Cougar Creek Elementary

Cougar Creek Elementary School
Location
16216 11th Avenue NE Arlington, WA 98223[1]
Information
Type	Elementary School
Established	2003
Principal	Priscilla Brady
Faculty	43
Enrollment	424[2]
Information	[phone]
School district	Lakewood (#306)
Website	Home

Cougar Creek Elementary School is an elementary school in North Lakewood, a community in Arlington, Washington, in the United States. The school owned and operated by the Lakewood School District. The school is the only elementary school that serves Kindergarten through Grade 5, unlike Lakewood Elementary (Kindergarten-Grade 2) and English Crossing Elementary (Grade 3-Grade 5). The school was built in 2003 and is the newest in the school district and the only school located outside of the Lakewood School District campus.

There are 424 students attending Cougar Creek in gardes K-5. The school is 4.3% Black, 1.2% American Indian, 2.8% Asian or Pacific Islander, 85.6% Caucasian, and 6.1% Hispanic. The school was founded by the Lakewood School District.

History

Before Cougar Creek, the Lakewood School District had only 2 elementary schools that were very small and were split into a primary elementary (Lakewood Elementary, Kindergarten-Grade 2) and secondary elementary (English Crossing Elementary, Grade 3-Grade 5). In total, these two school only held about 600 students, 400 in English Crossing^[3] and 200 in Lakewood Elementary.

The community was rapidly growing along with neighboring Smokey Point, which is also served by the school district, so the district put a proposition for voters to vote for a new elementary school. The voters voted yes and the designing and construction began in 2002. The school was completed in the Summer of 2003 and in Fall of 2003, the school opened.

Campus

The school's campus is a large campus, but only small amounts are open for students. One of the most private areas is the wetlands, which are partially fenced off to protect the area. Another protected area is the pond at the front of the campus.

The campus consists of the main school building where the school is taught, a large field for sports such as soccer, a Backyard Habitat (or outdoor lounge), two playgrounds (one for Kindergarten classes and another for other grades), a basketball court, pick-up/drop-off area, and a bus bay. The main school building is made up of 3 pods and other areas. There is an office, library, principal office, nurse's office, multipurpose room, computer lab, music room (that acts as a stage), restrooms, and classrooms.

Architecture

The school is one of the most unusual schools in the school district. The school has irregular shapes for the roof and frequently uses strange and simple shapes to decorate the windows, rooms, and more. In each of the 3 pods, the ceiling is eliminated to show the pipes and wires used to connect the school.

Curriculum

The school has had numerous additions to its curriculm including adding subjects in different school years. When the school opened, there were three already added subjects, reading, math, and writing. From 2004-2007, the science curriculum was added and improved along with social studies (2005-2006), and art (2005-2007). The current curriculum addition is health and fitness.^[4]

Former principals

#	Name	Years serving
1	Priscilla Brady	2003-present

References

1. ^ Lakewood School District. "Cougar Creek Elementary-Home". http://www.lwsd.wednet.edu/cougar_creek/. Retrieved 2008-05-26. 
2. ^ Lakewood School District. "Cougar Creek Elementary-Performance". http://www.lwsd.wednet.edu/cougar_creek/Performance.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-26. 
3. ^ Lakewood School District. "English Crossing ES- About Our School". http://www.lwsd.wednet.edu/eng_cross_elem/about.html. Retrieved 2008-05-26. ^{[dead link]}
4. ^ Lakewood School District. "Lakewood SD Curriculm". Archived from the original on 2008-05-04. http://web.archive.org/web/20080504041325/http://www.lwsd.wednet.edu/district/curric.html. Retrieved 2008-05-26. 

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