WFIS News
Updates on our Legislative, Policy and Committee work
Legislators visit Northshore Christian Academy, recipient of National Blue Ribbon School Award
On Monday November 18th, Northshore Christian Academy, one of 5 WA school recipients of the 2019 National Blue Ribbon Schools Awards, welcomed 38th district Representative June Robinson and 38th district Representative Mike Sells for a school tour. WFIS...
read moreUpdated Title I Guidance Released
from CAPE Outlook November 2019 The US Department of Education has released updated non-regulatory guidance for Title I of ESEA, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (now known as the Every Student Succeeds Act - ESSA). Of interest are at least two...
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Medicine dispersement to students in private schools
This month Ask Nancy provides some guidance on what private schools are required to do regarding disbursement of medicine to private school students. Question: Our school does not have a nurse. How can we get staff trained to support students who need to...
read moreEnrollment Reporting Issues Clarified
In an email sent to all Approved Private Schools in WA State on behalf of private.schools@k12.wa.us, schools were notified that enrollment reporting will occur in the spring when the application for re-approval is submitted. This follows a full month of...
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OSPI School Safety Summit Recap
Sandra Barton Smith from the Office for Catholic Schools attended the October 24th meeting and shares her insights with WFIS schools below. WFIS wants to remind all private schools that a focus of the ESDs is to offer training and support on suicide and...
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ELAC Update from October 2019 Meeting
reported by WFIS' Early Learning Advisory Council Representative Chelle Downey-Magee, Director of Issaquah Montessori School The October 1 Early Learning Advisory Council (ELAC) meeting took place at the Oxford Suites in Yakima. Attendance by members was...
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Northshore Christian Academy in Everett wins National Blue Ribbon Schools Award for 2019
Northshore Christian Academy in Everett, WA was one of only 4 Washington State schools to receive this year's accolade. The National Blue Ribbon Schools Program recognizes public and private elementary, middle, and high schools based on their overall academic...
read moreIMPORTANT Immunization Information: Changes with Annual Reporting and Immunization Requirements
Schools' Immunization Status Reporting: New Reporting Method All public and private schools, and licensed preschools and child care facilities must report the immunization status of students by Nov. 1 each year per state law (WAC 246-105-060). The method of reporting...
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“Connected” Schools Have Lower Rates of Suicide Attempts
Rates of suicide attempts are lower in high schools where students have better connections to their peers and stronger relationships with adult staff, according to a new study. The study surveyed 10,291 students from 38 high schools to determine social...
read moreWhat Happens If You Don’t Get the MMR Vaccine?
from KUOW September 5, 2019 Seattle Kids Without Measles Vaccine or Paperwork Will Be Excluded From School When Tracy Bennett, the head of Seattle Waldorf School, got word last spring that the state would make it a lot harder to forgo the measles, mumps,...
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