Schools receive achievement awards

The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) and the State Board of Education (SBE) announced the 401 schools statewide that received Washington Achievement Awards. Of those 401 schools, 24 are in Lake Washington School District (LWSD), the sixth largest district in the state.

May 4, 2015 6:59 pm
Lake Washington School District
Lake Washington School District

The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) and the State Board of Education (SBE) announced the 401 schools statewide that received Washington Achievement Awards. Of those 401 schools, 24 are in Lake Washington School District (LWSD), the sixth largest district in the state. More schools in LWSD earned awards than any other district, including the five districts that serve more pupils than LWSD. The 24 LWSD schools received a total of 41 recognitions. All award-winning schools were honored during a ceremony on April 28 at Spanaway Lake High School.

Washington Achievement Award winners are selected using the Washington Achievement Index and criteria in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) flexibility waiver. Schools are recognized as top performers in six categories: Overall Excellence, High Progress, Reading Growth, Math Growth, 5-year graduation rate and English Language Acquisition. Some schools are honored in more than one of these categories.

Twelve LWSD schools, including five from Redmond, were recognized for overall excellence:• Explorer Community School

• Mann Elementary

• Rockwell Elementary

• Rosa Parks Elementary

• Stella Schola Middle School

• Laura Ingalls Wilder Elementary

Mann, Rockwell and Rosa Parks were recognized with overall excellence awards each year from 2011 through 2013.

Redmond’s Evergreen Middle School, Redmond Elementary School and Rose Hill Middle School were recognized with high progress awards.

Lake Washington schools performed well in reading growth, with eight schools getting special recognition awards in this category.

From Redmond: Explorer,  Rosa Parks and Stella Schola.

Eight special recognition awards for math growth will be given to LWSD schoolsFrom Redmond:

Rosa Parks, Rush Elementary School and Wilder.

Four schools received special recognition awards for English language acquisition, including Redmond’s Alcott Elementary School, Rockwell and Rush.

Schools are selected for awards based on their statewide assessment data for the three previous years. This data is analyzed using the Achievement Index and methodology approved by both OSPI and the SBE.