City-Wide Student Leaders at Nathan Hale

Student leaders, above, from Ballard, The Center School, Cleveland, Franklin, Hale, Roosevelt and West Seattle high schools attended a leadership conference at Nathan Hale High School on February 6.



Student leaders compare notes at high school leadership conference

Nathan Hale High School hosted a high school student leadership conference on February 6. Students from Ballard, The Center School, Cleveland, Franklin, Hale, Roosevelt and West Seattle high schools mingled with other student leaders, ate a pancake breakfast, and shared ideas on student leadership and school activities. Students also met in round table discussions on the topics of Spirit Week, fund-raising, school dances, rules and regulations, and student clubs.

Save the Date: Guiding Good Choices

Learn parenting tips from local experts

Save the Date: March 23, 7:00-8:30pm, Eckstein Middle School Library. Join other parents in our community to learn more about how to set appropriate boundaries and limits, encourage accountability, while allowing your children to grow and gain independence in their teenage years. Featuring J. David Hawkins, Ph.D., from the University of Washington School of Social Work's Developmental Research Group and developer of Guiding Good Choices. Sponsored by the NE Coalition to Prevent Underage Drinking/Prevention Works in Seattle. www.PreventionWorksInSeattle.org. For more information contact Inga Manskopf 206.252.5010

Nathan Hale Graduates Take the Stage!

Check out this article about Nathan Hale graduate Sol Rosenberg and this about Nathan Hale grad Dillon Eng.

Cement, Steel, and a New Nathan Hale!

Here are some shots of this week's concrete work on our new Library/Radio/Art/Fitness wing.

You can see a concrete pump truck (the bright orange beast) extending to reach each of the columns (see all the wood forming?). These columns are formed/braced with wood, but use a SonaTube form for the cylindrical form. Inside is a rebar cage (a rounded ‘skeleton’ made of reinforcing steel) from the concrete slab to the top of the columns. The worker holds the concrete pump hose at the top of the column form and fills the column, in and around the rebar.

When the forms are removed, there will be 12 cylindrical concrete columns standing at the edge of the slab.

Raiders in DC!

Nathan Hale student leaders from our RADD (Raiders Against Destructive Decisions) group and their two advisers, Dean of Students Amy B. and Drug and Alcohol Prevention counselor Christine T., attended the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America National Forum in Washington DC the week before Mid-Winter Break. They participated in the National Youth Leadership Initiative, a series of workshops to help students and adult leaders create action plans to address issues of drug and alcohol use in their communities.

Physics is still Phun!

Here are our young, energetic scientists at work testing the force/load/mechanical advantage properties of their trebuchet!

Tuesday Mornings at Nathan Hale

Every Tuesday morning, Nathan Hale starts 90 minutes late, at 10 am. These later start days are used for professional collaboration. Here are some things you might see during this time:

* Inter-disciplinary teams, like 10th grade Integrated Studies, 11th grade American Studies, or 9th grade academy teams planning culminating projects like the mock trial or the Harlem Renaissance exhibition.


* Departments like the Math, Art, Science, Language Arts, Social Studies, Music, Special Education, or World Language meeting to look at student work, share common assessments, and look for trends in data.

How does this help your student? By collaboratively planning units of study, sharing student work, and critically assessing and reflecting on our practice, we get better at creating personalized, rigorous learning--and the results are evident in your student's work.