Provides free public education services, including special education for special needs students in grades Pre-K through 12th.

Public School District offered at Granger School District

Local administrative units that operate schools or contract for school services in specific geographical areas.

School Districts

Programs that enroll exceptional learners for the majority of the school day in special classes or centers that are located on regular school sites and which group pupils who have similar instructional needs. Special classes and centers serve pupils who have intensive needs that cannot be met in a less restrictive learning environment.

Special Education Classes/Centers

Provides opportunities for adults 18 and older with developmental disabilities to integrated socialization and recreation in their community. Offers the opportunity to participate in various recreational activities to make friends, practice and increase social skills, and gain knowledge of community resources. Activities include: movies, dances, bowling, and more.

Adult Recreation offered at The Arc of Tri-Cities

Provides opportunities for adults 18 and older with developmental disabilities to integrated socialization and recreation in their community.

Programs that seek out and create job opportunities in various fields for individuals with special needs, limitations and abilities. Activities may include development of jobs that can be done in a home setting; development of markets for crafts and other items produced in the home; and identification of other work projects of benefit to the community that individuals with special needs, limitations and abilities are uniquely qualified to pursue.

Special Needs Job Development

Private organizations that develop, maintain and make available to their members acreage and facilities for one or a variety of recreational activities, sports and games. Most recreational clubs have a clubhouse with dining and bar services; offer the instructional and coaching services of professional athletes in the targeted sport or recreational activity; and offer an array of social activities for members.

Recreational Clubs

Program that enrolls exceptional learners for the majority of the school day in special classes or centers that are located on regular school sites and which group pupils who have similar instructional needs.  
Special classes and centers serve pupils who have intensive needs that cannot be met in a less restrictive learning environment.

Special Education offered at Tumwater School District Special Education Services

Program that enrolls exceptional learners for the majority of the school day in special classes or centers that are located on regular school sites and which group pupils who have similar instructional needs.

Provides an online search tool to find local public schools and school district information including name, address, and phone number. Search can be filtered by school types such as regular, special education, career, technical, alternative education, charter, and magnet.

School and District Navigator offered by National Center for Education Statistics

Elementary or secondary schools that are operated by a nonprofit board under a contractual arrangement with a state education authority, public university, community college, intermediate school district or local school district. Charter schools can operate any combination of grades from kindergarten through 12th grade, can specialize in a specific subject area or approach, may be required to meet specialized accountability standards and/or to abide by the same laws and regulations that govern public schools, and cannot charge tuition.

Charter Schools

Programs that provide a graded system of learning in a formal school setting from grades nine or 10 through 12 for adolescents who usually range in age from 13 or 14 to 18. High schools provide formal instruction for students who want to prepare themselves for further education at the college/university level as well as those who prefer to seek employment immediately after high school graduation. The curriculum for students who are planning to terminate their formal education focuses on vocational preparation whereas that for college/university-bound students focuses on providing the required number of hours of instruction in targeted subjects to enable them to meet college/university entrance requirements.

Secondary/High Schools

Educational institutions that provide formal instruction for students in the seventh, eighth and ninth grades which focuses on a more advanced study of history, geography, social studies, science, literature, art, music, creative writing, physical education and languages, and which may broaden the curriculum to add a number of elective subjects.

Middle Schools

Public schools that offer the basic elementary or secondary curriculum plus creative electives in an informal instructional setting which features an approach to teaching and learning which emphasizes the students' right to make decisions and that views the teacher as a facilitator of learning rather than as a transmitter of knowledge.  Other characteristics may include cross-age teaching, independent study, individualized rates of progression, open plan schools and unstructured time and curriculum.

Alternative Schools

Educational institutions that provide formal instruction for students in the first, second and third grades that focuses on developing the children's understanding and knowledge of the basic skills such as reading, writing and arithmetic.

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Public School District offered at Granger School District

Adult Recreation offered at The Arc of Tri-Cities

Special Education offered at Tumwater School District Special Education Services

School and District Navigator offered by National Center for Education Statistics