Full service boatyard SEA Marine has made a $30,000 gift to the Northwest Maritime Center’s Maritime Discovery Program. The gift, given over three years, will help underwrite the cost of providing hands-on, experiential, real-world learning for Port Townsend School District’s 7th grade students. The Maritime Discovery Program connects 7th-grade coursework with maritime experiences and real-world
When Emilia met Dorjun, neither of them knew that seven years later, they’d be embarking together on a new adventure. Once a shy and soft-spoken 7th grader, Emilia Ramsey first came to Northwest Maritime Center (NWMC) as part of Girls’ Boat Project, a program that connects middle schoolers with maritime skills both on and off
Port Townsend Maritime Academy is kicking off the 2023-2024 school year with a whole host of fresh new faces, and a few familiar ones. Our students come from as far away as Bremerton to meet together each morning at the Northwest Maritime Center. We’ve been getting to know each other through shared experiences and team-building
Innovative and groundbreaking—a partnership between Highline Public Schools, Northwest Maritime Center, and Seattle Maritime Academy (SMA) has officially been established to further address the increasing need for maritime employees. Since opening in 2021, it has been the mission of Maritime High School (MHS) to prepare its graduates for maritime careers or post-secondary education to continue
September 15, 2023 | The Golf Club at New Castle Formerly the Towboat Golf Invitational, this annual maritime networking and fundraising event now benefits Maritime High School. Foursomes and sponsorships are filling quickly. Reserve your spot now to raise money to help create the pipeline for our future maritime workforce. Learn more & register
10th-grade Maritime High School Students Dive into Urban Development This last spring, Maritime High School’s 10th-grade students completed an inspiring waterfront design project that showcased the true power of project-based learning as they collaborated with industry and community partners—including Mithun, Pacific Pile & Marine, Antioch University, and the Seattle Public Library—to create a hypothetical Pier
I found out about Maritime High School during its ideation phase and it was exciting to see it come to fruition. I was approached by MHS administration about becoming a mentor to the founding class of freshman who were moving into their sophomore year. Being a Latin woman in maritime is rare, so I chose
By Dustin Vail, Salish Sea Expeditions Operations Coordinator Salish Sea Expeditions’ spring programming has officially lowered sail for the season… but what an incredible season it was! From March to June of this year, 572 students and 95 teachers joined us aboard our program vessels—Admiral Jack and the Schooner Zodiac. This combined effort resulted in
This week, twelve students became the most recent graduates of our Port Townsend Maritime Academy (PTMA) program, run in partnership with West Sound Tech and the Port Townsend School District. Since its inception in the Fall of 2019, PTMA has enrolled a total of 64 youths. Seven members of this year’s class have gone through
Last week, Bravo Team was invited to sail on the 1907-built B.B. Crowninshield schooner Martha. This was the culminating visit after Bravo Team contributed to re-rigging and refreshing Martha for the sailing year in the two previous weeks. Bravo Team students bent on sails, set up sheets and running rigging, slushed the bowsprit net, and