30th Anniversary!
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Finnish School of Seattle! We invited all members of the local Finnish community for birthday cake and live music at the school in November. The celebration continues this spring with a skating event in March and a field trip to the National Nordic Museum in May.
For more information about our school, please contact principal teacher Anna Brinck, principal@finnishschoolofseattle.org.
Our Mission
The Finnish School of Seattle is a welcoming community for families, providing high-quality educational programs for Finnish-speaking children and teens.
The school’s values and objectives are as follows:
- We learn and use the Finnish language in a joyful, nurturing environment—respecting one another and treating everyone with dignity and kindness.
- We explore and share Finnish culture, society, and values in relation to other cultures, within an open and welcoming community.
Curriculum
We include all forms of children’s culture in our curriculum as diversely as possible – language teaching, exercise, play, handicrafts, music, literature, drama and Finnish customs in age-appropriate ways.
We also celebrate children’s birthdays during the calendar year, Finnish holidays (Runeberg Day, Shrove Day, Kalevala Day, Easter, Mother’s Day, Spring Festival, Independence Day, Father’s Day and Christmas), and consider American holidays like Halloween and Thanksgiving.