Principal:  Allison Deno Office Manager:  Jessica Soto Telephone: 425-456-5700 Fax: 425-456-5702 Class start/dismiss times:  M,T,Th,F 8:00 am - 2:25 pm Wednesday ONLY  8:00 am - 12:05 pm     2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 Enrollment 359  329  377  399  African Amer. 4% 5% 6% 7% Asian 25% 23% 24% 25% Hispanic 23% 23% 22% 23% White 42% 40%   40% 36% Multi-Ethnic* 6% 8% 8% 9%           * Added in 2003 because it more accurately reflects our student population.  Prior to this time this group was combined with white students.   Avg. District Expenditure per Pupil: $9,446 Budget: $64,850 Condition of Building: Rebuilt in 2008 50% of students speak a first language other than English;  51% qualify for free or reduced-price lunches.   In addition to this PROFILE, click here to view the schools' Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction Report Card

Sherwood Forest Elementary School Assessments:

The federal No Child Left Behind Act requires that students be assessed each year in reading and math, grades 3 through 8, plus once in high school. In Washington State, students in grades 3-8 now take the Measurements of Student Progress (MSP) tests in May; and high school students take the High School Proficiency Exams (HSPE) in March and April.

State tests are intended to assess whether students have sufficiently mastered a set of grade-level standards for a particular subject. In other words, “How many students have learned what they need to know – and can demonstrate that learning?” Scores for the MSP or HSPE are reported in 4 levels: “Exceeds Standard,” “Meets Standard,” “Below Standard,” and “Well Below Standard.” 

More information about state testing can be found at: http://www.k12.wa.us/assessment/StateTesting/default.aspx

• Current and previous years’ WASL results: Sherwood Forest's OSPI Report Card

Sherwood Forest's Improvement Plan:

School Improvement Plans - Reading and math accountability goals for each Bellevue school- Shewood Forest (presented as PDF documents)      

Special Offerings at Sherwood Forest:  

• Full-Day Kindergarten Program
• Centered Special Education K-5th grade program
• Title One Reading Assistance Program
• Special Education and center preschool-kindergarten.
• VIBES (Volunteers In Bellevue's Education System) 
• Reading Recovery for struggling early readers
• Preschool/Childcare
• Head Start Program

You're invited to participate in the following:

• PTA sponsored Family Fun Nights
• Open House
• Book Fair
• Field Trips
• Back-to-School Night
• Music concerts
• Skating parties
• Pumpkin Patch
• After school Garden Club
• Assemblies
• Food Drives
• "Book It" reading program
• "Project Learn" After-school Boys' & Girls' Club Program
• Cougar Broadcasting activity before school
• "A Celebration of Excellence"
• Salmon Rearing Project
• Building a Native Landscape Learning Garden
• Extended day tutoring for identified students (with limited transportation)
• Homework club after school support (with limited transportation)
• Evening curriculum presentations for parents in English and Spanish
• PTAs' Spring Carnival
• Book Exchange
• "Read Across America"
• Summer "Books on Wheels" reading program

How Parents can get Involved:

• Join the PTSA
• Become a VIBES  volunteer

Volunteer Opportunities:

• Become a VIBES  volunteer

Contact your school for more opportunities to volunteer and get involved.  

Watch Opening Day Festivities featuring Sherwood Forest in 2008
click here to view streaming video on-demand of the full 28 min. program