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The Seattle Prep Panther

The student news site of Seattle Preparatory School

The Seattle Prep Panther

Students attending the 2022 Shirts Across America pose in a house under construction.

Prep Students Build Houses in New Orleans with Shirts Across America 

Grace Rothrock and Bridget Cannon May 5, 2023

Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Louisiana Coast on August 29, 2005. It was classified as a category 3 storm with winds reaching 120 miles per hour. The storm continued moving north, making a second...

Is JUG Restorative Justice?

Mia Schwartz and Ava Tinder May 5, 2023

JUG, deriving from the Latin word jugum, is the disciplinary consequence assigned by teachers to students for misbehaving at Seattle Prep, or acting in a way that doesn’t align with the school’s moral...

Oliver Graham ‘24 grabs snacks for students staying after school at St. Therese Catholic Academy

Igniting Hearts and Inspiring Change Through Junior Service

Cole Hackman, Staff Writer May 5, 2023

Seattle Prep’s Magis Christian Service Program is essential to the school’s curriculum; it is a requirement that each student completes a yearly service project unique to each grade level. Freshmen...

FIG leaders Abby Baldwin and Amelia Amrofell share a powerpoint
highlighting what FIG is about in a club meeting.

FIG Works to Restore the Meaning of Feminism

Brooke Nowak, Staff Writer May 5, 2023

Feminism; the advocacy for the belief in social, economic, and political equality of the sexes. The meaning behind Feminism is to spread positive ideals and boost others up. While many agree with the idea...

Active Shooter Training Helps Prepare Students for Crisis

Ben Oswald and Katherine Kaiser April 25, 2023

On February 2nd, 2023, a half day assembly took place at Prep to discuss the current issues of a lethal threat, or school shooters. Jesus Villahermosa, from California, led the assembly and gave a 90-minute...

Seattle Prep Juniors Learn About Local Native American History

Kate Cannon and Chloe Horner April 20, 2023

As a part of Junior Collegio curriculum, students at Seattle Prep were assigned the “We are Still Here” project that gave them the opportunity to learn more about Native Americans in their communities....

Justice For All: The Seattle Clemency Project

Maya Salazar, Staff Writer April 19, 2023

As any student at Seattle Prep knows, service is one of the pillars of education on campus for both teachers and students. Many students are involved with giving back to the community, whether it be through...

Up and Coming Committee: Faculty Diversity Equity and Inclusion

Maria McDowall, Staff Writer April 18, 2023

Even though the Faculty Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee has been around for six years, it is not well known amongst the student body. This is because it hasn’t become a formal committee up until...

Natalie Aguilar Fox drops off boxes of donations for Treehouse.

Spiritually Alive: Aguilar Fox Lends Giving Hand

Kelsey Hamilton, Managing Editor April 18, 2023

As a Jesuit school, Prep encourages students to go out into the community and engage in acts of kindness. While students have a service requirement for each grade, some participate in their own service...

Children play with clean water at project inaguration in Eracla, Honduras.

Prep Students Volunteer with Water1st in Honduras

Nick Pickel and Margot Gwynn April 18, 2023

In early March, seniors Jane Hurley and Ava Berard traveled to Honduras to embody Prep’s commitment to service and justice. They volunteered through Water1st, a non-profit organization that...

Shelly Neal ‘79 shakes hands with a local in South Africa. Neal and her husband Ralph Pooler have founded Reach! to help build pre-schools in rural South Africa.

Prep Alum Shelley Neal Reaches Towards a Brighter Future for South Africa

Georgia Limbaugh, Freelance Writer April 6, 2023

Seattle Prep students strive to promote the Jesuit idea of cura personalis, a Latin phrase that translates to “care for the entire person”. This concept means that each individual deserves to be entirely...

A Full Night of Sleep: Essential, yet Scarcely Achieved

A Full Night of Sleep: Essential, yet Scarcely Achieved

Margot Gwynn, Online Editor March 29, 2023

The quick pace of modern life can make it difficult to stop and rest. Although overlooked, sleep is an essential function needed to maintain mental and physical health. Despite being told that sleep is...

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