Lakeside School is a private school located in

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, 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

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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

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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

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. 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

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; 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

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. The first Black students enrolled through the summer program, called the Lakeside Educational Enrichment Program (LEEP). The formal

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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

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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,

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, Quiz Bowl, Ethics Bowl, Science 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

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(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

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1967–1996. * Booth Gardner, (class of 1954), Governor of

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; Chair of

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(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. *

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(class of 1971), co-founder of

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and Vulcan Inc. * Ric Weiland (class of 1971), computer software pioneer and LGBT philanthropist. *

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'', ''Undefeated'', '' Identity Thief'', ''Baywatch''). * Marjorie Liu, (class of 1996), author and comic book writer ( ''Monstress'', ''NYX'', '' X-23'', '' Dark Wolverine'', ''

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References

External links

Lakeside School websiteLakeside Archives
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