School News

Redmond, Wash. - Lake Washington School District (LWSD) is honored to have been selected as one of 25 award-winning school districts for the State Superintendent’s Award for Educational Excellence in Student Achievement.

The State Superintendent’s Award for Educational Excellence recognizes the 25 top-performing school districts in educational achievement in the previous school year and the 25 top-performing school districts in progress over the last three school years.

March is Music in Our Schools Month!

The lists are out and Lake Washington School District (LWSD) musicians are major players for this year’s musical honor groups. This year, two organizations chose students in band, orchestra and choir to join all-state and all-northwest groups. Seventy-one high schoolers and 73 middle schoolers come from LWSD schools this year.

The National Association for Music Education (NAfME) chooses students throughout the “northwest” region. These students come from Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming. The Washington Music Educators Association (WMEA) chooses students throughout the state for their honor groups.

We wanted to provide an update on the status of the 2024 Building Excellence Capital Construction Levy projects that were approved by voters in November 2024 as we have received a few questions from the community.

Lake Washington School District (LWSD) students performed very well at this year’s Washington State National History Day (NHD) event. Eight LWSD students in eight categories won at the competition held on April 26 at Lake Washington High School.