Campus
The Overlake campus has been called "a green island of forest, pasture and wetland," a rural oasis in the busy Eastside. The Overlake School is located on 75 acres of natural growth in Redmond, Washington, home of Microsoft. Once a farm, the campus combines a rural, reflective setting with access to neighboring high tech-resources.
Tall firs, white fences, converted farm buildings and state-of-the-art math, science, technology and arts facilities combine to create Overlake's unique environment. The campus is designed to complement the physical environment, blending in well with the green space. The campus setting encourages an equivalent personal growth in the students as they live and learn in this beautiful, peaceful environment.
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OWLS: Outdoor Wise Learning Spaces
Developed as the Fund-a-Need project for the 2008 Overlake School Auction, OWLS was created as a way to take advantage of the campus's expansive undeveloped acreage. But rather than clearing and developing those spaces, OWLS uses the property's signature rural nature for new outdoor learning spaces.
The installations include an outdoor classroom, a fitness course and a student art gallery; a weather station providing real-time readings online; and a 2.5-mile system of five trails, varying in length and difficulty, each including interpretive signs and trail marker posts.