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Park Lodge Elementary highlights growth, multilingual supports and high needs population
Summary
Principal Angela DeShields presented demographic, assessment and school action-plan details showing growth in student achievement, large multilingual and low-income populations, and planned interventions under the school’s SAP for 2025–26.
Principal Angela DeShields presented Park Lodge Elementary’s school report to the Clover Park School District Board of Directors on Oct. 13, describing student demographics, recent assessment results and the school’s 2025–26 annual action plan.
DeShields said Park Lodge’s student population is notably diverse: 54.7% of students identify as Hispanic and just 10.7% identify as white. She said 78% of students qualify as low income, about 7.4% of students are experiencing homelessness, and 43.1% are multilingual learners.
DeShields said the school uses Washington’s Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBA) and the Washington School Improvement Framework (WISF) to track performance. She reported that while proficiency in English language arts and math remains below state averages, the school has seen “notable increase in ELA proficiency from 2024 to 2025” and sustained student growth, measured with the student growth percentile (SGP). DeShields said Park Lodge’s fourth- and fifth-grade cohorts have posted growth that outperformed state medians in recent years.
For 2025–26, Park Lodge’s annual action plan (SAP) focuses on three priorities: academic achievement, community engagement and social-emotional well-being. DeShields said the school will continue a year-long professional development series, Reading is Science, and maintain coaching cycles and PLCs tied to the district initiative PLC Plus. The report also cited schoolwide MTSS structures, an inclusionary Universal Design for Learning emphasis, and targeted small-group SEL supports delivered by a behavior interventionist and school counselor.
DeShields described several schoolwide practices supporting culture and student leadership: a daily “Dolphin Dish” video, a student lighthouse team that provides student voice, a schoolwide positive behavior system (ready, responsible, respectful, safe), and family-focused events such as connection conferences (held the first two days of school) that achieved a 97% family participation rate this year.
Board members asked for clarification about the connection conferences; DeShields said those two-day events are devoted to building relationships and do not include the typical review of assessment data. The board did not take action on the report; it was received as information.
