Happy Friday! 

We completed AP Testing this week. Hats off to all students who AP tested and Ms. Bosworth and testing crew who made it happen. Your hard work and dedication do not go unnoticed.  

This week I spent some time downtown working on the master schedule for the 2025-26 school year. It is time consuming and a huge task to get all the student registration requests and all incoming 9th graders registered for their classes. We are in the process of planning and preparing for our upcoming New Family Night on Wednesday, June 4th for the new families scheduled to start in September. This is a big night to welcome new families to Hale and showcase student athletics, activities and events that make NHHS a special place.  

Students and staff just completed the School Climate Survey this week. We use the survey data to plan and prepare for the upcoming school year. Data is used to make the necessary adjustments and goals in our school NHHS CSIP. I appreciate parent/guardian feedback on where we are at with meeting our goals. Please review the CSIP and share any feedback and/or insight you may have regarding our progress towards our goals to jmgrimes@seattleschools.org as we look to review it as a school to make any adjustments, if needed.  

Auction Praise- The Nathan Hale HS Foundation is excited to announce that “HaleYes!” donors and bidders raised $30,000 in support of our school in our recent online auction. HaleYes! We are grateful for the generosity in our community, and we look forward to sharing what will be funded in the coming months.  

It is the time of year where we wrap up the current year 24-25 and plan for the upcoming school year 25-26. We are working diligently trying to hire new staff for unfilled positions and complete all the demands of the school to get students and staff to their summer vacation. I understand things are urgent with school wrapping up and appreciate parent/guardians’ patience and understanding that things may take a little longer than normal as we handle the daily operations and business within the school.  

It’s the final weekend for the Nathan Hale theatre production of The Addams Family. It is a must see musical! Performances are this evening and Saturday evening at 7pm and a sensory-friendly matinee on Saturday at 2pm. Ticket information is available on the Nathan Hale Theatre website.   

Wow, so much to be proud of from our Athletic Program: 

Baseball is playing for the District 2 Championship tonight, May 16th, 7pm at Steve Cox Park vs Chief Sealth. They have qualified for the State tournament which begins May 24th.

Fastpitch Softball is playing in the District 2 Tournament trying to qualify for State. They play tomorrow, May 17th at 11am at Juanita vs Evergreen.  

Please join us in congratulating our Girls’ Varsity Golf Captain, Milla P, who is heading to the State Championship after placing 3rd overall at Districts yesterday!  She’ll represent Hale at State on May 20–21 at Tumwater Valley Golf Club — we’ll all be cheering her on! 

Boys Soccer has qualified for state and they are currently playing for the District 2 Championship. Their next game is May 17th, 1pm at Cedarcrest. The state tournament begins May 20-21. 

I want to give a shout out to the Hale Tennis team. We had a total of 5 players qualify for districts:  Fletcher G, James M, Holden P, Miko B and Sam P! The following Boys Tennis players are district champions and they qualified for state at UW Nordstrom Tennis Center May 23-24:  Fletcher G, James M and Holden P. 

Track & Field is currently competing in Metros today and tomorrow at Chief Sealth. Districts are May 22-24 at Renton Memorial Stadium and state will be May 29-31 at Mt. Tahoma. 

Though Girls Ultimate Frisbee didn’t make it past the championship (state) semifinals, they have been invited to a national tournament.  

Next week is a full week of school. It should be a normal week of teaching and learning now that testing is done. We will not have school on May 26, 2025, in recognition of the Memorial Day Holiday. When we return, we will have a jam-packed week with the following NHHS Activities through the end of the school year. Many of these are Senior events so please check the Senior-Class of 2025 webpage for more info. Mark your calendars:

• Wednesday 5/21 – Mental Health Resource Fair during Mentorship in the AC/Commons 
• Friday 5/23 – Senior Graduation Requirement Tasks Due (HBP, Service Hrs etc. See the Senior Class webpage for details.)  
• Friday 5/23 – Junior Breakfast @ 9:30am, Magnuson Park. Ticket event. 
• Wednesday 5/28 – Climate Action Day (all day) and Spring Sports Dessert 7pm in the Commons.  
• Friday 5/30 – Spring Music Concert in the Tina Tudor PAC 7pm 
• Wednesday 6/4 – NHHS New Family Night @ 6pm 
• Friday 6/6 – Patriots Assembly @ 11:20am in the gym. And Swing Dancing 7-9 pm in the Commons.  
• Saturday 6/7 – NHHS Prom @ the Sunset Bay Lodge 8-11 pm. Ticket event.  
• Monday 6/9-13 – Senior Checkout week. Seniors must work with their school counselors.  
• Monday 6/16 – Senior Breakfast @ the Center for Urban Horticulture, 9:30am-12:00pm. Ticket event.  
• Tuesday 6/17 – NHHS Graduation 2025 @ 5 pm on Raider Field. Entry by ticket only. Seniors will get up to 6 tickets in exchange for their completed Senior Check-out Form. And Senior SPREE @ 9pm for those seniors who signed up. (Again, check the Senior Class webpage for details.)
• Wednesday 6/18 – Last day of school

May everyone have a great weekend. We are almost to the finish line.  

In Partnership,  

Ms. Jolene Grimes 
Proud Principal