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Learn about the Local School District for Ten Trails 

Children living in Ten Trails attend schools in the Enumclaw School District which includes the brand new Black Diamond Elementary School where small class sizes, a whole-child based mission and focus on technology in the classrooms creates a robust learning environment. Start your research about this school on our Ten Trails website by reading this article about the school and its new principal, Tim Lee.

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Get a Feel for What Life is Like at Ten Trails

Check us out on YouTube to see our most recent television commercial that was filmed on-site in the community during one of our events. You can also read through our Community page for interviews with our residents, information about builder sales agents, spotlights on our parks, and more! www.TenTrails.com 3600-469-4043  

Ten Trails residents of elementary school age attend the nearby Black Diamond Elementary School where small class sizes, a whole-child based mission and focus on technology in the classrooms creates a robust learning environment for children. Read on to learn more about this brand new school located in historic Black Diamond, WA and their newest Principal, Tim Lee.

Black Diamond Elementary School Mission and Strategic Plan 

The school’s strategic plan incorporates a mission of Habits, Hands & Heart and Head, ensuring the equity of all students achieving at high levels. School staff aligns resources to support the students and community-based learning. Instruction focuses on the whole child, ensuring that each student is healthy, safe, engaged, supported and challenged. The school maintains a focus on instructional improvement to create positive, powerful learning experiences for students, each period, each day.

Instruction to Focus on the Whole Child 

Principal Tim Lee, emphasizes that the school’s curriculum is focused on promoting the long-term success of students through an approach that treats each child as an individual with his or her own unique learning style and needs. Because of the schools’ small class sizes and relatively small student body, Lee and his educators can have one-on-one interaction with each child, and also quickly intervene when a child may need extra assistance both academically and emotionally. The school organizes small groups designed to help children with a wide range of life and family challenges such a grief, divorce and social and emotional skills.

Technology in the Black Diamond Elementary School Classrooms 

Teachers at the Black Diamond Elementary School embrace the use of technology in the classroom and offer students the use of Chromebooks as part of their daily work plan. Inside the modern classrooms in the new school, teachers’ instruction is conducted on projector screens versus traditional chalk or dry erase boards. The elementary students can be found sitting in non-traditional grouping of “pods” of desks or other configurations of groupings to encourage collaboration and small-group based learning. Lee emphasizes that this group-based learning helps prepare students for when they eventually enter the workforce where tasks are conducted largely in group settings. The school is also proud of their robotics program that allows students to work together to write code to make a small robot perform basic functions.

Emphasis on Literacy 

Black Diamond Elementary School places a strong emphasis on literacy with students taking part in a minimum of one hour of small group reading per day. The school library offers students access to a wide range of fiction and non-fiction texts as well as life-skills programs to teach students about how to avoid plagiarism when writing, and how to navigate the internet safely. Black Diamond Elementary School is located just a few miles from Ten Trails at 25314 Baker St, Black Diamond, WA 98010. Keep up with all the latest news and information by following the school on their Facebook page. 360.469.4043 www.TenTrails.com  

Kindergarten Roundup Coming Soon for the Enumclaw School District

If you have a child who is turning five before September 1, 2019, you’ll be interested to know that Kindergarten Roundup for the Enumclaw School District is coming soon!  The Kindergarten Roundup is a registration/orientation session that is offered for all parents and students to learn about what to expect for the next school year. The district offers a full day, five-days-per-week, kindergarten program at no cost to parents.

Ten Trails Residents Kindergarten Orientation

For Ten Trails residents, kindergarten orientation for Black Diamond Elementary School is scheduled for March 21^st at 6:30 p.m.

Register for the Event

To register your new kindergartner at this event, you will need to bring your child’s birth certificate, immunization record, and proof of residency. For more information call the school at 360-802-7570 or visit the Enumclaw School District website: http://www.enumclaw.wednet.edu/calendar/NewsItem.aspx?id=1062&pageIndex=0 www.TenTrails.com 360-469-4043

Ten Trails families with young children searching for just the right preschool are in luck! The greater Black Diamond area is rich with selection when it comes to early childhood education. Whether you are looking for a preschool with a focus of Montessori, Christian, Jr. kindergarten, co-op, daycare, we’ve got you covered! Registration for the 2019-20 school year is on a first-come first-served basis and begins as early as January 31^st. Now is the time to start your research!

Montessori@ Sawyers Glen – 1.2 miles from Ten Trails

Age groups: 2 1/2 – 6 years

Montessori schools have eight areas of developmental focus:  practical life, sensorial, language, science, math, geography, history and culture. Children learn phonetic sounds, numbers, and make maps and flags to learn about their world.  Montessori schools operate on the the belief that children like to learn about real things, and Montessori class rooms use real materials rather than toys to encourage learning. 

Junior Junction – 4.3 miles from Ten Trails

Age groups: Infants through age 5

Junior Junction Day School offers early childhood educational programs for Infants, Toddlers, Preschool, Pre-Kindergarten, and Jr. Kindergarten aged children, and daycare.

Junior Junction’s commitment to quality early childhood education is reflected in their programs and staff. Teachers bring many years of multi-talented instruction in a variety of areas of education. The dedicated staff takes pride in knowing their student’s individual traits so that each child can receive the attention and direction required to enhance self-confidence, talents and academic skills.

Enumclaw School 

Enumclaw school district – 8.9 miles from Ten Trails

Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP)

Age groups:  3’s and 4’s

The Enumclaw School District offers a comprehensive preschool program that provides free services and support to eligible three- and four-year-old children and their families. The goal of ECEAP program is to help ensure that each child in the Enumclaw School District enters kindergarten ready to succeed. The ECEAP program includes preschool education, snacks, meals, parent involvement, health services coordination, and family support services. Each child in the program receives free transportation to and from school or daycare.

