{"id":3793,"date":"2025-02-13T21:18:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T21:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ippdemosites.org\/?page_id=3793"},"modified":"2025-10-15T00:31:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T00:31:31","slug":"lowell-elementary-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stg.education.uw.edu\/demosites\/demonstration-sites-2\/rrei-elementary-schools\/lowell-elementary-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Lowell Elementary School"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/ippdemosites.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/lowell-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3794\" style=\"width:664px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stg.education.uw.edu\/demosites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/lowell-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stg.education.uw.edu\/demosites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/lowell-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stg.education.uw.edu\/demosites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/lowell-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stg.education.uw.edu\/demosites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/lowell-375x281.jpg 375w, https:\/\/stg.education.uw.edu\/demosites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/lowell-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\/\/stg.education.uw.edu\/demosites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/lowell-108x81.jpg 108w, https:\/\/stg.education.uw.edu\/demosites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/lowell.jpg 1054w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">School District: Seattle Public Schools<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ESD: #121<br \/>Location: Capitol Hill, Seattle<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Accepting Visits <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lowell Elementary is a magical place where students from all over the world with a diversity of strengths and challenges come together with staff each day to learn and grow academically, socially, behaviorally, and emotionally. Lowell\u2019s large attendance zone includes students who live on the west side of Capitol Hill and students who live in downtown Seattle (South Lake Union\/Belltown\/Denny Triangle, south to Pioneer Square and the International District).<\/p>\n<p>Our school population includes students on track to meet and\/or exceed standard; students with mild to significant disabilities; students who together, speak over 30 different languages; students eligible for free\/reduced lunch, students\/families who are homeless and\/or in traditional housing, and students who are advanced learners. We are truly an urban school, with a focus on community and whole child supports.<\/p>\n<p>Inclusion is a core value for our school staff and community. Lowell is an SPS \u201cEarly Adopter\u201d school, working with the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.novakeducation.com\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Novak Group focused the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL)<\/a>, including implementation of Restorative Practices. We use the Common Core standards to guide our instructional practices and Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) to guide our work in supporting student social, behavioral, and emotional learning. To be responsive to the needs of the whole child, our work is structured through an Integrated Multi-tiered System of Support (MTSS).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattleschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/CSIP-Lowell.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Continuous School Improvement Plan&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sps.communitypartnerplatform.org\/public\/schools\/55\">Community Partnerships at Lowell<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Highlighted Practices:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Intentional and detailed comprehensive scheduling that supports inclusion, including grade-level \u201cWIN\u201d (What I Need) time for differentiated learning opportunities<\/li>\n<li>Students engaged in core content&nbsp;with clear learning objectives linked to grade level standards<\/li>\n<li>Co-teaching and co-planning&nbsp;between general education teachers, special educators, and multilingual educators<\/li>\n<li>Focus on student engagement&nbsp;and positive relationships<\/li>\n<li>Flexible methods and differentiated instruction<\/li>\n<li>Adult collaboration, including intentional grade-level release time for peer observation, data analysis, professional learning, and planning<\/li>\n<li>GLAD (Guided Language Acquisition Design) strategies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"true\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\">\n<h1 id=\"at-37930\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">Artifacts<\/h1>\n<div id=\"ac-37930\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p>Artifacts are aligned to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ippdemosites.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Principles-and-Practices-Demo-Site-Fillable-Form-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Principles and Practices Tool.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Inclusive Mission and Vision<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ippdemosites.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Lowell-25-26-Instructional-Vision-4.0A.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Lowell 25-26 Instructional Vision 4.0A<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Inclusive Building Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ippdemosites.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Lowell-Inclusive-Practices-Timeline-updated-fall-25-26.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Lowell Inclusive Practices Timeline updated 25-26<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ippdemosites.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WIN-Overview-UW.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Lowell WIN Block Structures Overview<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Collaborative Structures<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ippdemosites.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Lowell-Co-planning-Lesson-Plannning-Template.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Lowell Co-planning Lesson Planning Template<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Inclusive Instructional Practices<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ippdemosites.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Lowell-Inclusionary-Practices-Lookfor-Tool-25-26.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Lowell Inclusionary Practices Look for Tool 25-26<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ippdemosites.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Lowell-Alternative-Inclusionary-Practices-Lookfor-Tool-Winter-2025-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Lowell Alternative Inclusionary Practices Look for Tool &#8211; Winter 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ippdemosites.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Lowell-SPED-Planning-Tool-for-Tier-1-Inclusion.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Lowell SPED Planning Tool for Tier 1 Inclusion<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ippdemosites.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Lowell-MLL-Planning-Tool-for-Tier-1-Inclusion.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Lowell MLL Planning Tool for Tier 1 Inclusion<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ippdemosites.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Annual-CSIP-Lowell.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Lowell Annual CSIP Review 24-25<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Flexible Service Delivery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Inclusive Individual Education Programs (IEPs)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sustained Family and Community Engagement<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"true\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\">\n<h1 id=\"at-37931\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">Recordings<\/h1>\n<div id=\"ac-37931\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZcXyEZNHMCI?si=cdrqsctMCSeBM4PR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Lowell ES Inclusive Practices Recording<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ippdemosites.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Lowell-ES-Recording-Slides-Part-One.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Lowell ES Inclusive Practices Slides Part 1<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ippdemosites.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Lowell-ES-Recording-Slides-Part-Two.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Lowell ES Inclusive Practices Slides Part 2<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ippdemosites.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Lowell-ES-Recording-Slides-Part-Three.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Lowell ES Inclusive Practices Slides Part 3<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ippdemosites.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Lowell-ES-Recording-Slides-Part-Four.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Lowell ES Inclusive Practices Slides Part 4<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ippdemosites.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Lowell-ES-Recording-Slides-Part-Five.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Lowell ES Inclusive Practices Slides Part 5<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ippdemosites.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Lowell-ES-Recording-Slides-Part-Six.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Lowell ES Inclusive Practices Slides Part 6<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ippdemosites.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Lowell-ES-Recording-Slides-Part-Seven.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Lowell ES Inclusive Practices Slides Part 7<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ippdemosites.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Lowell-ES-Recording-Slides-Part-Eight.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Lowell ES Inclusive Practices Slides Part 8<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>School District: Seattle Public Schools ESD: #121Location: Capitol Hill, Seattle Accepting Visits Lowell Elementary is a magical place where students from all over the world with a diversity of strengths and challenges come together with staff each day to learn and grow academically, socially, behaviorally, and emotionally. Lowell\u2019s large attendance zone includes students who live on the west side of Capitol Hill and students who live in downtown Seattle (South Lake Union\/Belltown\/Denny Triangle, south to Pioneer Square and the International&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":3190,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3793","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stg.education.uw.edu\/demosites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stg.education.uw.edu\/demosites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stg.education.uw.edu\/demosites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stg.education.uw.edu\/demosites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stg.education.uw.edu\/demosites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3793"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/stg.education.uw.edu\/demosites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4358,"href":"https:\/\/stg.education.uw.edu\/demosites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3793\/revisions\/4358"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stg.education.uw.edu\/demosites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stg.education.uw.edu\/demosites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}