My name is Brian Kirk. I’m fortunate to be the Spill Prevention Section Manager with the Washington State Department of Ecology’s Spill Prevention, Preparedness, and Response program. Washington has some of the strongest laws in the country to prevent harm … Read More
Plastics Are a Problem: Our Unit on Plastic Pollution
By Chanel Young, Maritime High School Student Blogger Sometime after we returned from winter break, we started working on our social media campaign (humanities class) and ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) boat design challenge (STEM class) to present at our winter … Read More
Maritime High School Collaborator Spotlight: Amanda Carr of Plauché & Carr LLP
When I learned of plans to open a regional Maritime High School using hands-on, project-based learning to create access to local maritime careers, I jumped at the opportunity to serve as a Community Collaborator. A fourth-generation resident of South Seattle, … Read More
New School, New Start at MHS
By Giselle Esparza, MHS Student Blogger My name is Giselle Esparza, and my experience at Maritime High School has been great! Previously, I attended a massive school in Arizona where it was always hot, everyone was sweaty, and we just … Read More
Bravo Team- Confidence and Leadership Grows
By Nancy Israel, Bravo Team Co-Captain Bravo Team this year is a group of creative and caring middle and high school students from Port Townsend’s alternative learning program, OCEAN. We’ve really been enjoying the gift of being together during the … Read More
Girls’ Boat Project is Back!
We are so excited to finally restart our Girls Boat Project program this week! In the Girls’ Boat Project, middle school girls gain skills and have fun in the maritime trades. They learn woodworking and boat maintenance techniques in our boatshop as they create their own projects and … Read More
New Year, New Hotel: The Swan Joins the NWMC Family!
Happy New Year! We bought a hotel! You probably already know, as we announced our intentions back in June, that the future of our growing campus includes the Swan Hotel—a 13-room boutique hotel located across the street from our main … Read More
Preserving the Old While Building the New: The Schooner Martha Main Mast Project
By Joel Arrington, NWMC Boatshop Manager, and Robert d’Arcy “Built in 1907 for San Francisco Yacht Club Commodore J. R. Hanify, and named after his wife, Martha Fitzmaurice Hanify, Martha is a B.B. Crowninshield design built at W. F. Stone … Read More
Maritime High School Collaborator Spotlight: Wilbur “JC” Clark of Pacific Pile & Marine
My name is Wilbur Clark. I am the Chief Operating Officer for Pacific Pile & Marine, a heavy-civil marine construction firm based in the South Park neighborhood of Seattle. I have been in the marine construction industry for 14 years … Read More
Onboard the Admiral Jack
By Mara Mersai, Maritime High School Student Blogger Hello! Mara Mersai here. Sometime after the beginning of this quarter, we were introduced to voyage planning, where we learned about the different roles within voyage planning and then went on trips … Read More