BULGARIAN SCHOOL of SEATTLE was established in May 2011. The Bulgarian Cultural Club in Seattle, or also known as the Bulgarian School of Seattle, is a non-for-profit organization, registered in the State of Washington (UBI # 603117729) with its main purpose: to serve useful educational activity among Bulgarian Community in the Greater Seattle Area.
Bulgarian School of Seattle is offering paid education in: Bulgarian Language, Bulgarian History, and Bulgarian Geography for children age 4 to 18, and for adults. The school is open for all heritage language (HL) children, permanently or temporary living in Seattle, as well as for people with different nationality, interested in learning the language. Regardless the stage of knowledge, students get the opportunity to fully develop language skills and knowledge to better understand the Bulgarian culture, behavior and tradition. The heritage language education follows the standards of the Ministry of Education in Bulgaria in accordance with their curriculum. Teachers are professionally trained and certified with long lasting teaching experience. The main purpose is to form individuals who carry the customs of two civilizations, but knowing where their roots are.
In a very short amount of time the school became very popular among the Bulgarian society in Seattle. In a sense, the Bulgarian School of Seattle appears to be one large family, using the Bulgarian language and culture as a common parent.