater metropolitan area. Renton, Burien, Hillman City, Rainier Beach, Bothell, Redmond, Columbia City, Kirkland, Bellevue, Mercer Island, Phinney Ridge, Ballard, Mountlake Terrace,  Bainbridge Island, and more.

private school accreditation & memberships 

PSCS is a federally recognized 501(c)3 non-profit organization and a Washington State–approved private middle and high school under the provisions of Chapter 180-90, Washington Administrative Code, as authorized by RCW 28A.02.240.

PSCS is also member of the Washington Federation of Independent Schools (WFIS) and Puget Sound Independent Schools (PSIS).

matriculation

PSCS has small graduating classes, usually 6-10 seniors in a given year. With only 137 alum, we have had the ability to understand and support individual pathways and consistently keep up with our alum.

PSCS seniors often see the benefits of further and deeper learning and mindfully pursue higher education. PSCS alumni were accepted to, attend, or have attended the following for undergrad and graduate studies:

Boston Conservatory of Music at Berklee, Bellevue College(+), Bunka Fashion College-Tokyo, The School of Oregon Ballet Theater, Cal Arts, Cornish College of the Arts(+), DigiPen(+), LA School of Music, Make Up Forever Academy-NY, Marymount Manhattan College, Naropa University, Ohio-Wesleyan University, Oregon Culinary Institute, Pacific Lutheran University, Parsons School of Design, Quest University(+), Reed College(+), Sarah Lawrence, Saybrook University, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Seattle Central College(+), South Seattle College(+), Seattle Pacific University(+), Seattle University(+), St John’s College, The Evergreen State College(+), The New School(+), University of Arizona, University of Illinois, University of Sarajevo Film School, University of Washington(+), UW-Bothell, UW- Engineering Program, Webster University, Western Washington University(+), WWU-Fairhaven(+), Whitman College(+), Whittier College, and more.

quick facts