Newsletter Archives - Puget Sound Community School

Capability for Becoming

For sure, PSCS did not create the idea of “community-centered education” as we’re calling it now. Marginalized and racialized families and educators have built, and run collaboratively, free community schools for decades, centuries, both as a tool for survival and as a means to celebrate and grow the creativity and joy of Black and Brown…

Community is All/And

At PSCS we talk a lot about community-centered education as a progressive learning model. One that prepares young people to be self-aware and curious critical thinkers, to pursue deeper knowledge and joy, to embody and apply their learning to action, in order to contribute wholly to a more just and equitable future for all. This…

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.

1 Axolotl, 3 Sams, & the 25th Anniversary of PSCS!

Welcome to the 25th anniversary of Puget Sound Community School! A quarter-century ago, the idea of PSCS began to percolate in the hearts and minds of Andy Smallman, Melinda Shaw, and a small group of families for whom “school” did not mean “accepting or enduring the status quo.” It was agreed upon that a loving…

2016 Open House

The PSCS Fall Open House for prospective families is Sunday, October 30, 2016 from 12:30-2:30pm. If you are considering PSCS for the 2017-18 school year, please join us for this event. We accept applications from students entering the 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th grades as well as the occasional 5th and 10th grader. PSCS requires…