Port Townsend School District

Learning through a sense of place.

Vision: We create and enable the culture, competence and conditions to ensure each student is prepared for meaningful work and engaged citizenship in our diverse and rapidly changing world.

Mission: Through community focused maritime place-based projects, students develop effective thinking, effective action, and effective relationships. As a result, our students demonstrate meaningful accomplishments as engaged citizens.

Core Principles:
Innovation impacts real community needs
Empowered learners own their learning
Learning is connected day-to-day and year-to-year
Learning is embedded in authentic activities and projects
Meaningful relationships develop while learning
Our maritime community, in all its facets, provides rich resources for place based learning