May 17-18: Rock Climbing in Leavenworth

May 19: Upper School Music Construction Performance

May 20-21: Advanced Theatre Performance

May 22-24: 8th Grade Class Trip

May 22-23: Upper School Spring Play: Robbery

May 27: No School - Memorial Day

May 27: Upper School Improv Presents: Theatre Sports

May 28: 6th Grade Trip to Finance Park

May 28: Philosophy Symposium

May 28: Middle School Choir, Band, and Orchestra Concert

May 29: Middle School Parent Rep Meeting

May 29: Upper School Choir, Orchestra, and Jazz Band Concert

May 30, June 1-2: Upper School One Act Plays

May 30: Grandparents and Special Friends Day

The Northwest School is piloting a morning bus service for families starting Sept. 1, 2019. We will be operating four routes:

1. Northwest: Greenwood, Ballard, Magnolia/Interbay, and Queen Anne areas
2. Northeast: University of Washington, Wedgewood, Northgate areas
3. West Seattle
4. Southeast: Renton northward (via Rainier/Renton Ave)

The cost for bus service is $1,275 for the school year. Once registered, you will be billed $425 each trimester. The Northwest Experience Fund covers 100% of this expense for families that receive financial aid. The deadline to sign up for bus service is Friday, May 31. You can sign up via My BackPack, in "Bus Service Sign Up" within the Message Center.

If you have any questions, please contact our Transportation Department.

On May 22-23, at 7:00 pm, in the Main School Building Theater, The Northwest School Theatre Department is proud to announce the Upper School spring performances of Robbery, a play written by alumni Frank Garland '16 specifically for our theater students. Robbery follows a woman who informs the audience of 10 easy steps to rob a bank. Full of wit, wacky situations, possible aliens, and an appearance by Wonderman (seeing is believing), this hour-long comedy should not be missed! There will be free cookies and popsicles!

Featuring: Ben H. '19, Natalie T. '19, Anna H. '20, Jonah T. '22, Becca S. '19, and Emma R. '20. Directed by Ellen Graham.

Please email Jenny Cooper if you are interested in learning more about or participating in any of the items below:

Spring Gathering and Urban Farm and Garden Work Party: Sunday, May 19, 10:00am-1:00 pm
Join us in our Urban Farm and Garden to help with transplanting and general upkeep, as well as moving the chickens into their new coop, and to learn more about the Environmental Sustainability programs and initiatives at Northwest over lunch. No experience necessary, dress for mess! Tea, coffee, and light lunch will be served. Please RSVP by Saturday, May 18. If you can’t make it this time but you are interested in learning more, let Jenny know that you would like to be added to the NWS Environmental Sustainability email list.

Looking for Garden Furniture
Do you have any lawn or garden furniture that is looking for a new home? The Urban Farm and Garden is ripe for additional outdoor furniture (benches, chairs, picnic tables). If you have anything in good condition that you would like to contribute to the space, we would be exceedingly grateful.

Summer Farm and Garden and Chicken Volunteers
We’re in need of a handful of folks to help with watering, weeding, harvesting, and chicken care during summer. (Sign-up sheet coming soon.) In the meantime, if you’re interested in taking a few shifts (usually one or two hours, and particularly needed on weekends and holidays), please let Jenny know.

We have two exciting concerts at the end of May for our Middle School and Upper School performing arts classes. Both concerts start at 7:00 pm, at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute. Admissions is free, but space is limited so reservations are strongly recommended.

May 28: Middle School Choir, Band, and Orchestra Concert - RSVP here

May 29: Upper School Choir, Orchestra, and Jazz Band Concert - RSVP here

Even though Friday, May 31 is the last day of academic classes for seniors, all seniors are still expected to attend school on Monday, June 3, for our annual in-school celebration of ArtsFest.

Congratulations to our boys' track and field team on winning the Emerald City League (ECL) championship! A whopping 19 of our boys scored for the team in the League Championship Meet. This is the second time in the past three years the boys have brought home the title. Our girls were very impressive as well, finishing a close second. Congratulations as well to Track and Field Head Coach Allen Wood (and Assistant Coaches Alanna Coker, Cletus Coffey, Phuong Truong, and Jack Buckner) on being named ECL Boys' Track and Field Coach of the Year! Both our boys' and girls' track and field teams received the ECL Team Sportsmanship Award, an honor reflecting the efforts of all 55 of our Upper School track and field athletes!

Our varsity girls' ultimate squad hosts the State Quarterfinals on Tuesday, May 21, at Bobby Morris, at 4:00 pm. If we win, we'll play on Wednesday, May 22, time and location TBD. If the winning streak continues, our girls will play in the State Finals on Friday, time and location TBD.

Finally, huge congratulations to varsity boys' soccer player Graham H. '20, who was recently named second-team ECL All-League.

On Wednesday, May 22, at 6:30-8:30 pm, we will be holding a grade-level parent/guardian meeting for 10th grade parents. The purpose of this meeting is to create a conversation space for discussing grade-specific topics that are of particular interest to our parent community. The meeting will take place in the 401 Dining Hall. Please RSVP here.

Upper School 9-11th graders will receive an email about the Advisory Program for the 2019-20 school year. They have the option to stay with the same advisor or request a change. Students have been encouraged to discuss their options with a parent, guardian, or trusted adult.

The May 20 deadline for RSVPs is fast approaching for this year's rescheduled Grandparents & Special Friends Day, May 30, 9:00-11:30 am. Guests enjoy a special breakfast, followed by a visit to a class with their student. Want to add someone to the invitation list, or update your family's information? Fill out the online form here. If you're interested in volunteering for the event, please contact Maria Mazcorro.

The 8th Grade Graduation and Fly-up Ceremony is Friday, June 14, in the gym, at 12:30-2:15 pm. During the ceremony, parents and guests will be invited to sit on the bleachers in the gym and folding chairs on the side. If you or your guests will need special accommodations with regards to seating, please contact Kiara Littlejohn, the administrative assistant to the division directors.

Be on the lookout for more details as June 14 approaches!

We are excited to announce two sports camps for students this summer.

Basketball Camp for Rising 4th-9th Graders
July 1-3, 9:00 am-3:00 pm
Cost: $140 before June 1, $170 after
Register here.

Soccer Camp for Rising 4th-6th Graders
Aug. 19-22, 9:00 am-12:00 pm
Cost: $200 before Aug. 1, $240 after
Register here.

Senior philosophy students would like to invite you to the Northwest School's Philosophy Symposium, on May 28, at 6:30 pm. Come listen to students deliver their most scholarly, provocative, and inspirational papers! There will be treats and beverages. Please RSVP to Adina Meyer.

Images from our May 4 event are now available on the Northwest School Community SmugMug page (password: 05042019).

Northwest School faculty members Maya Soto, Nico Tower, and Jo Nardolillo are collaborating on [persIst], on June 11-12, at 7:30 pm, at the Erickson Theatre. Click here to purchase tickets.

SOTO + TOWER is a boundary blurring multidisciplinary dance company duo that creates whimsical, visually enticing stage works using dance, theater, music, and multimedia design. Each work is an interdisciplinary collaboration rooted in storytelling, community activation and research. 

[persIst] features a cast of five dynamic performers, including Maya and Nico, onstage together, joined by Jo. This work signifies five years of flourishing collaboration and will be the last performance created solely in Seattle, before the pair goes bi-coastal this summer. This project takes an immediate, sincere look at tenacity and the makings of grit. It is a study of perseverance. What strategies do we use to keep going when we are physically and emotionally exhausted? The ensemble explores relationship dynamics and individual struggles in the current sociopolitical climate.

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