Craig Williams Elementary School
6144 Clark Ave.
Lakewood, CA 90712
562-804-6540
562-804-6543 fax
Craig Williams Elementary School is located in Lakewood. The facility include, 32 regular education classrooms, a multipurpose room, a newly renovated library with over 12,000 books, (two computer labs: one with 20 stations and one with 42 stations, psychologist’s office, speech and guidance room, special education classroom and Title I teacher’s room. All classrooms have internet access. The school is built around a large grassy play area, which provides a park like setting for children to play in. A covered lunch area provides a shady spot for eating lunch or reading books at recess time.
Craig Williams School focuses on teaching the standards in the areas of language arts, mathematics, social studies, science and health. For independent reading, students use Accelerated Reader, a system which tracks students’ reading growth and encourages students to read at their highest level. A similar system, Accelerated Math, allows every student to work to his/her highest potential in mathematics.
Craig Williams serves 755 students. The attendance rate at the school was 96.13 percent during the prior school year. Student enrollment includes a variety of ethnic backgrounds: American Indian 1 percent, Asian 5 percent, Pacific Islander 1 percent, Filipino 3 percent, Hispanic 61 percent, African-American 19 percent, Caucasian 8 percent and multiple 3 percent.
The school has 32 regular education teachers, one special education teacher, one Title I teacher, an assistant principal, and an administrator. Other personnel serving the school include a psychologist, two health assistants, a case manager, a guidance intern and a speech and language therapist. All staff meet the credential requirements of the State of California.
Staff development activities are essential for maintaining a quality education program for students; therefore, the district provided more than 300 hours of staff development activities for teachers and classified staff. The emphasis in staff development has been in technology, reading strategies, analyzing data and using it to drive instruction. One hundred percent of the teachers at the school took advantage of district or outside staff development offerings. In addition, we are committed to working with parents so they can help their children. Therefore, we offer parent workshops and family nights to encourage parents to play an active role in their student’s education.