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The Global Service Learning Program is one piece of a broad change in curriculum and administrative policies aimed at increasing diversity. The school has focused on, in recent years, its role as an elite prep school and its desire for diverse viewpoints and backgrounds of its curriculum, faculty, and students.
Lakeside students have the opportunity to study abroad during their junior year of high school through schools called School Year Abroad, the Mountain School, the High Mountain Institute, the Maine Coast Semester, and CityTerm. Students may apply in the winter of their sophomore year to spend part of their junior year at one of these schools.
Lakeside has a long tradition in engaging students in global affairs. In 1984, Lakeside students competed against students at Moscow School #20 in a chess match relayed by Telex. The event was one of the first of its kind. A yearly exchange program with Moscow School #20 began in 1986, the first such regular American-Soviet school exchange in the country. Since 1984, the schools have been sister schools.
Notable alumni
Wilber Huston, (class of 1929), NASA mission director, Edison Scholar.[11]
Adam West (class of 1946), American film actor, played the original role of Batman in the 1960s TV Series.
Charles Pigott (class of 1947), Chairman and CEO of Paccar 1967-1996.[12]
David "Ned" Skinner, (class of 1938), former owner of Seattle Space Needle and the Seattle Seahawks.[13][full citation needed]
Booth Gardner, (class of 1954), Governor of Washington state; Chair of National Governors Association.[14]
Craig McCaw (class of 1967), founder of McCaw Cellular (now part of AT&T Mobility) and Clearwire Corporation.
Frederic Moll (class of 1969), co-founder of Intuitive Surgical, Hansen Medical, Mako Surgical,[15] and Auris Surgical Robots.
Bill Gates (class of 1973), co-founder of Microsoft and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.[16][17]
Paul Allen (class of 1971), co-founder of Microsoft and founder and chairman of Vulcan Inc.
Ric Weiland (class of 1971), computer software pioneer, programmer and LGBT philanthropist.
David B. Kaplan, (class of 1976), American physicist and Director of the Institute for Nuclear Theory at the University of Washington.[18]
Maria Eitel (class of 1980), first president of the Nike Foundation.[19][20]
Annie Leonard, (class of 1982), Executive Director of Greenpeace USA.[21]
Christopher Miller (class of 1993), American film director, writer, and producer (How I Met Your Mother, The Lego Movie, and the Jump Street franchise).
Seth Gordon, (class of 1994), American film director, producer, screenwriter, and film editor (The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, Four Christmases, Freakonomics, Horrible Bosses, Undefeated, Identity Thief, Baywatch).[22]
Daniel Kan, (class of 2005), entrepreneur and founder and COO of Cruise Automation (acquired by General Motors for $1b).[23]
Tor Seidler, author of "A Rat's Tale", "Mean Margaret" and "Gully's Travels".[24]
Duncan Atwood, Javelin thrower who qualified for the 1980 and 1984 Olympics.[25]
Freddie Wong, filmmaker, musician, VFX artist and competitive gamer.[26]
Corbin Carroll, (class of 2019), baseball player, drafted as the 16th overall pick of the 2019 MLB Draft.[27]
Royce David, (class of 2017), multi-platinum music producer. [28] |