patsy mink: be the change.

Patsy Matsu Takemoto Mink was born in Maui in the 1920s, the third-generation descendant of Japanese immigrants (sansei). Mink grew up on a sugar plantation and entered high school in 1940, one year before Honolulu was attacked by Japan. In 1942, anti-asian hostility and violence hit a boiling point, and FDR passed Executive Order 9066,…

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community is resistance

Early this week, Puget Sound Community School staff prepared a shifted schedule for Wednesday—in response to the realities and anxieties of the election. We knew that, regardless of the outcome, there was a possibility the race would be contested, that there may be an uptick in local violence (of which the C-ID would likely bear a brunt), and that everyone would need time to process and react, plan for safety, learn from each other, and share our worries and hopes.

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Connecting through Quilting

In honor of Black History Month, everyone at PSCS—students, administrators, interns, and teachers—completed an individual project, researching a person, event, or movement in celebration of Black culture, contribution, creativity, and activism.

The result was many individual art pieces in the form of a cardstock square, a smaller block of what’s to become a large paper quilt in the entrance of the school.

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A Little Light

Last Tuesday, PSCS participated in Giving Tuesday, a curious movement created by the nonprofit sector, for nonprofits, meant as a tonic to the consumerism of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Thanks to so many generous supporters we raised almost $14K in one day for tuition access—which is a massive benefit to us all. As the…

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pscs parent night with cory silverberg

For Spring Parent Night, PSCS hosted guest speaker, Cory Silverberg, award-winning author of You Know, Sex and Sex Is a Funny Word. Both of these inclusive graphic resource books for kids are used in PSCS Sex & Health courses. Cory has developed and facilitated workshops for hundreds of agencies and organizations serving both youth and adults…

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AV CLUB

PSCS Podcast Class/AV Club have a lot going on this year! Check them out on Sound Cloud.

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PSCS Creative Cafe

We invite you to join us for the same live musical magic, and also to celebrate the many other ways our student’s and staff create: Digital and Visual art, Fearless English, Short Plays, Cephalopod and Sapiens exhibits, Research Presentations, and more.

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