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.

Since opening at the beginning of the school year, Timberline Middle School (TMS) has seen many firsts. First science lab, first assembly and even first varsity sports match in the gym.

Welcome to the pack! Three Timberline Middle School students share what they like about their new school.

This sailing trip is part of the Environmental and Adventure School's yearly campout at Bowman Bay at Deception Pass State Park/

Coming in September 2019, Timberline Middle School will welcome incoming students to the new school at Redmond Ridge. To introduce the students to their new community and connect them with each other, Timberline hosted a school-wide, carnival themed event on May 28. 

On Saturday, May 18, seventh-grade Quest students from Susan Jackson and Nicole Kesler’s classes at Evergreen Middle School (EMS) received two big awards at the Project Citizen showcase in Olympia, Wash.

Evergreen Middle School (EMS) sent a team to the National Science Bowl this year, held April 26-30 in Washington, D.C.

Seven teams from Evergreen Middle School traveled to this year’s Vex Robotics World Championship in Louisville, Ky. April 28-30.

Nir Pechuk, Redmond Middle School, advanced to the 11th annual Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) Saunders Scholars National Semi-Finals College Scholarship competition May 3 in Rochester, New York. He won second prize at the national competition.

Lake Washington School District (LWSD) students performed well at this year’s Washington State National History Day (NHD) event.

The devastating April fire to the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris served as inspiration to Stella Schola teacher, Brigitte Tennis.