Our Weekly Rhythm

A week at The Bridge School combines classroom time, outdoor learning and creative expression. Classes are small, multi-age, and prioritize social-emotional learning.

The Outdoor Education and Creative Enrichment days are available for enrollment by Homeschool Students.

Monday

9:30 am - 3 pm

Seahurst Park

Outdoor Education

Exploratory learning with a deep connection to nature.

Tuesday - Thursday

8:30 am - 3 pm

The Bridge School

Classroom Cohorts

Inquiry-driven literacy and math with peers at a similar level and social-emotional scaffolding that meets individual learners where they are.

Friday

8:30 am - 1 pm

The Bridge School

Creative Enrichment

Arts, theater and expressive forms as avenues for growth.

Outdoor Education

  • Connect kids to nature with skill-building

  • Learn to be at home and safe outside in all weather

  • Explore forest and marine ecosystems

Exploring on the shores of Puget Sound.
Exploring on the shores of Puget Sound.

  • Experience emergent learning in natural science based on observation and seasonal changes

  • Learn science through games

  • Normalize outdoor education

A woman leading a nature educational activity for a group of children in a forest, with trees and green foliage in the background.
A woman in a black hoodie and a cap leading a group of children on a forest walk, with trees and green foliage in the background.

Classroom Cohorts

  • Small group instruction

  • Project-based learning

  • Hands on learning in math and literacy

  • Frequent field trips

  • Curriculum guided by social justice

A group of children and a woman sitting on the floor in a room, gathered around a comic book or magazine. The woman is showing the book to the children, who are attentively looking at it. The children are diverse in appearance, with some wearing glasses, hats, or costumes, and the room has shelves, chairs, and toys in the background.
A group of children and an adult teacher sitting on the floor in a classroom, gathered around a book or comic the teacher is showing. The children are focused and engaged.

  • Continuum based assessment with no standardized testing

  • Teachers with over a decade of classroom experience

  • Meet learners where they are

  • Low adult-child ratios

A group of children sitting on a carpeted floor, gathered around a large sheet of paper, engaging in a collaborative activity or game.
Children gathered in a circle on the floor, working together on a project with a whiteboard or paper, in a classroom or activity setting.

Creative Enrichment

  • Rotating courses in theater, visual arts, nature, cooking, and more

  • Yearly Musical Theater production for ages 8-11

  • Music and Art weekly during Core Classrooms

Three children are coloring on large sheets of paper spread on the floor in a classroom, with art supplies and storage cabinets visible in the background.
Three children drawing on large sheets of paper spread on the floor in an art room or classroom. One girl is actively coloring, while a boy and another girl sit or kneel nearby with their own drawings.

  • Fostering kids’ innate creativity

  • Supporting academic, social, and emotional growth through the arts

Children painting and crafting at a table in an art classroom with supplies and shelves in the background.
Children engaged in an art activity, painting and crafting at a table in a classroom or art studio setting.

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