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Lakeside School
Location
(Middle School) 13510 1st Avenue Northeast (High School) 14050 1st Avenue Northeast Seattle, Washington 98125 United States
Information
Type	Private Independent
Motto	As You Sow, So Shall You Reap
Founded	1919
Founder	Frank G. Moran
Locale	Urban
Head of School	Kai Bynum
Faculty	111
Grades	5-12
Enrollment	876
Student to teacher ratio	9:1
Color(s)	Maroon & Gold
Athletics conference	3A Metro League (WIAA)
Mascot	Lion
Rival	O'Dea High School, Seattle Preparatory School and The Downtown School
Newspaper	The Tatler
Yearbook	The Numidian
Endowment	$260 million
Annual tuition	$44,730
Religious Affiliation	None
Website	www.lakesideschool.org

Lakeside School is a private school located in Seattle, Washington, for grades 5–12. As of 2024, school review website Niche ranked Lakeside School as the best private high school in Washington state and the 52nd best private high school in the United States. Niche also ranked Lakeside as the 28th best high school for STEM in the United States.

History

The Moran-Lakeside School was an independent prep school for boys established in 1919 by Frank G. Moran on the shores of Lake Washington in the Denny-Blaine neighborhood of Seattle. The school was intended to feed students to Moran's other school, the Moran School on nearby Bainbridge Island. The school was incorporated in 1923 by a group of parents and renamed to Lakeside Day School. It moved a year later to the present site of The Bush School in Washington Park.

A site near Northeast 145th Street in northern Seattle was selected in 1929 for a new campus for the Lakeside Day School, which had outgrown the Washington Park campus. Four buildings were constructed, including dormitories for 30 students and a refectory. The campus opened on September 4, 1930; a year later, the school was renamed to the Lakeside School. Additional buildings were opened during the 1930s despite low enrollment and mounting debt during the Great Depression; several were later named for students who had died during their World War II military service.

Lakeside adopted stricter academic requirements for admissions in the 1950s and launched a zero-fee summer educational program in 1965 with Seattle Public Schools. The first Black students enrolled through the summer program. The formal school uniform was abolished in 1969 by a vote of the student body. By 1971, the boarding program at Lakeside had also ceased. The school became co-educational in a 1971 merger with St. Nicholas School, a Capitol Hill private girls' school. Initially, the Lakeside campus was used by older students from both schools while the St. Nicholas campus was used by younger students. Three new buildings were constructed at Lakeside to complete the full merger.

Student life

Lakeside has numerous student-initiated and led clubs, such as the Chess Team, Model United Nations, Quiz Bowl, Ethics Bowl, Proof Pioneers, Hackathon, and Imago. Other aspects of student life include the affinity groups, like BSU (Black Student Union), GLOW (Gay Lesbian Or Whatever, a gay-straight alliance club), LAPS (Lakeside Asian/Pacific Islander Students), MIXED (Multicultural Initiators EXperiencing and Encouraging Diversity), and LATISPA (a support network for Latin American students).

Athletics

Lakeside's athletic program offers golf, football, soccer, volleyball, crew, wrestling, baseball, basketball, ultimate frisbee, tennis, swimming, diving, cross country, and track and field as well as a strength and conditioning program. In recent years, the boys' swim team won a 3A WIAA state championship in the 2011–2012 season, the 2012–2013 season, and the 2023–2024 season. The 2013-2014 boys' soccer team won the WIAA state championship in the 3A division. The 2014 girls' swim team won the 3A WIAA state championship for the first time in school history, and won the 2015 state championship as well. The 2016 volleyball team won the 3A WIAA state championship for the first time in school history. The 2021 girls' soccer team won the 3A WIAA state championship for the first time since 2003.

Notable alumni

• Wilber Huston, (class of 1929), NASA mission director, Edison Scholar.
• David "Ned" Skinner, (class of 1937), former owner of Seattle Space Needle and the Seattle Seahawks.
• Adam West (class of 1946), American film actor, played the original role of Batman in the 1960s TV Series.
• Charles Pigott (class of 1947), chairman and CEO of Paccar 1967–1996.
• Booth Gardner, (class of 1954), Governor of Washington state; Chair of National Governors Association.
• Craig McCaw (class of 1968), founder of McCaw Cellular (now part of AT&T Mobility) and Clearwire Corporation.
• Tor Seidler, (class of 1968), author of "A Rat's Tale", "Mean Margaret" and "Gully's Travels".
• Frederic Moll (class of 1969), co-founder of Intuitive Surgical, Hansen Medical, Mako Surgical, and Auris Surgical Robots.
• Paul Allen (class of 1971), co-founder of Microsoft and Vulcan Inc.
• Ric Weiland (class of 1971), computer software pioneer, programmer and LGBT philanthropist.
• Hal Foster (class of 1973) is an American art critic and historian.
• Bill Gates (class of 1973), co-founder of Microsoft and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
• Maria Eitel (class of 1980), first president of the Nike Foundation.
• Annie Leonard, (class of 1982), executive director of Greenpeace USA.
• Tom Lee, (class of 1986), CEO Galileo Health, former founder, CEO at One Medical.
• Christopher Miller (class of 1993), American film director, writer, and producer (How I Met Your Mother, The Lego Movie, and the Jump Street franchise).
• Seth Gordon, (class of 1994), American film director, producer, screenwriter, and film editor (The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, Four Christmases, Freakonomics, Horrible Bosses, Undefeated, Identity Thief, Baywatch).
• Marjorie Liu, (class of 1996), author and comic book writer (Monstress, NYX, X-23, Dark Wolverine, Astonishing X-Men).
• Duncan Atwood, Javelin thrower who qualified for the 1980 and 1984 Olympics.
• Freddie Wong, (class of 2004), filmmaker, musician, VFX artist and competitive gamer.
• Daniel Kan, (class of 2005), entrepreneur and founder and COO of Cruise Automation (acquired by General Motors for $1b).
• Royce David, (class of 2017), multi-platinum music producer.
• Lauren Selig (class of 1994) Film producer, entrepreneur and investor (Hacksaw Ridge, Lone Survivor, American Made). Daughter of Martin Selig.
• Corbin Carroll, (class of 2019), baseball player, 2023 MLB All-Star and NL Rookie of the Year.
• Adam Selipsky, (class of 1984), Former CEO of Amazon Web Services and former Tableau Software CEO.
• Edward Ferry, (class of 1959), rower who won a gold medal for the coxed pair at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

References

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External links

• Lakeside School website
• Lakeside Archives

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• Schools in Seattle
• Private high schools in Washington (state)
• High schools in King County, Washington
• Educational institutions established in 1914
• Private middle schools in Washington (state)
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