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20th Anniversary!
Music Café at the Royal Room Can you believe it? PSCS is 20 years old! Help us celebrate with a night of fun, food, and laughter in honor of the 20th anniversary of Puget Sound Community School. Featuring Groove Jams, Horns, Hard Music, Hip Hop covers and more, performed by our very own music students…
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 MoreTEDPrize & PSCS Shout Out!
TEDPrize recently shined a major spotlight on the 2013 Compassion Games. Read below for an excerpt of the TED.com article, which highlights the chairman of Compassionate Seattle, Jon Ramor, and features a special shout out to Andy Smallman, the Secret Agents of Compassion, and PSCS! For the full article click here: TEDPrize An Interview with…
Read MorePSCS Founder on Evening Magazine
On September 11, 2013 PSCS celebrated the kick-off of the International Compassion Games. PSCS Director, Andy Smallman is a major contributor and created the Secret Agent of Compassion game, one of the only games to be played in all participating cities and countries. Working in conjunction with Compassionate Seattle’s Jon Ramer, the Secret Agent of…
Read More2013 PSCS Open House
Saturday, November 2 12:30-2:30pm Join us for a casual Open House, where you can meet the staff and current families from PSCS. We’ll discuss the 2014-15 school year, our middle and high school programs, and the foundations of a PSCS education. All families of prospective students are invited to join us on for a tour,…
Read MoreThank you!
As of June 30, 2013 PSCS made $114K of our $115K Annual Giving goal! With over 325 individual donations, 20 corporate matching gifts from 8 companies, and a huge push from our alumni, this was a great year for community philanthropy! Thanks especially to Daisy Gilman for all her hard work on behalf of PSCS…
Read More$15K in 15 Days
Passion & Purpose Put your money where your heart is. Thanks to the kindness and generosity of our amazing friends and families, we are over halfway to 15K! Since this campaign began on June 17, PSCS has had no less than 56 new donations, from alumni, alum families, parents, grandparents, volunteers, staff, board members, and…
Read MoreWinning Popsicle Stick Bridge Holds 2,270 lbs!
PSCS recently swept the 18th Annual Popsicle Stick Bridge Making Contest. Sponsored by the Younger Members of the American Society of Civil Engineers, our winning bridge ultimately failed at 2,270 lbs. (or more than a Honda Civic) and weighed less than a can of Coke. The bridge-making team consisted of five PSCS students, staff member…
Read MoreDurang vs. Ives
Purchase tickets to the PSCS play, Durang vs. Ives, here. Shows 3/20, 21, & 22!
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…
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