Morningside Academy

Morningside Academy: elementary & middle school students meet and exceed academic grade level skills! Dr. Kent Johnson founded Morningside in Seattle in 1980.

Morningside has two programs: a non-profit school for children and youth, and a teachers' academy. Morningside Academy's school helps both elementary and middle school students to catch up and get ahead. Its students have not previously reached their potential; many have learning disabilities such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, or ADD/ADHD; all have average to well above average intelligenc

Operating as usual

Photos from Morningside Academy's post 05/29/2024

Did you catch our Founder and Executive Director Emeritus Kent Johnson's Presidential Address, Designing Effective Instruction to Teach Micro-credentials... Or Any Instructional Objective, at ABAI? It was a great talk and we're absolutely thrilled to celebrate Kent as President of ABAI's Executive Council. Congratulations, Kent Johnson! ๐ŸŽ‰

Photos from Morningside Academy's post 05/29/2024

We had a great time at ABAI! Morningside faculty Adam, Bailee and Nicole all gave wonderful talks showcasing the incredible work they've done in their classrooms this year. We also got to hear Kent,Joanne,Andrew and Drew talk about Morningside and share more about what we do with our behavior analysis community. Thank you to everyone who attended these talks and to our amazing faculty for sharing their work!

Photos from Morningside Academy's post 05/21/2024

Art, reading, planting, math on the balcony, cake making and more reading! Morningside students have been staying busy!

05/20/2024

Going to ABAI? Come see our Principal Emerita, Joanne Robbins, talk in this symposium!

Photos from Morningside Academy's post 05/16/2024

Going to ABAI? Come see what Morningside is up to!

05/15/2024

Check out what students are reading around Morningside this week!

Photos from Morningside Academy's post 05/10/2024

Morningsiders are loving this perfect Seattle weather today! โ˜€๏ธ๐Ÿ˜Ž

05/08/2024

Check out what students are reading around Morningside this week and don't miss your opportunity to support the important work we do here. ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ““๐ŸŽ“ Today is the last day to ! Invest in the future and help us support Morningside Academy students and staff! Together, we can make a brighter tomorrow. ๐ŸŒˆ
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Photos from Morningside Academy's post 05/02/2024

Morningside principal Kathy Fox gave the Keynote talk at the Alaska Association for Behavior Analysis conference this past weekend in Anchorage. It was a great weekend of learning, connection, and beautiful views!

Photos from Morningside Academy's post 05/01/2024

A few weeks ago, students in Adam and Shiloh's classes participated in a workshop at entitled "This Machine Kills Fascists: Pop Culture and Activism." Everyone had a great time and learned a lot!

04/30/2024

Calling all behavior analysts, educators, instructional designers, or anyone who wants to learn best practices in instruction and fluency: Register today for the 2024 Morningside Summer Institute. It's a career- altering experience that you won't regret!

https://morningsideacademy.org/mta/summer-institute/

04/26/2024

๐ŸŒŸ GiveBIG for Morningside Academy! ๐ŸŒŸ
๐ŸŒˆ Weโ€™re Almost There โ€“ Help Us Cross the Finish Line! ๐ŸŒˆ
Weโ€™re so close.
๐Ÿค— Your Impact: Every dollar you contribute fuels our mission and plays a crucial role in transforming the lives of students facing academic challenges.
๐ŸŽฏ Our Goal: To raise the $20,000 needed come closer to our fundraising target.
Your support not only aids our students in achieving their goals but also supports our staff and faculty by covering inflation-related costs and unforeseen circumstances! Donate here: https://www.wagives.org/donate/morningsideacademy

Photos from Morningside Academy's post 04/22/2024

Morningsiders had the best time when former UW standout football player .westover visited us last week! Jack talked about his time at Morningside, his love of sports, and what it was like to play football at UW. Students were able to ask tons of questions, share some laughs and even get autographs! Thank you so much for visiting, Jack! We can't wait to have you back!

04/19/2024

Morningside familes,check your email for a message from Nicolle about our upcoming Family Game Night with Blue Highway Games. We hope you can join us!

Photos from Morningside Academy's post 04/05/2024

Spirit Week, Day 5: Pajama Day!

Photos from Morningside Academy's post 04/04/2024

Spirit Week, Day 4: we dressed up as some of our favorite characters!

04/04/2024

Morningside families, check your email for a message from Nicolle with a link to RSVP to attend the game on Friday, 4/26 for a night of cheering on the with fellow Morningsiders!

Photos from Morningside Academy's post 04/04/2024

Spirit Week, Day 3: we wore our favorite sports team's gear!

Photos from Morningside Academy's post 04/03/2024

Spirit Week, Day 2: we wore our school color, purple!

Photos from Morningside Academy's post 04/01/2024

Spirit Week is off to a great start at Morningside! Students and faculty were very fancy today!

Photos from Morningside Academy's post 03/29/2024

These Morningsiders enjoyed a visit with Principal Emerita Joanne yesterday!

03/28/2024

Next week is Spirit Week at Morningside!

Morningside Academy: Not the โ€œMichaela of Americaโ€, but just as important 03/25/2024

Check out this blog post from an educator who recently featured an interview with Kent and Andrew on his podcast and visited Morningside last week, Zach Groshell. We loved showing him around Morningside and hearing his perspective on what we do here!

Morningside Academy: Not the โ€œMichaela of Americaโ€, but just as important Today I visited Morningside Academy, an evidence-informed school that I featured on Progressively Incorrect last month. While Morningside is famous amongst educators with a behavior analysis backgrโ€ฆ

Photos from Morningside Academy's post 03/22/2024

Everyone had wonderful time on our trip to the Kraken Community Iceplex yesterday! We took the light rail, skated for an hour and returned just in time for math class.

Photos from Morningside Academy's post 03/21/2024

Shiloh and Adam's classes enjoyed a fancy tea party yesterday!

Photos from Morningside Academy's post 03/15/2024

Students enjoyed some meditation time in the sunshine today!

Photos from Morningside Academy's post 12/15/2023

Students really loved making gift boxes in art class with Paul this week!

12/11/2023

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