Lakota Middle School
School Profile
1415 SW 314th Street
School Website: http://www.fwps.org/lakota/ (253) 945-4800
Principal, Pam Tuggle (Since 2003)
School Built: 1960 View the official 2010-11 School Profile (64K PDF) |
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What is Special About Our School?
Celebrating fifty years of excellence in educating students in the Federal Way Community, Lakota Middle School opened a new facility this year. With great pride and excitement about our beautiful, new school, we are accomplished for education in the 21st century.
Home of the Lakota Falcons, we demonstrate honor to our Native American heritage. The word ”Lakota” means “considered friends,” or “alliance of friends.” Students and staff begin a new chapter in the journey of learning and many friendships are established at Lakota. Committed to our vision for all cultures represented in our diverse learning community, “A Lakota student will become intellectually reflective, a lifelong learner, a good citizen, a caring and ethical individual, and a healthy person.
Academic achievement for ALL students is a strong foundation of our school. With an excellent staff dedicated to providing meaningful learning opportunities embedded with academic rigor, our students flourish in a culture of a positive learning environment and mutual respect. Lakota Middle School is designed for grades six through eight. Each grade is structured in an “Academy” with a four period block schedule each day. Our Cambridge-Checkpointe Program is designed to challenge the academic needs of all students who are highly capable. We believe all of our students are highly capable in their unique and individual way, therefore the Cambridge Academy is an all inclusive program for students who qualify and the Checkpointe Program, which is also a part of the Cambridge Program, is open to any student who may want to participate in a specific class. Both programs are open to all 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students. Standards and research-based instructional strategies are embedded into every Lakota classroom, whether they are core classrooms, electives, physical education, or music. Our core content areas are Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, and Science. Reading, Math, and writing in all content areas are a primary focus. All students participate in physical education, along with Music classes (band, orchestra and Choir) or an “elective” class, which intentionally supports reading and math instruction. Additional academic assistance is available through extended learning opportunities (ELO) before, during, and after school. All Lakota students organize an individual portfolio, where students establish their learning goals every six weeks. Student-led conferences twice each year provide an opportunity to demonstrate and show evidence of learning, which is meaningful and relevant.
We must be responsive to the developmental needs of our students, academically, socially, and culturally. We strongly encourage parental and family involvement in every phase of their children’s lives. Lakota offers many activities, clubs, school leadership, and sports, so students and families can be involved. Our desire is for all students to enjoy school as they grow through these “middle years.” All sixth grade students participate in our Science Fair, seventh grade students explore and learn about their heritage through the Cultural Fair and eighth grade students present a final project that is directly related to their 13th Year Plan and future dreams in a Career Fair.
Family Involvement at Lakota is paramount with our volunteer programs through PTA and the Lakota WATCH D.O.G.S. (dads of great students). At the end of the 2010 school year; we documented 3000 hours of total volunteer time in our school. Volunteers from our
No Child Left Behind Report Card
The No Child Left Behind Act requires all schools and school districts in the United States to prepare annual reports for parents and the public detailing their academic achievement. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction’s web site makes this information available on-line at http://reportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us/ Click on Federal Way in the “Summary” box, then choose your school from the list. You may also request a paper copy of the report card at your school’s office. For more information about the NCLB Act, go to http://www.nclb.gov/index.html.
Academic and Student Programs
| Achieve 3000 / Teen Biz (reading) | Inclusion Student Support Services |
| Advisory – multi-grade | Intramurals |
| Ambassadors & Leadership | Lakota WATCH D.O.G.S. |
| AmeriCorps | Latino Girls Leadership Academy |
| Associated Student Body (ASB) | Learning Resource Room |
| AVID (Advance Via Individual Determination) | Math Team/Lakota Math Night |
| Band / Jazz Band | Nat’l Junior Honor Society |
| Boeing - Science Club | Orchestra |
| Breakfast & Lunch | Peer Leadership - Equity |
| Cambridge Preparatory Academy | PTA |
| Career Fair – 8th Grade | Respecting Others Program |
| Checkpoint Program | Science Fair – 6th Grade |
| Choral Music | Special Ed Resource Room |
| Cultural Fair – 7th Grade | Special Ed Self-Contained |
| Drama Club | Sports |
| ELL English Language Learners | Summer Success Camp |
| ELO Extended Learning after school with bus transportation | Technology Labs |
| Family Partnership-Grant | “Together We Win” Team building |
| Grades Online/Homework Hotline | Yearbook Club |
| H.E.R.O. Honoring Education |
Student Characteristics
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Distribution of Student Ethnicity |
2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| African American | 15.30 | 13.85 | 13.95 |
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Asian American |
12.20 | 13.16 | 14.34 |
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Hispanic |
16.20 | 17.04 | 15.78 |
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Native American |
1.90 | 2.08 | 1.56 |
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White |
48.90 | 47.23 | 45.24 |
| Pac Islander | 1.50 | 1.39 | 2.87 |
| Multi-Racial | 3.20 | 3.32 | 3.78 |
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Other Student Characteristics |
2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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Number of Students (Oct.) |
724 | 726 | 767 |
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Free/Reduced Meals |
46.2% | 44.6% | 47.08% |
How Are We Using Our Financial Resources?
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School resources were used for daily operations, instructional materials, curriculum planning and integration, in-service workshops, speakers, computers, printers, software and peripherals, materials and supplies, copying, printing, postage, counseling, and infirmary supplies and materials.
How Are Our Students Doing on Required Tests?
Measure of Student Progress (MSP)
Beginning in the spring of 2010, the State of Washington requires that the MSP be given in third through eighth grade.
Percentage Meeting Standard in:
| Grade 6 | WASL | WASL | WASL | MSP |
Reading |
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
School |
75.0 | 76.0 | 48.4 | 60.7 |
District |
68.5 | 70.0 | 50.5 | 54.4 |
Math |
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
School |
52.5 | 48.0 | 64.4 | 70.0 |
District |
48.3 | 50.0 | 72.5 | 63.9 |
| Grade 7 | WASL | WASL | WASL | MSP |
Math |
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
School |
58.0 | 55.0 | 49.6 | 57.2 |
District |
54.0 | 52.0 | 51.0 | 55.0 |
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Reading |
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
School |
77.4 | 71.0 | 59.0 | 62.0 |
District |
72.4 | 67.0 | 60.0 | 62.4 |
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Writing |
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
School |
71.9 | 80.0 | 58.2 | 71.5 |
District |
70.1 | 73.0 | 69.0 | 71.4 |
| Grade 8 | WASL | WASL | WASL | MSP |
Math |
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
School |
49.6 | 53.0 | 58.0 | 55.6 |
District |
50.0 | 53.0 | 55.0 | 55.0 |
Reading |
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
School |
73.7 | 75.0 | 68.0 | 68.4 |
District |
69.0 | 70.0 | 71.0 | 71.4 |
Science |
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
School |
40.0 | 45.0 | 47.0 | 43.2 |
District |
40.0 | 43.0 | 48.0 | 45.2 |