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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Middle School Seminar Room
What to Expect Next (Senior!) Year with 12th Grade Coordinator Stacie Cone.
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Rhein Haus, 912 12th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122
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Intrigue Coffee and Chocolate Cafe, 1520 15th Ave, Seattle WA 98122
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SAAS Middle School Building, 1137 13th Avenue, Seattle, 98122
6:30 PM: Social
7:00 PM: Meeting
Middle School Commons
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Hosted by Christian Reynolds and Gordon Griffith, 5826 McKinley Pl. N, Seattle, 98103
all day
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SAAS Arts Center, 1100 12th Avenue, Seattle, 98122
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Black Box
all day
SAAS Middle School Building, 1137 13th Avenue, Seattle, 98122
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Home of Laura and David Rinn, 200 40th Ave. E, Seattle, WA 98112
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SAAS Arts Center, 1100 12th Avenue, Seattle, 98122
McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer St, Seattle, WA 98109
all day
The faculty will have professional development meetings on this date. Offices will be open from 8 AM - 4 PM. Questions? Contact Sheila Hanrahan at shanrahan@seattleacademy.org.
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Start in the Middle School Building
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Various Locations
Currently Happening at SAAS
![Photo of Seattle Academy 2019 Youth Legislature Students in Olympia]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1558374423/seattleacademyorg/fuklhjluzoxh6ij3onor/SeattleAcademy2019YouthLegislature.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558374423/seattleacademyorg/fuklhjluzoxh6ij3onor/SeattleAcademy2019YouthLegislature.jpg","width":470}])
On May 8-11, Seattle Academy's Youth Legislature Team, accompanied by Advisors Steve Retz and Regan Falcon, traveled to the State Capitol Building in Olympia to take part in the 72nd YMCA Youth Legislature Event.
![Seattle Academy students in The Onions Jazz Ensemble I at the 2019 Reno Jazz Festival]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1558022089/seattleacademyorg/fym2xxuswr5dv0gyccv8/2019OnionsRenoJazzFestival.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558022089/seattleacademyorg/fym2xxuswr5dv0gyccv8/2019OnionsRenoJazzFestival.jpg","width":470}])
On April 26, Seattle Academy Upper School Jazz Choir I (Onions) embarked on an action-packed performing trip. It's well known that when musicians take their music on the road, amazing things can happen. The singular focus, varied performance venues, and audiences combine to make for an incomparably creative learning environment.
![Photo of Seattle Academy Students, Faculty and Staff at Climate Solutions Breakfast 2019]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1558020083/seattleacademyorg/cp55qlgvpxvlaw1akmwh/SeattleAcademyatClimateSolutionsBreakfast2019.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558020083/seattleacademyorg/cp55qlgvpxvlaw1akmwh/SeattleAcademyatClimateSolutionsBreakfast2019.jpg","width":470}])
Thanks to the generous donation from an alumni family for the eighth consecutive year, Seattle Academy took a total of twenty-six Middle and Upper School students and faculty to the 11th Annual Climate Solutions fundraising breakfast last Wednesday at the Westin Seattle.
![Photo of Seattle Academy Parent Education Event April 2019]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1557853459/seattleacademyorg/dkysw6undgvtuautrfad/SeattleAcademyParentEducationEventApril2019.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1557853459/seattleacademyorg/dkysw6undgvtuautrfad/SeattleAcademyParentEducationEventApril2019.jpg","width":470}])
Rosetta Lee, a highly-regarded, local and national expert in diversity, inclusion, and equity, spoke to Seattle Academy parents on April 30 and introduced us to the journey that is identity development.
![Seattle Academy 6th Grade Class at Camp Solomon Schechter 2019]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1557441828/seattleacademyorg/cwbaluxj03lqeh6deocz/SeattleAcademy6thGradeExtendingourClassroom19.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1557441828/seattleacademyorg/cwbaluxj03lqeh6deocz/SeattleAcademy6thGradeExtendingourClassroom19.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1557441828/seattleacademyorg/cwbaluxj03lqeh6deocz/SeattleAcademy6thGradeExtendingourClassroom19.png","width":528}])
On Monday, April 29, the entire Seattle Academy 6th grade class extended their classroom and left campus to head to Camp Solomon Schechter.
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Last Monday night at SAAS, the Mary’s Place Club hosted twenty-six teens experiencing homelessness for an evening of fun, food, and education. The teens came from four shelters around Seattle from Burien to North Seattle.
![View Photo of Serena Cunningham '20 at Bat]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1557243492/seattleacademyorg/xuiou3aom29fkqqp8bg6/SerenaArticle.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1557243492/seattleacademyorg/xuiou3aom29fkqqp8bg6/SerenaArticle.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1557243492/seattleacademyorg/xuiou3aom29fkqqp8bg6/SerenaArticle.png","width":528}])
Serena Cunningham ’20 plays softball for Garfield High School. This season, the Bulldogs are 19-2, winning their latest playoff game yesterday with a 4-0 win over Nathan Hale.
![Photo of XQ Super School Seattle]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1556660542/seattleacademyorg/aml3f1bzzrpdz3ygzkff/XQSuperSchool.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1556660542/seattleacademyorg/aml3f1bzzrpdz3ygzkff/XQSuperSchool.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1556660542/seattleacademyorg/aml3f1bzzrpdz3ygzkff/XQSuperSchool.jpg","width":528}])
Seattle Academy students, Alaina Neuburger '19 and Leila Guilhemotonia '19 art was selected after a national search to be on stage as backdrops during the upcoming Seattle Production of the "XQ Super School Live" at the Moore Theater.