Posts Tagged ‘community’
Spirit Day 2015
On Thursday, October 15, PSCS celebrated national Spirit Day by dressing in various shades of purple. Students wore purple socks, necklaces, t-shirts, and whole outfits to bring awareness to anti-bullying initiatives and in support of LGBT youth.
Read MoreWeekly Announcements for the PSCS Community
Week of September 21-26 OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS ART Teen artists, get noticed! Learn how to build an online portfolio and tell the story behind your art, whether you make paintings, poems, or something completely different. Professional designer Raj Makker will teach you how to write about your art, take photos with a DSLR camera, and…
Read MoreStaff Wish List
PSCS is a Non Profit 501(c)3 and all donations are FULLY tax deductible. Daydreams (1) Keyboard amp ($250) (1) New pickup for Upright Bass ($200) (2) Jazz Cymbals HH & dry 22” ride priority ($400) (1) Tiny Drumset ($395) Thank you Guitar Center! (1) Quality guitar amp ($250) (1) 4/4 Violin ($200+) (1) New Projector…
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Read MorePSCS | EVENING COURSE SERIES | KINDNESS
KINDNESS CURRICULUM with Andy Smallman Hosted by the Family Association and taught by Puget Sound Community School co-founder, Andy Smallman, this course will span three Tuesday evenings in April. The curriculum will focus on kindness and mindfulness —with each course building on the previous week’s lessons. Andy founded PSCS 21-years ago, has been offering kindness…
Read MoreIf it weren’t for pscs…
Listen up, my fellow alum. This isn’t hyperbole: If it weren’t for Puget Sound Community School, I wouldn’t be here today. I’d be somewhere, sure, but I wouldn’t be here, in my office, all happy with the direction of my life and proud of the man I’ve become. Before PSCS, school just didn’t make sense…
Read MoreArt on the Move
PSCS students created two new classmates in Scobie’s Tape Sculpture class last term. Ricky the Hitchhiker was sculpted with a protruding thumb, designed to travel cross country. Lucy the Climber was sculpted to look like a student climbing a wall, fence, or any manner of scaleable city. Both sculptures were randomly dropped off in Seattle’s…
Read MoreEducating for Creativity
PSCS is pleased to announce the publication of Robert Kelly’s new book, Educating for Creativity, featuring a chapter written by past staff-member, Steve Miranda. Kelly is an Associate Professor at the University of Calgary, with a special focus on creativity in teacher education and the nature of creative development. Miranda’s chapter, entitled “The Mobius Strip and…
Read MoreAnswer: A Circle
Q: What goes around and comes around? A circle, that’s what! And at PSCS, a circle is an important shape, perhaps THE most important shape. We begin each day in a circle (check-in) and we end each day in a circle (check-out). At various times during the day we are in small circles (classes). And…
Read MoreSpirit Day 2012
At PSCS we say our product is to be part of a loving and nurturing school environment. One way we do this is to honor special events like Ally Week, taking place this week, and Spirit Day, taking place today. Spirit Day is designed for people to speak out against bullying and to show their…
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