Bellevue College is a student-centered, comprehensive and innovative college, committed to teaching excellence, that advances the life-long educational development of its students while strengthening the economic, social and cultural life of its diverse community. The college promotes student success by providing high-quality, flexible, accessible educational programs and services; advancing pluralism, inclusion and global awareness; and acting as a catalyst and collaborator for a vibrant region.

We have a great school system and every year we have new evidence that it continues to get better. Our "Great by any Measure" motto is derived from measurable results that show more students are mastering basic skills at the elementary level, and more students are taking challenging courses in middle and high school. Over the past seven years, Bellevue has worked hard to put into place an academically rigorous curriculum that connects from subject to subject and grade to grade across the district. Bellevue has received national recognition for its stated goal of providing all students with a top-of-the line college preparatory education.

Eastside Catholic School is a faith-based educational community where students learn to integrate their thinking and believing in ways that encourage intellectual excellence, nurture relationships and inspire a life of leadership and service to others. Founded in 1980, the school is governed by an elected Board of Trustees. It is the only seven-year co-educational Catholic school on the Eastside, and offers a college preparatory curriculum with a wide range of courses and activities. In addition, the high school offers the Options Program for a limited number of students with special learning and developmental challenges. The Eastside Catholic community is composed of approximately 850 students, about 110 faculty and staff members and more than 3,500 alumni. The school is located in Sammamish.

The Issaquah School District is educating the innovators, entrepreneurs, and civic leaders of tomorrow. Students here set the state and national high-water mark for standardized test scores, but Issaquah teachers aim for more. They create passionate lifelong learners who want to achieve their personal and professional potential in a rapidly changing world. The district has grown with Issaquah over the past 100 years as the city transformed from a sleepy mining town to the heart of a vibrant economic and cultural region. Almost 16,000 students are now enrolled in the district’s 24 schools, which cover a span of 110 square miles in seven municipalities.

As a district, we are beginning a conversation with parents and community around Vision 2020, our initiative to transform our schools for students so they are prepared to thrive in the 21st century. The initial focus is on secondary learning in particular – experiences in junior high and high school. Of course, we realize that secondary adjustments can only be successful if elementary education supports the same goals, but initially, our planning work is focused on secondary schools. The educational structures and processes for secondary education we currently use were developed in the 19th and 20th centuries, appropriate for the needs of the day. In Lake Washington, our teachers and staff do an amazing job preparing our students. But they are doing it in a system that has become increasingly irrelevant for the lives that our students will lead. Our students can’t expect a 19th or 20th century education system to equip them to face the 21st century world.

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