CAS (Creativity, Activity, Service)
WSA senior explores math topic with a collaborative artwork.
Students in Ben Owen’s IB Math Applications & Interpretations class do an assignment of math exploration, connecting a specific mathematical topic to something that is personally interesting or relevant. Owen…
Read MoreWest Sound Academy takes first place at Knowledge Bowl State Tournament
West Sound Academy’s Knowledge Bowl team prevailed at the state tournament on March 11 and took first place in Division 1B. Congratulations go to the members of WSA’s team: Mia…
Read MoreIt’s Kindness Week at WSA! Join in and plan your own act of kindness.
NPR reported on February 8th that 2020 has started off as the third wettest year on record! As good Pacific Northwesterners, we should be used to the winter liquid sunshine. …
Read MoreWest Sound Theatre Company Presents “The Importance of Being Earnest” in February
The West Sound Theatre Company (West Sound Academy) will present Oscar Wilde’s endlessly entertaining comedy The Importance of Being Earnestjust in time for Valentine’s Day! Gretchen Nordleaf will direct West Sound…
Read MoreWSA Robotics team finishes the season at Tesla Interleague Championship playoffs.
WSA’s Robotics team competed in the Tesla Interleague championship event of the FIRST Tech Challenge on January 11 at Baker Middle School in Tacoma. Thirty-four schools from the Puget Sound…
Read MoreLean Into the Light
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…
Read MoreWest Sound Academy Robotics places second in the FTC regional qualifier
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…
Read MoreWSA Robotics takes their tech on the road to Silverwood School
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…
Read MoreWhat is Knowledge Bowl, and is it fun?
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…
Read MoreWest Sound Academy Robotics Club Placed Second in the First FTC Regional Qualifier
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…
Read MoreWSA Hawks and Safire Phoenix Robotics Team Practice ‘Coopertition’
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…
Read MoreCollaborating and Strategizing: WSA Robotics Meets Up with Girl Scout Team
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…
Read MoreWSA 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…
Read MoreWSA 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.…
Read MoreWSA 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…
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