Bellevue Big Picture School is a secondary (6th-12th grade) school-of-choice. In partnership with the nationally recognized Big Picture Learning Network, five guiding principles provide the schools foundation and framework: personalization, adult-world connection, common intellectual mission, supportive partnerships, and shared leadership and responsibility. The school is uniquely structured to educate, support, and guide students from middle school through high school graduation, building bridges across the grades that lead to college success. Enrollment for the 2012-2013 school year has begun for 6th, 7th, 9th and 10th graders.
2012-2013 Big Picture Application
2012-2013 Admissions Information
2012-2013 Frequently Asked Questions
Big Picture Brochure
Big Picture Pamphlet
Big Picture Internship Brochure
Project-based Learning Newsletter
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The Big Picture Learning design is a dynamic approach to learning, doing, and thinking that has been changing the lives of students, educators, and entire communities since 1995. The design components are based on three foundation principles: first, learning must be based on the interests and goals of each student; second, student’s curriculum must be relevant to the people and places that exist in the real world; and finally, a student’s abilities must be authentically measured by the quality of her or his work.
§ The Advisor works with a small group of students to find what motivates and interests each student.
§ The Mentor, a lawyer, engineer, merchant, etc., guides each student’s internship.
§ The Parent is actively enrolled as a resource to the BP community.
§ The Student (and peers) interact to reinforce each other’s passion for real work in the real world. The result is a self-teaching community of learners where no one feels left out, and each helps motivate the other.
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