Blog
Lean Into the Light
By Barrie Hillman. Last week, I had the great privilege of attending the annual TEDWomen conference in Palm Springs. My first intention in going was to help support WSA’s work to host our own TEDx conference this spring, but as soon as I stepped foot into the theater,...
West Sound Academy Robotics places second in the FTC regional qualifier
By Lionel Pummell. The WSA group arrived at King's Schools Campus in Shoreline at 9:30 a.m. for the First Tech Challenge regional competition on December 8 - the second regional qualifier of the season. West Sound Academy is only one of two Kitsap Peninsula teams that...
WSA Robotics takes their tech on the road to Silverwood School
By Susan Trower. WSA's Robotics team packed up their robots and took them for a visit to Silverwood School in Poulsbo on December 4. Co-captains Aidan Phelan and Emma Longworth and team members Luke Rielly, Will Stone, Alex Prasch, Nick Bradford and Caleb Phelan came...
What is Knowledge Bowl, and is it fun?
By Susan Trower. West Sound Academy has a Knowledge Bowl team that holds practices twice a week. The goal of these practices is to help the team get ready for the three regional competitions organized each year by the Olympic ESD. What is Knowledge Bowl? What...
Financial Aid is giving way to Sliding Scale
By Barrie Hillman. In every professional development opportunity I have participated in over the last two years, the prevailing message has been about innovation and implementing progressive ideas in the education world. Change is always intimidating, especially in...
West Sound Academy Robotics Club Placed Second in the First FTC Regional Qualifier
By Jen David. It was an early rise for our West Sound Robotics Club last Saturday! Our group arrived at King’s Schools Campus in Shoreline at 9:30 a.m. for the First Tech Challenge regional competition on November 2. WSA is only one of two Kitsap Peninsula teams...
Get plugged in…..the right way!
By Lisa Gsellman. This past weekend I had 16 kids in my 1000 square foot house. Full size kids that take up a lot of space. The massive pile of shoes by the door… I wish I’d taken a photo for this post. It was impossible to not bump into each other but there was not...
IB Students Read Spanish Children’s Books, Then Create Their Own
By Jessica Outlaw This week IB Spanish students enjoyed reading some children's books. They analyzed what verb tenses were used and found three new vocabulary words per book. They were transported back in time with some classics that they were familiar with in their...
West Sound Theatre Company Opens “She Kills Monsters” this November
Join West Sound Academy students as they present She Kills Monsters: Young Adventures Edition, November 15-17 at the William D. Harvey Theatre, Olympic College - Bremerton, Washington. She Kills Monsters is a contemporary dramatic comedy centered around Agnes Evans, a...
WSA Hawks and Safire Phoenix Robotics Team Practice ‘Coopertition’
By Lionel Pummell West Sound Academy’s First Tech Challenge Robotics team is busy as they race to build and program a robot that can execute the challenging maneuvers and build requirements prior to our first regional competition November 2, 2019 at Kings Schools in...
Collaborating and Strategizing: WSA Robotics Meets Up with Girl Scout Team
By Jen David October is a busy time for First Tech Robotics teams all around the country as they race to build and program a robot that can execute challenging maneuver and build requirements prior to regional competitions starting the first week of November. Last...
WSA Thespians & Student Council Ask for Food Donations, not Candy, in October
By Grace Schmitt '20 and Phillip Cox '20 The West Sound Academy Drama Club and Thespian Troupe #8175, in cooperation with WSA Student Council, will be collecting non-perishable food donations for North Kitsap Fishline as part of the Trick or Treat so Kids Can Eat...
Parents Walk the Learner’s Journey on Curriculum Night
By Barrie Hillman On September 10, 2019, WSA staff and faculty welcomed parents to campus for Curriculum Night which provided an opportunity for parents to experience the Learner’s Journey. Connecting in-person to the school and other people in it is one of the best...
New, new and more new!
By Barrie Hillman It's a new school year and WSA is kicking it off with lots of new things! The most exciting change is our new logo, designed by our very own Front Desk Coordinator, Brandie Robbins. The logo captures the essence of a student's experience as a...
2019 Commencement Speaker Shares Advice from Graduates
West Sound Academy's Class of 2019 came to the House of Awakened Culture in Suquamish on May 24 for an evening of graduation and celebration - the school's 18th annual commencement. School faculty and staff and many family, friends, and fellow students came to share...
Announcing! College Destinations for the Class of 2019
Congratulations are in order for students in the Class of 2019 as they celebrate college success. They were accepted at 40 four-year colleges and universities in the United States and Canada and were offered $2,191,802 in grants, awards and scholarships. Following...
WSA Team Wins 2nd Place at WA State Knowledge Bowl XXXVII
West Sound Academy's team of top academic competitors, aka Manifest Westiny, won 2nd Place in Division 1B at the Washington State Tournament XXXVII at West Valley High School in Yakima on March 23, 2019. WSA's squad joined 95 other teams from public, private and...
The Show WILL Go On: See How They Run Performances set for Restore Church
West Sound Academy's spring drama production See How They Run will be performed on March 14, 15, and 16 at Restore Church, 20081 Viking Ave NW, in Poulsbo , with curtain at 7 p.m. The location for performances had originally been set for the William D. Harvey Theatre...
WSA Theatre Company Presents: See How They Run
The classic 1940’s farce See How They Run, by Philip King, will be performed by the West Sound Academy Theatre Company as their spring drama production at Restore Church, 20081 Viking Ave NW, in Poulsbo on March 14, 15 and 16, 2019. One night in the vicarage of the...
WSA Knowledge Bowl is headed to State Tournament in March
West Sound Academy's Knowledge Bowl team competed in the third and final regional competition of the season at Fort Worden on February 7, 2019. WSA's top squad, WS1 (aka "Manifest Westiny") had a strong showing, with 97 points overall, and first place in Division 1B,...