Lakeside School

Image: T.J. Vassar ’68, circa 2000s. Photo courtesy of the Vassar family.

Unbeknownst to me at the time, one of the most important and long lasting committees that I became a part of was the one to develop our Lakeside Mission Statement. I am proud to have been a member of that group. Our primary wordsmith was English teacher Judy Lightfoot. It took us all a long time to agree on the language of our Mission Statement. — June 2, 2010, T.J. Vassar ’68 autobiography

Mission

The mission of Lakeside School is to develop in intellectually capable young people the creative minds, healthy bodies, and ethical spirits needed to contribute wisdom, compassion, and leadership to a global society.

We provide a rigorous and dynamic academic program through which effective educators lead students to take responsibility for learning.

We are committed to sustaining a school in which individuals representing diverse cultures and experiences instruct one another in the meaning and value of community and in the joy and importance of lifelong learning.