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Different by design

See Lab's Unique Approach
Est. 1967
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.

Five divisions. One mission: Turning differences into advantages.

The Lab Difference
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Elementary

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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Intermediate

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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Junior High

Navigating through significant social, physical, and academic changes, students further develop self-awareness and self-advocacy skills through immersive, rigorous learning.

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High School

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

If you live outside of the Washington DC area, without access to a high quality intervention program for children with dyslexia, ADHD and other language based learning differences…Our GLOBAL DIVISION may be just what you are looking for!

What do you love about Lab?

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Asia Campbell, Special Education Liaison

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Sally Kiernan, Teaching Artist - 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.

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Bob Lane, Director of Admissions and Enrollment Management

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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. 

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JH Mock Trial

Junior High holds mock trial of the Boston Massacre

December 15, 2021 The weeks before winter break were filled with tension and intrigue in Democracy class as the eighth graders participated in a mock trial of the Boston Massacre. Students studied assigned colonial characters and perspectives, analyzing the events...
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