The Association of Washington Student Leaders (AWSL) and the Association of Washington School Principals (AWSP) will present 53 schools across the state with our third annual AWSL/AWSP Culture Kickoff Award this fall.
Introduced in 2023-24, the Culture Kickoff Award celebrates schools that:
- Launch the year with engaging assemblies, themes, and fall kickoff events.
- Intentionally set the tone for belonging, community, and success.
- Sustain that positive culture throughout the year by fostering collaboration between students and adults.
Schools are nominated by students, principals, assistant principals, superintendents, community members, and/or district office staff.
2026 Culture Kickoff Award winners include:
- Almira-Coulee Hartline High School, Almira-Coulee Hartline SD
- Arbor Heights Elementary School, Seattle PS
- Ballou Junior High, Puyallup SD
- Capital High School, Olympia SD
- Centennial Elementary School, Olympia SD
- Centralia Middle School, Centralia SD
- Chehalis Middle School, Chehalis SD
- Chief Leschi, Chief Leschi Schools
- Clover Park High School, Clover Park SD
- Cougar Mountain Middle School, Issaquah SD
- Coweeman Middle School, Kelso SD
- Eisenhower High School, Yakima SD
- English Crossing Elementary, Lakewood SD
- Ephrata Middle School, Ephrata SD
- Everett High School, Everett PS
- Forest Vista Learning Center, Oak Harbor SD
- GATES, Franklin Pierce SD
- Gateway Middle School, Everett PS
- Glacier Middle School, Highline PS
- Glacier Middle School, White River SD
- Graham Kapowsin High School, Bethel SD
- Granger High School, Granger SD
- Hidden River Middle School, Monroe SD
- Hockinson Middle School, Hockinson SD
- Irene Reither Elementary, Meridian SD
- LaCrosse Schools, LaCrosse SD
- Lakewood Elementary School, Lakewood SD• Lakewood High School, Lakewood SD
- Lakewood Middle School, Lakewood SD
- Madison Elementary, Everett PS
- Meadowdale Middle School, Edmonds SD
- Morris Schott Elementary School, Wahluke SD
- Mt. Stuart Elementary, Ellensburg SD
- Newport High School, Bellevue SD
- Nooksack Valley High School, Nooksack Valley SD
- North Beach Jr/Sr High School, North Beach SD #64
- North Creek High School, Northshore SD
- Sageview High School, Pasco SD
- Saltar’s Point Elementary, Steilacoom Historical SD
- Sequoia High School, Everett PS
- Stanwood Middle School, Stanwood Camano SD
- Steilacoom High School, Steilacoom Historical SD
- Sterling Jr. High, Eastmont SD
- Sunnyside Elementary School, Marysville SD
- Sunrise Elementary, Central Valley SD
- Timberline High School, North Thurston PS
- Tonasket Middle School, Tonasket SD
- Tumwater Middle School, Tumwater SD
- Tyee Middle School, Bellevue SD
- Wahluke Junior High, Wahluke SD
- WF West High School, Chehalis SD
- Woodinville High School, Northshore SD
- Woodside Elementary, Everett PS
Congratulations! Learn more at www.awsp.org/culturekickoff.
