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28-523: Saas , SAAS , or SaaS may refer to: Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences Société Anonyme des Ateliers de Sécheron , a Swiss manufacturing company Social Accountability Accreditation Services that accredits according to the SA8000 certification standard Software as a service (SaaS) Security as a service (SECaaS) South Australian Ambulance Service Sports Association for Adelaide Schools ,

56-448: A 21-member board, which consists of current parents, alumni parents and alumni of the school. The chair is David Sheppard. The school has 1,069 students. Annual tuition is $ 43,692 during the 2023–2024 school year. The school consists of grades 6–12. In 2017, the institution broke ground on a $ 48 million, five-story middle school building located at the intersection of 13th Avenue and Union Street. SAAS consists of six main buildings:

84-630: A Gold LEED certified facility dedicated to the Upper School Science curriculum; and the Middle School Building, a five-story middle school building which opened in Fall 2018, which is also LEED-certified and targeting LEED Gold. Seattle Academy has a technology program which includes full-time tech support staff, a fully wireless campus, and mandatory laptops provided for all Upper School students. The middle school has

112-533: A Learning Commons. The Commons are dedicated to student collaboration, study, and research, as well as a place to spend free time and lunch. The 12th Avenue Conference Room is a small facility located between the Vanderbilt and Arts Center buildings. It is a multi-purpose space, commonly used for meetings and classes. Seattle Academy of Arts & Sciences is planning to demolish some old industrial buildings, directly south of its existing Vanderbilt Building, for

140-461: A full computer lab and a number of laptop banks. Seattle Academy has many student-run clubs and academic teams facilitated by faculty members. Notable teams include: The Arts Center, or AC, is one of the six main 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, dance, instrumental bands, vocal music, percussion, studio arts, and photography. It

168-524: A new upper school building. LMN Architects is designing the five-story, 85,000-square-foot project at 1120 12th Ave., which will complete the school's Capitol Hill campus. 47°36′50″N 122°18′45″W  /  47.61389°N 122.31250°W  / 47.61389; -122.31250 Temple De Hirsch-Sinai Temple De Hirsch Sinai is a Reform Jewish congregation with synagogues at campuses in Seattle and nearby Bellevue , Washington , in

196-407: A religion school attended not only by children of the congregation but by some whose parents were not Reform Jews. In 1909, Koch established a newsletter, Temple Tidings , initially a weekly and later a monthly (currently bi-monthly) publication. Upon Koch's retirement, he was succeeded by Raphael H. Levine, who served as senior rabbi from 1942 to 1970. Levine was a devoted ecumenicist , co-hosting

224-731: A school sports association in South Australia Student Awards Agency for Scotland Singapore Association for the Advancement of Science (SAAS) St. Anselm's Abbey School , a Catholic high school in Washington, D.C. Places in Switzerland [ edit ] Saas im Prättigau , in the Canton of Graubünden Saas railway station , a Rhaetian Railway station Saas-Almagell , in

252-399: A second gym, rooftop playfield, lunchroom, and common spaces to the existing SAAS campus. The Gym was completed in 2003. This two-story building houses a dance studio, a weight-training room, and a regulation basketball and volleyball court with bleachers, among its other facilities. The Temple Building, which Seattle Academy shares with historical synagogue Temple De Hirsch Sinai , houses

280-446: A significant role in the expansion of Children's Orthopedic Hospital, now Seattle Children's . Rabbi Levine's successor, Earl S. Starr, was senior rabbi from 1970. He saw through the merger of congregations and remained senior rabbi of Temple De Hirsch Sinai until 2001. Like all of his predecessors at Temple De Hirsch, he carried on a long tradition of community service and outreach. Temple De Hirsch has at least two claims to fame in

308-576: A television program called Challenge with a Catholic priest and a Protestant minister. Challenge aired for 14 years, first on KOMO-TV and later on KING-TV , both in Seattle. Rabbi Levine also founded the Pacific Association of Reform Rabbis, the ecumenical Camp Brotherhood, a religious, educational, and cultural center for Christians and Jews, and co-founded Camp Swig, an educational and recreational camp for Jewish youth, and played

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336-405: A wing was added in 1951. This temple building was demolished in 1993 after an unsuccessful attempt to work out a way to repurpose it as an arts venue. That effort did, however, end up salvaging a different former religious building: Seattle's Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, now Town Hall Seattle . The current sanctuary at 16th Avenue and Pike Street—the opposite corner of the same block as

364-433: Is a requirement for all students to take many arts courses at least once. 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 Cardinal Union Building is a five-story middle school building that opened at the start of the 2018-2019 school year. It added

392-561: 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. 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

