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The Stevens' Vision
At Stevens we work to create an environment
that challenges each child to reach his or her potential by encouraging academic
excellence, embracing diversity, and teaching social responsibility.
Stevens is a learning community where students,
teachers, parents, and community members teach, learn, and practice: freedom,
respect, honesty, caring and responsibility.
The STARS
Pledge
As a student at Stevens I promise to:
Strive to develop my own special talents
Take responsibility for my actions and learning
Achieve academic excellence
Respect myself and others
Share my skills and talents with others
Some History
The I.I. Stevens school was founded at the
turn of the 20th Century on the north slope of Seattle's Capitol Hill. Opening
its doors in 1906, the school's first principal was Miss Lowell. Originally
serving grades one through eight from the Capitol Hill and Interlaken neighborhoods,
Stevens now teaches kindergarten through grade five from the central cluster
of the Seattle School District.
Who was
Stevens?
Born in Massachusetts in 1818, Isaac Ingalls Stevens was the
assistant in charge of the US Coast Survey Office in Washington before being
appointed Washington's first territorial governor in 1853.
Demographic Information
Stevens Elementary is part of the central
cluster of the Seattle Schools District; which includes the following schools:
Thurgood Marshall, Gatzert, King, Leschi, McGilvra, Minor, Montlake, Stevens,
and Madrona. Families living in these neighborhoods may apply to Stevens.
Families outside of these neighborhoods may also apply if they provide their
own transportation.
2001-2002 Demographics
Number of students enrolled
317
Number (%) of minority students (combined)
157 (49.9%)
Number (%) of students with free/reduced lunch status
114
(36%)
Number (%) of students with limited English proficiency
75
(24%)
Number (%) of special education students
32
(10%)
Racial/Ethnic
Group |
Numbers(%) |
Culture
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Asian
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39(12.4%) |
Mongolian, Vietnamese, Korean,
Chinese, Filipino, Samoan, Japanese |
Black
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67(21.3%) |
African American, East/West African Immigrants
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Latino/Hispanic
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49(15.6%) |
Mexican, Central and SouthAmerica, Mexican American
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Native American
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2(0.6%) |
Alaska Native, Native American
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White
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158(50.1%) |
Eastern European, Croatian, Russian, Western
& Northern European Decent |
Academics
For more information on academics, curricula,
and education standards,
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