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History
Hamlin Robinson School was founded by the Slingerland® Institute and the Robinson family in memory of Hamlin Robinson, first chairman of the Board of Directors of the Slingerland® Institute. Hamlin always hoped for an elementary school which could serve as a model of Slingerland® instruction.
In 1983 the Board of Directors of the Slingerland® Institute acquired space in a surplus elementary school on Mercer Island and the school became a reality. Hamlin’s widow, Mary Helen Robinson-Wells, a psychologist, trained Orton-Gillingham teacher and pioneer in the field of dyslexia, was an active member of the Hamlin Robinson School Board until her death in 2002.
By the fall of 1986 the school was in a position to operate independently. The school, in a friendly split from the Slingerland® Institute, was spun off legally and financially but retained a close professional relationship with the Institute. The Board leased space from the Bellevue School District and the school continued to grow and flourish for the next four years at this location. During that time HRS held its first auction, received its first grant, and became a Slingerland® summer school location for both teachers and dyslexic students.
The school moved to its current location in Seattle in the summer of 1990. The school was awarded the Medina Foundation Management Excellence Award that same year and was accredited by the Pacific Northwest Association of Independent Schools (PNAIS) in 1991 and reaccredited in 1998. In 1999, a middle school (grades 7 and 8) was added.
The school is supported by an active board of trustees, talented Slingerland® trained teachers, and other committed and passionate staff members. From eleven students in 1983, the school has grown to a student body of more than 100 students. More than 600 students have been successfully returned to conventional classrooms. The story has been one of growth and success in program, in enrollment, in maturation of the Board of Trustees, in financial stability, in the development function, in visibility and credibility in the community, and most of all, in giving a growing number of dyslexic children success in school and in life.
Accreditation
Hamlin Robinson School is approved
by the State of Washington as an independent, not-for-profit,
coeducational day school for primary through high school-aged
students. HRS is accredited by Pacific Northwest Association
of Independent Schools.
Member of:
Pacific Northwest Association of Independent
Schools (PNAIS)
Washington Federation of Independent Schools (WFIS)
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| Current Enrollment |
108 |
| Student/Teacher Ratio |
9:1 |
| Average Class Size |
10 |
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