HENDERSON BAY BIG PICTURE LEARNING takes one student at a time on a learning journey. We build a plan, explore interests and participate in projects connecting student and the local community to expand learning opportunities. Students are free to explore by interest while meeting requirements in Personal Development, Social Reasoning, Communication, Design Process (known as emperical Reasoning) and Design Application (known as Quantitative Reasoning).

Students have an advisor, take academic rotation classes, establish links (informational interviews, job shadows, and internships) with the Gig Harbor larger community, work on personal, advisory and mentorship projects and demonstrate their learning with four yearly exhibitions. At these exhibitions they reveal their learning journey, reflections and competencies gained through the big picture experience.