Seattle Southside is home to a network of local, regional, private, community, and technical colleges, enabling students to succeed in today's global, high-performance workplaces. Seattle Southside has two public school districts, Tukwila and Highline, and within the Highline School District is the 400-student Aviation High School, a unique school that enables students to pursue their passion for aviation and aerospace.
Seattle Southside is also home to Highline Community College, the Central Washington University branch campus at Highline, the University of Phoenix, the International Academy of Design and Technology, and the ITT Technical Institute.
Highline Community College delivers innovative education and training opportunities that foster personal and professional success in today's multicultural world and global economy. With the resources of a comprehensive community college, Highline provides a wide array of educational and training opportunities to meet employer and employee needs as well as the educational requirements of the young adult student population. Visit www.highline.edu for more information.
Highline School District
The mission of Highline Public Schools is to educate every student and expect excellence. The Highline School District (HSD) serves the communities of SeaTac, Des Moines, Burien, Normandy Park, Boulevard Park and White Center. All efforts are focused on seeing each student graduate prepared for college, career and citizenship. A strong focus on literacy and mathematics exists district-wide.
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For the past several years, Highline has concentrated significant resources on an aggressive literacy initiative. The literacy program includes individualized assessment for each student and the use of reading specialists working directly with children, along with reading coaches who work with teachers to structure classroom instruction to meet the needs of the diverse student population.
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The district provides extensive professional development for teachers in order to improve instruction, and gives struggling students extended opportunities for instruction during the school day and after school. Many of these strategies are now applied to improve student achievement in math as well.
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Academically, 17,000+ students continue to improve as HSD learns better ways to reach and teach all students.
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The students of Highline have consistently scored above the national average on the SAT test. In the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL), Highline students are improving their scores each year.
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The high school program aims to prepare every student for further learning after high school. HSD believes students need a more personalized approach to learning than is provided in a traditional comprehensive high school, so students in all high schools are grouped in small learning communities. These small learning communities take different forms at each of the high schools. The work of redesigning our high schools has been supported in part by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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In addition to the high schools serving our four geographic service areas, Highline also has the only aviation-themed college prep high school in the nation. Aviation High School is operated in partnership with King County and many aviation industry partners. Located in Des Moines, enrollment is open to all high school students in King County by application.
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Highline voters passed capital construction bonds in 2002 and 2006. This is allowing Highline to replace many aging school buildings with new state-of-the-art schools.
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Highline students have the advantage of living and learning in a community with rich cultural diversity. Our students represent about 80 nationalities and speak 70 different languages. Because the schools reflect the diversity students will face in the workplace of tomorrow, students will be well-prepared to live and work in the global economy and multicultural world of the future.
For more information, visit www.hsd401.org.
Tukwila School District
The mission of the Tukwila School District is to educate all students to achieve academic and personal excellence. Tukwila, a community of 17,110, welcomes diversity. Incorporated in 1908, the city offers a blend of businesses, churches, parks, and abundant single and multi-family housing available to all income levels in an attractive urban atmosphere.
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More than 2,700 are enrolled in five schools located within the limits of historic Tukwila. The average student-teacher ratio is 1:25. Students represent many cultures and ethnic groups and speak more than 60 world languages.
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Thirty-four percent of students qualify for English Language Learner services. Seventy one percent of students are eligible for free/reduced school meals. A certified staff of 182, classified staff 122, and an administrative team of 20 full/part time employees serve the district. As of November 2006, the district has 23 National Board certified teachers.
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The district consists of five schools: 3 elementary schools, 1 middle school, and 1 high school. Voters consistently support levy and bond issues, parents serve on school site councils and parent service organizations, and the Tukwila School District maintains strong business/community/school partnerships.
For more information, visit www.tukwila.wednet.edu.
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