The Seattle Prep Panther

Ready…Set…Cycle!

Hannah DeGroot, Staff Writer • February 16, 2021

Covid-19 has taken a significant toll on people’s mental and physical health, so how do some teachers stay in shape? Some use a Peloton bike. For those unfamiliar, Peloton is a studio cycling bike...

In-stride Online: How the Prep HEX Department is Navigating COVID

Cara Weigand, Staff Writer • February 9, 2021

Seattle Prep teachers from the Health and Exercise Department have risen to the challenge of navigating online classes with a variety of creative and engaging solutions. With the first semester being almost...

Ms. Ritchie’s Triathlon Triumph

Eamon Mohrbacher, Staff Writer • December 16, 2020

Eighty of anything is a lot, but eighty triathlons? That is insane! Ms. Ritchie is a Health and Exercise Science Teacher at Seattle Prep, and she is also a successful, committed athlete. Testing endurance,...

Covid-19 Impacts College Recruiting Process

Jack Coleman, Staff Writer • December 16, 2020

Every year colleges judge student-athletes based on their athleticism and skill in their respective sports. Although sports seasons were and are canceled indefinitely, Colleges still found ways to determine...

Three Prep Athletes Commit to Collegiate Athletics

Natalie Nowak, Online Editor • December 14, 2020

November 11th, 2020 marks a very important day for three Seattle Prep seniors—Nick Kuebler, Maddie Mooney, and Tamia Stricklin—signing day. The recruiting process for these athletes ranged from roughly...

How are the New Lockdown Restrictions Impacting Sports and Co-Curriculars?

Olivia Manning, Staff Writer • December 14, 2020

“I kind of knew that my on-stage acting career at Prep was probably over.”

Students Adapt to New Sports Practice Formats

Caroline Casey, Staff Writer • November 23, 2020

Sports have been one of Prep’s biggest losses with the pandemic, and many student athletes have been eager to resume their favorite activities. As for now, the WIAA (Washington Interscholastic Activities...

Club vs High School Soccer: The New Normal

Kelsey Hamilton, Staff Writer • November 20, 2020

Before COVID, cheering and shouting could often be heard a couple of blocks away from a sports field. This spring, the fields went quiet and still due to COVID, though they are finally coming back to life...

Prep’s Female Athletes Find Motivation in Weekly EmpowHER Hours

Natalie Nowak, Online Editor • November 10, 2020

When the word “athletics” comes to mind, many students are likely quick to think about their workouts, drills, practices, and gameday. However, Varsity Girls Lacrosse Coach and Prep faculty member,...

Fall Sports Delayed: Washington Students Work to Persuade the Governor

Natalie Nowak, Online Editor • October 9, 2020

After creating a document addressing all the WIAA’s concerns about resuming sports by analyzing 40 other school’s successful strategies for fall play, and receiving very little response from the WIAA or the Department of Public Health, they went to the capitol in Olympia to give and hear speeches from athletes about the importance of Fall sports to them.

Prep Takes Stand Against COVID-19 with New Sports Season Plan

Jeffrey Go and Jack Coleman • October 8, 2020

At the start of the 2019 school year the Seattle Prep campus was filled to the brim with students and faculty. Now, this school year, there is not one student on campus, and the school is completely devoid...

Rowing during a Pandemic

Ava Pitts, Staff Writer • October 8, 2020

For the Seattle Prep crew team, fall in Seattle means tryouts, after-school practices, training, and regattas. Seattle is the perfect spot for rowing with the waterways of Lake Union and Washington at...