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Nathan Hale High celebrates end of renovation; expansion involved major improvements to academic core of school
Nathan Hale High School celebrated the completion of the school's modernization with an August 30 ribbon-cutting event. The first phase of Hale's expansion gave the school a 14,700 square-foot addition and a 12,500 square-foot renovation housing the library, two visual arts classrooms, a fitness center and a new east-facing lobby which connects to the athletic fields.
The second phase, completed this spring, involved major improvements to the academic core of the school -providing two additional classrooms and an additional science lab.
Nathan Hale's community of students, families, teachers and staff helped celebrate the end of construction at the ribbon-cutting ceremony. Principal Jill Hudson gave a tour around the school.
The capital construction project for Nathan Hale's renovation was funded through the Building Excellence III (BEX III) bond, approved by Seattle voters in 2007. For more information, visit http://bex.seattleschools.org/.
Photo: From left, helping cut the ribbon are Phil Brockman, Executive Director of Schools for the Northeast Region; Marni Campbell, Executive Director of Schools for the Northwest Region and former Hale principal; Superintendent Susan Enfield; and Hale Principal Jill Hudson.
Photos by Robert Teodosio/Seattle Public Schools