Amanda Darling

Balancing comms strategy, writing & team management with parenting, hosting & community engagement. Communications Director @lakesideschool. Tweets = my own.

[Amanda Darling @NorthupDarling]

No joke, this is a high point of my year.

[Amanda Darling @NorthupDarling]

#Pedagogy is a word that's thrown around a lot at schools. It means, basically, ways of teaching. This blog about #projectbasedlearning (#PBL) is in a series about how @lakesideschool faculty teach in the classroom. Love pulling back the curtain and celebrating our teachers.

[Lakeside School @lakesideschool]

History teacher Katie Piper answers five questions about project-based learning — a style of teaching used at Lakeside in which a meaningful, authentic project drives the learning.

➡️https://t.co/MJAMftVFHo.

[Lakeside School @lakesideschool]

Don't miss the second event in this year's equity and inclusion virtual speaker series, next Tuesday, Nov. 16 at 6:30 p.m.! Learn more and register here: https://t.co/eVVVcyCmef.

[Amanda Darling @NorthupDarling]

Loved this coverage from @NoelGasca about the new #MaritimeHighSchool @HighlineSchools. Can't wait to see how this high school evolves and grows.

[KUOW Public Radio @KUOW]

If you’ve taken a state ferry lately, there’s a good chance you were waiting a while. Delays and cancellations have frustrated passengers all summer.

Today in #SeattleNow: https://t.co/5oW1dDrn2g

[Amanda Darling @NorthupDarling]

@donblakeney is taking over all my feeds this week, as #udistrictseattle gets ready to open the #lightrail with a festival and food walk. Good luck to everyone involved!
https://t.co/rCMwjBMYQ1

[Amanda Darling @NorthupDarling]

One of the reasons I love working at a school is the random kid energy that results in moments like this.

[Amanda Darling @NorthupDarling]

Love seeing work by @lakesideschool students in our community.

[Lakeside School @lakesideschool]

The Tatler interviews Ai-Li H. ’22, who was commissioned to paint a mural this summer in South Lake Union.

➡️https://t.co/0AcOzLgPS6

[Amanda Darling @NorthupDarling]

A perk that I forgot about during remote work: the free food sourced by various wonderful colleagues!

[Amanda Darling @NorthupDarling]

Have deeply enjoyed getting to know some of my new colleagues and hearing about what is happening in their classrooms. Can't wait to start sharing more of what we are seeing in classrooms, now that we are back on campus!

[Lakeside School @lakesideschool]

Get to know the multitalented group of new faculty and staff members at Lakeside this year, who bring a wide variety of experiences and fresh perspectives to the campus community.

➡️https://t.co/w1AVwzEM8i

[Amanda Darling @NorthupDarling]

Testing out #hybridwork options @lakesideschool - so grateful for the support of our tech team. #robots #thefutureofwork

[Amanda Darling @NorthupDarling]

@besttrousers @NiskanenCenter Perhaps a great time to have some conversations about wills, health proxy etc?

[Amanda Darling @NorthupDarling]

So proud of Aaron! An amazing young man, in so many ways.

[The Seattle Times @seattletimes]

After Bellevue teen Aaron Zhang's composition won first place in the state, it took second place in the National Federation of Music Clubs 2021 Junior Composers Contest. Listen to the Lakeside School sophomore's composition here. https://t.co/bxFmrmlQVj

[Lakeside Athletics @LakesideLions]

2⃣   0⃣   2⃣   1⃣ in number form.

#GOLIONS

[Lakeside School @lakesideschool]

Head over to our Instagram to see what teachers, advisors, and staff are up to this summer in our #facultyfeature series! Anna VanderLugt, Upper School math teacher, kicked off the series with baby Nolan's arrival on the first day of summer break.
➡️https://t.co/42IrX8j3qz

[Amanda Darling @NorthupDarling]

I am so proud of Felicia! Spence will be welcoming an amazing educator, leader, and mentor as their next head of school. It is an honor to work with her, and I'm so glad we have her for one more year @lakesideschool!

[Lakeside School @lakesideschool]

Join us in congratulating Felicia Wilks, assistant head of school and Upper School director, who has been named the next head of school at NYC's The Spence School. Wilks will leave Lakeside at the end of the 2021-2022 school year.

➡️https://t.co/hERPmSeXu5

[Amanda Darling @NorthupDarling]

Thrilled and honored to be part of the team welcoming Kai Bynum to @lakesideschool and our community.

[Lakeside School @lakesideschool]

We are excited to announce that Kai Bynum has been selected as Lakeside’s 11th head of school. Learn more about Bynum, his educational leadership, and the head of school selection process here: https://t.co/zSIdLrDqtP.

[So. Seattle Emerald @SoSeaEmerald]

“We promised that Tommy’s death would not be in vain, and that promise requires action.”

https://t.co/qCf9gyfdSu

[Lakeside Athletics @LakesideLions]

"PRIDE month means a great deal to me personally, and as the Director of Athletics at Lakeside," Chris Hartley writes in his newest blog.

Read why, and what Lakeside is doing to promote inclusivity, here: https://t.co/1B0NRCGuYI

#GOLIONS 🌈

[Lakeside School @lakesideschool]

Congratulations to the Class of 2021! Read the speeches from today's commencement ceremony on our blog: https://t.co/cyagk5NGGM

[The New York Times @nytimes]

In Opinion

"A single decision is important, but it can’t fix a system," Esau McCaulley, a professor at Wheaton College, writes. "There is still work to do. George Floyd’s family may have some measure of peace, but he was taken from them nonetheless."
https://t.co/0ze4q8RuhM