Posts by Carol LaMotte

Explorer West begins each new school year by welcoming back those students we already know and introducing ourselves to those we don’t. Once students are reoriented to the school community and get to know a little about the expectations for the school year, we change course a little bit. Instead of settling in to a…

We scheduled a simulated earthquake drill in September.  The event was designed by our crisis committee to best represent the circumstances we might face after a large earthquake: • We assumed that we could not re-enter the building until the simulation was complete. • Some students were “injured” (wearing stage make-up) and required first aid…

The Class of 2012 at Explorer West Middle School has completed research and design projects that are available in a hard copy magazine (and can be downloaded below). These projects are a response to our yearlong, school-wide question: What are the qualities of sustainable economies? Our existing design model for the human built environment has…

Last week, a group of 14 teachers from the Japan-U.S. Teacher Exchange Program for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) visited Explorer West for an educational exchange on sustainability.  Both the faculty and students were excited about their conversations with our visitors. Please check out the coverage of this visit in the West Seattle Blog and…