Ignite is Seattle Prep’s online journal of creative writing and visual arts. Led by Clara Dublin ’20, the Editor in Chief, Ignite has flourished this past year by taking their online-only journal and producing both a hardcover book for the Prep library and magazines for the entire Prep community. Dublin notes, “my main goal was to get Ignite to more Prep students. I knew that the website wasn’t reaching as many people as we could, so I led two new projects: the archival library book and the magazines. I was really proud about getting both of them completed, and proud of my team for being so open to growing.”

Ignite is a spring-semester-only Window that is centered around creativity and furthering the mission of Seattle Prep through encouraging the development of the whole person. Ms. Dotsey, advisor of Ignite, remarks that her favorite thing about working with the Ignite staff is “because it’s a small, no-cut group, it has a relaxed, family-like atmosphere in which students of all grade levels can both find a sense of community and bring all kinds of ideas and talents to bear on our work.”

Dublin adds, “my favorite thing about Ignite is definitely the collaboration that goes toward graphic design. Everyone contributes across multiple projects (book, magazines, posters, website), and it’s a great relaxed creative atmosphere.”

Although Ignite has been able to reach more of the Prep community through their brand-new book and magazines, they continue to face the obstacle of shy students who are not confident in sharing their creative writing with the wider community. Ms. Dotsey expresses her desire for students to be “as confident in their literary talents as they deserve to be.”

Despite this obstacle, the Ignitten Kittens continue to thrive and encourage everyone to embrace their talents and share them with the community. They have created an atmosphere that welcomes creativity and rewards hard work. Ms. Dotsey states that, “The Ignitten Kittens never cease to delight me with their creativity, work ethic, and camaraderie. And those three things, I find, nourish and sustain one another!”