The Full-Time Quest (FTQ) program provides our most highly capable students the opportunity to engage in rigorous, challenging, integrated, and enriched curriculum with their academic peers. Students are enrolled in a self-contained classroom all day, five days a week. Full-Time Quest classes are multi-aged with a 2nd/3rd grade or 4th/5th grade grouping of students. The learning pace is faster than in the regular education program; students are expected to perform work that exceeds grade level standards by at least one grade level. In addition to the accelerated district curriculum, the Full-Time Quest program emphasizes advanced academic thinking skills and strategies, strong communication and collaboration skills, and an increased awareness of local and global citizenship. 

Overview 

• Students in grades 2-5 attend a self-contained classroom five days per week with highly capable peers 
• Students are assigned to multi-grade classrooms 
• 2nd/3rd are combined and 4th/5th are combined 
• Students are provided services at identified elementary schools based on neighborhood school boundaries 
• Assigned elementary school becomes student's primary school 
• Services begin at the start of the school year 
• FTQ students are automatically placed in Middle School Quest 

Emphasis 

• Integrated curriculum 
• Structure and content based on learning characteristics of gifted students 
• Application of higher-level thinking skills 
• Acceleration of math and reading 
• Differentiation of grade level science, social studies and writing 
• Advanced academic thinking skills and strategies, strong communication and collaboration skills 
• Curriculum based on Common Core and NAGC (National Association of Gifted Children) standards 

2023-24 Full-Time Quest program locations 

• Alcott Elementary, Redmond 
• Bell Elementary, Kirkland 
• Blackwell Elementary, Sammamish 
• Clara Barton Elementary, Redmond 
• Einstein Elementary, Redmond 
• Ella Baker Elementary, Redmond 
• McAuliffe Elementary, Sammamish 
• Redmond Elementary, Redmond 
• Rosa Parks Elementary, Redmond 
• Smith Elementary, Sammamish 
• Thoreau Elementary, Kirkland 

The district assigns a student to attend a Full-Time Quest school based on the student's home address. School assignment is subject to change every year.

For more information about Full-Time Quest placement, refer to 2023-24 FTQ and feeder school assignments. 

District transportation is available for elementary students from the neighborhood home school to and from the FTQ school site. Parents/guardians are responsible for arranging transportation to and from the neighborhood home school. For more information about your child's bus route, please check Skyward.

For additional information, email QuestHiCapInfo@lwsd.org. 

The Pull-Out Quest (POQ) program provides highly capable students the opportunity to engage in challenging, integrated, and enriched project-based learning with their academic peers. The program is designed to meet the needs of students who have been identified as having exceptional cognitive and academic ability by enriching their elementary curriculum. Students attend their home school four days a week and the pull-out classroom one day a week. 

The pull-out program focuses on project-based learning with an emphasis on integrated social studies and science themes. Projects focus on literacy and math, using higher level thinking skills, in-depth learning, collaboration and cooperation, and presentation skills. 

Overview 

• Students in grades 2-5 attend a full-day enrichment class once per week and attend their neighborhood school four days per week 
• Pull-Out Quest school assignments are based on neighborhood school assignment 
• Students remain in POQ through 5th grade unless qualifying for another level of service (FTQ) 
• POQ students interested in Middle School Quest must apply and qualify during their 5th grade year 
• Services typically begin mid-September 
• Transportation available from neighborhood school to POQ site 

Emphasis 

• Enrichment (not replacement) 
• Structure and content are based on learning characteristics of gifted students 
• Thematic based content units 
• Higher level thinking skills (creative and critical thinking) 
• Developing resilient and independent work habits 
• Enrichment units based on NAGC (National Association of Gifted Children) standards 

Pull-Out Quest program locations

• McAuliffe Elementary, Sammamish 
  • Feeder schools: Blackwell, Carson, McAuliffe, Smith
• Juanita Elementary, Kirkland
  • Feeder schools: Bell, Community, Discovery, Franklin, Frost, Juanita, Keller, Kirk, Lakeview, Muir, Rose Hill, Sandburg, Thoreau, Twain
• Wilder Elementary, Woodinville
  • Feeder schools: Barton, Einstein, Mann, Rockwell, Wilder
• Dickinson Elementary, Redmond
  • Feeder schools: Audubon, Dickinson, Explorer, Mead, Redmond, Rush
• Rosa Parks Elementary, Redmond
  • Feeder schools: Alcott, Baker, Rosa Parks

The district assigns a student to attend a Pull-Out Quest school based on his/her home school. School assignment is subject to change.

Transportation is available for Pull-Out Quest students from the neighborhood home school to and from the Pull-Out Quest school site. Parents/guardians are responsible for arranging transportation to and from the neighborhood home school. For more information about your child's bus route, please check Skyward.

For additional information on the Pull-Out Quest program, email QuestHiCapInfo@lwsd.org. 

K5HC Services provide highly capable students in kindergarten to fifth grade school-based enrichment in reading and/or math. K5HC Facilitator/Teachers meet with students in small groups for 30 minutes on a weekly basis in the student’s neighborhood school. K5HC services focus on critical thinking and reasoning, creativity, interpersonal relationships and leadership skills. K5HC Teacher/Facilitators also provide resources and strategies to the student’s classroom teacher to assist the teacher with accelerating and differentiating instruction. 

Overview 

• Students in grades K-5 attend small group sessions in math and/or reading once per week at their neighborhood LWSD school 
• Students remain in K5HC through end of 5th grade unless they qualify for another service (POQ or FTQ)
• K5HC students interested in Middle School Quest must apply and qualify for MSQ during their 5th grade year 
• Services typically begin late September/early October 

Emphasis 

• Enrichment (not replacement) 
• Structure and content based on learning characteristics of gifted students 
• Thematic content units based on reading and/or math 
• Hands-on activities that encourage creative, critical and divergent thinking 
• Additional activities provided for in-class and at-home enrichment 
• Enrichment units based on NAGC (National Association of Gifted Children) standards 

For additional information specific to K5HC, please contact QuestHiCapInfo@lwsd.org.