Posts by Carol LaMotte

The Explorer West community is excited to welcome Sherman English as our new Dean of Students and English teacher starting in the 2012-13 school year. Amy French, EW’s Marketing Director and a 6th grade parent, recently checked in with Sherman to learn a little more about him and what brought him to Explorer West. To…

Suma Yagi, a great aunt of an Explorer West student, joined Ben Wheeler’s 7th grade American History classes on March 26 to read her poetry and speak of her experiences during the WWII internment of Japanese Americans. Suma was introduced by her nephew and shared her story through a poem/essay that began with her childhood…

Aligned with the spirit of “Rome wasn’t built in a day”, Explorer West Middle School’s Latin curriculum starts to prepare students for their 8th grade trip to Rome during their first few days in middle school. In addition to learning the Latin language, they are immersed in learning about the Roman culture and the city…

The Explorer West Middle School community is very grateful to Kimm Stammen for sharing her many talents and hard work as the school’s interim music teacher over the last several months. She easily assimilated into the faculty team and worked tirelessly while also having a lot of fun with her peers and students. Through her…

For the past ten weeks, seventh grade students at Explorer West Middle School have been working with ACT Theatre in their Young Playwrights Program (YPP) as part of their drama curriculum. Across Seattle, 400 students submitted plays in hopes of their play being chosen for a production at ACT Theatre.Explorer West was one of two…