![From Tatler: What happened to Lakeside’s plants?]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1761072374/lakeside/voejyeqd7u2y27stozcm/102125_blog_plants.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1761072374/lakeside/voejyeqd7u2y27stozcm/102125_blog_plants.jpg","width":500}])
by Timothy D. ’27
Blogs and Reflections
Check out what Lakeside students, faculty, administrators, and staff are thinking.
![Middle School GSL Elwha: Picking weeds, feeding salmon, and black light party!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1760724770/lakeside/n1qq1fjmndxuoykjspuj/MSGSLElwha.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1760724770/lakeside/n1qq1fjmndxuoykjspuj/MSGSLElwha.jpg","width":500}])
by Isiah, Yu-bin, and Chelsea
![Middle School GSL Quinault: What does Global Service Learning mean to us?]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1760723995/lakeside/syta5bjtdve0zlxfrmyj/MSGSLQuinault.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1760723995/lakeside/syta5bjtdve0zlxfrmyj/MSGSLQuinault.jpg","width":500}])
by Mila and Max
![Middle School GSL Spokane: Feast World Kitchen]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1760723000/lakeside/n3f3yw7tq1bwsawpb3tu/MSGSLSpokane.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1760723000/lakeside/n3f3yw7tq1bwsawpb3tu/MSGSLSpokane.jpg","width":500}])
by Sophia, Yiheng, Reva, and Owen
![Mental Health Awareness Committee: Suicide Prevention Month]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1759249772/lakeside/frzdhy73q68vsgcstaco/22-23_US_byRidgeway_campus-12.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1759249772/lakeside/frzdhy73q68vsgcstaco/22-23_US_byRidgeway_campus-12.jpg","width":500}])
Members of the Upper School Mental Health Awareness Committee
![Resist or embrace? The choice we face in times of change.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1757529349/lakeside/j3avxtorwhf0lrzng6kb/24-25_US_byRidgeway_events_school-life_assembly_student-government-5-2.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1757529349/lakeside/j3avxtorwhf0lrzng6kb/24-25_US_byRidgeway_events_school-life_assembly_student-government-5-2.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1757529349/lakeside/j3avxtorwhf0lrzng6kb/24-25_US_byRidgeway_events_school-life_assembly_student-government-5-2.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1757529349/lakeside/j3avxtorwhf0lrzng6kb/24-25_US_byRidgeway_events_school-life_assembly_student-government-5-2.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1757529349/lakeside/j3avxtorwhf0lrzng6kb/24-25_US_byRidgeway_events_school-life_assembly_student-government-5-2.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1757529349/lakeside/j3avxtorwhf0lrzng6kb/24-25_US_byRidgeway_events_school-life_assembly_student-government-5-2.jpg","width":2200}])
by Sonia P. '26
![Commonly used acronyms and Lakeside-isms]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1724706179/lakeside/llqcgelvjndmtjqbjwr7/19-20__byChrisRoberts__campus__US-635_resized.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1724706179/lakeside/llqcgelvjndmtjqbjwr7/19-20__byChrisRoberts__campus__US-635_resized.jpg","width":400}])
![Lessons in journalism]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1755125290/lakeside/bgozgkkonfnuy2yx5lbw/journoblog-thumbnail.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1755125290/lakeside/bgozgkkonfnuy2yx5lbw/journoblog-thumbnail.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1755125290/lakeside/bgozgkkonfnuy2yx5lbw/journoblog-thumbnail.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1755125290/lakeside/bgozgkkonfnuy2yx5lbw/journoblog-thumbnail.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1755125290/lakeside/bgozgkkonfnuy2yx5lbw/journoblog-thumbnail.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1755125290/lakeside/bgozgkkonfnuy2yx5lbw/journoblog-thumbnail.jpg","width":2200}])
by Kate B. '27, Lakeside Summer Institute student
![GSL French Polynesia: Dance as service]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1753202810/lakeside/oddsylepjlwrqrlpmxou/Imani.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1753202810/lakeside/oddsylepjlwrqrlpmxou/Imani.jpg","width":500}])
by Imani G. '27
![GSL Tanzania: "Useful" and "useless"]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1753201700/lakeside/mjimldkafpkdqndpa4ea/TZ25_Norah_and_siblings.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1753201700/lakeside/mjimldkafpkdqndpa4ea/TZ25_Norah_and_siblings.jpg","width":500}])
by Norah S. '27
![GSL Fiji: Why do we do cultural exchange?]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1752854100/lakeside/qjmqc4sorr3b1xsywzrf/71825_IvetaWilsonCookingFiji.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1752854100/lakeside/qjmqc4sorr3b1xsywzrf/71825_IvetaWilsonCookingFiji.jpg","width":375}])
by Iveta. Z '28
![GSL Senegal: Changing perspective]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1751990843/lakeside/qjmh8cxxm1whxjoblwhi/7825_Taimur.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1751990843/lakeside/qjmh8cxxm1whxjoblwhi/7825_Taimur.jpg","width":500}])
by Taimur G. ’27
![GSL Peru: Throwing dirt and throwing ego]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1751923311/lakeside/fzhcnhhkxxgsqcpvf63b/7825_Albert.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1751923311/lakeside/fzhcnhhkxxgsqcpvf63b/7825_Albert.jpg","width":500}])
by Albert R. ’27
![GSL Costa Rica: Gaining appreciation]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1751922190/lakeside/orpyqoc93orutt273igj/7725_Samara.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1751922190/lakeside/orpyqoc93orutt273igj/7725_Samara.jpg","width":500}])
by Samara N. ’26
![Commencement 2025: There is goodness within all of you]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1749597778/lakeside/zxyghguqihjmesjkpuqw/_0644.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1749597778/lakeside/zxyghguqihjmesjkpuqw/_0644.jpg","width":500}])
by Kai Bynum, head of school
![Commencement 2025: Life’s too short not to laugh— especially at yourself]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1749769536/lakeside/mfsoi9hsp3ljdv1eveh0/_0611.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1749769536/lakeside/mfsoi9hsp3ljdv1eveh0/_0611.jpg","width":500}])
by Rob Burgess, recipient of the Willard J. Wright ’32 Distinguished Service Award
![Commencement 2025: Words, change, people]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1749597451/lakeside/xd8pexrcrwjq8yibl5yp/_0442.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1749597451/lakeside/xd8pexrcrwjq8yibl5yp/_0442.jpg","width":500}])
by Coulter Dearie, member of the Class of 2025
![Commencement 2025: Shaped by the ones around us]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1749660366/lakeside/rcyrjms92nrpsrxbtbnm/_0394.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1749660366/lakeside/rcyrjms92nrpsrxbtbnm/_0394.jpg","width":500}])
by Mary Yacob, member of the Class of 2025
![Commencement 2025: Now is the last time]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1749599693/lakeside/ndl1rnj78i0ppzph72pm/24-25_US_byRidgeway_events_12th_Commencement-3Custom.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1749599693/lakeside/ndl1rnj78i0ppzph72pm/24-25_US_byRidgeway_events_12th_Commencement-3Custom.jpg","width":500}])
by Ryan Boccuzzi, Upper School director / assistant head of school
![Commencement 2025: Farewell, old friend]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1749599825/lakeside/pf5jlbnlscdm2qwjovmq/24-25_US_byRidgeway_events_12th_Commencement-2Custom.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1749599825/lakeside/pf5jlbnlscdm2qwjovmq/24-25_US_byRidgeway_events_12th_Commencement-2Custom.jpg","width":500}])
by Rohan Dhillon, Student Government President and member of the Class of 2025