Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences - Facilities

Facilities

• Arts Center

The Arts Center, or AC, is one of five buildings currently used by Seattle Academy. The building was opened in 2001. The Arts Center holds the high school's arts programs, which include theater, music, studio arts, and photography. It is a requirement for all students to take every arts course at least once.

Seattle Academy's Math Department is also located in the Arts Center.

Art Center facilities include a darkroom, a video production studio, visual art studios, a metallurgy balcony, music classrooms, the 250-seat Orvis Theater, a smaller black box theater, dressing rooms, and a green room.

The Arts Center is attached to the Gym.

• Cardinal Union Building

The Cardinal Union Building, or CUB, is the newest of the Seattle Academy buildings. It opened in 2007 after extensive renovations during the beginning of the 2006-2007 school year.

Currently, the building houses the Development and Alumni offices, a section of college counseling, and the Speech/Debate program.

• Gym

The Gym was completed in 2003. This two story building houses a dance studio, a weight-training room, and a regulation basketball court with bleachers, among its other facilities.

"Monday Meetings," weekly Upper School gatherings, are held in the Gym.

• Temple

The Temple Building, which Seattle Academy shares with historical synagogue Temple De Hirsch Sinai, houses the Middle School. In addition, the school will often use the Temple's Sanctuary for all-school meetings.

Upper School students are accustomed to walking up to the Temple Building for their foreign language classes.

• Theaters

The Orvis Theater (named for previous head of School Jean Orvis) is Seattle Academy's primary theater and is located in the Arts Center. The theater holds 250 seats and is equipped with advanced sound and lighting technologies. Each year, the Upper School holds three major high school productions: a comedy, a musical, and a drama.

An intimate black box theater is used to perform smaller shows, including Middle School productions.

Both theaters are located in the Arts Center.

• Vanderbilt

Acquired in 1998, the Vanderbilt is the second oldest of Seattle Academy's five buildings. The Vanderbilt Building houses Seattle Academy's English, History, and Science departments. The school's library and offices can be found on the second floor.

The first floor Commons is a popular gathering place for students and faculty during breaktimes.