A Diverse and Inclusive Community | Holy Names Academy, Seattle

HNA: A Diverse and Inclusive Community

Our Community

Holy Names Academy students come from

86 ZIP Codes and 114 middle schools

from the Greater Seattle area.

Click Here to See Current Middle Schools (114):

ASA Mercer Middle School
Assumption-St Bridget School
Bear Creek School
Billings Middle School
Bright Water School
Broadview Thomson School
Bush School
Carden Country School
Cascade K-8 School
Catharine Blaine School
Chinook Middle School
Christ the King
Eastside Catholic Middle School
Eastside Christian School
Eckstein Middle School
Edmonds Heights K-12
Environmental and Adventure School
Evergreen School
Explorer Middle School
Explorer West Middle School
Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart
French American School of Puget Sound
Hamilton International Middle School
Hamlin Robinson School
Hazel Wolf K-8 School
Highland Middle School
Holy Family School - Auburn
Holy Family School - Kirkland
Holy Family School - Seattle
Holy Rosary School - Edmonds
Holy Rosary School - Seattle
HomeSchool
Hope Lutheran School
Hyla Middle School
Ingraham High School
International School, Bellevue
Islander Middle School

Issaquah Middle School
Jane Addams K-8 School
Kellogg Middle School
Kamiakin Junior High School
Kellogg Middle School
Kings Junior High
Kirkland Middle School
Lake Washington Girls Middle School
Leota Junor High School
Madison Middle School
Mattson Middle School
Maywood Middle School
McClure Middle School
McKnight Middle School
McMurray Middle School
Meadowdale Middle School
Meany Middle School
Northshore Christian Academy
Northwest School
Orca K-8 School
Our Lady of Fatima School
Our Lady of Guadalupe School
Our Lady of the Lake School
Our Lady Star of the Sea School
Overlake School
Pacific Middle School
Pathfinder K-8 School
Queen of Angels School
Rainier Prep
Redmond Middle School
Renton Christian School
Robert Eagle Staff Middle School
Sacred Heart School
Salmon Bay K-8 School
Seattle Christian School
Seattle Country Day School
Seattle Girls' School
Seattle Waldorf School
Soundview School

South Shore K-8 School
St Alphonsus School
St Anne School
St Anthony School
St Benedict School
St Bernadette School
St Brendan School
St Catherine School
St Cecilia School
St Edward School
St Francis of Assisi School
St George School
St John School
St Joseph School - Issaquah
St Joseph School - Seattle
St Louise School
St Luke School
St Madeleine Sophie School
St Mark School
St Mary Magdalen School
St Matthew School
St Monica School
St Paul School
St Philomena School
St Pius X School
St Therese Catholic Academy
St Thomas More School
Sylvester Middle School
TOPS K-8
Twin Falls Middle School
University Prep
Villa Academy
Washington Middle School
Westside School
Whitman Middle School
Willows Prep
Woodinville Montessori School
Woodward Middle School

Our Programs

Students from the MSU, BSU, and API clubs speaking at the Reception for Families of Students of Color (8/25/2021).

Women of Color comprise 34% of our student population.
We are committed to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion in the curriculum and student experience. Our courses and classrooms are spaces where students learn about diverse voices and perspectives through literature, speaker workshops, assemblies, and field trips.
The student-led Multicultural Student Union (MSU) encourages students of all backgrounds to participate in discussions and activities to learn about cultural experiences, diversity, and ways to promote racial justice. MSU Focus Groups include Asian/Pacific Islander Focus Group, Black Student Union, Latina Student Union, and Middle Eastern Student Union.
Faculty & Staff Diversity Committee meets monthly to discuss topics pertaining to diversity and collaborate on best practices.
Special Events & Programming: Reception for Families of Students of Color, Mix-it-Up Day, Assemblies, Speakers, Social Justice Week, Peace & Justice Day, Field Trips

REligious Diversity

We welcome students of all faith backgrounds to Holy Names Academy.

Starting their 9th-grade year, students learn about Catholicism and other religions and cultures around the world. the importance of acceptance and discourse within this context.
Community service is an important part of HNA's mission and is a required component of our curriculum.
Each year, students discuss the myriad of social justice issues facing our society and choose one that they would like to address in their Social Justice Committee. Using design thinking, they brainstorm possible solutions and then implement projects that will help address this issue in their local community. Topics have included homelessness, racial justice, women’s rights, environmental justice, and human trafficking.

Socioeconomic Diversity

In the 2018/2019 school year, $1.56 million was available in financial aid and 32.3% of students received financial aid.

Student activities, dances, sports registration and uniforms, and textbooks are made available to all students thanks to our student life fund.
More than 90 percent of HNA's 139 active endowments and scholarships directly support student financial aid, which in 2018-2019 helped underwrite the educations of 106 students.
The entire HNA community—alumnae, parents, friends of the school—gathers every year to support the Scholarship Endowment Fund at the CHEER! Auction celebration, honoring the historic commitment of the Sisters of the Holy Names to serve young women of diverse economic backgrounds.