Posts by Alex Ung
Program Update: English
Your kids did it! You did it! WE did it! Here we are at the end of academic classes. Reflecting on my first year teaching English at Explorer West, I think using the metaphor of a Seattle spring is apt: one minute class is gloriously sunny, and the next there may be showers out of…
Read MoreAthletics Update: May 23, 2023
Greetings! This is the final days of athletics and it has been a great year! We had 87% participation in athletics for the year by the students this year! Here are the last few things coming up. This Week in Sports: Tuesday – 5/23/23 – Tennis Team party at Hundley playfield. Bring water bottles,…
Read MoreProgram Updates: Social Studies
8th Grade This year’s Change the World Project in eighth grade was an exciting and new twist compared to past years. Instead of eight to ten different projects, all eighth grade students worked on one project. This year’s project was inspired by the Kongsberger Ski Club. This club stewards the Cabin Creek Nordic Ski Area,…
Read MoreProgram Updates: Art
May in the art room means an annual rite of passage for the eighth grade: the plaster gauze mask-making project. Our students know each other pretty darn well by the end of eighth grade and are comfortable allowing their friends to prepare their faces and then apply wet pre-plaster gauze. They work in teams of three:…
Read MoreAthletics Update: May 2, 2023
Greetings! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. This Week in Sports: Tuesday – 5/2/23 – Tennis and track practice. Wednesday – 5/3/23 – Ultimate match! vs Open Window at Lewis Creek Athletic Fields, 5808 Lakemont Blvd SE, Bellevue, WA 98006. ED: 2:50. Game from 4 – 5:15p. Return to school by 6:15p. Thursday – …
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