More Lake Washington Schools recognized than any other district On Wednesday, the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) announced the Washington Achievement Awards, for 174 schools that “profoundly affect student learning.” The list of schools includes 14 schools in Lake Washington School District, more than any other district in the state. These schools will [...]
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LWSD | Administrators and support staff agree to collaborative bargaining
The Lake Washington School District and members of the Lake Washington Educational Support Professionals announced Wednesday afternoon they have agreed to a collaborative bargaining process to reach a settlement in the support staff’s year-long contract negotiations. “The goal of this type of bargaining is to meet the interests of both parties,” noted Deputy Superintendent Janene [...]
LWSD | School District Budget Input Meetings This Week Postponed Pending State Budget
Meetings for 24th and 25th remain on the calendar Lake Washington School District scheduled budget input meetings for this week and next based on the determination of school funding in the state budget by the end of the legislature’s regularly scheduled session last Friday, March 12. The range of potential budget cuts for the district [...]
LWSD | News from the Schools – March 15, 2010
Redmond High School Students Qualify for AIME Thirteen Redmond High School math students have qualified to take the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME) on Tuesday, March 16. The AIME is an intermediate examination between the American Math Competition 10 or 12 and the USA Math Olympiad. All students who took the AMC 12 and achieved [...]
House passes landmark early education bill
Rep. Goodman: ‘a major step forward for our kids and early learning in Washington state’ March 11, 2010 OLYMPIA – A new law by Rep. Roger Goodman (D-Kirkland) will change the face of pre-school in our state. “When the governor signs this reform into law, it will be a victory for children and the parents who [...]
119 school employees call in sick in protest and wont get paid for day off
LWSD says union violation of contract is ”tantamount to a theft of public funds” UPDATED On Tuesday, KOMONews.com ran a story detailing how 119 Lake Washington School District secretaries and office workers called in sick en masse to make a point regarding contract negotiations. The district has responded that it is refusing to pay office personnel [...]
LWSD | News from the Schools – March 5, 2010
Redmond High School Student to Perform at Benaroya Hall Koyo Kim, a student at Redmond High School, will solo on the violin with the Seattle Symphony at Benaroya Hall on Saturday, March 13, on the “Discover Music: Peter and the Wolf” morning concert. Pat Cashman is the narrator for Peter and the Wolf. Koyo is also [...]
Surplus Material & LWSD | Equipment Sale to be Held on Saturday, March 20, 2010
Surplus materials and equipment available to the public Lake Washington School District will hold a surplus material and equipment sale on Saturday, March 20 from 8 a.m. to noon at the district’s warehouse annex (15130 NE 95th Street, Redmond, WA 98052). This event is open to the public. Materials and equipment included in the sale [...]
King Conservation District offers series of free “how to” workshops in conjunction with 40th anniversary of Earth Day
The King Conservation District (King CD) will offer a series of free workshops in March and April offering “how-to” tips and advice ranging from chemical reduction around the home and farm as well as super cool ways to care for your septic system. WSU Extension’s Teri King will present information-packed workshops on septic care and [...]
Lake Washington School District Budget Input Sessions Set
Public input will help determine cuts again this year While the state legislature is still working on the state budget, indications are that K-12 public education will get even less money next year from the state. Estimates of the revenue loss for Lake Washington School District based on current proposals range from $3.6 million to [...]
Official results, Lake Washington School District ballot measures
Lake Washington School District Levies Pass, Bond Fails School board to determine next steps The results of the February 9 election are now final according to King County Elections and Lake Washington School District passed two of three measures on the ballot. The Replacement of Existing Educational Programs and Operations Levy passed by a margin [...]
High School bullying once ignored by officials, now gets attention
Last night, KING 5 ran this story about the plight of a 17-year-old Lake Washington High School student and his reports of repeated bullying by other students which were ignored by school officials. Finding now help from the school administration, the LWHS junior, Alex Morris took his story public. Since doing so, the school has [...]
Lawmakers’ message to Cascadia Community College and LWTC: Merge
Rumors of a possible merger between Cascadia Community College in Bothell and Lake Washington Technical College in Kirkland have been circulating for months. Now it appears lawmakers in Olympia have pressed the issue. According to The Seattle Times, “An unusual proviso slipped onto page 211 of the House budget bill directs Cascadia and Kirkland’s Lake Washington [...]
LWSD | News from the Schools – February 25, 2010
FBLA Students Qualify for State Business Leadership Conference On February 10, Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) students from International Community School and Lake Washington High Schoolparticipated in the FBLA Regional Conference at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue. These scholars have qualified to compete in their respective events at the State Business Leadership Conference in Yakima, Wash. [...]
Redmond Police arrest 11 Redmond High School teens in drug sweep
Redmond Police arrested 11 Redmond High School students Friday morning in a drug bust on campus, taking students out of class in handcuffs. The teens were arrested for allegedly selling drugs including marijuana, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, MDMA, and a variety of prescription medications to undercover police officers. “Unfortunately drugs of many kinds are being sold [...]
21 LWSD Students Named National Merit Finalists
Twenty-one Lake Washington School District students have been selected as finalists in the National Merit Scholarship Competition. As finalists, these students are now qualified to receive National Merit Scholarships, including $2500 awards, corporate-sponsored scholarships or college-sponsored scholarships. About 15,000 students nationally have been named finalists in this competition. The following students have advanced to finalist [...]
LWSD | News from the Schools – February 17, 2010
21 LWSD Students Named National Merit Finalists Twenty-one Lake Washington School District students have been selected as finalists in the National Merit Scholarship Competition. As finalists, these students are now qualified to receive National Merit Scholarships, including $2500 awards, corporate-sponsored scholarships or college-sponsored scholarships. About 15,000 students nationally have been named finalists in this competition. [...]
LWSD | Lake Washington Committee Narrows Math Curricula Options to Two
Final possibilities to be tested in schools Redmond, WA – The Lake Washington School District Elementary Math Adoption Committee has narrowed the curricula to be considered for adoption to two possibilities, enVision Math (Scott Foresman-Addison Wesley) and Math Connects (McMillan-McGraw Hill). These two finalists were selected after a parent input process that included four public [...]
Kirkland parents object to Robert Frost Elementary adaptation of ‘Snow White’
A controversial move by Robert Frost Elementary School has left some asking if the school is engaging in censorship or just following prescribed human-dignity and anti-bullying policies. Is it censorship or sensitivity? That’s the question surrounding an adaptation of “Snow White in the Black Forest,”which debuts Friday at Kirkland’s Robert Frost Elementary School. The fourth- [...]
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