Friendly Faces to Meet:

Our Secretaries, Susan Anabel and Shelly Patterson, will be the first friendly faces to greet you when you enter the office!

Our principal, Dr. Woods, is taking a short break from being our fearless leader!!

School Programs

It is our belief that all students can be successful. Our staff strives very hard to meet the various learning needs of each student within the regular instructional program. We provide special programs such as ECEAP preschool, Developmentally Delayed Preschool, Special Education, and Learning Lab.

Lakewood School District has set a strategic goal that students will be reading on or above grade level at the end of third grade. Good reading and homework habits begin in kindergarten and strengthen in first and second grades.

Our Reading At Home program is a very important part of our plan for reading success. Research has shown that children who read daily and who are read to regularly learn to read sooner and better than children who are not given that advantage. A school full of children whose parents model a love of reading and share books with them is a worthwhile goal that can be accomplished with your help.

Reading At Home is a program to encourage and recognize reading at home. Children are given a monthly calendar and asked to mark every day that they read or are read to. The goal is to read 15-20 minutes per day, at least 5 days a week. At the end of the month, the children have their calendars checked and are recognized for their accomplishment with small prizes.

Math At Home is a program that encourages children to try out some real world math activities. The Math At Home sheet is on the back of the monthly Reading at Home calendar. Both are a required part of the children's homework, and participation in Reading A Home and Math At Home will be noted on the report card. Detailed information about Reading and Math At Home will be sent home in September.

Lakewood Elementary also offers a team teaching approach in the first and second grade setting. In the team teaching model, two teachers teach to the same class. This enables students to work with two teachers to meet their academic needs in each subject, and learning styles can be met by both teaching styles.

Co-Curricular Programs

Other school enrichment programs are offered to students during the year by staff, parents, the YMCA, Boys and Girls Clubs, and other local agencies. Flyers will be sent home with students or through the mail regarding these activities.

Some of these activities include: Choir, ASB, Spring Musical, Banking Program, Lakewood Jr. Sports, Campfire and Scouts, and Student Store.

Learning Improvement Team (LIT)

Staff, parents and community representatives meet regularly during the school year and actively participate in school program development and evaluation. This group values "ongoing" improvements and continually strives to enable LES to be an outstanding school for our students. L.I.T. assesses needs, helps to make important decisions, and assists in developing quality school programs.

*To learn more about our school please visit the Washington State Report Card for Lakewood Elementary.