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We embrace differences as advantages.

See Lab's Unique Approach
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Our students have been turning their differences into advantages for more than 50 years.
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Faculty and staff members. All our teachers are specialists in learning differences.
College-ready. Career-ready. Lab grads leave equipped with skills for whatever comes next.
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Students learn, explore, and create at Lab each day.

Three divisions. One mission: Embracing differences as advantages.

The Lab Difference
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Lower School

Students “learn how to learn” through hands-on projects and small-group collaboration that are designed to tap their intellectual curiosity.
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Middle School

Students learn to apply their academic skills, embrace a higher level of independence, and engage in arts-centered, project-based learning in all subjects.
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Upper School

Students build on their strengths and passions, embrace leadership opportunities, and develop strategies to tackle what’s challenging.

What do you love about Lab?

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Asia Campbell, Special Education Liaison

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Sally Kiernan, Head of Performing Arts

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Adair Hamilton, Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant | Academic Club Co-Teacher

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The Lab School of Washington could be the difference your student needs to thrive academically.

Admissions

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Bob Lane, Director of Admissions and Enrollment Management

Help Us Embrace Differences

With your support, we can attract and retain highly engaged, specialized faculty and staff members, keep a low student-teacher ratio, and maintain our learning spaces. 

Ways to Give
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Proudly Lab: Alumni Highlight Series - Julia Tuvin '09

From her transformative years as a Lab student to her impactful career as a pediatric nephrology social worker, Julia Tuvin attributes her lifelong passion for helping others to the foundational support and inspiration she received at Lab.
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