The Meridian School

The Meridian School has truly fostered a joy of discovery and challenge within my children. Small class sizes, flexible learning groups and individualized instruction have really helped my younger child excel academically. The teachers quickly identified needed support in literacy, created an intervention plan and worked with my child multiple times a week to improve her reading skills. Now she confidently reads chapter books and loves reading. Students rotate through art, science, Spanish, music, health and fitness and creativity lab each week. My children love all the specialist programs, but they especially look forward to creativity lab where each week they work in the school's dedicated maker space to use a wide range of tools while completing STEM projects ranging from robotics to coding to animation. In grades 3rd-5th, students complete a total of five grade -level overnight trips to Camp Seymour, the Mount Rainier Institute, IslandWood, Mountain School at the North Cascades Institute and NatureBridge. The opportunity to gain real-world field experience has been invaluable for my older child to develop skills related to team building, critical thinking and problem solving. The teachers and staff are caring, proactive and responsive in addressing students' academic needs and social-emotional wellbeing. The integrated curriculum centered on experiential learning engages my children daily and propels them to take risks, challenge themselves and advocate for themselves and others. The Music Makers program offered after school sparked my older child's interest to learn to play an instrument and the addition of the Continental Math League enrichment program offered before school has spurred both children to advance their math skills. The Extended Day program gives students the opportunity to take after school classes in sewing, acting, computer coding, chess, skating, gardening, karate and more. Both my children love the Extended Day program and its staff, which provides children daily until 6pm and offers early drop off at 7:30am. Our family has made wonderful friends at the school and the community is incredibly welcoming.