Mission, Vision & Values
Our Mission
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Soundview School educates intellectually motivated students to become knowledgeable, compassionate, and ethical citizens and leaders.
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We cultivate international-mindedness, creativity, and passion for learning through inquiry, integrated projects, and meaningful assessment in academics, the arts, service, and self-expression.
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We embrace diversity and work to build our school and local communities around reflection, caring, respect, and trust.
Our Vision: Where We Are Going
Provide opportunities for student leadership and place students into leadership roles in our community and beyond, now and into the future.
Be a professional destination for teacher leadership and growth; be a model for thought leadership and learning as an organization.
Lead among IB World Schools by designing and practicing an innovative curriculum and sharing it.
Our Values
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Open-mindedness and respect for all people and perspectives are central to a Soundview education. This is at the core of the International Baccalaureate education. It’s a learning experience that is relevant to children’s current and future lives.
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It’s our individual and collective responsibility to uphold and protect equity, fairness, and respect for diversity. Our curriculum and community-based activities help our students develop an understanding of the experiences and needs of others and the skills to take action.
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As stewards of our environment, we need knowledge, compassion, collaboration skills, and resources. In the classroom, the Soundview forest, or our garden, we connect students to Earth’s resources and let them find out for themselves how they can be nourished and preserved for future generations.
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Design thinking enables creative solutions to complex problems. Students learn to use the design cycle to solve a range of problems from backpack bowling in the hallway to welcoming Syrian refugee families to our area.
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Every child can be engaged and challenged by working with a diverse group of learners. That’s why we configure our school in multiage pods with flexible schedules and groupings that personalize the learning experience for each child.
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100% of Soundview curriculum exceeds state standards
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100% of 5th- through 8th-grade students participate in band
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100% of students are engaged in advanced math curriculum
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1st authorized International Baccalaureate middle school in Washington State
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We have our own forest
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150K square feet of campus
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3,920 collective student hours annually using technology and engineering to design solutions to real problems
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1,000 collective student hours annually devoted to community service
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9:1 student to teacher ratio
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30% students of color
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8 years of music, art, PE, and Spanish
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Registered non-profit (91-1832492); 501(c)(3)
At Soundview, we know that every child deserves a school that is ethical, rigorous, and compassionate.
Soundview welcomes students of any race, color, national origin, or ethnic origin. Soundview does not discriminate on the basis of sex, gender, age, religion, handicap, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
We offer a learning environment meant to serve your child’s needs. That is what Soundview School provides. That’s how we can help your child be ready for this world.
Do what is right, even when no one is looking.
Ethical
Work hard and do our best.
Rigorous
Care for ourselves, others, and the planet.
