Our MissionThe staff, administration and families of Thornton Creek work cooperatively to meet the diverse needs of our students. We support and encourage the development of a school community which:
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Our HistoryThe Thornton Creek program was started in September of 1974. The thirty-year-old alternative education program was an outgrowth of the interest and energy of parents with children in private alternative programs who wanted a similar program in the Seattle School District.Five interns from The Little School in Bellevue and Pacific Oaks College started weekly meetings in the University District with interested and concerned parents, some of whom had been active in cooperative preschools. Everyone agreed that they wanted to develop an education option centered around the interaction between a school and its community. The program was started with 125 students and four teachers. Today, Thornton Creek has an enrollment of 300 students and it continues to thrive because of a committed staff and a high degree of parent and community support. |
Information Please access these downloadable information sheets for further reading: Welcome - School at at Glance, Philosophy, History |