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A Sudbury school where kids (ages 4-19) direct their own education with undiluted freedom and democracy.
Kids decide how to spend their time, govern their community, and assume responsibility for their lives, becoming self-confident, articulate, and resourceful adults.
TCS is currently enrolling for the '22-'23 school year. Please explore our website to learn more about our school.
We can be reached by filling out the contact form online, by phone, or by email.
(As of10/13/2021, Clearwater students are required to get the
COVID-19 vaccine. Medical and religious exemptions are accepted,
philosophical exemptions are not. Full vaccination is defined as
two weeks after the second dose in a 2-dose series, such as the
Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, or two weeks after a single-dose
vaccine, such as the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.)
The Clearwater School is a Sudbury schoolfor kids from
ages 4-19 and is located on North Creek, in Bothell, Washington.
Our spacious four-acre grounds provide endless opportunities for
discovery of wildlife, outdoor play and explorations of open
fields, woods and creek frontage.
Without class assignments or mandatory tests, Clearwater
students explore the world guided by their own inspirations. They
are the authors and directors of their education, drawing from
school staff and resources as well as the offerings of the local
community. They think, decide, play, talk openly with friends,
investigate the world and dream. They freely pursue basketball,
jewelry making, game design, role playing games, poetry or natural
habitats. Learning is truly limitless.
Like adults in the greater community, Clearwater students each
have a vote. They learn how to make decisions that affect their
lives. In the weekly School Meeting, students use their voices to
directly influence school governance. They create rules and
policies, solve problems that arise and determine the school
budget.
Clearwater students participate in a judicial system that
enforces school policies and determines what to do when rules are
broken. They learn to balance their individual actions with the
needs and rights of the whole community. Students are required to
act responsibly-including, at times, experiencing the consequences
when one`s actions violate community expectations.
Freedom is always accompanied by responsibility. From the
earliest age, children make decisions about how to spend their
time-reading or running, building or composing. Through simple
decisions like when and what to eat or who to hang out with,
children gain an internal understanding of their inclinations,
preferences and abilities.
Over the years, responsibility and freedom become habit, the
foundation of action. Through self direction, Clearwater students
internalize a sense of mastery. By graduation, they are prepared to
take on challenges in the world at large, equipped with essential
skills that are sought in today`s workplace. They trust their own
voices to influence the course of their lives.
Grades: PK-8 | 327 students4.8 miles 21705 58th Avenue West Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043 (425) 640-7067
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School Reviews
5.00 out of 5(3 reviews)
51/25/2018
What my kids have learned at Clearwater:* how to engage fruitfully with people of all ages and backgrounds* how to figure out what they care most about and how they will spend their time * how to solve problems for themselves and their community* how to respect others' boundaries and stretch their own* how to enter any new situation and assess the local norms, expectations, offerings and structure - and then use this understanding to get the best experience they can* how to be a member of a democracy* how to make meaningful decisions that affect not only their own lives but the lives of others around them* what drives them, moves them, inspires them, engages them - and how to spread that passion around and find others already passionate about the same thingsYou can have your 3Rs and test prep and following rules. My kids create rules and test themselves every single day.
- Posted by Parent - Pearl Klein
51/25/2018
Very happy with this school. The staff are engaged and very knowledgeable. It's a wonderful feeling leaving my son with people I so completely trust, in an environment where I know he is thriving.
- Posted by Parent - Debbie Nicol-McGee
51/25/2018
i wholeheartedly & without reservation recommend the clearwater school. my son has been a student there since he was 4 & a half (he`ll be 10 in a couple of weeks). i have loved experiencing him being so seen & intimately known by staff & fellow students, and seeing him grow ever more comfortably into his skin. clearwater has so very much to offer; i can`t imagine our lives without it!
- Posted by Parent - heather cooper
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