Westside School (Seattle, WA)

Westside School (Seattle, WA) Westside School is a preschool through eighth grade independent school located in West Seattle.

At Westside School, joyful learning is at the forefront of education. It is a place where imagination is invited, all students are seen and heard, and students learn through experience to achieve academic success. Supported by a caring community on our beautiful West Seattle campus, we teach each individual (preschool-8th grade) with the goal of fostering confident lifelong learners who are engaged and good citizens.

September is Deaf and Hard of Hearing Awareness Month!💙Thank you to Jeffie Lou for creating this wonderful bulletin boar...
09/03/2026

September is Deaf and Hard of Hearing Awareness Month!💙

Thank you to Jeffie Lou for creating this wonderful bulletin board in our lobby to help our community learn, celebrate, and build awareness together.

Throughout the year, this space will highlight holidays, cultural events, heritage and awareness months, and other celebrations that reflect and deepen our understanding of the many identities, experiences, and traditions within our community.

Be sure to stop by and take a look the next time you’re on campus! 🐺

🐺 First day of school! 💙💚There’s nothing better than having our Wolves back on campus! The halls and classrooms were ful...
09/02/2026

🐺 First day of school! 💙💚

There’s nothing better than having our Wolves back on campus! The halls and classrooms were full of excitement today as we officially kicked off a new school year.

A huge thank you to Lauren Richardson-Berg for creating such a fun back-to-school backdrop in the gym. It was the perfect spot to capture those first-day smiles and made an already special day even more memorable.

We’re so happy to have everyone back. Here’s to a great year, Wolves!🐺

🐺 We’re ready for you, Wolves!Thank you to everyone who came out for our Lower and Middle School Meet Your Teacher event...
09/01/2026

🐺 We’re ready for you, Wolves!

Thank you to everyone who came out for our Lower and Middle School Meet Your Teacher events today! It was so much fun seeing our halls and classrooms filled with students and families again.

Now there’s just one more sleep until the first day of school! 💙💚

We can’t wait to welcome everyone back tomorrow and officially kick off the 2026–27 school year. See you soon, Wolves! 🐺

As we head into the final week before school starts, we’re celebrating a great summer! ☀️🐺While Westside families were e...
08/24/2026

As we head into the final week before school starts, we’re celebrating a great summer! ☀️🐺

While Westside families were enjoying summer break, our faculty and staff were making the most of it, too! From adventures around the world to fun closer to home, here’s a little peek at what some of our Wolves have been up to:
🏄 Maryanne’s dog, Marty, had his first paddleboarding experience
🚢 Kirby and his family cruised in Cabo
🐶 Lisa spent time at her cabin with her dogs
🥾 Pete hiked, swam, and explored monasteries and ruins in Croatia and Georgia
🥕 Shoshannah grew some very funky vegetables in her garden
🏞️ Meghan visited Yellowstone
🇪🇸 Theresa and her family soaked up summer in Spain, surrounded by water to beat the heat!
🩺 Heidi visited her daughter in Florida, who is now officially a doctor!
🇹🇼 Allison and Leo traveled to Taiwan with our 2026 graduates
❤️ Laura enjoyed special time with her granddaughter
⚾ Robin cheered on the Mariners and enjoyed lots of family time
🐺 Clem has been busy repping Westside around town
🎉 Many of our staff walked together in the West Seattle Grand Parade
🎶 And Kylee and Scott wrapped up the summer by making music at Kindiependent’s KindieWest!

We hope our whole Westside community had a summer filled with a little adventure, a little rest, and plenty of fun. We’d love to see what you’ve been up to, too! Share your summer photos with us and tag Westside School! 📸💙💚

Now we can’t wait to have everyone back together and kick off our 45th year! 🐺

We’re excited to welcome Andrea Jostol to Westside as our new 3rd Grade Teachers!Andrea comes to Westside with many year...
08/24/2026

We’re excited to welcome Andrea Jostol to Westside as our new 3rd Grade Teachers!

Andrea comes to Westside with many years of experience in independent schools, including nine years teaching Middle School Math and the past four years teaching 4th grade in Las Vegas. She’s excited for a new adventure in 3rd grade and to share her love of reading, writing poetry, and playing math games with her students.

What is Andrea most looking forward to at Westside? The community! She loves that Westside is a place where learning is joyful and meaningful, mistakes are celebrated as part of learning, and students and teachers can learn from one another and have fun along the way.

And a fun fact about Andrea: 🌏 She spent much of her elementary school years living in Indonesia, which sparked a lifelong love of travel and an appreciation for multicultural communities and celebrations. She can still count to 10 in Bahasa Indonesia!

