Academics
Caps, gowns, and big plans: WSA celebrates Declaration Day 2026.
On May 27, West Sound Academy’s students and faculty welcomed the graduating Class of 2026 back to campus for Declaration Day, one of our school’s most cherished traditions. This…
Read MoreFuture bound: Class of 2025 reveals college choices.
May 28 was the first very warm, very sunny day of spring – perfect weather for West Sound Academy’s traditional tribute to our graduating seniors, Declaration Day. The WSA…
Read MoreThe Urban Legend: Teachers Take the Summer Off
At West Sound Academy – Our Teachers Study the IB Curriculum in their Summer Months There is an urban legend that has passed down through the ages that teachers take…
Read MoreDeclaration Day 2024: Graduating seniors announce their fall plans
West Sound Academy’s 23rd class of graduates, the seniors of 2023-2024, came back to campus on May 31 – the day before graduation. They had already submitted the last…
Read MoreDeclaration Day 2023: Graduating seniors announce their fall plans
West Sound Academy seniors have finished all of their exams, submitted the last few assignments to Google Classroom, and have returned their library books. They have picked up…
Read MoreTheatre Students Learn Life Skills Through Active Learning.
One of the most common acting exercises in the theatre classroom is the Mirror Exercise. Students imagine they are looking into a mirror, and taking turns leading their partner while…
Read MoreAnnouncing! College destinations & post-graduation plans for the Class of 2022
West Sound Academy seniors came back to campus on May 27 to pick up their caps, gowns, and stoles for the commencement ceremony to be held the next day in…
Read More6th and 7th Graders learn that history is created from many perspectives.
By Georgia Chehade. In Humanities, 6th-grade students have been researching a Washington State History topic since October, a project culminating in a website that students shared with the WSA community…
Read MoreWNDB grant will bring diverse books and author visit to WSA.
West Sound Academy’s students will be reading more books by diverse authors next school year, thanks to an Educators Making a Difference grant from We Need Diverse Books. The grant…
Read MoreMiddle School students turn discarded materials into art.
Students in the 6/7th Exploratory Art class are finishing up their artwork sculptures created with repurposed materials. The requirement was a sculpture that is made solely from repurposed materials that…
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