Address: 30611 16th Ave S Federal Way, WA 98003 Phone: 235.945.5400 Website:www.fwps.org/fwhs.org Fax: 253.945.5454
Principal: Dr. Matt Oberst Assistant Principal: Deborah Drake Assistant Principal: Jana Kelly Assistant Principal: Travis Savala Counseling: Allie Brookbank, Stephanie Paradee, Rhys Barrow & Brad Smith
Grades: 9-12 Year School was Built: 1938/Rebuilt 2016
Federal Way High School will increase our on-time graduation rate, improve college and career readiness, and provide a safe, supportive, and equitable learning environment for all scholars.
AVID National Demonstration School and AVID National School of Distinction
Cambridge International Demonstration Center
97% participation in Student Led Conference, ensuring nearly every scholar and family is able to meet with teachers to discuss progress and set goals
Area of Focus
Continue to focus upon positive behavior and support (PBIS) in order to support a safe and welcoming environment for all scholars. Our school expectations are Respectful, Engaged, Positive (REP Fed)!
Goal 4- Content-Area Competence: Mastery of All Subjects
Pride Points
Our graduation rates have increased significantly over the last six years. Our current graduation rate is 91% in 2021.
We continue to support multiple pathways and increased opportunities for students to earn credit.
85% of our students completed a dual credit course in 2021.
Area of Focus
We are focused on providing scholars with feedback on their learning throughout all courses in order to challenge each scholar and meet the needs of all learners for the 2021-22 school year
We are always seeking parents to support PTSA, the Booster Club, Communities In Schools, and to volunteer. We would like to partner with our parents to better support our scholars’ success. For more information, please call our main office.
You can find data for all schools on Washington’s Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction’s website including scholar demographics, teacher information, free and reduced lunch rate, school funding and financial resources, and assessment data at reportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us.
Also, check out the FWPS Data Dashboard on our website: www.fwps.org and click on the “Data Dashboard” icon at the top of the page.
Federal Way High School will increase our on-time graduation rate, improve college and career readiness, and provide a safe, supportive, and equitable learning environment for all scholars.
We offer rigorous courses open to all scholars, and pair this with our Nationwide exemplar AVID program to support scholars to learn academic skills
Cambridge
We are recognized as a North America Cambridge Demonstration Center
Approximately 50% of FWHS scholars take at least one IGCSE or AICE course each year
Our Cambridge and other advanced courses are open to all FWHS scholars, and highly encouraged for all scholars to take at least once challenge course per year
AVID
We are both an AVID National Demonstration School and AVID National School of Distinction
Each year we support approximately 75-100 scholars per grade level through our AVID program whom are from traditionally underserved populations, first generation college-going scholars, and/or individually determined to go to college and need academic supports to meet rigorous demands of advanced courses
