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Upcoming Events
Sept. 1: Financial Aid Community Building Meeting
Sept. 2: Middle School New Family Orientation
Sept. 2: Upper School New Family Orientation
Sept. 8-11: Student Orientation
Sept. 8: 12th Grade College Night
Sept. 9: 6th Grade Virtual Potluck
Sept. 10: 7th Grade Virtual Potluck
Sept. 11: 8th Grade Virtual Potluck
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School Supplies Pick-up
Middle School
Please click here to see when your student should arrive on campus to pick up school supplies.
Upper School
Upper School students currently in Seattle will have the opportunity to come to school and pick up supplies for science, visual art, music and other miscellaneous classes from September 2-9. Please sign up for a time to visit our school supply drive-by pick-up here.
When coming to school, please approach driving north (downhill) on Crawford from Union. There will be several parking spots reserved near the top of the block. The pick-up will happen at the Fanny Brice classroom window. To help reduce everyone’s risk, please wear a face covering when visiting, and wait in your car if another family is already at the window. We look forward to seeing you!
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Canvas: Our New Learning Management System
Starting this year, Canvas will be The Northwest School’s instructional platform for facilitating online learning between faculty and students. With Canvas, we will consolidate and provide information-rich asynchronous and synchronous instruction to students in remote, hybrid, and face-to-face formats. We would like to invite you to join us for a Parents and Guardians Q&A on Sept. 10, 6:00-7:00 pm. Here is the link for the session. A video of the Q&A session will be made available for those that cannot attend.
Prior to that, you can learn more about how we will use Canvas as our central hub for online learning by visiting this page for a video tour and overview of Canvas. In addition, please send us any questions you have ahead of time by using this link.
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Zoom Links for Beginning of the Year Potlucks
Here are the links for each grade's potluck:
6th: Wednesday, Sept. 9, 7:00 p.m.
https://thenorthwestschool.zoom.us/j/98259420133?pwd=TlVPakh4QlZZQVRsOC9idEh6Q2Yvdz09
Meeting ID: 982 5942 0133
Passcode: NWS6th
7th: Thursday, Sept. 10, 7:00 p.m.
https://thenorthwestschool.zoom.us/j/96704416243?pwd=Kzl3aVM1c1lNb0xNV0E2Q2xmcFdtQT09
Meeting ID: 967 0441 6243
Passcode: NWS7th
8th: Friday, Sept. 11, 7:00 p.m.
https://thenorthwestschool.zoom.us/j/93544501901?pwd=clZUUjREWlhxTUpKL2NES1ZUU3VUQT09
Meeting ID: 935 4450 1901
Passcode: NWS8th
9th: Wednesday, Sept. 16, 7:00 p.m.
https://thenorthwestschool.zoom.us/j/94601641552?pwd=UlhxbXdjR3JSWmhOclVDeTdvVk9jZz09
Meeting ID: 946 0164 1552
Passcode: NWS9th
10th: Wednesday, Sept. 16, 8:00 p.m.
https://thenorthwestschool.zoom.us/j/95179372480?pwd=SDVlSk82QXd4dmt4cG9sNWdiZWxwZz09
Meeting ID: 951 7937 2480
Passcode: NWS10th
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6th Grade Parents 1:1 Device Q&A
Since 6th grade families will be receiving a school-owned laptop into their homes, we would like to invite you to join us for a Q&A on Sept. 8, 4:30p-5:30 pm. Here is the link for the session. A video of the Q&A session will be made available for those that cannot attend.
Here are the resources for Parents and Guardians about the school issues laptops and co-creating a media agreement with your student(s).
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Book Updates
All of the books for our Humanities courses are now available in our online bookstore. The only remaining outstanding courses are 12th grade calculus and 6th grade math. Please stay tuned to E-News for details about when those courses are available.
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We Are Still Accepting Applications for the 2020-21 School Year
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If you know anyone who would be interested in applying to The Northwest School, please contact our Admissions Office.
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Civics and Swing States Program: Autumn Edition
Are you interested in tangibly engaging in the 2020 election? Supporting voter registration and voter turnout in swing states?
This upcoming election is arguably the most important election of the lifetimes of young people around the world in relation to racial justice and climate change, and the communities most impacted by it—the same communities most impacted by COVID-19 and by racial injustice. So, let’s get out the vote!
Join Jenny Cooper, Director of Environmental Education & Sustainability, for “Civics & Swing States,” a free 4-week program aimed at mobilizing people to get out the vote in swing states and engage locally and nationally in the November 2020 election. Jenny facilitated the program this summer to a group of 65 people, ranging in age from 12-68, and is excited to offer the program for a second time. Open to students, parents, faculty, alumni, and friends and family.
Full program description here.
Dates: September 23 - October 17
Times:
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Option 1: Wednesdays & Fridays, 8:00-9:00 am PT
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Option 2: Thursdays, 5:15-6:45 pm & Saturdays 10:00-11:30am PT
Register here (no later than Sept. 16)
Please reach out to Jenny Cooper if you have any questions.
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Join Us! Become an Annual Fund Ambassador
We still have room for a few more Uniquely Northwest annual fund ambassadors. Care to join us and help out? We are looking for parent/guardians from each grade to serve as enthusiastic annual fund ambassadors. Please contact Julie Lombardo (206-816-6208) to learn more about this easy, enjoyable, and low-key volunteer opportunity.
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Early Sibling and Faculty Child Applications
Applications for admission to the 2021-22 school year go live on Sept. 14. For current families and faculty members with a child applying to 6th grade, please note Early Sibling & Faculty Child (ESFC) applications are due Oct. 22. Please fill out the ESFC interest form to be included in mailings about this process.
For more information about the ESFC application timeline and the admission process for siblings and faculty children applying to grades 7 and above, please click here, or contact our Admissions Office. We are excited to meet and work with you this fall!
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College Counseling Programs and Updates
Please click here to view additional college counseling announcements, upcoming visits and events, admissions updates, and scholarship information.
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About E-News: The weekly E-News covers a two-week period of upcoming events, parent reminders, and campus news.
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