420-450: The Panic of 1893 , Seattle's liberal Jews were left without a synagogue. Temple De Hirsch was founded as a specifically Reform synagogue in 1899, named after Jewish philanthropist Baron Maurice de Hirsch . Construction of a synagogue was begun at Boylston Avenue and Marion Street in Seattle. A cornerstone was laid in 1901, and a basement was built; the congregation held services in

448-468: The Canton of Valais Saas-Balen , in the Canton of Valais Saas-Fee , in the Canton of Valais Saas-Grund , in the Canton of Valais Saastal , a valley in the Canton of Valais See also [ edit ] SAA (disambiguation) Saaz (disambiguation) Sass (disambiguation) SSAS (disambiguation) SAS (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

476-662: The Temple De Hirsch basement; he was fired mid-performance for his wild playing. Temple De Hirsch Sinai retained both the Temple De Hirsch facility (its "Seattle Campus") and the Temple Sinai facility (its "Bellevue campus"). The original Bellevue facility was sold in 2001, when a new facility was constructed in the Eastgate area of Bellevue. Rabbi Starr served as senior rabbi until his retirement in July 2001, when he

504-875: The Temple building (the school still shares the same building with the Temple De Hirsch-Sinai ), which houses the Upper School Humanities Department; the Vanderbilt Building, the Arts Center, which houses math and art classes; the Gym, complete with a weight room, multiple exercise machines, and a basketball court (SAAS's gym is one of the largest school-owned gyms in the Seattle area); the STREAM Building,

532-735: The United States. The congregation was formed as a 1971 merger between the earlier Temple De Hirsch (Seattle, founded 1899) and Temple Sinai (Bellevue, founded 1961) and is the largest Reform congregation in the Pacific Northwest . The old Temple De Hirsch building (or Old Sanctuary) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places , but was demolished in 1993. Part of the façade remains. When Seattle's "quasi-Reform" Ohaveth Sholum Congregation , founded 1889, disbanded because of financial hardships after

560-562: The Upper School Humanities Program. In addition, the school will often use the Temple's Sanctuary for all-school meetings. Upper School students are accustomed to walking to the Temple Building for their Upper School Humanities classes. 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

588-457: The history of music. Samuel E. Goldfarb , co-composer of the Hanukkah song " I Have a Little Dreidel " was music director of Temple De Hirsch from 1930 to 1968. Using a farm system that allowed youth to "graduate" from one level of choir to another, he created one of the country's finest temple choirs. Perhaps more unusually, Jimi Hendrix played his first professional gig as a musician in

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616-565: The old temple—was completed in 1960. That current building was designed by B. Marcus Priteca , John Detlie , and John Peck. Priteca was a noted theater architect: he designed all of Alexander Pantages ' theaters between 1910 and 1929, as well as the landmark Seattle synagogue, Chevra Bikur Cholim (1912), now the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center . A Ladies Auxiliary (now the Women of Reform Judaism)

644-487: The second floor. Completed in the summer of 2015, The SAAS STREAM Building is a facility dedicated to the Upper School Science curriculum and project-based integration of Science, Technology, Robotics, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics. The STREAM building includes 7 purpose-built science lab and studio spaces that have been designed to maximize both space and flexibility to meet current and future course needs. The building also features another important new space for SAAS -

672-565: The seventh best private high school, ninth best college prep private high school, and fifty-eighth most diverse private high school in Washington state. Seattle Academy was founded by Jean Orvis in 1983, who served as head of school until the 2008-2009 school year. From 2009 to June 2018 the head of school was Joe Puggelli, who previously had a long and varied career, including US Army service, publishing, education, and coaching. In July 2018 long-tenured faculty, staff, and coach Rob Phillips became Seattle Academy's Head of School. The school has

700-569: The title Saas . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saas&oldid=1250225041 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences As of 2020, school review website Niche ranks Seattle Academy as

728-429: The vestry, but rapid growth of the congregation led to the construction of a larger building at Union Street and 15th Avenue. Construction on the new Temple De Hirsch designed by Seattle-based architect Julian F. Everett was begun in 1907, completed in 1908, and dedicated on the congregation's ninth anniversary, May 29, 1908. An adjacent Temple Center opened in 1924, housing a religion school and other organizations;

756-449: Was formed within months of the congregation's founding; a Temple Men's Club (now the Men of Reform Judaism) followed in 1920. The first rabbi of Temple De Hirsch was Theodore Joseph from Lancaster, Pennsylvania . His successor, Samuel Koch, was senior rabbi from 1906 to 1942. During Koch's time, Temple De Hirsch solidified its position as an important and steadily expanding congregation, with

784-637: Was succeeded by Daniel A. Weiner, who currently holds the position. The Seattle building shares facilities with a local private school, the Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences , and the Bellevue facility shares facilities with the Emerald Heights Academy. The Temple De Hirsch Sinai Libraries were founded in 1908 and continue to provide a wealth of information for the congregation and community. In both Seattle and Bellevue sites,

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