This student-centered independent school in Vancouver, WA is where children in preschool - 8th grade learn to become critical thinkers.
The Gardner School of Arts & Sciences is unique in Clark County. This pre-K through eighth grade school serves bright, creative students who thrive in an idyllic setting that offers inquiry-based learning and a commitment to the multiple intelligences model. Its student body ranges across a wide spectrum of socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds. The school has an atmosphere characterized by individualized attention, small class sizes, and a hands-on focus to learning. Students create portfolios of work each year that showcase learning in core academic subjects. Much of the work is project-based and expresses in-depth understanding of a particular topic.
Founded in 1995, The Gardner School of Arts & Sciences is Southwest Washington’s only independent progressive student-centered learning environment. Inspired by the theory of multiple intelligences - identified by Harvard Professor Howard Gardner - our community of teachers and learning recognizes and honors many ways of learning, thinking and expressing one’s self.
The Gardner School of Arts & Sciences inspires students to actively seek knowledge and understanding, to think independently, to reason critically, and to embrace challenge. Realizing the uniqueness of each individual, we focus on each child’s learning process while valuing their ideas through collaborative work. This enables our students to reach their highest potential. While building knowledge of self, and an awareness of our connection to others, we help students develop responsibility for themselves, their community, the earth and the rest of the world.