Light of Life Preschool – 3.1 miles from Ten Trails

Age groups: 3’s and Pre-Kindergarten

Light of Life Preschool incorporates a Christian education with many other developmental activities such as pre-math skills like counting, patterns, and sorting.  Zoo-Phonics is a widely–acclaimed program that helps children to recognize letters and sounds through fun and developmental activities. Age-appropriate activities are offered to children in all classes. They are given opportunities to learn at their own pace through discovery, exploration, and social interaction.

Joyful Noise Christian Preschool – .7 mile from Ten Trails

Age groups: 3’s and Pre-Kindergarten

Joyful Noise Christian Preschool has been serving families and children in our community for over 30 years. They are located on the campus of Lake Sawyer Christian Church next to Sawyer Woods Elementary School. This ministry is based on a love for children.

La Petite Academy of Covington – 6.7 miles from Ten Trails

Age groups: 6 Weeks – age 12

At La Petite Academy, children experience all the joys of childhood while forming strong social and educational foundations.Children learn to respect one another and to work together as they have fun. Here, they discover the joy of learning. As a STEM educator, science,technology, engineering, and math are integrated into everything that children do in the classroom.

Covington Cooperative Preschool – 9.1 miles from Ten Trails

Age groups: 2’s, 3’s, 4’s

What is a Co-op?

At a co-op preschool, you pay a comparatively low tuition and receive parent education in exchange for your participation in the operation of the preschool.Parents participate from 2–4 times per month in class with their children, attend a monthly parent meeting, help clean the preschool twice during the school year, and participate in fundraising.

 This preschool offers small class sizes and focuses on developing social skills, kindergarten readiness, and constructive, creative play. Programs include art,music, science, language, and unique field trips.

New Life Christian Preschool – 7.9 miles from Ten Trails

Age groups: 2’s, 3’s, 4’s and 5’s

At NLCP, the emphasis is on a developmental approach to learning—each day, children are involved in a variety of age-appropriate activities that encourage interactive learning and exploration of their skills and abilities.  Since preschool is a child’s first exposure to school, NLCP strives to balance learning ABC’s and 123’s with giving children a chance to express themselves through art, music, and play.  Social development is recognized as important for preschool-age children, whether it’s learning to separate from mom or dad, interact with peers, follow directions, or develop self-help skills.

Registration for the 2019-2020 school year begins Feb. 6^th

Green River College

Green River College is a public college committed to educating students in southern King County and beyond. Students from all over the world come to the community college to benefit from its more than 40 programs. The college offers transfer degrees, bachelor of applied science degrees, and technical certificates. Additionally, Green River College offers continuing education classes, and pre-college and basic skills courses.

Convenient to Ten Trails

The main campus of Green River College  is located in nearby Auburn. Set in the midst of a sprawling 180-acres of forested land, the beautiful campus features modern architecture  and a number of forested walking paths for students and visitors to enjoy. Branch campuses of the community college are located Kent, Enumclaw, as well as downtown Auburn. Residents of Ten Trails who are looking to expand their education will have convenient to the college’s main campus which is located just a short drive away. In addition, the Enumclaw campus is only nine miles from Ten Trails, while the Kent and Auburn campuses are just 13 miles away.

Classes for Enumclaw High School Students

Ten Trails residents who attend Enumclaw high school can further improve their goals of receiving a college degree through the college’s “Running Start” program. This unique program allows high school juniors and seniors to take tuition-free college courses at GRC to earn high school and college credit simultaneously!

Online Classes Available

Finally, Green River College offers hundreds of online classes. Because Ten Trails residents are fortunate enough to have 1-gigabyte of internet speed included in each and every home, they can have easy access to all of GRC’s online classes without leaving the comfort of their new Ten Trails home. For more information, visit the Green River College website at www.greenriver.edu. 360-469-4043 www.TenTrails.com  

Black Diamond Elementary School

Ten Trails kids who are elementary school age currently attend the brand new Black Diamond Elementary School. Located just minutes from Ten Trails, the new school’s mission is to be a “thinking and sharing community that inspires learning.”

Focus on Individual Learning and Needs

All the staff members at Black Diamond Elementary School are focused on supporting each individual child. There’s a focus on achieving learning goals to meet standardized testing reports, but also on each child’s own needs. At Black Diamond Elementary School, they believe each child is unique and so is their learning style. Black Diamond Elementary School has a program for “highly capable” student for grades 3-5. These students take part in a half day program where a teacher comes in and works with them on special projects.

Arts Education

Of further interest to parents is Black Diamond Elementary’s focus on arts education. They have their own kiln in the arts room and dedicated space for creating and displaying student artwork..

Active PTA

In addition, the school has an extremely active PTA that regularly hosts events such as Muffins for Moms, Donuts for Dudes, Holiday Craft Bazaar, a Spring Carnival, ice cream socials and movie nights.

Learn More or Schedule a Tour

For more information or to schedule a tour, contact the Black Diamond Elementary School at 360-802-7570, 25314 Baker Street, Black Diamond, WA 98010.

Ten Trails School District

Ten Trails is located within the Enumclaw School District 216. School age children living in Ten Trails currently attend Black Diamond Elementary School, Westwood Elementary School, Thunder Mountain Middle School or Enumclaw High School.

Schools Located Within Ten Trails

As the community grows, Ten Trails has space set aside for seven schools, all located within the community!

• Four Elementary Schools
• Two Junior High Schools
• One High School

Addition of New Schools

Once the current schools within the district fill up the school board determines the need for additional schools and presents a bond to the voters. Building of new schools can begin after the passage of a bond. For specific questions regarding schools please contact the Enumclaw School District directly; Mo Tuttle, Public Information and Communications Assistant at (360) 802-7108.  www.TenTrails.com 360-469-4043