Know the Kid
Understanding each student at the individual level and navigating with them through their educational experience. Learn More
Culture of Performance
Students are challenged to take risks by combining disparate skills in moments of action. Learn More
Inclusive Community
Fostering respect for human differences, growth of the individual, and diversity within the school community. Learn More
Safe Return
With a strong priority on safety, we've welcomed back students to campus with a unique hybrid schedule. Learn More
College and Life
We value curiosity and innovation, participation and excellence, and exploration and resolve. 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.
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.
Centering BIPOC Voices
Current Students, Alumni, Faculty and Staff
This past July, a group of current and former Seattle Academy students and Arts Faculty members Annalise Olson '09, Tom Flood, and Lily Hotchkiss came together with the goal of centering BIPOC voices through a student-led mural project.
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.
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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REMOTE LEARNING
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Zoom Link from Coordinators
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ON CAMPUS
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Zoom
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All- School Parent Education Event: "Techintentionality" with Emily Cherkin
Establishing screentime boundaries with your children is difficult in the best of times. During this global pandemic, many of us are modeling different behavior while juggling remote working, online learning, and parenting. You don't have to fight the screentime battle alone. Nationally and internationally recognized consultant, Emily Cherkin will be speaking to SAAS parents to help families navigate the "new normal" and find balance without friction.
In order to help Emily tailor her presentation, please consider taking this quick SAAS Parents Screentime Survey.
Questions? Contact Julie Nicholls, Parent Association Parent Education Chair
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Currently Happening at SAAS
![Photo of Seattle Academy Alumna Nithya Menon '12]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1619110870/seattleacademyorg/sdvvrwla2cidk7tkr57s/SeattleAcademyAlumnaNithyaMenon12.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1619110870/seattleacademyorg/sdvvrwla2cidk7tkr57s/SeattleAcademyAlumnaNithyaMenon12.png","width":470}])
Many of the elements that are in our everyday lives are things we each take for granted. We flip the switch on and have lights to help us see, turn on the stove to cook a meal, and crank up the heat to keep us warm on cold days. Where the electricity comes from is something that we generally don’t have to worry about, in fact, it’s often something we overlook in our busy lives.
![Photo of Seattle Academy Sophia Mitri Schloss '21]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1618592119/seattleacademyorg/yhogaf8fwkyzfglafwnm/SeattleAcademySophiaMitriSchloss21ArticleBannerPhoto470X246.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1618592119/seattleacademyorg/yhogaf8fwkyzfglafwnm/SeattleAcademySophiaMitriSchloss21ArticleBannerPhoto470X246.png","width":470}])
Seattle Academy senior Sophia Mitri Schloss is a series regular on Disney+’s new original show Big Shot, starring John Stamos! The series premieres April 16!
Sophia—who has professionally acted since she was eight—jumps into the role of Emma Korn, daughter to not-so-empathetic Coach Korn, played by John Stamos!
![Photo of Seattle Academy Students Recognized at International Film Festivals Logos 2021]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1617907948/seattleacademyorg/cm3iuzl1inzvkm2ypiqy/FacebookFeedPhoto470X246SIFFArticleBanner.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1617907948/seattleacademyorg/cm3iuzl1inzvkm2ypiqy/FacebookFeedPhoto470X246SIFFArticleBanner.png","width":470}])
Five students, four films, one thing in common: they all attend Seattle Academy. The SAAS community has long recognized the talents of our students—this year that recognition is extending all the way to international film festivals.
![Photo of Seattle Academy April Holiday Spotlight 2021]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1617392027/seattleacademyorg/cir4aksca9izulsc7bqt/SeattleAcademyAprilHolidaySpotlight2021.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1617392027/seattleacademyorg/cir4aksca9izulsc7bqt/SeattleAcademyAprilHolidaySpotlight2021.png","width":470}])
April is Celebrate Diversity Month which was started in 2004 to recognize and honor the diversity surrounding us all. By intentionally celebrating differences and similarities during this month, organizers hope that people will gain a deeper understanding of each other.
![Photo of Seattle Academy Lily Wong '21 performing Stop the Hate Dance]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1617235381/seattleacademyorg/rj56jr1lqy5zszedxe7r/LilyWong21StoptheHateArticle.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1617235381/seattleacademyorg/rj56jr1lqy5zszedxe7r/LilyWong21StoptheHateArticle.png","width":470}])
Seattle Academy dancer Lily Wong ‘21 found a way to confront recent anti-Asian hate by a means other than words. Through the form of dance, Lily teamed up with a crew of professional dancers and artists to put together a compilation film for the Guild Dance Company. The video was filmed in the International District this March by Artistic Director Alex Ung, edited by SAAS Dance Teacher Alicia Mullikin, and featured music by Max Richter.
![Photo of Mt. Bagel and Seattle Academy Alumnus Roan Hartzog '04]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1617036793/seattleacademyorg/qwwdxmwokksdyai5lu6e/RHartzog04AlumniArticle.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1617036793/seattleacademyorg/qwwdxmwokksdyai5lu6e/RHartzog04AlumniArticle.png","width":470}])
Bagels are a notorious food item that many American towns and cities like to claim they are known for. Whether you prefer your bagel smeared thick with cream cheese or topped with loxs, the process behind creating a delicious bagel is not as simple as you might think. Alumnus Roan Hartzog `04 gives us a deep dive into his bagels and his business.
![Photo of FIMUN 2021]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1616100550/seattleacademyorg/w7knh1wzrj3zkmyowdq4/SeattleAcademyUpperSchoolModelUnitedNationsClub2021ArticleBanner.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1616100550/seattleacademyorg/w7knh1wzrj3zkmyowdq4/SeattleAcademyUpperSchoolModelUnitedNationsClub2021ArticleBanner.png","width":470}])
Seattle Academy Model United Nations delegates Owen Draper (’22) and Delphine Casper (’22) logged eleven hours of committee sessions stretched over the three-day conference, including 6:30 AM start times to accommodate the East Coast time zone.
![Photo of guest speaker of the Seattle Academy Parent Education SPARRC Event March 2021.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1616089814/seattleacademyorg/nekhlmbiwnofexydmkap/SeattleAcademy311SPARRCEventArticleBanner.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1616089814/seattleacademyorg/nekhlmbiwnofexydmkap/SeattleAcademy311SPARRCEventArticleBanner.png","width":470}])
On March 11th, Seattle Academy parents spent the evening with Dr. Lori Watson of Race-Work who gave a phenomenal virtual presentation on How to Talk to Your Kids About Race. Dr. Watson asked parents to consider WHY it is important for them to show up and have conversations about race—a theme that is central to our host for the evening.