The Soundview School

Soundview School
Location
Lynnwood , Washington United States
Information
Type	Independent, Day school
Established	1996
Principal	Chris Watson
Faculty	22
Grades	preschool - eighth
Enrollment	approximately 130 students
Campus	Suburban
Area	3 acres
Color(s)	purple and gold
Mascot	Dolphin
Website	http://www.soundview.org/

Soundview School is an independent private school in Snohomish County, Washington serving children from preschool to 8th grade. Soundview is located on a 1.6 acre campus in suburban Lynnwood, Washington, just across the street from Edmonds Community College. Soundview offers the International Baccalaureate (IB) Primary and Middle Years Programme. Soundview School has around 150 students.

History

1996-2012

In 1996, Inae Piercy founded Soundview School to provide education for her young son and other children in the community. The previous school (The Stein School) had closed, and Ms. Piercy took to rebuilding a new school with a new campus. Ms. Piercy built and ran Soundview School for seventeen years.

A sample of achievements:

• In 1997, the lower school campus was developed on a new parcel of land.
• In 1998, the performing arts center building was built as the school's centerpiece to support art and music performance.
• In 1999, the upper school campus was built on an adjoining parcel.
• In 2002, Soundview School was converted to a 501c3 nonprofit independent school to encourage community support and a long future.
• In 2007, Soundview School adopted the International Baccalaureate curriculum, a rigorous world-recognized standard in education.
• In 2009, Soundview Middle School was authorized by the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) to be an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School
• In 2009-10, the Positive Discipline Model was incorporated into the school’s curricular framework to support the IB Programme.
• In 2010-11, the Critical Thinking Model was incorporated into the school’s curricular framework to further support the mission of the IB Programme.

Students

Students that have graduated from Soundview School have gone to high schools such as Edmonds Woodway, Eastside Preparatory School, University Prep, Meadowdale, Lynnwood High School, Archbishop Murphy High School, Lakeside, and Kamiak. After high school Soundview students have gone on to study architecture, music, engineering, journalism, basic army training, art, language, etc.

The student teacher ratio is between 10:1 and 12:1 depending on the class. The number of students in preschool has decreased over the years, but the number of grades has increased. The junior kindergarten through 3rd grade usually has somewhere between 10 and 30 students every year.

Sustainability

Soundview School started being more environmentally sustainable about 4 to 5 years ago. The school has taken actions such as composting food with worms, using Google docs instead of wasting paper, using a bus which means fewer cars, and having a special lunch program. The school is partnering with Full Circle Farms to provide a healthy lunch.

The 4th and 5th grade focus on environments and energy with a trip IslandWood, and the 6th through 8th grade are going to the North Cascades Mountain School in Diablo. The school also has a garden for growing food and in the future plans to reach its goal of having several more farms on campus.

Accreditation

Soundview School is:

An International Baccalaureate World School, authorized to offer the Middle Years Programme

An NWAIS Subscriber School (NWAIS is the Northwest Association of Independent Schools)

Approved by the Washington State Board of Education