BK Academy (Bellevue, King County) serves gifted preschool and elementary students in Bellevue, Eastside of Seattle. It is an accredited elementary school and licensed childcare. BK Academy facilitates empathy and perseverance for change makers.
Our main purpose is to give your child an environment where they will thrive among their peers. Every child is unique and deserves to be treated with dignity and respect. We identify your child’s strengths and vulnerabilities and try to the best of our ability to give them all the tools possible to bring out the best in each of them. Gifted kids learn in different ways and different speeds therefore we give our kids the special attention they need by meeting their individual needs.
Our best asset is the student body. When they feel understood by their peers, empathy starts growing. Enough playtime, close observation, and individualized guidance is the key to teach students to be fair to themselves and to others at the same time.
Our curriculum is adapted to your child’s performance and not their age. Our curriculum provides not only English, Reading ,Writing and Math but also Social Studies, Music, Art, Martial Arts, Science, and Chess classes. Beyond the academic curriculum, we give great importance to their social and emotional development. The children are observed closely and parents are kept up to date on their child’s growth. We strongly believe that when school and home have a good and trusting relation the child benefits the most.
Although academic achievement is not the priority, most of BK Academy students have higher levels of academic achievement. We provide advanced academics that fit each child's needs. The purpose is not the content itself. The purpose is to teach perseverance. Without a challenging curriculum, gifted students learn how to not work hard. Coupled with elaborated peer play in extended period of time under specialists' supervision, BK Academy students learn perseverance and perspectives in life.
Research Project is another unique feature of BK Academy, where students have room to make decisions for their learning. Students choose the topic, ask questions, and come up with ways to find the answers. With their teachers' guidance students make plans for experiments, activities, and field trips as part of the research projects. Students also experience how to follow through their plans as a group to create a monthly presentation for parents.
Our main purpose is to provide your child with all his/hers needs academically, emotionally and socially but never forgetting to challenge them to reach their full potential.
BK Academy is small, which makes it possible to provide an avenue for shy students to blossom. It also enables non-graded classrooms, individualized instruction, low student/teacher ratios, cross-age grouping, and stronger involvement. Nowadays students can get almost any knowledge online. A small group can foster strong citizenship, leadership, and social emotional skills through meaningful relationships with peers and teachers.
Some parents are concerned about the IQ test requirements. While students are on the individual IQ test, they mostly do not realize they are on a test. It seems like play or a game for them. Besides, being gifted is not always detected easily especially when the student's achievement level is not high or when the student shows behavioral issues at school. IQ testing is especially useful to screen their needs.