School News
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Did you hear the news? Lake Washington School District is running a capital construction levy in the November 5, 2024 election. This levy will continue our Building Excellence Plan, moving into Phase 2, which focuses on rebuilding and expanding our oldest schools.
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Do you want to know why LWSD recommends rebuilding Samantha Smith Elementary in the next phase of the Building Excellence Plan?
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At the November 20 School Board Study Session, Associate Superintendent Barbara Posthumus, Superintendent Holmen and Executive Director of Support Services Brian Buck shared an update to Phase 2 of the Building Excellence Plan.
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Four teams battled it out for literary supremacy in the Amazing Reading Challenge championship on March 30 at the LWSD Resource Center. What started out with students from 22 different LWSD schools came down to teams from Bell, Smith, Rosa Parks and Rush elementary schools.