Reykdal: It's time to compromise on state exams
Washington state is one of a dwindling number of states in the
U.S. that require students to pass exams to graduate. We are the only state with
high-stakes comprehensive exit exams offered in the junior year.
Although the federal government requires each state to test high
school students, we need to change our state assessment system to focus on
student growth.
As of the beginning of May, nearly 6,000 students in the Class of
2017 – about one out of every 13 in that class – would be denied a diploma
because they had not passed one of the three required exams.
It is time to help those students who may not graduate this year
because of exams.
Read the full press release.
Reykdal Unveils Long-Term Vision for K-12 Education and McCleary Framework
Superintendent of Public Instruction, Chris Reykdal, outlined his long-term vision for K-12 education and framework for meeting the state Supreme Court’s decision in McCleary v. Washington at a press conference in Olympia on May 24, 2017.
Read the full press release and announcement.
 Dennis Wallace Named Agriculture Sciences Education
Program Supervisor
The position of agricultural sciences program
supervisor was posted a few weeks ago. The committee reviewed applications, gathered informal feedback, and has decided that the new Agricultural Program
Supervisor and State FFA Advisor will be Dennis Wallace.
Denny will transition from Skilled and Technical Sciences to Agriculture, wrapping up work
tasks, and will support the training and hiring of the new Skilled and
Technical Sciences Program Supervisor. He will continue to be the point person for
WA-ACTE’s conference related to WASTS/Skills USA, and Boeing/CorePlus/MIC/ etc.
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Washington State FCCLA Chapters Win National Awards
Kittitas Jr./Sr. High School FCCLA Wins the 2017 National 1st Place High School Leadership in Action Award
The Kittitas Jr.Sr. High School FCCLA chapter has been awarded the 2017 National 1st Place High School Leadership Service in Action Award, sponsored by Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA). Leadership Service in Action is an FCCLA program which guides students to develop, plan, carry out, and evaluate projects that improve the quality of life in their communities. The award recognizes FCCLA chapters who identified a community need and promoted community involvement to meet that need.
The award winning project was titled "Avoid the Worst-Safety First!". With occasional help from a few older chapter members, three 6th grade chapter members planned and implemented the project. The students created farm safety posters which were hung in agricultural business throughout the county. They also shared the posters with the Kittitas County 4-H leaders and presented their plan to the Kittitas County Cattlemen's Association and the Grow'em and Show'em 4-H Chapter. In addition to their educational posters, the students peer educated 6th and 7th grade students with interactive farm safety lessons. The students and their project were featured in the November 2016 issue of the P.U.D. Ruralite magazine. Because the chapter is a 6th through 12th grade chapter, the award guidelines require Kittitas to compete at the Senior High level. The chapter is very proud of Josh Rosbach, Bode Stermetz and Owen Stickney for their accomplishments.
Puyallup High School FCCLA Chapter Wins National Student Body Project Award
The Puyallup High School FCCLA Chapter has been awarded the 2017 National 1st Place High School Student
Body Award, sponsored by Family, Career and Community Leaders of America
(FCCLA). Student Body is a peer education program,
created by FCCLA, designed to teach students how to make informed, responsible
decisions about their health and provide opportunities for youth to teach
others about making healthy choices. The Student Body award recognizes chapters
who promote to youth the advantages of eating right, being fit, and making
healthy choices.
