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West Seattle Blog » West Seattle Schools
15h ago
11:58 AM: Thanks to teacher Vincent Della Pella for the photo! That’s the newly installed street mural on SW Dakota in front of Genesee Hill Elementary. The mural features fox tracks in honor of the school’s mascot, and we’re told the tracks were all designed by GHE students! (Students at GHE have been involved in ..read more
West Seattle Blog » West Seattle Schools
3d ago
That’s the West Seattle High School AAPI Club, and they are hoping you’ll join them for a movie night this Friday (December 6). They’re showing the original “Moana” in the WSHS Theater. Doors open at 6:30, movie’s at 7, general admission $8, children 5 and under free. They’ll be selling concessions – cash only, same ..read more
West Seattle Blog » West Seattle Schools
4d ago
Next Saturday (December 7), girls from high schools around the city will spend the day playing flag football downtown. Among them will be West Seattle High School‘s new team. Parent club manager Pamela Quadros sent that photo with word that the team had made history two weeks ago with WSHS’s first-ever girls’ flag-football practice. She ..read more
West Seattle Blog » West Seattle Schools
1w ago
By Tracy Record West Seattle Blog editor West Seattle/South Park school-board director Gina Topp observed when we walked into the basement meeting room at West Seattle Library last night that there might be more media people in attendance at her community-conversation meeting than constituents. But the initial single-digit attendance – not counting the multiple TV ..read more
West Seattle Blog » West Seattle Schools
1w ago
Thanks to those who forwarded this: One night before the Seattle Public Schools Board was scheduled to have a special meeting to authorize superintendent Dr. Brent Jones to withdraw his plan to close four schools, he sent families a message tonight saying he’s doing just that, declaring the district will find other ways to save ..read more
West Seattle Blog » West Seattle Schools
1w ago
Today, as our West Seattle Giving Spirit spotlights on local nonprofits continue, you can ensure a nonprofit preschool can teach big lessons to more little kids. Three times a week through year’s end, WSB is bringing you this special holiday-season opportunity to learn more about some of this area’s amazing local nonprofits, in partnership with ..read more
West Seattle Blog » West Seattle Schools
1w ago
As we’ve been reporting, West Seattle High School‘s volleyball team is at the state tournament for the first time in a half-century. Saturday was their second day of play in Yakima, concluding late at night with a loss – first match of the day, the Wildcats shut out Stanwood, 3-0 (25-23, 31-29, 25-14); then in ..read more
West Seattle Blog » West Seattle Schools
1w ago
His final decision on whether to withdraw the four-school-closure plan isn’t in yet, but Seattle Public Schools superintendent Dr. Brent Jones has announced the upcoming meetings/hearings for the affected school communities are canceled/on hold. Here’s his statement released today: We are canceling our upcoming round of online community meetings at North Beach, Sacajawea, Sanislo, and ..read more
West Seattle Blog » West Seattle Schools
1w ago
West Seattle High School volleyball head coach Scott Behrbaum shared that video shown at WSHS on Wednesday as his team prepared to head east today for the start of the state 3A tournament in Yakima tomorrow. After winning the district championship, the Wildcats’ next challenge is a 1:30 pm Friday match against either Stanwood or ..read more
West Seattle Blog » West Seattle Schools
2w ago
While the wind raged across our region, a gust of surprise stirred things up at last night’s Seattle Public Schools board meeting (video above). Suddenly, the district might be abandoning its plan to close schools to save money. (Four elementaries are proposed for shutdown, including Sanislo Elementary on West Seattle’s Puget Ridge, with one parent ..read more