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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 | |  | Rob Burgess making a wish come trueSEATTLE 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 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, in addition to advising the student newspaper, Tatler. |
 Jackie O'RyanCommunications Director 206-440-2787 O’Ryan has served as Communications Director for the Seattle Archdiocese, the Seattle City Council, and One America (formerly Hate Free Zone). She was a broadcast journalist in Seattle for over 15 years at Seattle’s PBS and CBS affiliates and for NPR, winning two Emmys, an American Women in Radio and Television Award, and the San Francisco Film Festival’s Golden Gate Award. |
 Robynn PolanskyCommunications Project Manager 206-440-2850 Robynn is a native Washingtonian who spent her early childhood living on a sailboat in Seattle’s Shilshole Bay. She graduated from Woodinville High School, before attending Occidental College in Los Angeles where she earned a degree in English and Comparative Literary Studies. Robynn also holds a diploma in baking and pastry from the Art Institute of Seattle’s Culinary School. She has lived in Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and even spent a year exploring Europe, spending much of her time in Paris and Prague. Robynn enjoys writing, editing, and graphic design. |
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