The Perkins School

It's nice having a big sister at recess... especially when you take a tumble.

Constructing an elaborate bridge and tunnel system

We built a house! A million thanks to the students, staff, and families who supported our recent gift card drive for . With each donation, we added a "brick" to this incredible house mural created by Seattle-area artist and illustrator . Way to go, Perkins!

Extra! Extra! The "Perkins Press" is on newsstands now!

The broken hula hoop on our playground was a bummer... for about two minutes. Then, it became the springboard for an impromptu investigation into the way sound waves travel through tubes of different sizes.

Our thanks to the folks at IslandWood for an incredible week! We hiked, made music, foraged for edible plants, climbed a canopy tower, crossed a suspension bridge, went on a night hike, explored the harbor, and so much more!

Happy Spring! For "Big Math" last month, students analyzed our garden beds, figured out how much compost to order, and then carefully planted seeds at the proper depth and distance. We can't wait to see (and taste!) the results.

Congratulations to our 4th & 5th graders on an incredible Science Fair last week. We loved how creative your projects were, how you adjusted when your experiments didn't go quite as planned, and how insightfully you spoke about everything you learned along the way!

Making some new friends at recess! After careful consideration, we decided that putting them back where we found them was a better choice than taking them home as pets.

So many discoveries in a single problem...