April 2025
Happy April Everyone!
Reminders
You can find all of our closure dates at: Bellamente.org/calendar
CLOSED: Monday May 26
Family Social at Lincoln Park Sunday June 1, 3:00pm, @ Shelter 1
Maven Graduation; Friday August 22 4:30pm
Family Socials
We have set our Whole school social for the following time:
When: Sunday June 1, 2025 at 3:00pm
Where: Lincoln Park Shelter 1
Mark your calendars now and we will provide more details as we get closer about food and what is needed. Thank you to our parent committee for organizing this!
Summer Camp
School age Summer camp Registration is open to the public at this time, please feel free to invite a friend. Payment is due at the time of registration which will hold your space. Once camp is paid we are unable to do any refunds for schedule changes. If a change needs to be made we can make a note, and if we are able to fill your space from our waitlist we will then credit your account for that amount.
Going Paperless
We are working on updating our files to be electronic. We recognize the sustainability value in being paperless for us and our community. We will have all of our forms online by the beginning of the next school year. Please expect the email to update information to come in August. Prior to that if you need to send over immunizations or anything else please send it to our email with your child’s name in the subject line in addition to the content. For example: Cascade Bishop - Immunizations.
Rate Increase
We work hard to provide affordable rates for our families and proper wages for our employees. We will be adjusting tuition rates in September and they will be as follows:
As of September 1, 2025:
Newcomer: $2250
Acclimation/Independence: $1950
Adventure/Discovery/Maven:$1850
School-Age:
Stem/Pathfinder: $460;
Roxhill, Highland Park, Arbor Heights: $600.
Gatewood, and Fairmount Park: $600 + $50 Transport Fee
After School Program Fall Registration 2025
For our Maven and current After School Program Families. It is time for fall registration. Please complete the following form for EACH child who you wish to register for our after school program this fall. Once we have confirmed your space we will be invoicing a nonrefundable $150 deposit. This deposit will be applied towards your first month’s tuition.
Transportation: We do not get confirmed bus routes from SPS until right before the school year starts. We will update you once we know which schools will bus to us. We have set up alternative van transportation for other schools and will notify you if your child falls in this category.
Meet our team!
You can view all of our wonderful staff at bellamente.org/team
Mr Adam
I'm a Washington endorsed Special Education teacher with experience in both private and public schools. I have an Associates degree focusing on world history, a Bachelor’s degree in Special Education, and a Master’s in education centered around curriculum design and technology integration.
My degrees and teaching have been focused specifically on addressing learning differences. My particular areas of focus include Gifted Education, dyslexia/dysgraphia, anxiety, and perfectionism. I have a very strong interest in learning about how to support and encourage learners who are capable but in atypical ways.
Additionally I am an artist with a background in traditional fine arts and a working professional using digital media. I have a broad range of experience in both educational and artistic settings. I’ve published children’s books, worked with a variety of companies to produce work such as toys and games, and have my own art consulting business.
Miss Ruth
Hello, my name is Dina Ruth Aguilar, but you can call me Ruth, I was born in the city of Honduras, in 1983, I arrived in this country at the age of 23, I a wife and mother of 4 beautiful young women, and I have a 4-year-old grandson, I have 19 years of experience working as a nanny from my house, I have served in my church for 6 years. I started as a teacher with children from the ages of 1 to 2 years and now I am a teacher coordinator, serving in my community, always willing to learn, I love working with children, working with children is a true joy, their purity of heart is an inspiration for all of us. As the center of each home, they bring love and warmth without expectations of reward. In my free time you can find me, decorating birthdays and events, serving in my community, or sharing with family, I love plants, reading, having a coffee in the rain, I believe in friendship, I believe in God and his goodness, every day I am grateful to be standing, I love different cultures, they open your mind to different points of view and help you develop a broader vision of the world.
Snapshots From March!
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Bella Mente Early Learning Center East
9051 20TH AVE SW suite 1
Seattle, WA 98106
(206) 321-6448
EIN# 13-4368329