Research Bryant Elementary School public Schools in Seattle, Washington

“Despite the concerned remarks about blended K below, I found the school welcoming to my son who was a special needs child in thus program from 2008-09. Sadly the program has been discontinued due to a 'new special ed model' in Seattle Schools. This is tragic for many children who like my son can benefit from a bridge year with smaller class sizes and an understanding teacher. Ms. Newman, formerly blended K teacher, luckily stays on at Bryant in the resource room. She is exceptional and I have high hopes for 1st grade at Bryant too.”

“We have been extremely happy with Bryant Elementary. It is a big school with all of the benefits this entails--strong art, music and other enrichment programs. However, the school has such a strong sense of community that the children experience the environment as they might in a much smaller school.”

“We've been searching for a kindergarten for our child who has some mild developmental delays (speech, fine/gross motor skills, dyspraxia) and thought of the blended kindergarten here because of the small class size. The vibe that I got, though I couldn't put my finger on it at the time, is that Bryant actually doesn't like having a blended kindergarten because it would rather deal with high achieving kids (typically developed, that is) in order to maintain its aura of 'greatness.' I was told that if my kid did not catch up after kindergarten (a 'riser' they call it), she would have to attend first grade somewhere else because Bryant just doesn't have the resources to deal with these kinds of kids. How nice is that?”

“Bryant was a wonderful school for my children. The teachers are willing to work with a child who may be struggling. They take parents' requests seriously. Like any school setting, the parents need to be assertive in letting the teachers or principal know exactly what they expect.”

“Excellent, personalized education programs provided by caring teachers”

“Bryant is a very good school as demonstrated by test scores. While large overall, class sizes are similar to the other excellent schools in NE Seattle. The after school child care and extracurricular activities are second to none. As good as a public school can get.”

“Bryant is a wonderful school. It is large, but due to this it has things other schools don't (science lab, music room etc.) Academics are great, my son is always challenged, with a lot of focus on writing and science. Excellent teachers, and very involved, hands on principal. Tons of parent involvement! Great communication between school and home. Teachers give their home phone numbers in case you need to talk with them. Environment at school is cutting edge, and progressive, but still upholds traditional values and discipline. Very balanced in my opionion, and an excellent choice. Would love to see more socioeconomic and ethnic diversity, which is lacking probably due to it's NE Seattle location. Beautiful remodeled building, great test scores, fantastic after school activity choices, happy kids. What more could you want!”

“My son. who is a special needs child is in the blended Kindergarten program this year. We were impressed with the fact that the teacher was willing to work closely with our son's therapist.”

“Don't get me wrong, the curriculum was strong, but the execution was poor here. We left the school (2004) because the leadersuip was not strong. The school lacks a cohesive philisophy that pulls together all the classrooms and it's teachers. As a large school this is an issue, espcially with the enormous amount of parent involvement that is seen here. My daughter's classroom was in chaos. Her teacher was forced to deal with several bullies that I felt should have been taken care of by the principal in a much stronger way. There are many interesting classes offered after school but they seemed over crowded and mostly daycare substitutions; as though it was better to have too many kids than quality. Bryant is a great idea poorly executed.”