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About Us

Woodland Hills Elementary School is a school where the children come first. All stakeholders are devoted to inspire and prepare students to become confident, independent learners who achieve at their highest academic levels, while developing personal values that contribute to their success. These values include nurturing a love of learning, stimulating creativity, cultivating physical, social and emotional health, and developing respect, integrity, empathy, and tolerance for others. Our students are committed to their role as responsible contributing members of society.

News & Announcements

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2025-2026 LAUSD Choices Charter Lottery News

Our 2025-2026 LAUSD Choices Lottery Drawing will be held on Friday, February 14th at 10:00a.m. in person and via Zoom (Meeting ID: 987 186 0203. No passcode is required.) The random lottery drawing will create a waitlist and does not guarantee enrollment. The waitlist will be posted on our website Tuesday, February 18th. Please note that we will not post names, only application confirmation numbers.

The late window for non-resident students will open on February 3rd, 2025. Late applicants will not be included in the lottery drawing, but will be added to the bottom of the waitlist in the order received.

Selected and Waitlisted students will be notified via email in mid-March.
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2025-2026 LAUSD Late E-Choices Window Opens February 3rd

The on-time Choices application has closed. Families can apply during the late window after February 3rd at http://apply.lausd.net to be added to the waitlist.

If you are interested in enrolling your child at WHECES but do not live within our attendance boundaries, click on the headline to learn about your options.

IMPORTANT: If your child is here on lottery AND has a sibling who wants to attend WHECES, you MUST apply to the lottery for that sibling. All siblings have priority but ONLY if they have an application in the system.

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Our Mission

Woodland Hills Elementary School fosters the development of creative thinking, rigorous problem solving, respect for individual differences, and high ethical standards. Our arts integration instruction helps children with the development of motor skills, language skills, social skills, decision-making, risk-taking, and inventiveness. We prepare our students to be fully participating, international-minded citizens and leaders with twenty-first-century skills.