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Photos: Washington State’s new maritime high school

Experience Maritime High School’s current campus, STEM class, floating classroom and more. Read more about the inaugural freshman class’s experience.

  • A teacher holds up a stuffed fish as part of a demonstration in front of students.
    STEM Education Joanna Rodriquez instructs half of the MHS freshman class about how they will measure fish.
  • four tanks for growing fish are arranged on one side of a classroom
    A former ceramics studio reimagined as the high school’s aquaponics lab. The students are currently growing tilapia.
  • Approx. 15 students seated around tables with tablets and scales
    Equipped with tablets and scales, half of Maritime High School’s inaugural class prepares to collect data in the aquaponics lab.
  • A room with tables, woodworking equipment and orange foul weather gear.
    Students foul weather gear hangs in a wood shop classroom used by Maritime High School.
  • A hallway with the letters "MHS" and nautical flag decorations.
    The new high school is also developing its school spirit with nautical-themed decor and a soon-to-be-announced mascot.
  • A bunny lays in dirt facing away
    The Maritime High School campus is home to many well-fed looking bunnies
  • A sign in front of buildings that reads "Maritime High School"
    The new Maritime High School’s temporary campus.
  • A 40' boat approaches the dock in a marina
    Admiral Jack returns to the dock. The 40′ education/passenger vessel is operated by the Northwest Maritime Center and used for MHS field activities.
  • A boat with two hulls is at the dock, inside the cabin students are seated wearing lifejackets
    MHS students debrief at the end of field activity aboard Admiral Jack, a catamaran retrofitted in 2021. Northwest Maritime Center, one of the partners behind Maritime High School, is using the boat for school programs and, in the summers, passenger tours.
  • A marina with a parking lot, buildings, two cranes and a pier extending into the water with an island beyond.
    The Admiral Jack is currently moored at the City of Des Moines marina located approx. 15 miles south of Seattle and a 10-minute drive away from the current campus.

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