Culture of Performance
Students are challenged to take risks by combining disparate skills in moments of action. Learn More
Participation and Excellence
Championship teams. A no-cut policy. The best of both worlds.Learn More
Talents Born, Made & Discovered
Offering a safe environment for experimentation with opportunity to challenge rigid boundaries for what is possible. Learn More
Know the Kid
Understanding each student at the individual level and navigating with them through their educational experience. Learn More
Diverse & Inclusive Community
Fostering respect for human differences, growth of the individual, and diversity within the school community. Learn More
SAAS Pillars
The core of our programmatic vision is the collection of student learning provided in our academics, arts, athletics, outdoor trips & travel and service experiences within a supportive diverse and inclusive community.
Academics
Seattle Academy’s mission of preparing students for college and life means our academics pair traditional areas of study with innovative curriculum, projects, and performances.
Arts
Since Seattle Academy was founded, the arts have played a central role in our school’s identity. We believe that every student is intrinsically creative.
Athletics
Seattle Academy Athletics offers an inclusive, no-cut program that invites students of all skill levels to participate in our team sports offerings. At the same time, we’re just as passionately committed to supporting excellence, fielding teams that operate at the highest level of competition or performance.
Outdoor & Travel
The Seattle Academy Outdoor & Travel Program provides opportunities for students to challenge themselves both physically and emotionally, to deepen relationships, and to develop a responsible understanding of cultures, people, and the lands through which they travel.
Service
The Seattle Academy Service Learning program helps prepare students to be engaged, reflective, and productive contributors in a changing world.
Dynamic & Inclusive Community
Seattle Academy welcomes and binds together a diverse independent school community - we believe that a diverse school community is essential to education. We therefore foster and encourage respect for human differences, growth of the individual, and diversity within the school population.
Community Voices
Our SAAS community is full of exciting stories about and opinions of our students, Alums, families and faculty/staff. Our voices reflect the inspiring impact of SAAS within our school, community and the world at large.
Alicia Mullikin
Arts Dance Faculty
Alicia Mullikin, Seattle Academy dance teacher and choreographer, was recently featured on KCTS9 in an article written by Laila Kazmi. The article discusses Alicia’s attempts to open minds and challenge long-existing stereotypes of who can be a dancer.
Lewis Maday-Travis
Middle School Science Faculty
Lewis Maday-Travis was featured on KUOW. The article discusses how Lewis, who teaches Middle School science here at Seattle Academy, came out to his students as transgender and how being able to be himself makes him a better teacher.
Sophia Schloss
Class of 2021
Sophia Schloss ’21 stars in the title role of the new film Sadie. The film debuted at the SXSW Film Festival in mid-March and has been receiving raves reviews since then.
Lewis Greenstein
Class of 2017
Lewis Greenstein ‘17 won the teen category of the Future Engineers Mars Medical Challenge. Lewis first entered the competition in his Upper School Winter Innovations-Prototyping course with David Pynchon. In mid-March, his medical 3D digital Dual IV/Syringe pump object designed for an astronaut to use in space to maintain physical health on a 3-year journey to Mars was selected as a finalist.
Sam Schimmel
Class of 2018
Sam Schimmel ’18, Center for Native American Youth 2017 Champion for Change, hosted an Alaskan Native Youth roundtable discussion during the Alaska Federation of Natives Conference held last week in Anchorage, Alaska.
MacKenzie Caputo
Class of 2018
In cross country, MacKenzie not only set a school record but earned First-Team All-ECL honors and was named ECL Rookie of the Year. She qualified for the state meet, where she broke the school record set by Shayla Maupin ‘10 back in 2008. Mackenzie’s record time was 19.49.
Tess Barton
Class of 2019
Earlier this month, the Center for Infectious Disease Research announced that Seattle Academy junior Tess Barton will be one of just thirty-six applicants selected to participate in their nationally recognized, summer outreach program 2018 BioQuest Academy.
Sam Zivin
Class of 2019
Sam Zivin ’19 was recently featured in the online magazine Northwest in Motion. The profile discusses how Sam’s interest in cycling has grown and his recent accomplishments.
Gavriel Staloch
Class of 2018
Alumnus, Gavriel Staloch '18 highlighted on Geek Wire as their Geek of the Week as he builds his own brand and a business on Instagram.
Conner Pierce
Class of 2018
Alumnus, Conner Pierce '18 was named a 2018 US Paralympics Track & Field All American.
