Methow Campus

Middle School Winter Methow Wilderness Trip

3/13/2019

Nine Bush Middle School students recently returned from the Winter Methow Wilderness Program. Using the Bush Methow campus as their base camp, their activities included snowshoeing, fat biking, Nordic and cross-country skiing, and observing winter wildlife. Bush students also connected with the Methow community by hosting a warming hut and partnering with students from the Methow Valley School. For pictures from this fun trip, click here.

The Bush School Featured in Seattle Met Magazine

11/6/2018

Check out this article in Seattle Met Magazine featuring The Bush School as one of “Ten Amazing Adventures at Seattle’s Private Schools”! Our Methow Valley satellite campus was highlighted for “serving as a home base for everything from a middle school fly fishing elective to a weeklong filmmaking immersion where students conceive and produce their own digital shorts.”

Middle School Fly Fishing Experiential Trip

10/8/2018

During the final week of fishing season on the Methow River, a group of ten Bush Middle School students learned about fly fishing, watershed stewardship, and the Methow community. Using the Bush Methow Campus as their basecamp, these students had hands-on fly fishing instruction from Kevin Van Bueren of North Cascades Fly Fishing, Methow Campus Program Coordinator Hilary Kaltenbach, Sixth Grade History Teacher Ben Wheeler, and Associate Director of Communications Katie Walker.

Middle School E-Week 2018

6/14/2018

Photos and videos from the 2018 E-Week adventures can be found here, or on Vidigami. E-Week is an annual week in May where Middle School students and faculty take a break from the usual schedule to spend five days (or up to fourteen for longer trips) focused on one experience.

Fall at the Methow Campus

12/7/2017

"Climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean." —John Muir

Fall was a busy time at the Bush Methow Campus. Middle School rock climbing trips, a fly-fishing adventure, the NWAIS risk-management conference and a Bush Family Open House rounded out a fantastic September and October in Mazama. Wildfires in the nearby North Cascade mountains did force us to relocate the Eighth grade and Senior retreats planned for the Methow in early September. Many programs, however, were able to take advantage of fantastic fall weather as cool, starry nights and brilliant autumn foliage set in.

Faculty Place-Based Workshop

6/23/2017

This place based workshop focused on how to incorporate the Methow Valley in to teacher's curriculum planning for an upcoming EWeek or AMP. We highlighted ways to get to know and appreciate our new Bush-Methow campus, how to fully engage with the Methow Community, and we spent time exploring Mazama, Winthrop, Twisp and several local non-profit organizations.

Senior Project for the Bats

5/29/2017

Senior US students Joel Bernstein and Tom Fahlman decided to create habitat masterpieces for bats in Mazama as their senior projects.

MS Film-Making E-Week

5/22/2017

Three short films and one long week of fun! This intensive class kept students engaged, exploring the Methow Valley and creating their own film series.

MS River Guiding E-Week

5/20/2017

A week of rafting and kayaking, learning the art of river guiding, and experiences that left these students appreciating northern Washington's river systems!
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Writing in Place AMP

5/13/2017

US Writing in Place AMP focused on creative writing and getting to know community in the Methow Valley. Students talked to locals about the culture, environment, history, and current issues facing this eastern Washington community of which the Bush School is now a part.

Trail Blazing Community AMP

5/9/2017

This spring Trail Blazing AMP students spent five days in the Methow Valley exploring wooded trails and fields of wildflowers, volunteering at several community events, interviewing local community members, and visiting with Liberty Bell High School students.

Alumnae/i Wilderness Experience Reunion

4/27/2017

Bush alumnae/i and Wilderness Program pioneers Rob Corkran and Tom Duffield celebrated the school’s wilderness program at The Bush Methow Campus April 21-23.

Methow Valley 2nd Grade Native Animals and Adaptations Field Day

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Winter Skills E-lective Visits the Methow

2/14/2017

This weekend, Middle School students in the Winter Skills course, led by Jillian Nicks and Tom Wise, put their classroom lessons to the test during an overnight wilderness trip to our Methow Campus! Methow Program Manager Kim Bondi and Site Coordinator John Harter joined the group to study snow science and go snowshoeing. The group built and slept in a snow cave, and made s'mores to top off the experience.