$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…
Read MorePSCS in the Huffington Post
A Timely Interview With Jon Ramer About Creating Collective Compassion (Part 2) Huffington Post …“There’s a genius educator in Seattle who runs The Puget Sound Community School, and he’s been teaching kindness for years. He takes kids out and they perform random acts of kindness. For example, they go to the library and randomly put…
Read MoreKindness Curriculum
School Director Andy Smallman has built an Internet reputation on the subject of kindness. If you don’t know, Andy first created a “kindness curriculum” back in the 90’s for PSCS. Soon thereafter, he brought the concept online and offered it to anyone in the world with an email address. He continues to do this on…
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…
Read MorePositive Psychology
Last Friday, school director Andy Smallman hosted a session at school designed for students and adults interested in learning about something called positive psychology AND how PSCS is using the concepts of it. It was a great session and it began with Andy showing a 5 minute video for context purposes. The video, called “Positive…
Read MoreWhat’s Good? PSCS, That’s What!
A couple weeks back a youth-based organization called “What’s Good 206” came in to PSCS to film Jon Ramer, creator of the Compassion Games and a guest speaker Andy had invited in. As it turns out, they became more interested in PSCS itself and created a short YouTube video based on what they saw (Jon’s…
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