Upcoming SAAS Events
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Currently Happening at SAAS
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The school year officially ended this week with the culmination of several events including End-of-Year Parties, Curtain Call, and 8th Grade Moving Up.
![View Photo of the Mt. Baker Rowing Club Men's Lightweight 4]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1560346500/seattleacademyorg/nzij7eoua4un97hfa524/rileyarticle.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1560346500/seattleacademyorg/nzij7eoua4un97hfa524/rileyarticle.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1560346500/seattleacademyorg/nzij7eoua4un97hfa524/rileyarticle.png","width":528}])
This past weekend, Ben Riley ‘19 earned the silver medal at the National Youth Rowing Championships in Sarasota, FL. The Mt. Baker Men’s Light Weight 4 took second in the nation. Ben rows second seat and has been rowing with the majority of his team for four years. This is their third time to compete at Nationals.
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Seattle Academy capped off the spring season athletic year with two State Team Championships, two Individual State Championships and two Academic State Championships! The Cardinals had representatives in the postseason at the state level in five different sports.
![View the Second Place Architecture Photo from the Washington State High School Photography Competition]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1559834485/seattleacademyorg/p8xoyivcpbmztl9dr1d0/waphotoarticle.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1559834485/seattleacademyorg/p8xoyivcpbmztl9dr1d0/waphotoarticle.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1559834485/seattleacademyorg/p8xoyivcpbmztl9dr1d0/waphotoarticle.png","width":528}])
Seattle Academy photography students earned a fourth place finish in the Washington State High School Photography Competition. The top thirty-three images were chosen out of 3,506 submissions from 1,528 students across the state. SAAS students earned six spots in the top thirty-three
![View the Seattle Academy Class of 2019 Commencement Ceremony]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1559768165/seattleacademyorg/l8jfpuxibg7e96tqomc6/classof2019.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1559768165/seattleacademyorg/l8jfpuxibg7e96tqomc6/classof2019.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1559768165/seattleacademyorg/l8jfpuxibg7e96tqomc6/classof2019.png","width":528}])
The Class of 2019's culminating event of high school, their commencement ceremony, took place last night at McCaw Hall. In true Seattle Academy fashion, the event displayed the talents of the class in a wonderful showcase of heartfelt speeches, uplifting performances, and genuine moments of community.
![Photo of Seattle Academy Alumna, Rachel Liddel '11 speaking at SAAS about tech]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1559257107/seattleacademyorg/x7k1njotadl7cyvcdu5g/RachelLiddell11AlumnaspeaksatSeattleAcademy.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1559257107/seattleacademyorg/x7k1njotadl7cyvcdu5g/RachelLiddell11AlumnaspeaksatSeattleAcademy.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1559257107/seattleacademyorg/x7k1njotadl7cyvcdu5g/RachelLiddell11AlumnaspeaksatSeattleAcademy.png","width":528}])
Rachel Liddell '11, visited Seattle Academy on May 30th to share her experiences in the liberal arts and working at IBM. Rachel shared how she went from being Speech Team Captain, to an English Major. Now living in San Francisco, California and is a product manager at IBM Watson.
![View the Sharing the Stage Poster]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1559234126/seattleacademyorg/oiha6es5syskniny1abm/SharingtheStage.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1559234126/seattleacademyorg/oiha6es5syskniny1abm/SharingtheStage.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1559234126/seattleacademyorg/oiha6es5syskniny1abm/SharingtheStage.png","width":528}])
Sharing the Stage show #20 will take place this Sunday afternoon from 4:30-6:30 PM at the Jewelbox Theater (2322 2nd Ave., Seattle). Sharing the Stage is a concert series started in 2010, pairing professional musicians with student bands as openers.
![View Photo of Seattle Academy's ASB Representatives for 2019-20]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1559232789/seattleacademyorg/xp6xfzud0s8gsdnjr166/ASB2019-20.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1559232789/seattleacademyorg/xp6xfzud0s8gsdnjr166/ASB2019-20.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1559232789/seattleacademyorg/xp6xfzud0s8gsdnjr166/ASB2019-20.png","width":528}])
Last week, the Upper School held elections for the 2019-20 Associated Student Body (ASB) Representatives. Next year's representatives are Sadie Cook '20, Leo DeBruhl '21, Hannah McConnell '20, and Lucas Sherman '20.