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History

Since June 1997, we began in our home, and then expanded to a small center in Beacon Hill. Our permanent location SOL Main is located on Rainier Ave. and is licensed for 61 children (B-5yrs). SOL MLK was established in September, 2010 and licensed for Preschool, Pre-K and Before & After School (3-12 yrs) which is located at MLK Jr. Elementary School. SO RB was established in September 2017 and located at Rainier Beach Community Center for Preschool and Pre-K (3-5 yrs). SOL Orca was established June, 2021 and licensed for Preschool, Pre-K and Before & After School (3-12 yrs) which is located at Orca K-8 School. 

Mission

SOL is an organization that has intentionally embedded diversity throughout our program policies and procedures, learning materials and equipment, staffing, and classroom operations. Our qualified, caring, and dedicated staff incorporates cultural traditions, social justice-themed lessons and social justice activism and community involvement within our research-based early childhood and school-aged education curricula.

Philosophy

SOL provides a full-time multicultural program in early childhood education, supports kindergarten readiness and a multicultural, dual language Before and After School program aligned with SPS comprehensive academic outcomes for children aged five to twelve. Our qualified, caring, and dedicated staff incorporates cultural traditions, social justice-themed lessons and social justice activism and community involvement within our research-based early childhood and school-aged education curricula. In addition to preparing children to be kindergarten-ready, and literacy enriched, and to address achievement gaps that develop before Kindergarten, SOL staff, and Public Health Personnel give health screenings and assessments over multidisciplinary components which are paramount to tracking and supporting children’s growth, physical well-being, and their educational development. We support home languages in the classroom by speaking with children and parents in their heritage languages. To address the needs of diverse language and heritage groups, staff members speak two to three languages other than English throughout the day including Spanish, Somali, Amharic, and Vietnamese. All Program materials are multi-cultural and written in English and Spanish. The environments and classrooms are reflective of the children, staff, and homes.