Puget Sound Community School

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| established = 1994 
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| schooltype = [[Private school#United States|Private]]
| fundingtype=501(c)(3) non-profit organization
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| grades = 6–12
| founders =Andy Smallman, Melinda Shaw
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| enrollment = 33
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'''Puget Sound Community School''' (PSCS) is a small private, independent, secular middle and high school in [[Seattle, Washington]]. It was founded in 1994 by Andy Smallman and his wife Melinda Shaw. The school has a student population of 33.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Puget Sounds Community School |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/washington/puget-sounds-community-school-316730 |access-date=22 February 2025 |website=US News & World Report}}</ref>

Author [[Daniel Pink]] mentioned the school in his 2009 book [[Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us|''Drive'']], noting that the school "gives its students a radical dose of autonomy, turning the 'one size fits all' approach of conventional schools on its head. Each student has an adviser who acts as her personal coach, helping her come up with her own learning goals"<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-01-03 |title=Idea of the day: Kindness class {{!}} Daniel H. Pink |url=https://www.danpink.com/2010/01/idea-of-the-day-kindness-class/ |access-date=2023-10-22 |website=Daniel H. Pink {{!}} The official site of author Daniel Pink}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Drive: The Surprising Truth about what Motivates Us |first=Daniel H. |last=Pink |author-link=Daniel Pink |publisher=Riverhead Books |year=2009 |isbn=9781594488849 |page=194 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/drivesurprisingt00pink_0 }}</ref> and comparing it to [[Sudbury Valley School]] and [[Dennis Littky]]'s Big Picture School.

In 2009, the [[Seattle Times]] featured the school in its article "Kindness Taught in Seattle School’s Online Class."<ref>[https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/kindness-taught-in-seattle-schools-online-class/ "Kindness taught in Seattle school’s online class"] The Seattle Times. December 27, 2009</ref>

[[The New York Times]] featured PSCS as a pioneer in gender-neutral bathrooms in a 2017 article about non-binary youth.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Greenberg |first=Zoe |date=2017-10-24 |title=When a Student Says, 'I'm Not a Boy or a Girl' |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/24/well/family/transgender-gender-nonbinary-students.html |access-date=2023-10-22 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
{{official website|http://www.pscs.org}}

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[[Category:Private middle schools in Washington (state)]]
[[Category:High schools in King County, Washington]]
[[Category:Schools in Seattle]]
[[Category:Private high schools in Washington (state)]]
[[Category:1994 establishments in Washington (state)]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1994]]

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