![Dickinson Disability Awareness Fair]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1572634500/lwsdorg/mszcobn9onj9bevchvkk/Dickinson-Disability-Fair-2019-2033-thumbnail.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1572634500/lwsdorg/mszcobn9onj9bevchvkk/Dickinson-Disability-Fair-2019-2033-thumbnail.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1572634500/lwsdorg/mszcobn9onj9bevchvkk/Dickinson-Disability-Fair-2019-2033-thumbnail.jpg","width":800}])
Students at Emily Dickinson Elementary are now more knowledgeable about the challenges people with disabilities go through every day.
![Symetra Heroes in the Classroom - Karen Knerr]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1572372353/lwsdorg/y4q16vzd4byf69pjqnpv/KarenKnerr-4-resize.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1572372353/lwsdorg/y4q16vzd4byf69pjqnpv/KarenKnerr-4-resize.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1572372353/lwsdorg/y4q16vzd4byf69pjqnpv/KarenKnerr-4-resize.jpg","width":800}])
![WAB ACCESS STEM Teachers]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1572284659/lwsdorg/uspsowpehf5q5olowyp2/LWHS-WAB-ACCESS-STEM7-web-resize.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1572284659/lwsdorg/uspsowpehf5q5olowyp2/LWHS-WAB-ACCESS-STEM7-web-resize.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1572284659/lwsdorg/uspsowpehf5q5olowyp2/LWHS-WAB-ACCESS-STEM7-web-resize.jpg","width":800}])
![LWHS mock interviews]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1572021781/lwsdorg/yyvduyhflt6biyf2kiec/IMG_5564-800x720-resize.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1572021781/lwsdorg/yyvduyhflt6biyf2kiec/IMG_5564-800x720-resize.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1572021781/lwsdorg/yyvduyhflt6biyf2kiec/IMG_5564-800x720-resize.jpg","width":800}])
Alumni
![Amy Sturdivant]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1563906301/lwsdorg/kmhramarq3t36b7ark7w/380x320RHSAlumnaAmySturdivant-thumbnail.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1563906301/lwsdorg/kmhramarq3t36b7ark7w/380x320RHSAlumnaAmySturdivant-thumbnail.jpg","width":380}])
From a track and field all-star at Redmond High School to now performing stunts in big Hollywood films, Amy Sturdivant, class of 2009, is chasing her dreams.
![Second generation teacher making a difference in the district]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1556234902/lwsdorg/kje5tbfdt2ykmu9jsxio/380x320-tom-charouhas-alumnus.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1556234902/lwsdorg/kje5tbfdt2ykmu9jsxio/380x320-tom-charouhas-alumnus.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1556234902/lwsdorg/kje5tbfdt2ykmu9jsxio/380x320-tom-charouhas-alumnus.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1556234902/lwsdorg/kje5tbfdt2ykmu9jsxio/380x320-tom-charouhas-alumnus.jpg","width":908}])
Tom Charouhas is a second-generation Lake Washington School District teacher and alumnus of Lake Washington High School, class of '73.
![Tania Finlayson]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1552950393/lwsdorg/mk23odc8w1ex69mqutxr/380x320-tania-finlayson.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1552950393/lwsdorg/mk23odc8w1ex69mqutxr/380x320-tania-finlayson.jpg","width":380}])
Juanita High School graduate and Kamiakin Middle School parent (and former student!), Tania Finlayson is using her voice to help others find theirs.
![Nathan Straub]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1546983845/lwsdorg/de5s7kkgwciw7rlxislk/NathanStraub-380x320.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1546983845/lwsdorg/de5s7kkgwciw7rlxislk/NathanStraub-380x320.jpg","width":409}])
- Lake Washington High School
Lake Washington High School graduate Nathan Straub has been very busy since graduating in 2010. The Kirkland native graduated with a masters from Washington State University, started teaching music and is now the owner and director of a local music instruction business.
- Redmond High School
A former Redmond High School student is making a name for himself in the education world. Tyler Menezes, class of 2010, has been named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 Education 2019 list.
Thomas Heier (RHS, 1998) has traveled around the world serving in the U.S. Air Force.
Robert Baxter (EHS, 2006) challenges students to travel, meet new people.
Paul Burke (RHS, 2010) is now actively promoting his roommate-finding app RentHoop.
- Lake Washington High School
LWHS alum, Gordy Elliott, retires as Auburn High School head football coach and A.P. US History and Civics teacher.
- Lake Washington High School
Veteran receives LWHS diploma 66 years after leaving to serve. Before his senior year, Larry Barker left Lake Washington High School to serve with the U.S. Marines in the Korean War.
EHS alum and former Carson librarian open Brick and Mortar Books
- Lake Washington High School
Melia LaCour is the Executive Director of Equity in Education at the Puget Sound Educational Service District.
- Lake Washington High School
When the latest Fleet Foxes album comes out tomorrow, it will be the first in six years for Lake Washington High School alum Robin Pecknold (2004). He started playing music with Fleet Foxes’ guitar player, Skyler Skjelset (LWHS, 2004).
Jessica Michel Hagan had teachers who challenged her. She has taken those lessons to heart and is still challenging herself as Director of Sales at the KING 5 Media Group.
Missi Hale (Juanita '00) has worked as a vocalist on several Disney projects.
Shannon O'Donnell, a meteorologist at KOMO News, shared her love of weather with first-graders at Dickinson Elementary School.
Eastlake High School alum Corinne Immel (2003) is now counseling the next generation of Wolves.
Brian Flajole (JHS, 1978) is new director of the Boeing Classic.
- Lake Washington High School
John Laney (LWHS, 1998) is a WA Super Lawyers “Rising Star.”
- Lake Washington High School
Jeffrey Dean Morgan played LWHS football. Now the 1984 alum is star of “Walking Dead."
Alyssa Charlston (EHS, 2010) goes from Vandals basketball to recording video at UW Athletics.
Andrew Januik (JHS, 2005) is now a Washington wine industry leader.