The Bear Creek School

🌳 Welcome to Middle School! 🌳

One of our favorite Bear Creek traditions continued after the Lower School Honors Assembly when our grade 4 students—the Class of 2034—planted a flowering dogwood on campus to mark their move up to Middle School.

After each student took turns placing soil around their tree, the grade 4 parents celebrated their new Middle Schoolers with a tunnel and high-fives! 🌟

It's summer! ☀️

Whether you're off traveling, enjoying a slower pace at home, or something in between, we hope you have a blessed, fun, and restful summertime! 💚🤍

Senior Jack S. has been a Bear Creek student since kindergarten. Keep reading to learn more about him and help us celebrate his senior year along with the Class of 2026.

❤️ Member of Athanasius House

🎙️ Clubs, Programs, Athletics, and more:
I served as Associated Student Body Spirit Committee Head sophomore year, Vice-President my junior year, and President senior year. I also host The Grizzly Den podcast and have been a four-year varsity basketball player.

🏀 Favorite Memory:
A favorite memory is beating Kings at their gym in the Conference Championship, giving us the #4 seed in the State tournament.

👨‍🏫 An Inspiring Bear Creek Teacher:
Mr. Norris challenged me to think outside of the box and never settle for what I felt comfortable with in my writing. His humor and teaching balance were a huge highlight of my high school experience, and I will definitely miss his class.

🏫 Plans for the Future:
I plan to study strategic management at Notre Dame.

🎉Grizzly Celebration🎉

Congratulations to Sam L. and Theo N., both grade 4, who earned first place together at the Washington Cup in April with their United Sports FC soccer team, B16 Navy! ⚽️🥇

We love hearing about celebrations within our community! If your son or daughter has a success story you'd like to share, please email [email protected].

3...2...1...RUN! 🫟

Middle Schoolers raced the annual Grizzly Color Run last week during Field Day! 😎 Hosted by your wonderful PTF, this event always goes the distance and gives a splash of color to the final days of the school year 🥳

We 💚 our volunteers!!!

Our community is blessed every single day by the support of incredible and faithful volunteers, from JanTerm teachers to Boosters to classroom volunteers to your PTF and everyone in between. As the year winds down, we want everyone who donated their time and talents to know we appreciate them and could not do what we do without their partnership!

Kindergartners in Mrs. Summerson's class were witnesses to new life this afternoon when their chicks began hatching! 🐣 The class has been waiting eagerly for the hatching to begin, and the first chick appeared at around 11:30 a.m.

After about 24 hours, the chicks will be moved to a larger enclosure under a heat lamp, where students will continue watching them grow!

🎨 Evening of Artists recap 🎶

Thanks to all who joined us at the annual Evening of Artists! Artwork from preschool through grade 12 was on display for friends and family to peruse, along with musical performances across campus, live theater vignettes in the Diamond Performing Arts Center, and food trucks for all to enjoy. We love celebrating our students' creativity with our community!

🎓Just over two weeks until the Class of 2026 becomes ALUMNI! 🎓

The Class of 2026 Commencement will be held on Saturday, June 13, at Eastridge Church on the Sammamish Plateau. No tickets are required, and the ceremony begins promptly at noon. The ceremony will be streamed live. We hope to see you there!