Washington’s charter public schools
Catalyst Public Schools: Bremerton
The mission of Catalyst: Bremerton is to support our diverse scholars to live full lives and to succeed in college, career and life. Our scholars will find their purpose and passion so that they can cultivate the critical hope, optimism, and leadership essential to be catalysts in their community and world. Catalyst graduates build a strong understanding of themselves, envision the world in which they want to live, and develop the agency to access the future of their dreams. We leverage small-group, data-driven academic rotations to personalize learning for each scholar. Scholars also participate in Catalyst’s Change Maker Space to identify challenges in the community about which they hold fervent enthusiasm and work collaboratively to generate novel solutions to these challenges.
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Impact Public Schools | Commencement Bay Elementary
The mission of Impact Public Schools (IPS) is to prepare a diverse student population to succeed in college and impact communities as the next generation of equity-driven, innovative leaders while making a broader impact on public education across Washington state.
At Impact | Commencement Bay Elementary (I | CBE) in Tacoma, WA, every child is known, loved and guided by an adult mentor. Students set a personalized learning plan, participate in decolonized project-based learning, and engage in arts enrichment in a safe, focused school environment that balances high expectations with joy. Families benefit from partnerships with before and after school care programs, free transportation to and from school, on-site playground, and connections to wrap-around supports.
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Impact Public Schools | Puget Sound Elementary
The mission of Impact Public Schools (IPS) is to prepare a diverse student population to succeed in college and impact communities as the next generation of equity-driven, innovative leaders while making a broader impact on public education across Washington state.
At Impact | Puget Sound Elementary (I | PSE) in Tukwila, WA, every child is known, loved and guided by an adult mentor. Students set a personalized learning plan, participate in decolonized project-based learning, and engage in arts enrichment in a safe, focused school environment that balances high expectations with joy. Families benefit from partnerships with before and after school care programs, free transportation to and from school, on-site playground, and connections to wrap-around supports.
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Impact Public Schools | Renton
The mission of Impact Public Schools (IPS) is to prepare a diverse student population to succeed in college and impact communities as the next generation of equity-driven, innovative leaders while making a broader impact on public education across Washington state.
At Impact | Renton in Renton, WA, every child is known, loved and guided by an adult mentor. Students set a personalized learning plan, participate in decolonized project-based learning, and engage in arts enrichment in a safe, focused school environment that balances high expectations with joy. Families benefit from partnerships with before and after school care programs, free transportation to and from school, and connections to wrap-around supports.
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Impact Public Schools | Salish Sea Elementary
The mission of Impact Public Schools (IPS) is to prepare a diverse student population to succeed in college and impact communities as the next generation of equity-driven, innovative leaders while making a broader impact on public education across Washington state.
At Impact | Salish Sea Elementary (I | SSE) in Seattle, WA, every child is known, loved and guided by an adult mentor. Students set a personalized learning plan, participate in decolonized project-based learning, and engage in arts enrichment in a safe, focused school environment that balances high expectations with joy. Families benefit from partnerships with before and after school care programs, free transportation to and from school, access to a community park, and connections to wrap-around supports.
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Lumen High School
Lumen High School is a public charter school that is committed to empowering two generations by providing high academic standards, a specialized early learning center and wrap around supports to meet the layered needs of teen parents in Spokane County. LHS is rooted in belonging, social justice and the empowerment of our staff, students and their children so that a young person’s role as a parent will not be at odds with their role as a student. Students grow as parents by learning essential skills needed in order to raise healthy children and as scholars by deeply engaging in academic coursework. Each student follows a personalized pathway leading to graduation prepared for future goals and contribution to their communities.
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Pinnacles Prep
Pinnacles Prep is the only high quality, tuition-free middle school and high school charter option in the Wenatchee Valley. Here, education looks different. Our personalized approach allows students to contextualize their learning through hands-on projects using our community as their classroom. We focus on making learning relevant, enabling students to think critically, build relationships, and navigate systems to make positive contributions to our world. Upon graduation, Pinnacles Prep students will have more than a diploma. They will be college, career, and community ready, equipped with the knowledge, skills, and mindsets needed to become leaders in our Valley and beyond.
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PRIDE Schools | PRIDE Prep Middle School and Innovation High School
PRIDE Prep Middle School and Innovation High School challenge students to use knowledge and skills that prepare them for real life. Project-based courses ask students to get their feet wet, their hands dirty, and do something purposeful. PRIDE focuses on wide-ranging skills that are increasingly vital in society – mathematics, writing, computer programming, and more.
Innovation High School is an extension of Pride Prep Middle School. As college preparatory school, students are exposed to rigorous course content through motivating, authentic projects. Both the middle and high school programs offer International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum.
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Pullman Community Montessori
We believe ALL students deserve the opportunity to have the education that works best for them! PCM’s K-9th grade program offers whole-child education personalized to students’ needs that prepares them, through rigorous academics, a robust social emotional program, and career and life skill development. Our Pillars include:
- We guide students to find their inner LEADERS as they are the change-makers of tomorrow.
- We see the power of the child and their innate ability as capable seekers of knowledge. Teachers work as Guides to help students cultivate agency, intrinsic motivation, and independence.
- We keep respect for the child’s innate curiosity at the forefront, as we employ the Montessori approach to cultivate self-empowered lifelong learners.
- We engage students with their community’s local and natural resources through place-based projects to build real-world connections and build their sense of place. We expand the concept of our classroom beyond our school walls to include our local community, with wider application to the nation and the globe.
- We engage with families as partners so all feel vested and equipped with the tools necessary to make a positive contribution to the student’s development.
- We view our teaches as educational scientist and support and empower them to shape curriculum and school culture and contribute to ongoing developments in the field of education through research and the dissemination of knowledge.
Partner and support PCM to be a part of the change you want to see in education!
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Rainier Prep
Rainier Prep is a 5th through 8th grade middle school in the Highline area focused on college prep for all students. Approved as one of the state’s first charter schools, Rainier Prep was modeled on some of the highest performing charter schools around the country. Rainier Prep’s outstanding faculty and staff are transforming the expected educational outcomes, and partnering with families and students to achieve Rainier Prep’s mission—to prepare all students to excel at four-year colleges and to become leaders in their communities.