Math is one of those subjects in school where children learn at different speeds. Eva Sharma, rising eighth grader at Timberline Middle School, wrote a book about this experience. Her book, entitled “Peanut and the Math Mystery,” is about a girl named Peanut who does not like math.

Affan Sheikh, rising seventh grader at Inglewood Middle School (IMS), has done more than most adults at the age of 11. Affan recently published his first eBook that is now available on Amazon. “A Journey of a Thousand Z's” is a short fiction story that follows the writer’s future self as he creates the world's first time machine and how he chooses to use it.

Three International Community School (ICS) students took their skill of writing and turned it into prizes at a recent essay contest. Anusha Bharadvaj finished third in the nationwide contest, while Marianna Druzhkova and Suniti Srinivasan each finished as honorable mentions.

Inglewood Middle School (IMS) offered a brand new, two-week intramural sport this year: Cricket. 

Nineteen robotics teams from Lake Washington School District (LWSD) traveled to the VEX Robotics World Middle School Championship in Dallas, Texas, May 3-12. 785 teams from all over the world competed in 10 divisions.

The sixth graders at Rose Hill Middle School worked on an exciting new unit on ecosystems restoration in science this fall. During this unit, students not only learned what makes a healthy forest ecosystem but also got the opportunity to plan and execute their very own restoration project for a damaged ecosystem on Rose Hill’s campus.

Twenty-eight students representing Evergreen Middle School recently attended the We the People National Invitational sponsored by the Center for Civic Education. The team was invited to attend the national event in May after they competed at the high school level, Washington state showcase in January.

Bobby Jones, eighth grader at Finn Hill Middle School, is having a big year, and it just got a little bigger. Bobby will be on hand to raise a giant Progress Pride flag at Lumen Field on Thursday, June 24.

A painting by Nivedha Neelakandan from Redmond Middle School was good enough to win first place in a recent regional contest. The eighth grader was best for her age group in the 2021 Junior Duck Stamp program

Sara Sunil, an eighth grader at Inglewood Middle School, took home first place and best in show for her artwork in the 2021 Junior Duck Stamp program.

The Green Team at Timberline Middle School created a video for classmates to watch on Earth Day. They explained the dangers that single-use plastics pose to wildlife and encouraged students and staff to use reusable water bottles at home and at school.  

Lake Washington School District is pleased to announce a team from Timberline Middle School (TMS) was selected as one of the regional winners of the 29th annual ExploraVision program. This is the largest K-12 science competition designed to build problem-solving, critical thinking and collaboration skills. Team Project: LAMP (The Localized Alzheimer’s Microneedle Patch), from TMS, will advance to the national phase of the competition, where participants will have a chance to win $10,000 in savings bonds and other great prizes.

Would you wear a watch and slippers made from carbon dioxide emissions? Or brush your teeth using toothpaste made from CO₂? Before the pandemic, students at Evergreen Middle School were learning about real products that capture and store carbon dioxide that would otherwise go into the atmosphere.

An International Community School student is the 2019-20 winner of the sixth annual Washington State Zine Contest. Katya Rukhlinskaia, who is now in eighth grade, won for grades 7-9 for her “Tribes: The Cowlitz” zine entry.

Environmental and Adventure School eighth grader Sanika Datar was recently named a 2020 Young Achiever.

When schools closed in March, the traditional end-of-year band concerts that showcase a year’s worth of practice and progress were effectively canceled. Rose Hill Middle School (RHMS) Band Instructor, Angela Laulainen got creative during the remote learning period and had her students record their parts at home.

On January 25, middle school students across LWSD battled it out in the kitchen as they competed for culinary supremacy.

Lake Washington School District has a strong and active middle school band program, with classes for everyone from beginners to students with years of experience.

Students in Nova Frank’s Special Education Transition Program know they have a teacher who will help them succeed.

Students have found that when they take a class with Karen Knerr, they learn more than just math. The Kamiakin Middle School teacher is one of 16 Seattle Heroes in the Classroom to be recognized during the 2019 NFL season.