6651 NE Baker Hill Road
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110

I raised 2 girls through the school system. Bainbridge High more than prepared my kids for college. Both have said college is easier than high school and although high school was a hard time in life (most kids struggle at this age. Period. It’s not the high school but social media and parents not spending time with their kids). I had one kid with an IEP and if your doctor writes a letter explaining the issue, teachers and administration more than helped with support. Word of advice: know your kids’ friends and their parents wherever you live. It’s hard making friends at a new school especially starting a new school as a teen no matter where you go.

First experience at public school on Bainbridge--granted, this is a COVID/hybrid school year.We were in kindergarten and it was not a great experience. Once asynch went to hybrid, the k teachers were shuffled around and a first grade teacher took on one of the K. Unfortunately, it felt like the curriculum did not shift. We checked with several other K teachers and they agreed the work being asked for was not K work. When we commented on the disconnect, we were told that this was just our perception. In addition, after a year of teaching without a social component, we got feedback our son's skills were not up to expectation in terms of independence. Evidently he should be able to read multi-sentence math problems all on his own.The last week of school, communication has vanished. Assignments dwindled with little or non communication, and to say the teacher was "phoning it in" would be a stretch. I agree with other parents who have said Blakely's focus seems more on performance and maintaining their "Blue Ribbon" status rather than on helping their students reach their potential.

Very dated school, decent teachers, extremely dirty.

Great school differently recommend so great ya