Low-income STEM school founded by Amazon employee quadruples footprint
A Catholic STEM-focused middle school serving low-income students in Seattle has moved to a new location, more than quadrupling its footprint and tripling its student capacity.
The school moved to St. Edward parish, which had hosted a school that recently merged with another parish school, June 30. In so doing, it expanded its footprint from 7,900 square feet to 35,529 square feet across 11 classrooms, a library and some office space.
More than 20 students have already applied for the incoming sixth-grade class, said president Jeffrey McDougall, who expects the new physical location, between Rainier Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Way, the two major roads, to drive up interest.
Seattle Nativity School, founded by then-Microsoft General Manager Michael Mott, provides a free, STEM-based private education to sixth through eighth graders below the poverty line. The grant- and donation-driven model seeks to break the cycle of poverty through providing a tuition-free, high-caliber education.
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