Arbor Heights is a neighborhood in
West Seattle,
Washington, made up of the area south of SW Roxbury Street, north and east of
Puget Sound, but excluding the downhill portion on the west side of this region.
It is the southernmost section of
West Seattle.
Arbor Heights Elementary School
The neighborhood contains an elementary school (
Arbor Heights Elementary School), demolished and rebuilt into a larger school in 2014-15
The elementary school is a K-5 school in the
Seattle School District. The school's enrollment in the fall of 2021 was 535.
The school was built in 1948. The school is situated on a 4+ acres, with an extensive
playground
A playground, playpark, or play area is a place designed to provide an environment for children that facilitates play, typically outdoors. While a playground is usually designed for children, some are designed for other age groups, or people ...
and playscape. In the fall of 2006 the playground was officially named after Jackie Keegan, longtime administrative assistant and playground supervisor at the school. Enrollment was 309 students for the 2007-08 school year. Students participate in
music and
physical education on an alternating daily basis. The school publishes a monthly
student newspaper
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, distributed in hard copy and available online in pdf and podcast.
Archives
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Every spring the school holds
where each student publishes a book. The school participates annually in a salmon release program, hatching and releasing fry in the local Fauntleroy Creek
Fauntleroy Creek is a stream in the Fauntleroy neighborhood of West Seattle, Washington, United States. It flows for about a mile from its headwaters in the 32-acre (129,000 m²) ravine of Fauntleroy Park to its outlet just south of the sta ...
. Every year the school participates in an artist in residence program. In the spring there is an alternating science or art fair. The school has a kiln, and students regularly participate in creating clay projects. The school holds an annual carnival in the spring. All-school service learning projects have included a Kids for Cans food drive, Katrina
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* Katrina (given name)
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coin drive to benefit the Humane Society, and a blanket drive for the Union Gospel Mission in Seattle.
Other
There are no secondary schools. It has a private club pool
Arbor Heights Swim and Tennis Club
The neighborhood is almost exclusively zoned as residential property, with the nearest commercially zoned areas being north in the Roxhill neighborhood, and a small zone down the hill to the west in the Fauntleroy neighborhood.
References
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West Seattle, Seattle