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This spring, the entire Rose Hill Elementary School community took part in a shared reading and learning experience that launched on Read Across America Day and culminated in an outdoor event and group photo.
![Peanut and the Math Mystery cover]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1658961614/lwsdorg/foczgcnarkevbjr07c4y/PeanutandtheMathMysterybookcover.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1658961614/lwsdorg/foczgcnarkevbjr07c4y/PeanutandtheMathMysterybookcover.png","width":257}])
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Elementary Schools
Recent Elementary School News
This spring, the entire Rose Hill Elementary School community took part in a shared reading and learning experience that launched on Read Across America Day and culminated in an outdoor event and group photo.
![Redmond Elementary Poet Anika Piskala Srinivas]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1658429851/lwsdorg/lj9l11vnm5wvcmcnujke/AnikaPiskalaSrinivas.jpg","width":240}])
Anika Piskala Srinivas, a rising third grader at Redmond Elementary, wrote a poem about changing the world. Not too long after that, her poem was selected in the top ten nationally in the kindergarten-third grade division in the Creative Communication poetry contest.
![AHA Kids Heart Challenge]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1658355509/lwsdorg/zbwadi0awt9uyb6z85kr/AlcottAHAcontest2021-22.png","width":224}])
Elementary schools across the district raised thousands of dollars in the recent Kids Heart Challenge. The event is hosted by the American Heart Association’s (AHA).
![King County Green School Program logo]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1657559887/lwsdorg/z0sceqa6wjqhhkhwenme/KingCountyGreenSchoolsprogramlogo.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1657559887/lwsdorg/z0sceqa6wjqhhkhwenme/KingCountyGreenSchoolsprogramlogo.jpg","width":370}])
The King County Green Schools (KCGS) program recently handed out recognition to schools for their work in resource conservation. Several schools from Lake Washington School District (LWSD) were acknowledged for their efforts as part of this program.
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Students in Katie Jacobs’ fourth grade class at Franklin Elementary worked on building hydraulic powered claws in class during the month of May. This end of the year STEM project led to seeing life-sized machines up close and in person.
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In recognition of their dedication to traffic safety, community stewardship and leadership, Zach Illsley, a fifth grade student at Samantha Smith Elementary, and Alejandro Martinez Otto, a fifth grade student at Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary, were recently chosen for induction into the 2022 AAA School Safety Patrol Hall of Fame.
![Minecraft activities at Blackwell]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1653493800/lwsdorg/g9wzg60clyvzgmah7nbp/minecraft-blackwell-smith-thumbnail.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1653493800/lwsdorg/g9wzg60clyvzgmah7nbp/minecraft-blackwell-smith-thumbnail.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1653493800/lwsdorg/g9wzg60clyvzgmah7nbp/minecraft-blackwell-smith-thumbnail.jpg","width":800}])
Combine two of the most popular topics for elementary students in today’s world and what do you get? An event dedicated to coding that leverages one of the most popular video games in recent memory!
Elementary School Websites
LWSD has 29 neighborhood elementary schools. In addition, four choice elementary schools provide optional schooling alternatives and meet specific needs and interests.
