Lakewood Elementary School

As a student, I loved Lakewood with my whole heart. I learned so much here and had amazing opportunities like participating in plays, STEM events, and so much more. I am now in high school and I strongly believe that Lakewood played a monumental part in my educational foundation. I never had one bad teacher and I thank Lakewood for setting me up for success in my future. I love the staff at Lakewood and even come back to help out in classrooms for my community service hours. In all, I believe Lakewood is amazing and I enjoyed being a student there.

The staff and teachers at Lakewood are wonderful. If you as a parent take the time to get to know the staff and participate in volunteer opportunities and PTA, you will a chance to truly see it. The staff truly cares for the well being of every student.

My experience with Lakewood has been extremely positive. Principal Cheng is definitely a top tier administrator in the School District and the region. She is a visionary who is thoughtful, energetic, a driver, and leader. If you go on a school tour with her you will definitely see that the school is much more than its average test scores. She has been instrumental in setting up partnerships with companies like google and bring all sorts of extracurricular opportunities to the school including wrestling, coding, robotics, tutoring, and more. She has established an atmosphere of achievement, citizenship, collaboration and partnerships. This atmosphere permeates throughout the teachers and students. The teachers provide such a caring environment and they put their hearts into their teaching. I have two students at Lakewood that have continued to progress academically and emotionally. Yes, we have a broad spectrum of academic levels and test scores due to the socioeconomic conditions but Lakewood is building/transforming all students to have a growth mindset that is key for the future.

I would provide a 9/10 rating for the school. Both of my children received excellent educations and developed lasting relationships with staff and families they were surrounded by. Now that they are in middle school and high school I can see that their foundation was solid and they were really well prepared to continue on their educational journeys!