Lakeside is an amazing school, and a perfect fit for me. This past school year was my first year at Lakeside (I transferred from a smaller private school) and I had a great first year. The academics are rigorous but not impossibly difficult, the teachers are always there when you need help, and the students
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Posted by a student on 07/26/09
Lakeside is by far the best choice a parent can make for a child.
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Posted by a parent on 04/26/09
Lakeside has been great for my about-to-graduate senior. BUT - she is academically driven, self-motivated, undaunted by competition, and mostly immune to the intensity. I have seen other kids with different personality traits suffocate at Lakeside. If you know your child and know she will thrive in
... Read more an academically rigorous, competitive, and sometimes stressful environment, then go for it! But if you want to send you kid to Lakeside for the sake of prestige, THINK AGAIN. It is not the environment for all kids. Senior year and the competition to get in to the best colleges is especially stressful and intense. No Senior Spring at Lakeside! The perfect school for the right kid, and it has been perfect for mine. Wouldn't even consider it for #2, though! Read less
Posted by a parent on 03/18/09
Lakeside is a great opportunity for the right kid, but sometimes I wonder if having my kid in a super-brain-oriented culture has pushed her ahead of her timing, and exacerbated her tendency to over-function. She is really happy there, but looking forward to not attending an Ivy League school, and feeling
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Posted by a parent on 12/11/08
Among the best private high schools in the United States; many grads find college less demanding. No grade inflation, in fact, just the opposite. Huge endowment, Bill Gates major contributor. Expansive athletic, extracurricular options, global service learning. No cheerleaders.
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Posted by a parent on 10/03/08
Lakeside is a really great school. I go there. When you get to the high school the work is challenging. Very challenging but its worth it in the long run. The middle school is really fun and the teachers are great. They help you succeed. And the music program is fun. The extra curricular activities are
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Posted by a student on 09/17/08
Lakeside is the BEST school ever! I liked their education and the teachers and administrations respect to their students and parent-- no discrimination! Everybody is equal at this school! I really love it!
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Posted by a parent on 04/30/08
I've attended Lakeside Middle School for four years now, and it has benefited me greatly in terms of not only academics, but also social life and athletics. Before Lakeside, I was involved in the gifted program at both of my former public schools. When I transferred, I noticed an immense change on how
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Posted by a student on 06/13/07
A caring school for the intellectually bright student.
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Posted by a parent on 05/27/07
My son just graduated, extremely well prepared for college, thanks to Lakeside. The school actively reaches out to and identifies amazingly gifted students of all races, religious, ethnic and economic backgrounds. The diversity of talent among students is so impressive, the enthusiasm and rigor of
... Read more the faculty invigorates the students. Parents are very much a part of the community. The school leadership actively supports students in developing a sense of stewardship towards the world as a whole, and in becoming fluent with emerging issues of global importance. There is an international service orientation, programs bring in outside speakers of national (and International) importance, students go abroad in well thought out programs. Very strong athletics, arts, theater, music and extracurriculars (chess, math team, science olympiad). Students become involved in outreach service to local community. Academic level far exceeds typical high school. Roughly 1/3 of any graduating class are National Merit Scholars Read less
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English as Second Language
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Seattle schools — Lakeside School is located at 14050 1st Ave Ne, Seattle WA 98125. 14050 1st Ave Ne is in the Haller Lake neighborhood and 98125 ZIP code in Seattle, WA Lakeside School is a Private school that serves grade levels 9 - 12.
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