Students at Nikola Tesla STEM High School (Tesla STEM) have some serious business skills. Dozens of students from Tesla STEM competed at the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) State Leadership Conference in Spokane between April 10-13. Six individuals and teams finished in first place.

More than 30 Lake Washington School District (LWSD) students came home with top-four honors at the Central Sound Regional Science and Engineering Fair (CSRSEF).

You have done something right when you are just one of about 250 students in the nation invited to take a rigorous math test. Ethan Li of Eastlake High School (EHS) recently qualified to take the USA Junior Mathematical Olympiad (USAJMO) exam.

Lake Washington School District students are ready to make a big splash in the health sciences industry. Eighteen individuals or teams finished in first place and many more placed in the top three at the 2022 HOSA Future Health Professionals State Leadership Conference held virtually March 7-11. 

One-hundred and nine LWSD students placed high enough at the DECA State Career Development Conference event to qualify for a spot at the International Career Development Conference in Atlanta, Ga., April 23-26.

Christine Ye, senior at Eastlake High School, was recently awarded a major prize for her research on space. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Society for Science announced on March 15 the top ten winners headed by Ye, who won the top award in the 2022 Regeneron Science Talent Search.

Juanita High School (JHS) senior Koumudi Thanda received the 2021 Lee Johnson Student Community Service Award.

Christine Ye, a student from Eastlake High School (EHS), has been named a finalist in the 2022 Regneron Science Talent Search. The competition is the nation’s oldest, most prestigious science and math competition for high school seniors. It is hosted by Regneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

A total of 316 LWSD students received an invitation to the DECA State Career Development Conference from March 3-5. The students competed at the DECA state competition at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, Wash. on January 7.

Twenty Lake Washington School District (LWSD) high school seniors were named as candidates for the US Presidential Scholars Program. One hundred students from Washington state are candidates. They will now complete applications for the chance to become Presidential Scholars. 

Nikola Tesla STEM High School has earned the College Board AP® Computer Science Female Diversity Award for achieving high female representation in AP Computer Science Principles. Schools honored with the AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award have expanded girls’ access in AP computer science courses. 

It is one thing to get a score of five on any Advanced Placement (AP) exam, but to get every, single point possible is very unique. Aadit Ambadkar, Redmond High School sophomore, is one of just 335 students across the world to accomplish this.

Neha Venkatesh, Redmond High School senior, has received a 2022 YoungArts Merit award in Dance and joins 720 of the most accomplished young visual, literary and performing artists from throughout the country.

Sixteen students from Lake Washington School District (LWSD) have achieved something that less than one-half of 1% of test takers achieve. These students earned the highest possible ACT composite score of 36.

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.