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Open Window School
6128 168th Pl SE
Bellevue, Washington 98006

Private/Independent School
Coed Day k 8 360 students

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Employer Website: http://openwindowschool.org

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Employer Description

Children First, Gifted Second Open Window School is carefully designed to meet the needs of children with high intellectual ability. Our students are understood and appreciated as unique, complex human beings who are engaged in the vital process of discovering themselves and the world around them. We offer a rich, dynamic academic program featuring exceptional depth and challenge balanced with the nurturing support of caring and dedicated educators. Our differentiated and accelerated curriculum provides rigor in areas of strength while building a strong basic academic foundation. We emphasize innovation, communication, independence, as well as critical and creative thinking. Students develop self-confidence as learners who can tackle demanding problems and grapple with new ideas. Relevant leadership opportunities and real-life applications of classroom concepts ignite learning and connections to a global society. In addition to stimulating academics, Open Window nurtures positive social skills, emotional resiliency, respect for others, and collaboration. We promote citizenship by fostering personal integrity, ethical awareness, and multicultural understanding. Working in partnership with parents, Open Window cultivates confident students who love to learn. Graduates possess the habits and skills necessary for academic excellence as well as personal success, and they recognize their potential for future innovation and leadership in their chosen fields. Mission Statement Open Window School nurtures and challenges students of high intellectual ability and inspires them to new levels of academic excellence, creativity and personal accomplishment for participation in a diverse and changing world.

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Diversity Mission Statement

At Open Window School, diverse perspectives and backgrounds strengthen our school culture, educational program, and community. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging and Open Window School: Open Window School nurtures and inspires students of high intellectual potential. We embrace diversity, practice equity, commit to inclusion, and promote belonging. These commitments are authentic, dynamic, and essential to our rigorous academic program, embedded social/emotional learning curriculum, and mission-driven school community for gifted learners. We align programs, policies, and procedures to these goals through annual self-examination, learning, and action. OWS Diversity The school program and policy are governed by our Nondiscrimination Policy. Creating an inclusive environment where students and employees feel comfortable, safe, and free from inappropriate and disrespectful conduct is one of the School’s core values. OWS aims to create an exceptional educational experience for gifted students that capitalizes on our diverse community and equips students with the skills and mindsets to enable them to exercise leadership in the interconnected world they will inherit. OWS Equity We provide students with mission-appropriate resources that meet their academic, social/emotional, and identity-related needs. We commit to ongoing learning about and addressing biases and barriers which prevent access. OWS Inclusion We commit to building a community where any individual or group can feel welcomed, respected, supported, valued. We ask the following questions when making decisions about school curriculum, program, policies, procedures, events, and activities. Is it kind (to the individual)? Is it inclusive (of the community)? Is it respectful (of each other and our values)? Is it responsible (to our mission)? OWS Belonging We cultivate a school which prioritizes any individual or group being safe, seen, heard, and able to contribute as their authentic selves.