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Mission, Vision & Values

Our Mission

  • Soundview School educates intellectually motivated students to become knowledgeable, compassionate, and ethical citizens and leaders.

  • We cultivate international-mindedness, creativity, and passion for learning through inquiry, integrated projects, and meaningful assessment in academics, the arts, service, and self-expression.

  • 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

  • A Soundview education turns natural inquirers into deep, critical thinkers. We spark curiosity and challenge students to become knowledgeable problem-solvers who ask big questions and evaluate the world around them.

  • A Soundview education nurtures caring, open-minded students who are deeply seen and supported in a balanced environment. Our intentional community honors each child’s unique path while fostering mutual respect, empathy, and belonging.

  • A Soundview education encourages students to be active, courageous risk-takers beyond classroom walls. By combining hands-on nature exploration with purposeful play, we develop balanced, resilient learners who embrace challenges in the real world.

  • A Soundview education empowers principled students to be effective communicators and self-advocates. We build a community where every voice matters, grounding children in integrity, personal responsibility, and compassion.

  • A Soundview education launches reflective and confident graduates equipped for lifelong success. Our students graduate with the academic skills and knowledge, adaptability, and self-awareness needed to excel in high school and make a meaningful impact.

  • 100% of Soundview curriculum exceeds state standards

  • 100% of 5th- through 8th-grade students participate in band

  • 100% of students are engaged in advanced math curriculum

  • 1st authorized International Baccalaureate middle school in Washington State

  • We have our own forest

  • 150K square feet of campus

  • 3,920 collective student hours annually using technology and engineering to design solutions to real problems

  • 1,000 collective student hours annually devoted to community service

  • 7:1 student to teacher ratio

  • 35% students of color

  • 8 years of music, art, PE, and Spanish

  • 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.

Young boy playing a trumpet in a music room, wearing a teal polo shirt and a digital watch, with other students in the background.

Ethical

Work hard and do our best.

A person writing in a notebook at a wooden table, with colorful pencils, sticky notes, and papers scattered around.

Rigorous

Care for ourselves, others, and the planet.

Seven smiling young girls in casual clothing pose on and around a purple playground slide outdoors. The ground is covered with wood chips, and there is a metal climbing structure in the background.

Compassionate