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.

In the fast-paced world we live in, businesses and organizations know it is critical to find new, unique ways to convey their product or message to stand out in the crowd of marketers vying for attention. Videos are nothing new, but over the years, they are certainly proving to be a powerful, effective tool that has revolutionized the way companies engage with their customers.

Did you know dentists are usually the first healthcare professionals to recognize and identify a wide variety of diseases, ranging from hypertension to oral cancer? In fact, they diagnose and treat problems affecting the teeth, gingival tissue, lips, tongue and jaws. These oral diseases often reveal other health issues that may require a follow up with the patient’s primary physician. Dental careers provide an essential healthcare service.

After winning the school-wide competition at International Community School (ICS) for two poem readings, Clio Erignac (grade 10) went on to place in the top three at the Poetry Out Loud Northwest Washington Regional Finals on Thursday, February 11.

Students in the Earth Corps club at Juanita High School wanted to draw attention to the amount of single-use plastic in King County and around the world.

If you need to know more about customizable responsive hydrogel patches, look no further than Tesla STEM High School. Two Tesla STEM students were named regional winners of the 28th annual ExploraVision competition.

It was moved from in-person meetings in board rooms to virtual sessions on the computer, but this year’s Lake Washington School District (LWSD) Teen Startup Challenge was as successful as ever.

Kirkland Living Magazine recently featured a Lake Washington High School music teacher about how she is teaching in a remote setting.

Have you ever wondered if socially conscious lyrics in music impact the popularity of the music? Well, this is something that Lake Washington High School senior Ndidi Opara took on in an article she wrote recently.

On June 8, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene announced Tesla STEM student, Sophia Xu Ling as winner of the 2020 Congressional Art Competition for Washington’s first congressional district for her watercolor piece titled, “The Suffering of the Great.”

To say the least, Molly Williams is an accomplished wrestler. The Redmond High School (RHS) senior capped her high school career with a state championship in the 115-pound weight division in February.

Two students from International Community School took on the topic of gender equality in a recent essay contest. It paid off for both of them as Julia Lee and Santoshi Pisupati took home second and third place, respectively.

Two students in the Juanita High School (JHS) Cambridge Program earned top honors from a June 2019 Cambridge Assessment.

Three high school students from Redmond High School (RHS) have discovered a unique opportunity to help others study and raise money for COVID-19 relief. RHS juniors Dania Ahmed, Ashley Chiu and Emily Deng found themselves wanting to help once schools were closed to in-person learning.

Two LWSD high schools win gold medals for theater work

Redmond High School and Eastlake High School each received gold medals this year from the Washington State Thespians.

Redmond High School senior Ananya Srivastava has been named one of 620 semifinalists in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program.

In January, six high school teams in Lake Washington School District competed in the 7th Annual High School Culinary Competition.

Social media marketing skills have become a high demand talent and an integral component to a company’s success. That’s why Eastlake High School (EHS) is exposing students to this career path in a popular Digital Marketing and Social Media course.