Raiders Rally!

Nathan Hale Environmental Science students attended a rally at the at Bell Harbor Conference Center, where the EPA was holding public comment hearings about its finding that carbon dioxide could be regulated under the Clean Air Act. Over a thousand people rallied to support limits on carbon dioxide emissions. Thanks students!

Human Ecology Project

Ninth grade students are working on a final project that asks them to consider the relationship between human behavior and our environment. Here are notes from a class that is looking at the impact of the Three Gorges Dam in China:



And here are some definitions for the project:

The Wedding Singer!

Congratulations to Nathan Hale's cast, crew, and DIRECTOR (the fabulous Sydney Baird!!) for the following nominations in the Fifth Avenue High School Musical awards:

• Outstanding Direction - Honorable Mention

• Outstanding Choreography

• Outstanding Costume Design - Honorable Mention

• Outstanding Hair and Make-Up Design

• Outstanding Performance by a Chorus - Honorable Mention

C89.5 Radio Raiders in the News!

Check out the link here (search for C89) and here for exciting news about Nathan Hale students achieving excellence in broadcasting!

Also, congratulations to our Boys Soccer team, competing in State finals on May 19th, and to our Girls Ultimate Frisbee team, for winning first place in Western championships!

Yankee Doodle Days

It was an exciting Spirit Week at Nathan Hale, with Born To Be Wild day, Dynamic Duos and Trios day, and of course the ever-popular Decades day. Here's a parting shot of costumer extraordinaire Laura D. on Born To Be Wild day:




We hope that her classmates in Cambridge, Massachusetts appreciate her creative spirit as much as we do!

The Seniors found the Spirit Stick(ask a Nathan Hale student if you don't know about this tradition), we had Class and ASNH elections, and the Juniors won the final tug-of-war. All in all it was a delightful week made even better by the Friday afternoon sunshine.

And don't forget our fabulous Musical, The Wedding Singer, playing through Saturday night. Raiders Rock!!

Honorable, Thinking, Skillful Athletes!

Congratulations to Cary Stidham and members of our girl's track team. They are Academic State Champions for the third time in four years! See here for details!

And in tennis news . . .

Nathan Hale Varsity also swept the three major Metro League Awards. The team won the "Joe Flickinger" Team Sportsmanship Award. Sara Behrens Won the "Jill Curran" Award and Bob Behrens Won the "Gary Case" Coach of the Year Award.

Students at Work~May 2009 Edition

Students discuss the complexities of Environmental Science:

Our beautiful new Nathan Hale Library logo, ready to grace our new Library space:

Art created by one of our students in our medically fragile program:

Research and thinking for our students:

A gallery of art from our students in our medically fragile classroom:

Construction Update~Raider Rebuild Moving Forward!

This is advanced notice that the Seattle School District will be moving three portable classrooms to the Nathan Hale campus the week of June 22 to June 26.

Two portables will be moved into the south student parking lot, and a portable will be moved into the northwest staff parking lot. The District will put up NO PARKING barricades prior to the moves, so public parking and pedestrian access through these areas will be limited during this time.

We plan on posting large, color notices in the parking lots a few weeks before the moves.

We appreciate your understanding and will advise as other construction activities are scheduled this summer.

Harlem Renaissance Link

Look here for a wonderful page on the Nathan Hale website documenting our 11th grade American Studies Harlem Renaissance projects.

Thank you 11th grade teachers, students, families, and our wonderful web master Tony Hand!