The award winning project was titled "The Big 3: What it Rally Mean to be Healthy". In an era of constantly evolving
information and overwhelming pressure on youth to succeed, forging healthy
physical and mental habits often falls by the wayside, instead replaced with
celebrity endorsed fad diets and stress inducing workloads. The stream of
unhealthy information has led to 1 in 3 children in the US being overweight and
suicide becoming the second leading cause in death for 12-18 year old adolescents. As a
result of these observations, the Puyallup FCCLA Chapter decided to address the
issues facing their peers head on, aiming to promote healthy eating habits,
provide opportunities for activity, and create safe spaces for individuality. "The
Big 3" covers the students understanding of the essential parts of health: physical, social, and emotional well being. As a result, the students came up with a plan; educate
and provide. The students outreach included: healthy eating lessons for local 2nd graders,
volunteering at a local Halloween carnival in an effort to spread knowledge about leading
healthy lifestyles, planted trees with the local stewardship association,
packed food with Feed My Starving Children and the Emergency Food Network, and
fostered a sense of community and safety on campus through kind notes to
students and posters promoting inclusiveness. Working with 17 members and
partners from other leadership associations in the school, the chapter impacted
3,684 people throughout the greater community. This project was headed by
Puyallup FCCLA President Michaela Todd, Vice President Rimpal Bajwa, Secretary
Shania Seyler, and Treasurer Sierra Northington.
 Lake Stevens High School FCCLA CHAPTER Wins National Career Connection Project Award
Lake
Stevens High School was selected to receive the 2017 National 1st Place High School Career
Connection Award, sponsored by Family, Career and Community Leaders of America
(FCCLA).
Career Connection is a peer education program, created by
FCCLA, designed to teach students how to prepare for career success now and in
the future. The award recognizes chapters that conduct career development
projects to help young people link skills for success in careers, families, and
their communities.
The goals and objectives of the project were to help students to discover their strengths, target their career goals, and create a future plan for achieving their goals.
The Lake Stevens High School FCCLA chapter completed the following major activities:
- Created and taught seven different Career Connection
lessons in high school classes. Lessons focused on career interest inventories
and corresponding colleges, resume writing, interviewing skills, and making
connections with future employers.
- Created and presented workshop for Fall Regional Leadership
Meeting. Students learned about the Job Interview STAR Event, how to create the
perfect resume and fill out a job application.
- Served on a committee to organize Beyond High School Night
(post-secondary fair) where 70 different post-secondary presenters spoke to
students and their parents. Also available were break-out sessions that
included; writing the college essay, running start information, financial aid,
and out-of-state admission procedures. Our chapter chose to display information
promoting FCCLA and FACS classes.
- Created and taught 30 minute age appropriate lesson titled,
“Road to Success” for eighth and ninth grade students about the importance of
earning good grades, being involved in school, and looking at career options
through a career interest inventory.
- Organized an elective fair including all Career and
Technical Education (CTE) elective classes at LSHS. We collaborated with CTE
instructors when obtaining class descriptions. In addition, each CTE content
area provided a student volunteer to share information during the elective
fair. Eighth and ninth grade students were able to talk to students who had
first-hand experience.
Lake Stevens High School FCCLA students were able to reach 4,960 children, teens, and adults
directly participated in the “Road to Success” project activities. After the lesson, 93.3% of ninth graders felt classroom
presentations on graduation requirements and post-secondary options were
helpful in their career planning.
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 Newport High School Students Win National HOSA Scholarships
Newport High School students will receive a scholarship through HOSA’s 2017 scholarship program from one of this year’s sponsors. These scholarships will be presented during the Health Occupation Student Association (HOSA) International Leadership Conference in Orlando, FL during a VIP Scholarship Dinner. Each of the recipients has included a description of their future plans and the impact HOSA has made on them. Thank you to their Advisor, Saraya Pierce.
Newport HS HOSA Advisor, Saraya Pierce
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 Sonja Moore
Sponsor: National Consortium of Health Science (NCHSE)
$1,000 Scholarship
Career Goal: Public Health Social Worker
School: Newport High School
Advisor: Saraya Pierce
I have grown up in Newport, a small, rural town in Eastern Washington, for most of my life. In Newport, there are limited ways to interactively learn more about the surrounding world. However, HOSA-Future Health Professionals has been my portal to engage with other people and ideas. Through HOSA, I have developed valuable skills such as: leadership, networking abilities, and public speaking skills along with learning about career opportunities after college. Four years ago, I would not have thought I would be an effective servant leader, let alone enjoy public speaking. Now, I have developed confidence as a leader and speaker. After college, I hope to join the Peace Corps and pursue international public health or medical social work, possibly with the United Nations. I thought about this career path before I joined HOSA. However, as I attend state, national, and international conferences as well as state officer trainings around the nation, I have begun to realize that I want to continue to work alongside such motivated peers. As a result, I am now hoping to primarily pursue social work, based in the medical and public health fields, after attending Seattle University.
