Emma Artz, senior at Juanita High School and Jack Spranger, senior at Eastlake High School were recently named to the 2022 USA Cycling National Team.

Adhya Kona, a junior at Nikola Tesla STEM High School, will be joining a collective next school year that will showcase her talents in poetry. Adhya was invited to join the Seattle Youth Poet Laureate (YPL) cohort for the 2022-23 school year.

Congratulations to both the Redmond High School (RHS) and Lake Washington High School (LWHS) softball teams as they both took first place at state.

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.