The Nova Project

The Nova Project, also known as Nova, is located at 301 21st Avenue E in Seattle, Washington. It is a small alternative high school in the Seattle Public School District.

About

Created by students, parents and teachers in 1970, throughout the history of the school the student body has been made up mostly of people who don't do well in traditional education systems because of the environment and teaching methods. Some students were overstimulated by traditional education while others have social or personal at-risk factors inhibiting their normal education. The grading system is competency-based and is credit/no credit with 80% mastery required for credit. Each student is guided by a coordinator who helps them design a personal learning plan drawing on the many courses offered to create a balanced education. Students at Nova, as with other Seattle Public Schools, may participate in the Running Start program and take classes at a local community college. In 2005, Nova students who took the SAT averaged 637 on the verbal section and 547 on the math section.

On November 25, 2008, Seattle Public School's Capacity Management Recommendation was announced, which threatened to take Nova out of the Horace Mann building, and re-locate them to Meany Middle School. Along with Nova, the Secondary Bilingual Orientation Center (SBOC) will also be re-located to Meany. With these two schools being co-housed^[1], some fear that Nova will likely lose the tight-knit community aspect that it takes pride in.

Notable Staff, Alumni and Former Students

• Rose McGowan (Also went to Roosevelt High School)
• Bonnie McKee
• Joe Szwaja

See also

• Alternative school
• Alternative education

References

1. ^ http://www.seattleschools.org/area/capacity/preliminary_summary.pdf

External links

• Nova's homepage

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