Get to know SAAS
A dynamic community that challenges students 6th - 12th grade to contribute boldly. Apply Now! Learn more
Culture of Performance
Students are challenged to take risks by combining disparate skills in moments of action. Learn More
Know the Kid
Understanding each student at the individual level and navigating with them through their educational experience. Learn More
Inclusive Community
Fostering respect for human differences, growth of the individual, and diversity within the school community. 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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11:30 - 11:45 AM: Block 3 Flex Time
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12:30 - 1:30 PM: Block 5
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1:45 - 2:00 PM: Break
2:00 - 3:00 PM - Block 7
3:00 - 3:15 PM: Block 7 Flex
3:15 - 3:45 PM: Conferencing
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For questions, please contact Heather Hisatomi or Sue Haslam, 9th Grade Parent Representative.
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For questions, please contact communications@seattleacademy.
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12:30 - 1:30 PM: Block 7
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1:45 - 2:00 PM: Break
2:00 - 3:45 PM: Conferencing
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Questions? Contact Jaymie Lewis at jlewis@seattleacademy.org.
all day
8:45 - 9:00 AM: Advisory/Community Flex Time
9:00 - 10:00 AM: Block 1
10:00 - 10:15 AM: Block 1 Flex
10:15 - 10:30 AM: Break
10:30 - 11:30 AM: Block 3
11:30 - 11:45 AM: Block 3 Flex Time
11:45 - 12:30 PM: Lunch / Clubs and Groups
12:30 - 1:30 PM: Block 6
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9:00 - 10:00 AM: Block 2
10:00 - 10:15 AM: Block 2 Flex
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11:30 - 11:45 AM: Block 4 Flex Time
11:45 - 12:30 PM: Lunch / Clubs and Groups
12:30 - 1:30 PM: Block 8
1:30 - 1:45 PM: Block 8 Flex
1:45 - 2:00 PM: Break
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Currently Happening at SAAS
![Photo of Rainier Avenue Radio 2020 Community Election Connection Flyer]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1601669905/seattleacademyorg/fqq2pih2h11tsu0ovkvs/RainierAvenueRadio2020CommunityElectionConnection.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1601669905/seattleacademyorg/fqq2pih2h11tsu0ovkvs/RainierAvenueRadio2020CommunityElectionConnection.png","width":470}])
Tune into Rainier Avenue Radio on Friday, October, 23 to watch live the Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction candidate debate.
![Seattle Academy Recognizes and Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1602786277/seattleacademyorg/lwxfulecmftk3p3odedz/SeattleAcademyRecognizesandCelebratesHispanicHeritageMonth.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1602786277/seattleacademyorg/lwxfulecmftk3p3odedz/SeattleAcademyRecognizesandCelebratesHispanicHeritageMonth.png","width":470}])
Hispanic Heritage month has stretched from September 15 to October 15. This celebration was originally started in 1968 as a week-long recognition of Hispanic and LatinX cultures and contributions to the United States. In 1988, it was extended to its current month-long status.
We wanted to take a moment to recognize this month and the contributions and think this recognition would be a great time to talk about how complicated terms can be when it comes to race, ethnicity, and culture. I
![Photo of Seattle Academy Founding Faculty and Staff From 1983]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1602534578/seattleacademyorg/ioq1n6kfvr8is0nq1fzq/SeattleAcademyFoundingFacultyandStaffFrom1983.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1602534578/seattleacademyorg/ioq1n6kfvr8is0nq1fzq/SeattleAcademyFoundingFacultyandStaffFrom1983.png","width":470}])
This week in 1983, Seattle Academy was founded by a dedicated group of students, faculty, and parents who were inspired to start a new school designed to prepare students for college and life. Central to a SAAS education is our culture of performance where students demonstrate what they’ve learned in ways that go beyond the classroom. Mathematicians are poets; athletes are singers; scientists are debaters, and everyone takes educated risks.
On Wednesday, October 14 Seattle Academy's Upper School Rhetoric Faculty member Ty Greenwood will be moderating the U.S. Representative Congressional District 9 Candidate Debate between Adam Smith and Doug Basler.
![Seattle Academy Celebrates Indigenous Peoples' Day 2020]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1602604051/seattleacademyorg/vcdyvehnbrv5gp0qmrur/SalishFabricArt.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1602604051/seattleacademyorg/vcdyvehnbrv5gp0qmrur/SalishFabricArt.png","width":470}])
SAAS Recognizes and Celebrates Indigenous Peoples' Day
Seattle Academy is excited to partner with Rainier Avenue Radio as a sponsor of their statewide voter information and education campaign "Engage and Activate."
![Photo of Seattle Academy 2020 Virtual All School Meeting Student Speakers]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1601050887/seattleacademyorg/fprvh83x2yjewqaord7w/SeattleAcademy2020AllSchoolMeetingStudentSpeakers.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1601050887/seattleacademyorg/fprvh83x2yjewqaord7w/SeattleAcademy2020AllSchoolMeetingStudentSpeakers.png","width":470}])
The first All-School Meeting of the 2020-21 school year, held virtually on September 14, allowed our students to join together remotely and share in a schoolwide meeting experience. As our routines and daily schedules for the start of the school year are taking shape, it’s pivotal for our faculty, staff, and students to pause and dedicate time to a shared experience with one another.
![Photo of Seattle Academy Parent Education Event Sept 2020]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1600362984/seattleacademyorg/qwax7xttdcpfkyyubhru/SeattleAcademyParentEducationEventSept2020.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1600362984/seattleacademyorg/qwax7xttdcpfkyyubhru/SeattleAcademyParentEducationEventSept2020.png","width":470}])
A huge thank you to Dr. Kieran O’Mahony for an engaging Seattle Academy Parent Education sponsored webinar event on September 10, 2020. Dr. O’Mahony spent the evening helping parents better understand cognitive neuroscience in relation to the ability of students to learn, and how we as parents can create an environment to support our children as they learn and develop.