The Bush School

After traveling and learning near and far, the entire Middle School community gathered together for one final time before summer for E-week Expo. Students completed E-week bingo cards featuring fun facts from each program. Students shared stories, reflected on what they learned, and prepared presentations.

“Again and again, I was struck by your wisdom, thoughtfulness, humor, and willingness to engage deeply with the world around you and speak up for the issues and causes you care about … which I hope you will carry with you forever, for as writer and civil rights activist Audre Lorde reminded us: ‘there is only one thing more frightening than speaking your truth– and that is not speaking.'”- Head of School Sarah Smith

On Sunday, June 7, The Bush School Class of 2026 celebrated the most important milestone of a young student’s journey—graduation. Proud family, friends, and faculty gathered at the Seattle Convention Center | Summit to witness seventy-two courageous seniors receive their hard-earned diplomas from Head of School Sarah Smith and Board President Karim Lessard ’89.

Congratulations to the Bush Class of 2026. We are so excited to see the trails you will blaze. Click
https://www.bush.edu/page/news-detail?pk=1681123 to read more about Commencement 2026.

Middle School students are wrapping up E-week courses as they return to campus from near and far. Students have soared to new heights in the Cirque Du Bush: Circus Arts course, learned new skills including sewing, suturing, and beekeeping, bonded with peers during music jams, immersed themselves in new cultures, and so much more. Middle School Blazers have spent the last-two weeks learning, growing, and inviting new perspectives and are excited to share stories about their unforgettable experiences with their classmates, families, and friends.

Last Friday, May 29, marked an exciting and sentimental day in Bush's Fifth Grade classroom. As students prepare to wrap up their Lower School experience, they also wrapped up their 'Salmon in Schools' curriculum, releasing 151 salmon fry into Lake Washington.

The salmon have been growing alongside students in the Fifth Grade classrooms since this winter, where they began as eggs, hatching before the Blazers' eyes. Students have been studying the salmon lifecycle and the importance of salmon in our ecosystem. Students counted each salmon before gently releasing them into the lake.