by WFIS | Jan 18, 2025 | Education News, Student Safety, WFIS News
Pertussis (whooping cough) is a contagious respiratory illness that can lead to persistent coughing and may pose significant health risks, particularly for young children and those with weakened immune systems. Pertussis is at historically high levels across WA...
by WFIS | Dec 23, 2024 | Education News, OSPI, Student Safety, WFIS News
Last week’s OSPI SWAC meeting convened diverse educators, law enforcement, state agency personnel, and policy advisors to fulfill the legislative mandate to provide training, funding, statewide data collection, and other support for schools and districts. The...
by WFIS | Dec 23, 2024 | Agencies and Committees, Covid-19, Education News, The Advocate, WFIS News
This report comes from the Ruckelshaus Center team, which met with our school leaders to discuss the COVID-19 response and explore ways to assist students struggling with the aftermath of being out of school. This preliminary summary’s findings and...
by WFIS | Dec 19, 2024 | Education News, Student Safety, WFIS News
Whooping cough has returned to pre-pandemic levels, yet it is preventable with the Tdap/DTaP vaccine. A recent survey indicates that a third of the public is unaware that this disease can be prevented. Adults require boosters once every 10 years. What’s going on? from...
by WFIS | Dec 9, 2024 | DOH, Education News, Student Safety, WFIS News
Join Erin M. Sundberg, ARNP, Pediatric Endocrinology & Diabetes at Seattle Children’s Hospital for the next Diabetes in School Health (DiSH) WA session: Wednesday, Dec. 11, from 3-4 pm using this link. Future sessions are outlined below: January 15,...
by WFIS | Dec 9, 2024 | Education News, Educator Training, Student Safety, WFIS News
OSPI, Project Adam, and the American Heart Association are hosting a Cardiac Emergency Response Planning webinar to provide an overview of Heart Safe Schools and Cardiac Emergency Response Plans (CERPs). Learn about CERPs and OSPI’s Automatic External...
