National Hispanic Heritage Month runs from September 15-October 15. On September 21, two students from Redmond High School (RHS) were at Redmond City Hall to ring in the annual celebration of Hispanic culture in the United States.

Ria Mohan, junior at Juanita High School, has been busy. As part of project for her work with Future Health Professionals (also known as HOSA), Ria interviewed people at 17 homeless shelters to gather data on available feminine products.

A group of freshman from Nikola Tesla STEM High School is helping kids with Cerebral Palsy move around a little easier. As part of their end of year project, this team partnered with a program by the name of Go Baby Go

Dozens of LWSD students earned their way to the 2021 International Career Development Conference (ICDC), which was held virtually in late April and early May. Of that group, about 30 students competed as finalists and two students placed as high as third.

It all started when Shivani Jayaprakasam, rising junior at International Community School (ICS), was on vacation in Japan. A major typhoon struck while there in 2018 and she has been interested in emergency preparedness since.

Why is slime stretchy? How do chickens flap their wings? 

With these questions in mind, two science classes at Lake Washington High School celebrated the last week of school by setting up lab experiments. The labs also gave students a chance to use the new equipment in two of the school’s 20 new classrooms.

Positive role model. Successful achiever. Good citizen. These are all phrases that define an International Leadership Network Young Achiever. Redmond High School freshman Vanesha Hari was recently named a 2021 Young Achiever in the 8-10 grade category.

Two students from Lake Washington School District were recognized for their artwork at the 48th Annual Superintendent’s High School Art Show on May 20. The show, hosted by Superintendent Chris Reykdal and OSPI Chief of Staff Tennille Jeffries-Simmons, celebrated young artists across the state.

Lindsay Graves, sophomore at Redmond High School, has been selected to represent Washington state at the FBINAA Leadership Program this summer at the FBI Academy training facility in Quantico, Virginia. The FBINAA stands for FBI National Academy Associates, Inc., a law enforcement organization dedicated to providing communities with training and education. 

Congratulations to Lasya Kanagala and Lauren Butterworth at Redmond High School and Anna Ignatovich at Lake Washington High School. These three students were among ten honored by Puget Sound Educational Service District in the Regional High School Art Show.

Rohan Iyer, a junior from Nikola Tesla STEM High School was the only finalist from Washington state in the USA Biolympiad (USAB).

Juanita High School Earth Corps students filmed in forests, trails and oceans to create a video about their favorite natural places.

Kangs can compost, fill a reusable water bottle, recycle, ride a bike instead of driving, buy used clothes, take shorter showers and turn off the lights. These ideas were included in videos submitted by the Green Team at Lake Washington High School and published on the ASB Instagram page.

A team made up of seven students from around Lake Washington School District (LWSD) is making some noise in the world of investment competition.

Juanita High School (JHS) students in the Cambridge Program excelled in 2020. While top in the world and top in the country awards had to be cancelled, Cambridge decided to recognize their most high achieving students with the distinction, merit and scholar level of awards.

When the going gets tough, the tough…move to a virtual setting. That is what Nikola Tesla STEM’s IM.A.G.IN.E club had to do this year for a recent outreach event. IM.A.G.IN.E, or “I’m a girl in engineering,” virtually hosted more than 240 young female students from across the district on February 5.

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