Eastside Community School

🌟 Join us TOMORROW at Sammamish Farmers Market! 🌟

Visit our school’s booth to learn more about our program or simply say hello. We can’t wait to see you there!

Date: Wednesday, June 17th
Time: 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: Sammamish Commons, 801 228th Ave SE, Sammamish, WA 98074

☀️ Join ECS families for Summer Meet-Ups! All grades welcome! ☀️

Our first meet-up is TOMORROW at Confluence Park in Issaquah and we can’t wait to see you there. 💛

Each month we’ll enjoy a different local park:
June – Confluence Park (Issaquah)
July – Beaver Lake Park (Sammamish)
August – Pine Lake Park (Sammamish)

For times and more details, please see our latest newsletter 📩

💛 We are so grateful for the encouragement our community continues to show during the 2026 Seattle Times Best in the PNW voting. 💛

Every vote, share, and kind word means so much to our students, families, and staff.

To everyone who has already voted - THANK YOU! If you haven’t had a chance yet, voting remains open through June 26, and you can vote once each day.

👉 https://www.votethepnw.com 👈

🌟 Join Us This Saturday at the Issaquah Farmers Market! 🌟

We’re excited to be part of the market this Saturday afternoon and would love to see you there! Kids can enjoy a hands-on craft activity while parents learn more about our school. Invite a friend, stop by to chat, and enjoy all the wonderful local vendors and community spirit the market has to offer.

Date: Saturday, June 13th
Time: 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: Pickering Barn, 1730 10th Ave
NW, Issaquah, WA 98027

💻🧩 The 6th grade class just finished their second Computational Thinking block! Throughout the past week, students have been exploring a variety of computer science concepts during their morning lessons.

Here are just a few of the topics they explored:
• How to teach a computer to solve the Tower of Hanoi for any number of discs�• How to solve N-Queens (on an NxN chess board, how many ways can N queens be placed safely?)�• How to always win when playing the Game of Nim�• How to convert numbers between decimal and binary�• How computers represent pictures and images, and how they can be sent to another computer�• How computers exchange information

Students also participated in a fun scavenger hunt and puzzle challenge, putting their new skills to the test while learning about some of the pioneers who have pushed the boundaries of computer science.
It has been exciting to see students engage with these foundational computer science concepts and apply their learning through hands-on problem solving.✨

Photo credit: Ben H., Tanya O.

✨ We’re so grateful to everyone who has already voted for us in Best in the PNW! 💛 Remember, you can vote once a day through June 26.

We'd be honored to have your support!
👉Use this link: https://www.votethepnw.com

Every vote makes a difference - thank you for being part of our journey! ✨

🌈🎉In preparation of Games Day, all of our grade school classes ice dyed t-shirts. Tomorrow, when the school celebrating Games Day, there will be a whole rainbow of students playing throughout campus.🎉🌈

Photo credit: Britt U.

✨The Seattle Times Best in the PNW✨

We are excited to announce that we have been nominated for the 2026 Seattle Times Best in the PNW in following categories:
Best of Education:
- Elementary School
- Middle School
- Pre-School
- Private School
- Summer Camp

The voting opened today, June 8th, and you can vote once a day. Let’s make our school shine - your support matters!

Use this link to vote -
👉 https://www.votethepnw.com

Thank you for supporting our students, teachers, and community! ❤️

🌿🚌The Grade 8 students had a fantastic trip to the Adirondacks in NY state! The class spent part of their time immersed in a study of hydrology with Michael D’Aleo to round out the physics block he began with the class in March.

Their studies included a variety of experiences of water: Tasting mineral waters from five different natural springs at Saratoga Springs (each spring tastes surprisingly different), hiking to a waterfall and observing the pattern of water flow and examining a gravity water system.

The class also spent a day at Fort Ticonderoga, bringing to life of some of the American History they studied earlier this year.

These activities were rounded out by visits to Lake Placid and the Olympic Museum and to the Hyde Collection (an art museum) in Glens Falls, along with lots of time together creating joyful memories as a class.

Thank you to all who helped make this trip possible! 🎉