Outdoor Adventures: Hiking with Tweens
Discover Family-Friendly Hikes in the Seattle area. Looking for fun and easy hikes to enjoy with your family? Here are some great local trails that are perfect for outdoor adventures. These hikes offer beautiful scenery and are close to our West Seattle community. Lincoln Park Just minutes from Explorer West Middle School, Lincoln Park offers…
Read MoreThe Importance of Outdoor Education
At Explorer West, we believe in the transformative power of the outdoors. Our students trade classroom walls for natural landscapes for ten days a year, taking unforgettable journeys that blend learning, adventure, and community. Fall Trips: Setting the Stage for Adventure Students gear up for three-day excursions designed to kickstart the school year with a…
Read MoreSocial Studies with Tim and Daniela
6th Grade: Before spring break students turned in a formal paragraph about Ötzi the Iceman, which concluded our unit on the Neolithic Agricultural Revolution. After break I led the class through an exploration of the concepts of belonging, fitting in, and identity. Using the prompt “I am _____ ,” students thought about what identifiers they…
Read MoreCascadia Latin Conference at Explorer West!
A Day of Fun, Competition, and Achievement Last Saturday, Explorer West hosted the much-anticipated Cascadia Convention, a gathering that brought together students from various schools to engage in a day filled with athletic, creative, and academic competitions. We were excited to host the convention for the second year! Joining us were students from Our Lady…
Read MoreProgram Update: Language Arts with Lisa and Cilla
Happy Spring from your Language Arts department! 6th Grade: Sixth graders just finished the novel, One Crazy Summer, and are preparing to write a literary analysis essay. Last week they completed an exercise, “Analyzing a quote,” which helped them generate ideas and organize the information they need for a body paragraph. This exercise involves four…
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