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 Travis Dillon
Sponsor: American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA)
$1,000 Scholarship
Career Goal: Speech Language Pathologist and Audiologist
School: Newport High School
Advisor: Saraya Pierce
I attend Newport High School in Newport, Washington. Newport is a small town that hugs the Washington-Idaho border. I am currently a senior and at the top of my class. In addition to participating in HOSA, I am active in mathematics, National Honor Society, Jazz Band, and Symphonic Band (I play clarinet and tenor saxophone). When I first joined HOSA in my sophomore year, I did so because I thought that it would be a fun experience and that perhaps I would learn a bit from it. I have now been a member for 3 years, and I have gained much more from my experiences than I originally expected. Through the activities, workshops, competitive events, and teamwork activities, I have improved my communication skills, practiced useful study habits, learned useful leadership skills, and developed a deeper bond with my friends. In the coming fall, I will be attending Lawrence University, planning to major in mathematics. Although I am not entirely certain of what my career will be after I graduate, the skills that I acquired as a member of HOSA will certainly be useful during my time at Lawrence and in the years that follow.
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Ballard High School Robotics Team Wins World Championship
Ballard High School's robotics team recently laid claim to a first-place win in the Robotics World Championship in Houston, TX. To win, 27 Viking Robotics Club teammates, including freshman, sophomores, juniors, and seniors, faced nearly 400 teams from more than two dozen countries, putting a robot they built in just six weeks through various scenarios that called for teamwork, concentration, and MAD robot driving skills. In the end, their team returned home to Seattle, winners of the 26th annual FIRST Robotics Competition.
The competition is the culmination of a six-week project, in which teams were tasked with designing and building robots capable of operating on their own and with a driver. The robots were also required to be able to climb a rope, travel as fast as 13 miles per hour, and shoot and retrieve whiffle balls and rubber gears.
The Viking Robotics team was part of a four-team alliance that advanced through several rounds beating other combined teams. In the final round of the competition, the Vikings Robotics senior, Morgan Thompson, drove their robot to fuel a makeshift spacecraft with whiffle balls and gears it needed for takeoff.
Read more about their project and their win. See a video of the final match.
Glacier Peak High School Science Symposium
The GPHS Biotech & AP Environmental programs held the very first Science Symposium on Monday, May 22, 2017 at Glacier Peak High School. A range of professionals engaged in conversations with students to provide feedback and encouragement to students who have been exploring the world of proteins, algae, & aquaponics.
Project Overviews
Molecular Biology for Global Health:
Project Violet teams worked with their teacher and mentor, from Jim Olson’s lab at the Hutch, to develop a model, poster, and oral presentation that explains the molecular story of an optide protein (Project Violet-The Hutch Cancer Research Center). Student presentations focused on modeling and explained why their protein is important and how its structure relates to the function.
Advanced Molecular Biology for Global Health & AP Environmental Science:
The premise of our program is to challenge students to make a difference in the health of the world and the planet. This project encouraged, and modeled, collaboration between students, in multiple classes and industry, to address global hunger and environmental health of the Earth. This project was designed to provide students with an opportunity to apply what they have learned from course work; design their own active inquiry experience; research; apply AP Stats skills, and upload their data to a national database maintained by ISB. The overarching goal was to expose students to relevant and rigorous science in a collaborative team effort between teachers nationwide and local industry (ISB). Emphasis was on “doing” science to impact real-world global health issues. Students conducted and presented research on aquaponics or algae that could be used as a food or fuel source.
