Lakeside Middle School
13510 1st Avenue NE
Seattle, WA 98125-3099
Lakeside Upper School
14050 1st Avenue NE
Seattle, WA 98125-3099
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| | | Julie Weed on getting kids into programmingThe Seattle Times published a piece by Lakeside parent Julie Weed on the ways to and benefits of getting kids interested in computer programming. Click here to read the whole story. |
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Kristina Peterson talks about innovation in science educationMiddle School science teacher Kristina Peterson was recently interviewed for an MSNBC article about classes incorporating innovation into their curricula. Click here to read the story. |
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Lauren Bricker named GeekWire's Geek of the WeekOur own computer science teacher Lauren Bricker was named "Geek of the Week" by GeekWire. Click here to read through her interview. |
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GSL featured in NAIS Spotlight on InnovationLakeside's Global Service Learning program was featured in the first of a new series from the National Association of Independent Schools, titled "Spotlight on Innovation." Click here to read more on the NAIS website. |
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Michael Nachbar interviewed by NAISKitty Thuermer of the National Association of Independent Schools recently sat down with Michael Nachbar to talk about the Global Online Academy. Read an excerpt from her interview at this link. |
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Chorale and Merissa Reed highlighted on KIROKIRO FM featured a performance by the Lakeside School Chorale led by Phyllis Byrdwell, and an interview with Lakeside teacher Merissa Reed, talking about Lakeside's service learning work with Treehouse. Listen to the broadcast at this link. |
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Online Academy on KING 5KING 5 featured Global Online Academy, including interviews with its director, Michael Nachbar, and Lakeside teacher Jake Clapp. Find the link here. |
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2012 National Merit semifinalists
The Seattle Times reports 31 Lakeside students are National Merit Scholarship semifinalists, the most of any local school. See the story here.
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Summer School sharks The Seattle Times ran a cool photo gallery of kids dissecting sharks in the Lakeside Summer School camp "Form Follows Function." |
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2011 National Merit Scholarship winners The Seattle Times reports 12 of 54 state winners are Lakesiders. The award is based on academic record and communitiy activities. |
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Coach Tavio Hobson featured The Seattle Times highlights Lakeside basketball coach's youth program of academics, athletics and civic engagement. Read it here. |
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Doug Porter Hall of Fame The Seattle Times recounts Doug Porter '80's induction in the 2011 WIAA Hall of Fame. Read it here. |
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T.J. Vassar interviewed by KING 5KING 5 NewsKING 5 ran a story on January 17 about T.J. and his efforts to promote diversity at Lakeside and in education. Click above to take a look. |
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Chess Team's skill noted in Seattle Metropolitan MagazineSeattle Metropolitan MagazineThe Lakeside Chess Team, along with coach (and calculus teacher) Siva Sankrithi, nabbed some well-deserved credit in Seattle Met this month. Check out the story at the above link. |
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Chrissie Coxon '03 lifts a struggling West Seattle schoolTHE SEATTLE TIMESAlumna Chrissie Coxon '03 is working with federal grant money to raise performance at a struggling school in West Seattle. Read the full story from The Seattle Times by clicking the link above. |
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Rob Burgess making a wish come trueTHE SEATTLE TIMES
Drama teacher and maintenance Assistant Foreman Rob Burgess took part in a project for the Make-A-Wish Foundation on Thursday, helping make a young man a super hero for a day. |
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She "learned everything she knows at Lakeside"YOUTUBE
Seattle Channel's Tom Speer profiles former Lakeside teacher and Seattle Children's Theatre Artistic Director Linda Hartzell. |
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Smart EmpathyINDEPENDENT SCHOOL MAGAZINE
Lakeside's Family Support Program was highlighted in the magazine of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS). Jamie Asaka, program coordinator, explains how Lakeside is strengthened by family support services. |
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How a popular Seattle writer was labeled an anti-white racistCROSSCUT.ORG
An article about Po Bronson '82, and his September visit to campus. Written by former faculty member, Judy Lightfoot.
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National Merit Semifinalists AnnouncedSEATTLE TIMES
Lakeside leads the Puget Sound region in students achieving National Merit semifinalist status, with 28 semifinalists.
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See Baby DiscriminateNEWSWEEK MAGAZINE
Po Bronson, class of 1982 and the 2009 Ayrault Memorial Endowed Lecture speaker, writes about how kids as young as 6 months judge others based on skin color, and what parents can do about it. |
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Se Habla TechnologyTHE JOURNAL - Transforming Education Through Technology
LAKESIDE SCHOOL, a Seattle-area private school for grades 5 to 12, counts several technological pioneers among its alumni base, including Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, so it would be natural to assume that the campus resides at the cutting edge of technology. And yet it does not have a language lab. But that in itself goes to show just how cutting-edge the school is. |
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Minority scholars program reaps first crop of graduatesSEATTLE TIMESRainier Scholars, a nonprofit Seattle program that began seven years ago to help low-income minority children get into top schools, is now sending all 40 graduates of its inaugural class off to four-year colleges — including such prestigious institutions as Dartmouth and Smith. |
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Lakeside School couples global travel, educationSEATTLE TIMESInside a small adobe home in a remote Peruvian mountain town, with one bed for a family of six and about 70 guinea pigs roaming the floor, Nick Dykstra, a senior at Seattle's exclusive Lakeside School, knew he wasn't in the land of privileged American teenagers anymore. |
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 Carey GelernterCommunications Associate 206-440-2706 Carey Quan Gelernter was a reporter and editor for more than 30 years, most of them at The Seattle Times, before coming to Lakeside this August. She had many jobs during her tenure at The Times, from features reporter to editor of special sections such as the College Guide; Footprint, the paper's environmental quarterly magazine; and Gender: F, a magazine aimed at young women. She has a bachelor's degree in Modern Society and Social Thought (or 'Mod Soc" -- hey, it was the '70s) from U.C. Santa Cruz and a master's degree in journalism from U.C. Berkeley. She lives in the Rainier Valley with husband Jerry Large, a columnist at The Seattle Times, and 17-year-old son Tao, a senior at The Northwest School. |
 Trevor KleinCommunications Assistant, New Media 206-440-2955 A member of the Lakeside class of 2003, Klein graduated from the University of Washington, where he studied anthropology and worked for four years at the student newspaper, The Daily, including one term as editor-in-chief. He specializes in multimedia production and graphic design, and is now working to bring elements of new media to Lakeside’s website and other communications. |
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