Rose Hill Elementary receives $3,000 grant for school-wide book room

Published 10:47 am Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Lake Washington Schools Foundation (LWSF) awarded a $3,000 grant to Rose Hill Elementary School to purchase additional books to supplement a school-wide book room.

The grant was used to purchase almost 500 new books from Scholastic to enrich Lake Washington School District (LWSD) reading programs that are currently in place at the school, which is located in Kirkland but serves students in Redmond as well.

The LWSF grant allows all Rose Hill teachers to provide additional reading resources to help students of varied reading abilities within their classrooms. A leveled book is assigned a number that is based on a student’s reading ability, not simply their age or their grade. This enables teachers to target their reading instruction to the skill level of each student and to provide differentiated learning opportunities.

“We are honored that LWSF has awarded Rose Hill Elementary this grant. LWSD places a lot of emphasis on differentiating instruction for students within our classrooms and this has helped Rose Hill Elementary accomplish that goal. Because students are challenged at their reading level they often feel more confident and confident students are motivated students,” said Elizabeth Swanson, reading specialist (Safety Net) teacher at Rose Hill Elementary.

Founded in 2004, LWSF is a group of community members from Kirkland, Redmond and Sammamish who have raised more than $1.6 million from the community to help fund programs that positively impact the 25,000-plus students in LWSD. To learn more about the Lake Washington Schools Foundation visit www.lwsf.org.