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Spotlight
Building Empathy Through Art
In January of 2017, the city of Seattle declared a state of emergency around the crisis of homelessness. For two weeks in March, as part of our Summits program, students explored the persistent issue in Homeless in Seattle.
Northwest Students Win National Ceramics Awards
Ceramics pieces by Northwest School students Lia C. ‘19 and Camilo P. '23 were recently recognized as some of the best in the country.
Students Build and Program Data Collection Sensors
During our Summits Program, Middle and Upper School students studied the Internet of Things, and learned why data is so valuable and how data can be applied to better the world.
Students Write Novels
The Transformative Power of the Novel introduced students to the process of writing a novel. The class of Middle and Upper School students spent six hours each day fleshing out their ideas into rich plotlines with developed characters.
The Ethics of Robots
For two full weeks in March, Northwest Middle School students programmed robots and tackled the ethical dilemmas of automation and human interaction in the Robots and Ethics Summit.
Correspondence from China and Taiwan
A group of Northwest School students and faculty are in China and Taiwan for two weeks as part of our Global Learning Program. Keep connected to our students by reading their stories here.
Dispatches From France
A group of Northwest School students and faculty members are currently on a two-week trip to Angers, France, as part of our Global Learning Program. Read our students' stories about their trip here.
Students Study Philosophy of Love
Senior Philosophy students are spending the year studying philosophy through a variety of themes, including ethics, existentialism, and free will. According to teacher Adina Meyer, the recently studied theme is one of the more important for students to explore: the philosophy of love.
Students Interview Survivors of World War II
Seventh grade Humanities students had the special opportunity on Thursday, March 7, to engage in deep conversations with individuals directly affected by World War II. The interviews were part of the culmination of a curriculum unit on the war.
Faculty Published on "The Nation"
Northwest School Humanities teacher Lynne Feeley has been published on The Nation. She wrote a review of They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South, by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers.
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