Juneteenth and its historic centrality within the African American community was unknown to me growing up. I had known well that the Emancipation Proclamation, issued on January 1, 1863 declared all enslaved people to be free. 

Each year, the 11th grade Biology course (taught by Hannah Chapin, Peter Clark, and Melinda Mueller) concludes with an ecology project. This year the class focused on urban ecology. Their final project was to analyze Seattle neighborhoods (defined by census tracts) to find out whether and how neighborhoods' demographic, historic, and environmental characteristics related to the amount of tree canopy in those neighborhoods.

In May, a total of 150 students from 15 delegations across the state participated in the YMCA Youth Legislature state session. Out of a total 100 bills, 40 made it out of committee and onto the Senate and House Floors. Of those, Seattle Academy students were pivotal in getting 4 of 6 bills passed out of committee. A final 17 bills passed in both chambers and were signed by the Governor.

In mid-May, Seattle Academy finished Season 2 of the athletic year topping the season off with three Emerald Sound Conference championships! Boys’ golf, girls’ tennis, and girls’ ultimate all won championships in their respective sports.

June is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) Pride Month. Pride was established to recognize the impact that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and other queer individuals have had on the world. Check out our June Holiday Spotlight. 

They met in SAAS classrooms and two short years later, three Seattle Academy students aired on KEXP: Delphine Casper ’22, Henry Roseman ’22, and Calvin Lundin ’23. Their up-and-coming bands, Delphine Elliott (composed of Delphine, Henry, and Calvin) and Strange Summer (composed of Henry and Calvin), have certainly broken into the Seattle music scene with prowess.

Earlier this month the Upper School held a tight election to determine who would be next year's Associated Student Body Representatives. Eleven students put their name in the hat - four students were elected - and one student continued on from this year’s ASB.

Emily Cherkin MA Ed. is not concerned with a little tech-use; she is concerned with a lot of tech-use. This is the premise of the presentation she gave to Seattle Academy’s Parent Education group last month.