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Orca at Columbia
3528 S. Ferdinand
Seattle WA 98118
(206)252-6900

Principal: Ben Ostrom

Orca at Columbia
Elementary School
is vital member of the
Seattle Public Schools.




Orca at Columbia is a Powerful Schools partner in education.

Powerful Schools works with Rainier Valley Schools to support arts, mentoring, after school classes, tutoring, and writing experiences.

Orca’s vision is one of an
active family of students, staff,
parents, and neighbors.

We hope you enjoy our
website and check back often.

Orca's Emerging Vision for a K-8 Alternative School
An Orca Portrait: Walk through Orca and take it all in: self-portraits on one wall, insect projects on a table, a parent working with some children in the hall. Listen to students preparing to debate the Bill of Rights or chewing on a problem in a class meeting. Follow sounds out to the garden where children explore the links between seeds, water, dirt, sun and one another.

Kindergarten at Orca
Orca’s kindergartners are active, busy learners. During the full-day kindergarten class they measure, compute and annotate in their science journals. Digging, planting and harvesting takes place in the garden. Students gather and mix ingredients, bake bread and toss salads. Orca kindergarteners read about Helen Keller, Fredrick O. Douglas and others. They practice social democracy by voting on a class president and cabinet each week. Students write and read their own work on a daily basis and, at the end of the year, they make their own books and present them at the Young Author’s Festival.
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Welcome to Orca An AlternativeK-8 Public School
"A fifth grader walked me to the library. She was smart and confident, enthusiastic and respectful. It was the moment I knew I had made the right choice for my child." - a new Orca parent
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Contact Information
Orca at Columbia
3528 S. Ferdinand
Seattle WA 98118
(206)252-6900

Principal: Ben Ostrom

Start time: 9:05
Dismissal time: 3:10
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Breakfast & Lunch Prices:
Breakfast - .75
Lunck - $1.75
Milk - .40
Please do not send money with your child. Visit the Lunchroom Manager, Annette to add money to your child's lunch account.

The Orca Vision
Orca’s vision is one of an active family of students, staff, parents, and neighbors, which values diversity and creativity, generates enthusiasm for lifelong learning, and nurtures humane, environmentally conscious, strong global citizens.

Orca History