SAAS Watch

Seven Seattle Academy alumni shared their time, wisdom, and life-after-high-school experiences with our seniors on Friday, May 17. They collectively urged our future Seattle Academy graduates to follow their passions and visions while seeking fun and joy. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

On Monday, April 29, the entire Seattle Academy 6th grade class extended their classroom and left campus to head to Camp Solomon Schechter. 

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.

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.