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School Mission
- The mission of Eastside Prep is to create an exceptional learning environment that fosters the intellectual, physical, social, and emotional well-being of students and to inspire each student to develop intellectual character, ethical discernment, and responsibility for self and others through an interdisciplinary program incorporating inquiry-based experiential instruction.
Our philosophy is to provide a superior learning environment, to promote personal growth and creativity, and to encourage understanding of multiple perspectives.
| Curriculum |
- Foreign language(s) taught: Spanish.
- This school has a particular instructional focus on hands-on learning, project-based instruction.
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Instructional Program Highlights
- Strong academic foundation that balances humanities, sciences, mathematics, and the fine and performing arts.
- Unique focus on thinking and integration. Students are encouraged to ask questions, analyze information, solve problems, and to communicate effectively.
- Central theme for each year is used for interdiscplinary study and to unify the program.
- Strong ethic of citizenship. One of our goals is to prepare students to be ethical citizens through service learning linked to academic study.
| Activities and Sports |
- Girls sports: basketball, cross country, tennis, track, volleyball and ultimate frisbee.
- Boys sports: basketball, cross country, tennis, track and ultimate frisbee.
- Clubs and extra-curricular activities include: Speech and debate club; Student Government; Art club; Improv team; Yearbook and Music club.
- This school has the following art(s) programs: theater/drama, art and chorus.
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Parent and Community Support
- Parents serve on the board of trustees. We have a very active Parent Association which organizes community events. Parents also volunteer in others ways, such as taking school photos, helping out in the office, driving on field trips, or even bringing a special skill into the classroom.
Other news or notes
- We are a new school with an innovative focus on thinking, individualized attention, and integrated learning.
Yearly class trip for each grade. Examples from 2006-07: 6th grade- sailing/science projects in Puget Sound; 7th grade- Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, OR; 8th grade- Outward Bound Whitewater Rafting/Rock Climbing; 9th and 10th grade-service projects in Costa Rica.
| Technology and Facilities |
- This school was established in 2002.
- No transportation is provided to this school.
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| Admissions and Enrollment |
- Measures used to evaluate applicants: interview, essays and recommendations.
- To evaluate applicants, this school also uses: past academic records.
- Standardized tests used to evaluate applicants: ISEE (Independent School Entrance Exam);
- Of the students who applied for admission to this school for the current school year, 61-80% were accepted.
- Tuition: $19,000-$19,999
- 0-20% of students receive financial aid to attend this school.
- Less than half of the students at this school come from the neighborhood where the school is located.
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| Safety, Discipline and Support |
- Safety and discipline-related resources include: After school or lunchtime detentions;
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| Other Features and Highlights |
- This school has an emphasis in: thinking skills.
- Regular classroom hours: 8:15 am to 3:10 pm.
- Principal has been at this school for 4 years.
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| Source of Data |
Additional information, including curriculum and special programs, was either submitted to GreatSchools by a school official or comes directly from the school or school district's Web site. This page was last updated on 05/17/2007. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of information submitted by school officials.
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