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Lumen High School

Lumen High School, nominated by Bellwether Education Partners, Diverse Charter Schools Coalition and NewSchools Venture Fund, is a high school in Spokane, Washington that describes itself as a public charter school serving learners from a primarily urban/suburban/rural area.

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Location Spokane, Washington

Governance Public charter school

Grades High

Students 35

Locale Suburban

Executive Director Shauna Edwards

Demographics

Percentage of students*

6%

English Learners

95%

Free/Reduced Lunch

13%

Students with Disabilities

African American or Black 12%

American Indian/Alaska Native 10%

Asian —

Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 3%

Hispanic or Latino 19%

White 43%

2+ Races 13%

Why Lumen High School was nominated

Lumen serves teen parents and their children. They provide wrap-around services for students as well as on-site childcare. They've created a strong sense of belonging and offer flexibility for students, including the opportunity to see their children during the school day., Lumen is a unconditional educational model with layered wrap around supports, an on site early learning center and standards based learning that utilizes projects encompassing life skills and deeper learning rubrics to measure outcomes and provide skill building empowered learning for our students., Lumen offers educational pathways for teen parents leading to high school graduation, positive parenting, and future life success., They support teen parents with love and care.

Student experience design

Our Why: All spaces are safe, inclusive, judgment free -Safe, inclusive, judgment free environment = Belonging -Language is power and we want our students to have the tools and skills to use language to communicate ideas and thoughts and passions. -Students want to be heard -Building the skills to express yourselves so you can be received in the environment you are in -Judgment free environment -Everyone at Lumen is the guardians of our culture -Students can feel at home while feeling safe and learning -Using language to support/diffuse or bring down/heat up, language can be used as a weapon -The goal is for us all to build empathy and understanding

Core Practices

Core Practices Length of Use

Career Prep And Work-based Learning
3-4 years

Co-leadership
3-4 years

Project-based Learning
5+ years

Physical Well Being Services
5+ years

Restorative Practices
5+ years

All Practices

AI For Learning Materials

AI-assisted Tutoring

Anti-racist Practices

Assessments For Career Readiness

Assessments For Social-emotional Skills

Community And Business Partnerships

Family And Community Support Services

Competency/mastery-based Education

Culturally Responsive Practices

Extended Learning Opportunities

Flexible Staffing & Alternative Teaching Roles

Hiring For Equity And Inclusion Values

All Courses Designed For Inclusion

Interdisciplinary

Individual Learner Profiles

Mental Health Services

1:1 Mentoring

Multi-tiered System Of Support (MTSS) In Academics

Multi-age Classrooms

Multiple Opportunities To Demonstrate Mastery

Performance Based Assessment

Place-based Learning

High Quality Instructional Materials

SEL Integration School-wide

Social Justice Focus

Students Access Their Own Data

Students Develop Projects

Trauma-informed Practices

key reasons for innovating

Increase student agency

Date Updated: 4/1/2025

*Canopy profile data is self-reported or sourced from NCES data, then verified by school leaders.