Academics
Middle School
An AwakeningTo What Is Possible
Each student is provided a wide variety of opportunities in experiential learning that balances the pursuit of individual interests with risk-taking in new arenas. Learning extends beyond the classroom walls to encompass the collective goals of exploration, interaction, investigation, and service to the larger community.
Take Risks, Discover Strengths
Social, emotional, and academic growth is fostered through a curriculum that encourages skill-building. Through literacy, math, social studies, science, language, the arts, technology, and physical education, we teach critical and creative thinking, ethical judgment and action, intercultural fluency, and local and global citizenship.
Experiential Learning
Bush Middle School students explore their passions with signature experiential programs including E-lectives, E-week, and Middle School Wilderness Programs. These programs allow students to develop a desire to explore and experience the world in both natural and urban settings, a growing sense of identity and confidence based on acquired skills and knowledge, and an active interest in and concern for other people.
ADVISORY PROGRAM
We believe that students thrive when they feel connected, engaged, and fully known. Through the Bush Middle School Advisory Program, we create a space where students can show up as their authentic selves and feel supported by their peers and a trusted adult.
Each advisory pairs seven to nine students in the same grade level with one to two faculty advisors, creating a tight-knit community of support. The advisor serves as the primary point of contact for both academic and social-emotional guidance. Students start every morning with their advisory group during check-in, and they gather for an extended forty-five-minute advisory block once a week.
To guide students' social, emotional, and personal growth throughout middle school, each grade level focuses on an overarching advisory theme:
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Sixth Grade — Identity: Exploring self-awareness, personal strengths, and understanding who they are as individuals.
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Seventh Grade — Community: Understanding group dynamics, building empathy, and learning how to contribute positively to the communities around them.
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Eighth Grade — Leadership: Developing agency, practicing responsibility, and preparing to lead both at Bush and beyond.
During advisory time, students build strong academic habits, participate in community-building activities, and reflect on what matters most in their lives and the broader world.
GETTING TO KNOW US
Middle School At a Glance
The Bush School is an independent day school located in Seattle, WA enrolling 775 students in grades K–12. The mission of The Bush School is to spark in students of diverse backgrounds and talents a passion for learning, accomplishment, and contribution to their communities
3400 East Harrison Street, Seattle WA 98112 (206) 322-7978
The Bush School does not discriminate in matters of employment, recruitment, admissions, or administration of any of its programs on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national or ethnic origin, disability, gender, or sexual orientation. In addition, The Bush School does not discriminate in matters of employment on the basis of age or marital status