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Prep Administrators cook up bratwurst at the 125th birthday celebration. This year marks Seattle Preps 125th anniversary.

The BIG 125

Abby Arthur, Staff Writer October 7, 2016

Happy 125th birthday Prep! With an all school mass accompanied by special guests, a party thrown on Thursday, September 22nd, and free shirts for the whole school; the Prep community did it’s school...

Class of 2020 Shares Embarrassing Stories, Political Views, and Anticipations for the School Year

Kate Leahy and Quinn Losse October 5, 2016

  With a new school year comes a new freshman class. The Panther staff checked in with the class of 2020. Students come to Seattle Prep for many different reasons, whether because of academics...

Where Do They Go?

Katarina Conces, Staff Writer October 5, 2016

Did you know that many Seattle Prep seniors only have two classes on the days that they have free periods? First, you may be asking yourself what a free period is; it is a block period where a senior student...

The 2016 Seattle Prep Pep Band. Band director Bost hopes the band will enliven games and Pep rallies.

Drumroll Please: New Prep Pep Band Forms

George Kent, Editor-in-Chief October 4, 2016

The buzz has been building for weeks now around Seattle Prep's new Pep Band. Headed by newcomer Sarah Bost, the band has been something of an unknown entity at this early phase of the school year. Instrumental...

Seattle Prep Students cheer on a 1965 train trip to Wenatchee.

Choo-Choo! It’s the Panther Locomotive

Katrina Freeburg, Director of Individual Giving October 3, 2016

Tom Keefe ’66 recalls a cheer routine called the “Panther Locomotive.” “It was pretty simple,” he shared. “Guys were down on one knee; first facing left, then facing right, then straight ahead....

The 1951-52 Seattle Prep Cheerleading team.

Lean to the Left, Lean to the Right, Stand Up, Sit Down, Fight! Fight! Fight!

Katrina Freeburg, Director of Individual Giving October 3, 2016

    Cheerleaders Joe Scudder ’53 and Tom Hoban ’53 recall Seattle Prep as the equivalent of a 1A school playing schools as large as Everett with 2,500 student s in three grades....

Katie Fitzmaurice 03 Girls Assistant Basketball Coach.

Alumni Coaches: Katie Fitzmaurice ’03 Girls Basketball Assistant Coach

October 3, 2016

What did you play at Seattle Prep? I was a guard for the Girls Basketball for four years and we were the State Champs in 2002. I also played golf for two years and lacrosse for one. We were the Metro...

Kai Bond 01 Girls Soccer Coach

Alumni Coaches: Kai Bond ’01 Girls Soccer Assistant Coach

October 3, 2016

What did you play at Seattle Prep? I was on varsity soccer all 4 years; I started as an outside right back, then switched to sweeper and later center-mid. What do you remember about your Prep coach? My...

Girls Cross Country Coach Carey Parker 09.

Alumni Coaches: Carey Parker ’09 Girls Cross Country

October 3, 2016

What did you play at Seattle Prep? I played soccer as a freshman and two years of tennis (JV and Varsity). I also ran track for two years and cross country for four. What do you remember about your...

Then & Now: Tips for Prepsters

Mikaela Frigillana, Online Editor October 3, 2016

Dont’s for Prepsters (the following excerpts are reprinted from the December 14, 1945 issue of The Panther) Don’t get to school before 8:34 in the morning, for the tardy bell won’t ring until...

The 1955 Seattle Prep Pep band with Director Thomas Rodrique.

New Student Pep Band Makes First Appearance

October 3, 2016

(the following excerpts are reprinted from the February 12, 1954 issue of The Panther) On Wednesday, Feb. 3, the clash of cymbals and the roll of drums heralded the return of Seattle Prep’s school...

What do Oregon State University and the University of Oregon have in common with Seattle Prep

Katrina Freeburg, Director of Individual Giving October 3, 2016

Seattle Prep historians and Golden Panthers have very different memories of cheering on their classmates with the Seattle Prep fight song, and for good reason. In the early 1950s, the fight song changed. Josh...

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