Athletics
The school has some of the best athletic facilities in the Seattle School District, including the Southwest Athletic Complex, the largest gymnasium, and two practice gyms. Athletic programs include:
- Fall: Cross Country, Football, Girls' Soccer, Golf, Volleyball
- Winter: Boys' Basketball, Girls' Basketball, Gymnastics, Swimming, Wrestling
- Spring: Baseball, Fastpitch, Boys' Soccer, Boys' & Girls' Track, Tennis
Its recent principal (until 2011), John Boyd, is himself a former Sealth Seahawk, graduating in 1982. Nicknamed "Vanilla Thunder", Boyd was the leading scorer (16.1 points per game) in Chief Sealth's best-performing basketball team (24 and 2, 4th in Washington State). They had All-Metro honors for two consecutive years and retired Boyd's jersey number 24.
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