The Valley School | Seattle, Washington

Facilities

The Valley School is located on eight contiguous residential lots near the heart of Seattle’s Madison Valley neighborhood. The four buildings on campus are all renovated single-family homes. The Administration Building, purchased in 2006, is located at 309 31st Avenue East.

The primary building (310 30th Avenue East), which was extensively renovated in 2004, houses the pre-K and kindergarten classrooms on the main floor, with the first and second grades upstairs. There is also a second floor art studio.

The main floor of the Library Building (318 30th East) is occupied by the third grade.

Fourth and fifth grades share the lower level of the Upper School Building (3014 East Thomas), which also houses the upstairs Meeting Room. This large hall is used for lunch, movement classes, class presentations, all-school assemblies, and special events.

Valley has two main play areas, one north of the primary building, which is used mostly by grades three through five, and one south of the primary building, which is used by the pre-K through second grade classes. The area for the upper grades features monkey bars, swings, a "cob" house, and a paved area for basketball and four square. There is also a ramp and ample room for riding various scooters and carts, and for favorite activities such as dodge ball.

The area for the lower grades has two playhouse structures, a wooden rocketship, swings, balance apparatus, sand boxes, and extra room for impromptu games of soccer or kickball. All grades have access to ready supplies of buckets, tools, and riding toys. In addition, children often develop their own their own gardening or construction projects on the "undeveloped" parts of the playground.

The Valley School does not use pesticides in buildings or on the grounds.