Friday 8/29 Family Message

Happy Friday Raiders! 

Tonight 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm the Seattle Teen Late Night Program is sponsoring a Back2School Kick Back at Meadowbrook Teen Life Center in the East Parking Lot of Nathan Hale by the Track: 10750 30th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98125. Please contact Ms. Vela Smith at 206-669-3046 or Mr. Cortez at 206-641-1553. Free Free Free food, 3v3 tourney, music, school supplies and time to socialize with peers and families. A special thank you to our community collaborators: YMCA, Billionaire Ambitious Grind, SP Strength & Conditioning, Wally’s NW Soul Experience, Seattle Parks & Recreation, and Performance Over Politics.   

I hope everyone takes time to enjoy the upcoming Labor Day weekend. The first day of school is officially Wednesday, September 3rd. School starts at 8:50 am to 3:40 pm. Please help make sure your student gets to school on-time. Plan extra time to ensure your student can navigate the public transportation system smoothly. We will not start our Early Release Wednesday schedule until September 10th, when school will release at 2:25 pm. A NHHS Bell Schedule will be included in your back-to-school packets. I highly encourage students and families to put the schedule somewhere in your home or place of living so that students and parents can utilize it when planning events and activities to avoid impacting their school schedule.  

I understand it is a busy and exciting time of year for students and families. School administration and staff just finished three days of professional development to be prepared to open the doors to students and families next week. As a school community, our focus this school year is “In your shoes, you’re not alone.” Our hope is that we create a safe and healthy learning environment for all students, staff and families to be successful. When we can be comfortable in our own shoes and be vulnerable to build positive and trusting relationships with others, we allow people to be who they authentically are in our school community. And the more we connect, the more opportunities we must see we are not alone, as many people may have the same lived experiences, goals, challenges, ambition and history that resonate with them. Hale Yes! 

Raider Day 2025 

Tuesday, September 2, 2025, is Raider Day. Raider Day is an important business day at Nathan Hale. All the details about Raider Day are on our website under the Raider Day – Tue, 9/2 news post. All students should enter at the Main Entry on 30th NE after taking their ID/Yearbook photo. All other doors will be locked. Once in the building students can pick up a sheet with a list of the tasks they can accomplish while here.  

9:00AM-10:30AM – Ninth Graders 
9:00-9:30         Last names beginning with A-B, H-J, and P-Sal 
9:30-10:00       Last names beginning with C-D, K-Mc, and Sam-T 
10:00-10:30     Last names beginning with E-G, Md-O, and U-Z 

Ninth graders should allot about an hour and a half to complete all Raider Day activities. Also, a separate email will be going out to all freshmen families about a special event happening at 10:30am in our Gym Foyer on Raider Day. Be on the look-out for it! 

10:30AM-12:00PM – Tenth Graders 
10:30-11:00     Last names beginning with A-B, H-J, and P-Sal 
11:00-11:30     Last names beginning with C-D, K-Mc, and Sam-T 
11:30-12:00     Last names beginning with E-G, Md-O, and U-Z 

12:00PM-1:30PM – Eleventh Graders 
12:00-12:30     Last names beginning with A-B, H-J, and P-Sal 
12:30-1:00       Last names beginning with C-D, K-Mc, and Sam-T 
1:00-1:30         Last names beginning with E-G, Md-O, and U-Z 

1:30PM-3:00PM – Twelfth Graders 
1:30-2:00         Last names beginning with A-B, H-J, and P-Sal 
2:00-2:30         Last names beginning with C-D, K-Mc, and Sam-T 
2:30-3:00         Last names beginning with E-G, Md-O, and U-Z 

Seniors should plan on checking out the SPREE 2026 table in the Commons. Find out more about SPREE (a parent-coordinated and sponsored post-graduation event) on Raider Day.  

Incoming Hale Juniors and Seniors! 

All Seattle high schools offer SAT/PSAT School Day, which means that you will have the opportunity to take the SAT/PSAT entirely for free at Nathan Hale. We hold School Day in the final couple of weeks of October. More details will come in the next few weeks. If your student has a qualifying disability and needs testing accommodations, though, we need you to complete the required testing accommodations paperwork ASAP. Here’s how you make that happen: 

• Fill out the College Board Consent Form for Accommodations Request.  
• Have your student return the form to the main office ASAP. The College Board recommends they be in 7 weeks in advance of the testing date. 
• Note: If you do not provide consent for the information to be released, then we cannot request the accommodations, which means your student will not have them on testing day. 

For All to Read

In close, please continue to view our Nathan Hale website and look for school messages that may be specifically for your student’s grade level. The first three days of school will be focused on getting students back in the groove of high school. We will hold grade level meetings to ensure students know and understand their Rights and Responsibilities as SPS students. School counselors will be working with school administration to ensure all students have a full schedule. Counselors will not be able to focus on schedule changes for students with full schedules until the second week of school.  Each student will receive a start of school packet by the end of the week from their mentorship teacher with important school information and required forms to return to school. These forms are essential to the daily operations and safety within the school. Thank you all in advance for viewing the forms and returning all required documents. Have a safe three-day weekend. See you all on Tuesday at Raider Day. We look forward to seeing parents and families at the NHCO and Nathan Hale Foundation Parent/Family coffee during Raider Day from 9:00 am to 10:30 am. Stop by and introduce yourself. Go Raiders! 

In Partnership,  

Ms. Jolene Grimes 
Proud Principal