Outside of school, Andrea enjoys hiking, playing video games, and spending time with her husband and their two dogs, Banjo and Dori.

If you see Andrea around campus, be sure to say hello and bring your best book recommendation! 💙💚

What a great first week back! 💙💚Our faculty and staff have been busy getting ready for another joyful year at Westside. ...
08/21/2026

What a great first week back! 💙💚

Our faculty and staff have been busy getting ready for another joyful year at Westside. This week included professional learning in The Writing Revolution (MS) and Developmental Designs (EL & LS), CPR and First Aid training, lots of classroom setup and planning, and plenty of time to reconnect and build community as a team over shared meals and group activities.

There’s a lot that goes into getting ready for a new school year, and we’re feeling energized and excited to welcome our students and families back very soon!

We’re excited to welcome Liz Maleki to Westside as our new 5th & 6th Grade Science Teacher!Liz joins us from Syracuse, N...
08/21/2026

We’re excited to welcome Liz Maleki to Westside as our new 5th & 6th Grade Science Teacher!

Liz joins us from Syracuse, New York, where she taught middle and high school science. Her love of the outdoors, and especially Mount Rainier and the Pacific Northwest, helped bring her across the country to Seattle!

Liz is excited to be part of Westside’s close-knit community and can’t wait to get students outside to explore the scientific wonders of the Pacific Northwest. Her love of science comes from wanting to understand how the natural world works, and she strives to create a classroom where students feel comfortable asking questions, making mistakes, and learning together.

And a fun fact about Liz: She was on her college’s Timber Sports team, competing in traditional logging skills like sawing, fire building, pole climbing, and axe throwing! Outside of school, you’ll find Liz hiking, backpacking, canoeing, training for a marathon, or cheering on the Buffalo Bills.

We’re so happy to have you at Westside, Liz! 💙💚

We’re excited to welcome Kathy Tien back to Westside as our new Middle School Mandarin Teacher!Kathy may be a familiar f...
08/20/2026

We’re excited to welcome Kathy Tien back to Westside as our new Middle School Mandarin Teacher!

Kathy may be a familiar face to many in our community. She previously taught Mandarin in Westside’s Lower School and has been teaching Chinese for more than eight years. Originally from Taiwan, Kathy loves sharing Chinese language and culture with her students and especially enjoys seeing them use their language skills beyond the classroom.

One thing she’s particularly looking forward to? Reconnecting with some of her former Lower School students, who are now in Middle School! 💙💚 And a fun fact about Kathy: She learned how to drive when she was 40!

Outside of school, Kathy enjoys spending time with her family and discovering new restaurants.

We’re so happy to have you back at Westside, Kathy!

We’re so excited to welcome Addy Fleming to the Westside community as a fourth grade teacher! Addy comes to Westside wit...
08/19/2026

We’re so excited to welcome Addy Fleming to the Westside community as a fourth grade teacher!

Addy comes to Westside with eight years of experience teaching and supporting students in grades 1–7. Before becoming an educator, she earned her degree in Screenwriting and worked at Warner Bros. She recently made the move from Indianapolis to Seattle and is looking forward to a wonderful school year and getting to know her new students.

Some fun facts about Addy:

📚 She loves reading, baking and cooking, yoga, dance, and puzzles

🐶🦔 She has two pretty adorable companions: her dog, Finn, and her hedgehog, Watson.

As a new Seattleite, Addy is also excited to explore the city and discover some favorite restaurants and coffee shops.

We’re so happy to have you at Westside, Addy! 💙💚

And that’s a wrap on another amazing summer of Westside Summer Camp! ☀️🐺We ended our final week with some very fun showc...
08/17/2026

And that’s a wrap on another amazing summer of Westside Summer Camp! ☀️🐺

We ended our final week with some very fun showcases, including incredible handmade masks and the always-popular Cardboard Arcade. It was the perfect way to celebrate a summer full of creativity, adventure, learning, and plenty of fun.

A huge thank you to Leo, our Director of Student & Family Life; Scott, our Auxiliary & Experiential Programs Manager; and Amanda for their leadership throughout the summer. We’re also so grateful to all of the Westside faculty and staff, alumni, and outside vendors who shared their time and talents to make this camp season so special.

Thanks for a great summer, campers! We can’t wait to do it all again next year. 💙💚

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10404 34th Avenue SW
Seattle, WA
98146

Opening Hours

Monday 7:30am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 7:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 7:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday 7:30am - 5:30pm
Friday 7:30am - 5:30pm

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+12069322511

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