Lakeside School (Seattle)

The Moran-Lakeside School was an independent prep school for boys established in 1919 by Frank G. Moran on the shores of Lake Washington in the Denny-Blaine neighborhood of Seattle.{{cite web |last=Henry |first=Mary T. |date=September 19, 2013 |title=Lakeside School (Seattle) |url=https://www.historylink.org/file/10621 |work=HistoryLink |accessdate=January 11, 2025}} The school was intended to feed students to Moran's other school, the Moran School on nearby Bainbridge Island.{{cite news |last=Berger |first=Knute |author-link=Knute Berger |url=https://crosscut.com/2010/03/threatened-landmark-with-powerful-connections |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009203400/https://crosscut.com/2010/03/threatened-landmark-with-powerful-connections |archive-date=October 9, 2019 |title=Threatened landmark with powerful connections |date=March 7, 2010 |work=Crosscut.com}} The school was incorporated in 1923 by a group of parents and renamed to Lakeside Day School. It moved a year later to the present site of The Bush School in Washington Park.

A site near Northeast 145th Street in northern Seattle was selected in 1929 for a new campus for the Lakeside Day School, which had outgrown the Washington Park campus. Four buildings were constructed, including dormitories for 30 students and a refectory. The campus opened on September 4, 1930; a year later, the school was renamed to the Lakeside School. Additional buildings were opened during the 1930s despite low enrollment and mounting debt during the Great Depression; several were later named for students who had died during their World War II military service.

Lakeside adopted stricter academic requirements for admissions in the 1950s and launched a zero-fee summer educational program in 1965 with Seattle Public Schools. The first Black students enrolled through the summer program. The formal school uniform was abolished in 1969 by a vote of the student body. By 1971, the boarding program at Lakeside had also ceased. The school became co-educational in a 1971 merger with St. Nicholas School, a Capitol Hill private girls' school.{{cite web |url=http://www.lakesideschool.org/podium/default.aspx?t=122170 |title=Lakeside School ~ School History |publisher=Lakesideschool.org |date=January 11, 1910 |access-date=February 25, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312091709/http://www.lakesideschool.org/podium/default.aspx?t=122170 |archive-date=March 12, 2012 }} Initially, the Lakeside campus was used by older students from both schools while the St. Nicholas campus was used by younger students. Three new buildings were constructed at Lakeside to complete the full merger.{{when?|date=January 2025}}

Lakeside has numerous student-initiated and led clubs, such as the Chess Team, Model United Nations, Quiz Bowl, Ethics Bowl, Proof Pioneers, Hackathon, and Imago.{{cite web|url=http://www.lakesideschool.org/student-experience/clubs|title=Clubs|publisher=lakesideschool.org|access-date=May 9, 2017}} Other aspects of student life include the affinity groups, like BSU (Black Student Union), GLOW (Gay Lesbian Or Whatever, a gay-straight alliance club), LAPS (Lakeside Asian/Pacific Islander Students), MIXED (Multicultural Initiators EXperiencing and Encouraging Diversity), and LATISPA (a support network for Latin American students).{{cite web|url=http://www.lakesideschool.org/student-experience/clubs|title=Clubs|publisher=lakesideschool.org|access-date=May 9, 2017}}

Lakeside's athletic program offers golf, football, soccer, volleyball, crew, wrestling, baseball, basketball, ultimate frisbee, tennis, swimming, diving, cross country, and track and field as well as a strength and conditioning program.{{cite web|url=http://www.lakesideschool.org/athletics/teams|title=Athletics- Teams|publisher=lakesideschool.org|access-date=July 15, 2014}} In recent years, the boys' swim team won a 3A WIAA state championship in the 2011–2012 season, the 2012–2013 season, and the 2023–2024 season. The 2013-2014 boys' soccer team won the WIAA state championship in the 3A division.{{cite web|url=http://www.lakesideschool.org/podium/default.aspx?t=204&nid=923712&bl=/default.asp|title=Champions: Boys' Soccer Wins First WIAA State Crown|publisher=lakesideschool.org|access-date=July 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718005944/http://www.lakesideschool.org/podium/default.aspx?t=204&nid=923712&bl=%2Fdefault.asp|archive-date=July 18, 2014|url-status=dead}} The 2014 girls' swim team won the 3A WIAA state championship for the first time in school history, and won the 2015 state championship as well. The 2016 volleyball team won the 3A WIAA state championship for the first time in school history. The 2021 girls' soccer team won the 3A WIAA state championship for the first time since 2003.

