Leo Goldfarb, a rising sixth grade student at Thoreau Elementary School, finished first in the Washington State Patrol (WSP) Missing Children’s Day poster contest. On top of that, her entry received second place nationally.

Students at Benjamin Franklin Elementary participated in their first ever in-house drama production, “The True Story of Jack and the Beanstalk.”

Ellie Peterson spent 20 years as teacher. She is using that experience to write picture books that have a focus on science. Peterson visited the first and second graders of Carson Elementary on May 4.

There were eggs falling from the sky at Alcott Elementary leaving yolk and shells on the outdoor basketball court.

Students at McAuliffe Elementary School set out to collect food for families in need. They wanted to find a unique time to collect food that wasn’t during the holidays when many others are donating at the same time.

Five elementary students from LWSD schools participated in the "Future Chef" culinary competition on April 27.

Franklin Elementary hosted an in-person STEM Symposium for the first time in a while, and it had quite a turnout. Nearly 150 students were on hand for the first symposium in four years.

Carl Sandburg Elementary School/Discovery Community School (Sandburg/DCS) has been named a national finalist in an elementary school creativity challenge organized by Jersey Mike’s Subs and the Harlem Globetrotters.

Kindergarten students at Franklin Elementary celebrated Earth Day by learning how to plant flowers.

For at least the last 20 years, students at Wilder Elementary have been releasing salmon into Collin Creek in the Woodinville area.

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.

The Family Literacy Night at John Muir Elementary School was a big success. Families were able to enjoy literacy activities like fun tongue twisters, reading tic-tac-toe, a book fair and a book giveaway.

This year, elementary students from 22 different LWSD schools will be engaged in a program that aims to engage students in reading. The Amazing Reading Challenge kicks of the week of February 6 with in-school challenges.

Students at Frost Elementary School have plenty of opportunities to enrich their learning after school. One of these opportunities is known as Chess Wizards.

Franklin Elementary choir students and choir director Shawna Sandstrom presented “Around the World” on December 8.

National PTA has recognized both Peter Kirk and Norman Rockwell Elementary schools as 2021-2023 Schools of Excellence.

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.

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).

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.

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.