"I know that each of you will recognize that the roots of my [college] Proposal are grounded in the values I developed through PSCS' Senior Seminar...Thank you for all the personal and intellectual skills and support you lovingly gave me. My PSCS education, which was very much a life education, has been invaluable since the day I graduated." —Lauren, PSCS Alum
founding
The first organizational meeting of what was to become the Puget Sound Community School took place in the home of Andy Smallman and Melinda Shaw in December, 1993. The first day of school took place in September of 1994.
private school accreditation & memberships
Puget Sound Community School is a federally recognized 501(c)3 non-profit organization and a Washington State–approved private middle and high school under the provisions of Chapter 180-90, Washington Administrative Code, as authorized by RCW 28A.02.240.
matriculation
PSCS alumni were accepted to the following for undergrad and graduate studies:
Boston Conservatory of Music at Berklee, Bellevue College(+), Bunka Fashion College-Tokyo, The School of Oregon Ballet Theater, Cal Arts, Cornish College of the Arts(+), DigiPen(+), LA School of Music, Make Up Forever Academy-NY, Marymount Manhattan College, Naropa University, Ohio-Wesleyan University, Oregon Culinary Institute, Pacific Lutheran University, Parsons School of Design, Quest University(+), Reed College(+), Sarah Lawrence, Saybrook University, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Seattle Central College(+), South Seattle College(+), Seattle Pacific University(+), Seattle University(+), St John’s College, The Evergreen State College(+), The New School(+), University of Arizona, University of Illinois, University of Sarajevo Film School, University of Washington(+), UW-Bothell, UW- Engineering Program, Webster University, Western Washington University(+), WWU-Fairhaven(+), Whitman College(+), Whittier College, and more.