• Parents, this week you will receive mailed notices about schedule changes for two Wednesdays – March 15 and April 19.  On these two WASL Wednesdays the school schedules K-12 are adjusted to comply with the state testing schedule requirements. 

 

• Do you know what a high school transcript looks like?  Check out the sample transcripts on the web – one sample for graduates of 2006 and 2007 and one for the graduates of 2008.  2008 graduates will be required to meet the state’s new graduation requirements. 

 

• The Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA) is given each fall to second graders in compliance with House Bill 2042, enacted in 1997.  HB 2042 requires that school districts test the reading levels of all second graders "to provide information to parents, teachers, and school administrators on the level of acquisition of reading accuracy and fluency skills of each student at the beginning of second grade."

 

• A full outline and schedule of student testing in the district this school year is on the web.

 

• Bonnie Cole, who was named interim principal of Maple Hills a year ago, has accepted the long-term assignment as principal.

 

• District-wide parent meeting: Suicide prevention and awareness  Tuesday, March 7, 7:00 to 8:30 pm, Issaquah High School Commons, 700 2nd Avenue SE, Issaquah, WA 98027 

Can you make a difference? Come learn how to stay involved in your child’s life and avoid the unthinkable. Featuring Director of Youth Suicide Prevention Programs Sue Eastgard, district-wide drug and alcohol counselor Trevor Van Dan Acker, mental health professional Devin Crose, and a parent’s account of her child’s suicide. Sponsored by IHS's Students Opposing Suicide (SOS) club.  

 

• Immunity to chickenpox required for entering preschoolers, kindergarteners, and 6th graders beginning September 2006
  The Washington State Board of Health requires students entering preschool, kindergarten, and 6th grade in school year 2006-07 to document immunity to chickenpox (varicella) .
  Effective September 2006, Issaquah School District students entering preschool, kindergarten, and 6th grade in school year 2006-07 can meet this requirement by:
  • Showing the month, day, and year the student received one dose of varicella vaccine. The vaccine must have been given on or after the student's first birthday.
  • Documenting the approximate date or age at which the student had chickenpox.
  • Submitting a report of blood test showing immunity to varicella.
  • Requesting an exemption to this requirement for philosophical, religious, or medical reasons.

This information as well as other notices about student health issues is a click away under the Student Health Link on the district home page at www.issaquah.wednet.edu.

 

• Remember to vote February 7!
• Remember that Second Winter break is from February 20 through February 24.

 

 

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