Welcome to Glacier!
Explore our new website and get to know your new middle school in SeaTac opening fall 2019.
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Excitement Builds
Future Glacier students learn about their new school and meet Principal Vicki Fisher.
Students Choose Mascot
600+ students in every fifth- and sixth-grade class at five elementary schools voted on the new mascot and colors.
Who Will Go to Glacier?
Learn about new school boundaries and the five elementary schools that will feed into Glacier Middle School.
Community Leads
The Glacier Community Advisory Team will be reaching out to more families and community members to create a common vision and intentional school culture.
School Logos Unveiled
How fun is that? We photographed students in sixth grade at Seahurst seeing the wolf logo for the first time.
Meetings & Registration
We enjoyed meeting many of our future families at two middle school information nights in January. Stay tuned for more opportunities to give input on school vision and culture. We look forward to working with your students in March to register for classes.
Watch Glacier Grow!
Did you know you can watch Glacier being built from your computer or smart phone?
Upcoming Events
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Hundreds of 5th- and 6th-grade families in Highline learned about moving up to middle school this month at more than 10 information nights around the district. Find out what you missed and next steps for families, students and staff.
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Watch the crew from Bayley Construction and Ironworkers Local 86 raise the last piece of steel high in the air and place it with precision under the roof of Glacier Middle School in SeaTac.
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Students starting sixth and seventh grade in September 2019 will move up to middle school together because our middle schools will expand to include three years. Families with students in fifth and sixth grade now are invited to learn about middle school and ask questions at family info nights starting in January!
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Highline Public Schools has changed school boundaries and feeder patterns for fall 2019. Use our on-line tool to look up your fall 2019 neighborhood schools. Learn more.
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More than 600 students in fifth and sixth grade classes at five elementary schools held discussions and voiced their opinions on a mascot for Glacier Middle School this fall. Check out the mascot and the new school website--it's live!
Our Promise
Every student in Highline Public Schools is known by name, strength and need, and graduates prepared for the future they choose.