September
School:
9/4 On the first day of school, a social media threat sends Lakeside into a 77 minute shelter-in-place. Convocation is postponed to the following week.
World:
9/19 Wildfires in Portugal burn part of an important natural landmark, causing the country to declare a “state of calamity.”
October
School:
10/30 Political analyst Amy Walter speaks at the Bernie Noe Endowed Lecture on Ethics and Politics about increasing polarization in U.S. politics.
World:
10/3 Hurricane Milton, one of the most intense hurricanes in the Atlantic Basin ever recorded, makes landfall in Florida. Damages eventually total to $50bn.
November
School:
11/14-11/16 For the Fall Play, Lakeside’s Drama department puts together a 1980s adaptation of “Much Ado About Nothing” written by William Shakespeare.
World:
11/19 A bomb cyclone that leaves almost 600,000 people without power hits the Pacific Northwest. School is canceled the next day.
December
School:
12/10 Dr. Kai Bynum unveils Lakeside’s anticipated strategic plan titled “Hope in Action” centered around joy and hope in education.
12/18 For the Jerry St. Dennis Speaker on Economics, Raj Chetty, William A. Ackman Professor of Public Economics at Harvard University, visits Lakeside to give a talk on upward class mobility.
World:
12/3 South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol declares emergency martial law in his country for the first time in 40 years, a move that challenges the stability of South Korea’s democracy.
January
School:
1/13 Bill Gates visits Lakeside’s campus for promotional filming for his new memoir Source Code. Several student representatives, from reporters to students working on Lakeside’s Andromeda AI, have the opportunity to speak with him.
1/25 Lakeside’s inaugural girls flag football team finishes their first ever season with a close game against Ingraham.
1/29 Nic Stone, a young adult novelist, comes to speak at Lakeside as part of the Mark J. Bebie ’70 Memorial Lecture.
World:
1/7 The Palisades and Eaton fires begin in Los Angeles, with the Palisades fire burning over 23,000 acres alone. They are some of California’s most destructive fires, totalling over $250bn in damages.
1/15 Hamas and Israel agree to pause the 15-month war, starting a six week ceasefire as well as hostage exchanges.
1/20 Trump is inaugurated as the U.S.’s 47th president in the US Capitol in Washington D.C.
Febuary
School:
2/27 Student Government hosts Lakeside’s first Summer Opportunities Fair featuring four seniors sharing about internships and summer camps.
World:
2/6 Trump signs the “No Men in Women’s Sports Executive Order,” an executive order barring trans women from competing in women’s sports.
March
School:
3/6-3/8 Lakeside performs Hadestown, an eight-Tony winning musical about the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. In total, four shows are performed.
3/12 Melba Ayco speaks in the Dan Ayrault Memorial Lecture about her experiences founding Northwest Tap Connection, an organization focused on empowering young people.
3/18 Students and teachers gather in Red Square for the signing of the last steel beam to be placed in the new building.
World:
3/28 In Myanmar, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes kills more than 5300 people and injures more than 7800 people.
April
School:
4/2 Gresham C. ’26 and Sonia P. ’26 are elected Student Body President and Vice President, respectively.
World:
4/4 The S&P 500 drops 6%, in what would become one of the largest losses since COVID-19, in part due to Chinese retaliatory tariffs in response to Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs.
4/21 Pope Francis passes away at age 88 in Vatican City. He served as the 266th pope, as well as the first Latin American pope, and was well known for his humility and social justice advocacy.
May
School:
5/4 A memorial is held in St. Nicks to commemorate Daren Salter, beloved Upper School history teacher who passed away in February.
World:
5/8 Pope Leo XIV, known formerly as Cardinal Robert Prevost, becomes the first American pontiff.