About Us

SoundOut is an expert assistance program focused on promoting Student Voice and Meaningful Student Involvement throughout education.

We work with K-12 schools, districts, state and provincial education agencies, and nonprofit education organizations across the United States and Canada.

About SoundOut

SoundOut's activities are based on Adam Fletcher's Frameworks for Meaningful Student Involvement. We offer a variety of activities based on those Frameworks, as well as a classroom curriculum for middle and high school students.

Our Projects

Collaborators and Supporters

Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (Olympia, WA) | New York Office of Student Support Services (LeRoy, NY) | Center for the Study of Excellence in Teaching and Learning (Floral Park, NY) | HumanLinks Foundation (Bothell, WA) | Evergreen Public Schools (Vancouver, WA) | Vermont Principals Association (Montpelier, VT) | National PTA (Arlington, VA) | Seattle Public Schools (Seattle, WA) | Charlotte Martin Foundation (Seattle, WA) | Communities for Learning (Floral Park, NY) | Youth On Board (Boston, MA) | Hillsborough Public School District (Tampa, FL) | Gen YES (Olympia, WA) | Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education (New York, NY) | Washington State University Center for Bridging the Digital Divide (Pullman, WA) | Youth Activism Project (Kennsington, MD) | National Youth Rights Association (Washington, DC) | Service Learning Northwest (Vancouver, WA) | Institute for Community Leadership (Kent, WA) | New Horizons for Learning (Seattle, WA) | Project Service Leadership (Vancouver, WA) | Youth Policy Action Center (Washington, DC) | Wild Cow Studios (Olympia, WA) | Yakima Public School District (Yakima, WA)

SoundOut Schools

SoundOut staff have facilitated a variety of events for K-12 schools, districts, and state education agencies across the United States and Canada. Our partners include:

Albany-Schoharie-Schenectady-Saratoga BOCES (Albany, NY) | Alberta Ministry of Education (Edmonton, AB) | Boston Public Schools Student Engagement Advisory Council (Boston, MA) | Caroline High School (Caroline, Alberta, Canada) | Colfax High School (Colfax, WA) | Community Academy of Science and Health (Boston, MA) | Cypress Creek Elementary School (Ruskin, FL) | Engineering School (Boston, MA) | Evergreen High School (Vancouver, WA) | Evergreen Public Schools (Vancouver, WA) | Dayton High School (Dayton, WA) | Franklin High School (Seattle, WA) | Friday Harbor High School (Friday Harbor, WA) | Genesee Valley BOCES (LeRoy, NY) | Harbor High School (Aberdeen, WA) | Harwood High School (Moretown, VT) | Langley Middle School (Langley, WA) | Lewis and Clark Middle School (Yakima, WA) | Lewis and Clark High School (Spokane, WA) | Monument High School (Boston, MA) | New York State Student Support Services Center (LeRoy, NY) | Oneida-Herkimer-Madison BOCES (Utica, NY) | Onondaga-Cortland-Madison Counties BOCES (Syracuse, NY) | Oswego County BOCES (Mexico, NY) | Patchwork School (Boulder, CO) | Ridgeview Elementary School (Yakima, WA) | Pinnacle Charter School (Denver, CO) | Roosevelt High School (Seattle, WA) | Seattle Public Schools Office of Equity and Race Relations (Seattle, WA) | Seattle Public Schools Small Learning Environments Conference (Seattle, WA) | Secondary Academy for Success (Bothell, WA) | Schenectady Public Schools (Schenectady, NY) | Social Justice Academy (Boston, MA) | Spanaway Elementary School (Bethel, WA) | Sumner School District (Sumner, WA) | University of Washington College of Education (Seattle, WA) | University of Washington GEAR UP Program (Seattle, WA) | Vermont State Department of Education HIV/AIDs Program (Montpelier, VT) | Vashon Island Student Link Alternative School (Vashon, WA) | Vermont Principals Association (Montpelier, WA) | Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction School Improvement Program (Olympia, WA) | Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction Learn and Serve America Program (Olympia, WA) | Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction Title V and Innovative Programs (Olympia, WA) | White River High School (Buckley, WA) | Wishkah Valley High School (Aberdeen, WA) | Yakima Public Schools (Yakima, WA)

Conference presentations

SoundOut staff keynote, train, and provide a variety of workshops at conferences across the United States and Canada. Some of our key events have included:

Vermont Principals Association, Montpelier, VT | New York State Student Support Services Center Putting Policy Into Practice Conference Series. New York State Student Support Services Center. Buffalo, Elmira, Rochester, Long Island, Owego, NY | National PTA Legislative Conference, Arlington, VA | CDC/DASH Funded-Partners Annual Meeting, Bethesda, MD | National School Board Association Conference, Chicago, IL | National Service Learning Conference: Denver, CO; Minneapolis, MN; Orlando, FL | Grantmaker's Forum on Education Conference, Washington, DC | Projeto Juventude Seminario Internacional, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil

Contact us with any questions about student voice, meaningful student involvement or student-inclusive democracy in schools. We also have information about our publications, scheduling and fees.

SoundOut

PO Box 6185

Olympia, Washington 98507

(360)489-9680

or email us.

Disclaimer & Terms of Use

SoundOut is not responsible for the content of external sites. Unless otherwise stated materials made available on this website are copyright SoundOut, it's contributors, agents or authors and all rights are reserved. These materials may not be used in any form for commercial purposes. Electronic or paper copies of these materials may be made for classroom use, provided that the authors of the work are credited and identified as the copyright holders.