• Wilber Huston, (class of 1929), NASA mission director, Edison Scholar.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/10/us/10huston.html|title=Wilber Huston, 93, Dies; 'Brightest Boy' in 1929|last=Schwartz|first=John|newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 10, 2006 |access-date=October 3, 2018|language=en}}
• David "Ned" Skinner, (class of 1937), former owner of Seattle Space Needle and the Seattle Seahawks.{{Cite web|last=McCuskey|first=Mac|title=Lakeside History by Mac McCuskey|url=https://www.lakesideschool.org/uploaded/About/History_and_archives/From_the_archives/Contributed_Histories/Lakeside_History_by_Mac_McCuskey.pdf|access-date=November 17, 2020|website=lakesideschool.org|language=en}}
• 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.fulcrumfoundation.org/page.php?id=14&news_id=6|title=Fulcrum Foundation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080520061756/http://www.fulcrumfoundation.org/page.php?id=14&news_id=6|archive-date=May 20, 2008|url-status=dead|access-date=December 23, 2009}}
• Booth Gardner, (class of 1954), Governor of Washington state; Chair of National Governors Association.{{Cite news|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/former-gov-booth-gardner-dies-at-76/|title=Former Gov. Booth Gardner dies at 76|date=March 16, 2013|work=The Seattle Times|access-date=October 3, 2018|language=en-US}}
• Craig McCaw (class of 1968), founder of McCaw Cellular (now part of AT&T Mobility) and Clearwire Corporation.
• Tor Seidler, (class of 1968), author of "A Rat's Tale", "Mean Margaret" and "Gully's Travels".{{cite news|date=November 16, 1997|title=Woodchuck Nation|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/97/11/16/reviews/971116.16dunleat.html}}
• Frederic Moll (class of 1969), co-founder of Intuitive Surgical, Hansen Medical, Mako Surgical,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/04/business/04moll.html?pagewanted=all|title=Prepping Robots to Perform Surgery|last=Feder|first=Barnaby J.|date=May 4, 2008|work=The New York Times}} and Auris Surgical Robots.
• Paul Allen (class of 1971), co-founder of Microsoft and Vulcan Inc.{{Cite web |last=Cohen |first=Gabe |date=October 16, 2018 |title=North Seattle school where Paul Allen and Bill Gates met mourns loss of software icon |url=https://komonews.com/news/local/north-seattle-school-where-paul-allen-and-bill-gates-met-mourns-loss-of-software-icon |access-date=May 30, 2024 |website=KOMO |language=en}}
• Ric Weiland (class of 1971), computer software pioneer and LGBT philanthropist.
• Hal Foster[http://libweb5.princeton.edu/theses/index.htm Princeton University senior thesis catalog] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527042623/http://libweb5.princeton.edu/theses/index.htm|date=May 27, 2019}}: Foster, Harold. Retrieved November 4, 2011. (class of 1973) is an American art critic and historian.{{Cite web |date=October 9, 2006 |title=Kmart vs. Koolhaas |url=https://www.seattleweekly.com/arts/kmart-vs-koolhaas/ |access-date=September 26, 2023 |website=Seattle Weekly |language=en-US}}
• Bill Gates (class of 1973), co-founder of Microsoft and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.{{Citation | url=http://www.gatesfoundation.org/media-center/speeches/2005/09/bill-gates-lakeside-school | publisher=The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | title=Bill Gates - Lakeside School | year=2005}}{{cite news | url=https://www.npr.org/news/graphics/2008/june/bill_gates/gates_timeline_04.html| work=NPR| title=Timeline: Bill Gates| year=2008}}
• Maria Eitel (class of 1980), first president of the Nike Foundation.{{Citation | title=Maria Eitel | publisher=Huffington Post | year=2013 | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maria-eitel/ | access-date=May 11, 2013}}{{cite AV media| people=Maria Eitel (speaker) | title=2013 Distinguished Alumni Award: Maria Solandros Eitel '80 | medium=Vimeo | publisher=Lakeside School | location=Seattle | date=May 9, 2013 | url=http://vimeo.com/65853880 }}
• Annie Leonard, (class of 1982), executive director of Greenpeace USA.{{Cite news|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2014/05/16/meet-berkeleys-annie-leonard-new-director-of-greenpeace-usa/|title=Meet Berkeley's Annie Leonard, new director of Greenpeace USA|date=May 16, 2014|work=The Mercury News|access-date=October 3, 2018|language=en-US}}
• Christopher Miller (class of 1993), American film director, writer, and producer (How I Met Your Mother, The Lego Movie, and the Jump Street franchise).{{Cite web |title=Christopher Miller - Class of 2024 - Lakeside High School - The Spokesman-Review |url=https://www.spokesman.com/grads/lakeside-high-school/2024/miller-christopher-2024-lakeside/ |access-date=May 30, 2024 |website=www.spokesman.com}}{{Cite web |date=February 24, 2015 |title=Everything is awesome for Lakeside grad Chris Miller |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/tv/lakeside-grad-chris-miller-co-directs-last-man-on-earth/ |access-date=May 30, 2024 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US}}
• 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).{{Cite web|url=https://www.lakesideschool.org/alumni/alumni-lives/revealing-a-one-off-perspective-seth-gordon-94|title=Seth Gordon '94: Revealing a one-off perspective - Lakeside School|website=lakesideschool.org|language=en-US|access-date=October 3, 2018}}
• Marjorie Liu, (class of 1996), author and comic book writer (Monstress, NYX, X-23, Dark Wolverine, Astonishing X-Men).
• Duncan Atwood, Javelin thrower who qualified for the 1980 and 1984 Olympics.{{cite web|title=Duncan Atwood, former javelin star for the University of...|url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/02/26/Duncan-Atwood-former-javelin-star-for-the-University-of/4666509778000/|publisher=UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL|access-date=March 5, 2017}}

