Puget Sound Community School

Community-centered education for collective liberation.            

Description

Puget Sound Community School (PSCS) is an independent middle and high school, located in the heart of the Chinatown-International District of downtown Seattle. 

Founded in 1994, Puget Sound Community School (PSCS) is a small, private, middle and high school located in the Chinatown-International District of Seattle. PSCS is committed to centering intentionally excluded perspectives in curriculum and programming. With Critical Race Theory, intersectionality, and collaboration framing our approach, community-centered education also prioritizes the lived experience of our global majority students and staff, while offering young people opportunities to take increasing responsibility for your own education.

At PSCS, we believe that by fostering curiosity, offering opportunities for young people to lead (and opportunities to understand there are many forms of leadership), while continuously addressing systemic racism and misogyny, we will all be more empowered to move bravely through an uncertain world and toward our shared liberation.

In an effort to build upon the equitable vision of the school, PSCS parents, staff, and the Board of Trustees agreed in 2021 to invest in a more intentionally hierarchical administration and leadership, rather than in a traditional Head of School or ED. PSCS is run by a collaborative staff with a collective 100+ years of experience in student support, identity development, intersectional and creative facilitation, non-profit and private school administration, which is underscored by a commitment to Abolitionist Teaching rooted in Critical Race Theory and a more complete historical framework.

Students who fully embrace the program offered at PSCS show consistent progress in self-expression, leadership, and skill-building in almost any endeavor, and start to recognize they are part of something bigger than themselves.

Practice Integrity. Engage the Community. Act with Courage.

Recognition

We are deeply thankful to all donors who invest in our community, whether by service, by advocacy, or by dollars.