Our Why
Our Guiding Principles: We Lead, We Innovate, We Empower, We Care
Washington Elementary provides an engaging and collaborative community where all learners thrive. We are an interdisciplinary STEAM- focused school with a sustainable model for innovation that supports learners in solving authentic problems/dilemmas through inquiry. We strive to develop and empower lifelong learners, that have the skills, knowledge, and confidence necessary to lead successful lives. (5 Pursuits- Joy, Criticality, Identity, Intellectualism and Skills, G. Muhammad).
Designing student-led, community centered PBL requires extensive training and planning around what, how and why we teach.
There are many contributing factors that make our school unique: We’re building a public-school community of learners from the ground up. Our standards-based STEAM program is implemented through interdisciplinary project-based learning and our projects center around problems as opportunities to solve that directly affect/impact the community around us.
Community Centered Project Based Learning (PBL)