• Freddie Wong, (class of 2004), filmmaker, musician, VFX artist and competitive gamer.{{cite news|last=Rolph|first=Amy|title=Seattle's 'Hero' struts into rock stardom|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/local/323860_hero17.html|access-date=July 23, 2010|newspaper=Seattle Post-Intelligencer|date=July 16, 2007}}
• Daniel Kan, (class of 2005), entrepreneur and founder and COO of Cruise Automation (acquired by General Motors for $1b).{{Cite news|last=Clifford|first=Catherine|date=April 26, 2016|title=This 29-Year-Old Entrepreneur Was Rejected by 35 Potential Employers. Now, He's the Co-Founder of a $1 Billion Startup. Here's How.|language=en|work=Entrepreneur|url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/274693|access-date=October 3, 2018}}
• Royce David, (class of 2017), multi-platinum music producer.{{cite magazine|author=|date=May 19, 2019|title=Spring 2019, It Takes a Village (Page 33)|url=https://issuu.com/lakesideschool/docs/lakeside_magazine_spring2019_no-nam|magazine=Lakeside School|access-date=August 10, 2020}}
• Lauren Selig (class of 1994) Film producer, entrepreneur and investor (Hacksaw Ridge, Lone Survivor, American Made). Daughter of Martin Selig.
• Corbin Carroll, (class of 2019), baseball player, 2023 MLB All-Star and NL Rookie of the Year.{{Cite web|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/high-school/lakeside-outfielder-corbin-carroll-selected-by-arizona-diamondbacks-in-first-round-of-mlb-draft/|title=Lakeside outfielder Corbin Carroll selected by Arizona Diamondbacks in first round of MLB draft|date=June 3, 2019|website=The Seattle Times|language=en-US|access-date=June 4, 2019}}
• Adam Selipsky, (class of 1984), Former CEO of Amazon Web Services and former Tableau Software CEO.{{Cite web|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/get-to-know-amazons-new-cloud-computing-chief-water-skier-wine-guy-adam-selipsky/|title=Get to know Amazon's new cloud-computing chief, 'water skier, wine guy' Adam Selipsky |date=May 29, 2021|website=The Seattle Times|language=en-US|access-date=June 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602021601/https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/get-to-know-amazons-new-cloud-computing-chief-water-skier-wine-guy-adam-selipsky/|archive-date=June 2, 2021}}
• Edward Ferry, (class of 1959), rower who won a gold medal for the coxed pair at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

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• [https://www.lakesideschool.org Lakeside School website]
• [https://www.lakesideschool.org/about-us/history-archives Lakeside Archives]

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