January 12, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Redmond, Wash. – Lake Washington School District offers three choice schools for students in grades one through six: Community School (Kirkland), Discovery Community School (Kirkland) and Explorer Community School (Redmond).

For more information about the three programs, please visit their Web sites listed below.

Each choice school will hold its own parent information night in mid-January. If you are considering enrolling your child in one of these schools, it is required that you attend the parent night for that school. The parent nights will be your only opportunity to get the required application documents for each school.

Please see the list below for more information:

• Community School – Grades 1-6
  http://www.lwsd.org/school/community/Pages/default.aspx
  Parent Information Night: Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 7 p.m. at Community School
  11133 NE 65th Street, Kirkland, WA 98033



• Discovery Community School – Grades 1-6
  http://www.lwsd.org/school/discovery/Pages/default.aspx
  Parent Information Night: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. at Discovery Community School (on same campus as Sandburg Elementary)
  12801 84th Avenue NE, Kirkland, WA 98033



• Explorer Community School – Grades 1-6
  http://www.lwsd.org/school/explorer/Pages/default.aspx
  Parent Information Night: Thursday, January 22, 2009 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Emily Dickinson Elementary school commons
  7040 208th Avenue NE, Redmond, WA 98053

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About Lake Washington: Lake Washington School District is a high-performing public school district serving Kirkland, Redmond, and Sammamish, Washington. It is the sixth largest district in the state of Washington, with over 23,000 students in 50 schools.