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Eastside Preparatory School

10635 NE 38th Place, Kirkland, WA, 98033 -

School Notes Overview:

Eastside Prep offers a challenging academic program for students in grades 5-12 in the 2008-09 school year. We stress critical thinking, integration of ideas and disciplines, and an ethic of citizenship. Our inquiry-based and interdisciplinary curriculum is organized around a central theme for each grade level. Students learn to ask insightful questions, think creatively, learn from mistakes, and communicate ideas effectively....

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School Overview:

	Eastside Preparatory School
School Membership(s)	Institute for Independent Education
Religious Affiliation	Nonsectarian
Grades Offered	Grades 5 - 12
Year Founded	2002
County	King County, WA
Student Body
Total Students	166 students
Student Body Type	Co-ed
	This School	(WA) School Avg.
% Students of Color	14%	14%
Students by Grade
	Grade 5 - 10 students
	Grade 6 - 26 students
	Grade 7 - 19 students
	Grade 8 - 35 students
	Grade 9 - 16 students
	Grade 10 - 25 students
	Grade 11 - 31 students
	Grade 12 - 4 students
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers	29 teachers
% Faculty with Advance Degree	100%
Average Class Size	12
Classroom dress code	Casual
	This School	(WA) School Avg.
Teacher : Student Ratio	1:6	* Ntl. Public School Avg. » 1:16
School Days in Calendar Year	180 days	180 days
Hours in School Day for Students	7 hours	6 hours
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline	None / Rolling
Yearly Tuition Cost	$22,500
Tuition Notes	Tuition for 5th grade is $18,000. For all other grades, tuition is $22,500.
% on Financial Aid	10%
Average Financial Aid Grant	$7,000
Acceptance Rate	87%
Head of School	Terry Macaluso, PhD
Admissions Director	Kevin McQuade
Admissions Associate	Lauren Formo
Sport
Total Sports Offered	7
	Sports
	Basketball	Crew
	Cross Country	Tennis
	Track and Field	Ultimate Frisbee
	Volley Ball
Extracurricular
Total Extracurricular Organizations	8
	Extracurriculars
	Art Club	Computer Club
	Dungeons and Dragons Club	Improv Team
	Music	Speech and Debate Club
	Student Government	Yearbook

School Notes:

Strong academic foundation: We provide a strong academic foundation that will allow students to succeed at the most rigorous colleges. We balance humanities, sciences, mathematics, and foreign language study. We offer performing and fine arts and PE.
Unique Focus on Thinking: We teach our students how to think. We encourage them to ask questions, analyze information, and solve problems. We provide students with the "thinking tools" of the academic disciplines. They learn to ask, "How would a scientist approach this? How would a mathematician? A historian?" They discover why each academic discipline poses the questions it does and when one approach is more useful than another. In this way, students develop effective strategies for any new situation.
Integrated and Interdisciplinary: Our program is integrated because the world is. Students combine what they know and apply it in new ways and contexts. A central theme for each year provides unifying organization and allows the teaching team to create interdisciplinary studies.
Strong Technology: We take advantage of our local high-tech culture to provide students great opportunities to learn and use advanced technologies. All Upper School students own Tablets PCs and use them in the classroom.
Multiple Perspectives Are Key: Students learn that everything can be approached from multiple perspectives, whether those of the academic disciplines or those of people with diverse cultures and background.
Making a Contribution: One of our goals is to prepare students to be ethical citizens through service learning. In upper school, students participate in Impact Projects based around the yearly theme. These projects are designed to empower students, encourage self-reliance, teach them to make responsible choices, and to explore new areas. EPIC, the Eastside Prep Urban Sustainability Project and Living Gallery will open in the fall of 2007.
Yearly themes: 6th: What is the World Made of? 7th: Where do we come from? 8th: What does it mean to be human? 9th: The Global Society 10th: The Good Society 11th: The Artistic Society 12th: The Real World
Profile last updated: 07/10/2009

In the News:

Eastside Prep graduates first students (Kirkland Reporter)
posted on July 8, 2009 at 06:45:02 am
Eastside Preparatory School in Kirkland graduated its first group of seniors at the school June 12. This is a landmark event for the independent school.
Eastside Prep’s Korn wins state championship (Kirkland Reporter)
posted on June 17, 2009 at 08:21:58 pm
Tallon Korn, a junior at Eastside Preparatory School, competed in the state-wide Track and Field Meet for Divisions 1B, 2B and 1A at Eastern Washington University in Cheney May 29-30. Korn competed in the state finals in three events: long jump, the 110-meter high hurdles and the 100-meter dash.

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School Zip Statistics:

About This Zipcode (98033)	School Zip (98033)	(WA) State Average
Population (Approximate)	30,393 people	5,855,424 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree	58%	29%
Population Average Age	37 years old	35 years old
Average Household size	2.2 persons	2.4 persons
Median Household Income	$69,073	$49,081
Avg. # of Rooms in Household	5.5 rooms	5.4 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure	33 years old	38 years old
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% Owning / % Renting	64% / 36%	62% / 38%