 Glacier Peak High School Symposium Participants and School Representatives: School Board President Jay Hagen, Shivani Chaudhar, Chloe Derezes, Nathan Aplin, Sakura Swain and Jessica Boar.
 Glacier Peak High School Symposium Project, Grant Yaniv Skyping from Boston
Industry Support
- Boeing
- The Hutch
- Institute for Systems Biology (ISB)
- Center for Infectious Disease Research (CIDR)
- Kusler’s Pharmacy
- Shoreline Community College-Biotechnology Program
- University of Washington
- Just Biotheraputics
- Snohomish School District
- Everett Community College
*Important note: Five of the adult collaborators are former students now employed in industry!
Student's Learning to Manage Their Finances
By:
Ederick Lokpez, U.S. Bank’s Director Engagement Strategies
Graduating
from high school and beginning higher education is a once in a lifetime
experience. Those of us that lived this moment, know the anxiety, emotions and
stress this can create. A new world; for many it’s the first taste of liberty
away from home. Before spreading their wings, these young adults are often
reminded by their parents that liberty equals responsibility. A term that many
do not understand until responsibility for everyday chores invades one’s life
after taking a few first steps on their own.
In
the 2017 U.S. Bank Student Survey, 47% of respondents say they are “just
getting by” financially. The
study with the same name in 2016, reported that students mostly grade
themselves with a “C” when it comes to managing their finances. Students know
they are ill prepared but do not make it a priority to be financially fit.
In 2017 U.S. Bank Student Union
will award scholarships up to $20,000. Signing up is completely free and open
to all students enrolled in a two- or four-year undergraduate program. Visit
us online to learn more about Student Union, register for free and complete
all training modules for additional entries to win a $20,000 scholarship.
Student Union Scholarship runs from April 1st to October 27th.
* Ederick
serves as Director of Engagement Strategies, Customer Experience Office at U.S.
Bank, he is responsible of creating strategies that improve U.S. Bank awareness
and position as a trusted, lifetime financial partner for customers and
non-customers alike.
Snohomish High School DECA Fights Hunger
Snohomish High School's Marketing Teacher and DECA advisor, Ben Doucette, along with the schools advisory, Snohomish community and
a supportive administration worked together to make their dream a reality. Please enjoy this short video about their project and the impact it had on their community. The video was made by students, Adam Ivelia and Nathan Nicholson.
 Tacoma CTE - Stadium High School Becomes Certified Site for FANUC Robotics
Stadium
High School (CTE Teacher Ben Storrar) is the first high school in Washington
State to become a certified training site for FANUC industrial robotics.
FANUC is the industry-standard for advanced manufacturing with robotics in
aerospace, automotive, and other large scale sub-assembly applications. You may
have seen the larger yellow robotic arms used in the Boeing aerospace assembly
plants through King 5 video clips.
Tacoma
students will be able to attain FANUC certifications in computer programming
and problem-solving through course work completed in the high school; leading
to a competitive edge for students to gain direct entry into the workplace
and/or post-secondary education.
State
enhanced funding for Career and Technical Education provides technology-rich
learning activities to open access and opportunity to in-demand family-wage
careers in Science-Technology-Engineering-Mathematics (STEM).
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Washington DECA Members Bring Home Top Honors
from Anaheim
Approximately 1000 members and advisors
from Washington DECA, traveled to Anaheim, California for the International
Career Development Conference. The conference included 18,000 students from the
United States, Canada, China, Germany and Korea, showcasing their business and
leadership skills through DECA’s competitive events program.
Of the 49 competitive event categories,
Washington DECA members returned with the following honors;
- First-Place
Champions: 9
- Second-Place
Champions: 5
- Third-Place
Champions: 5
- Top Ten
Qualifiers: 56
During the school
year, approximately 120,000 of International DECA’s 200,000 student members
take part in the organization’s competitive events program at the local, regional
and state levels, to earn a chance to compete at the International Career
Development Conference. The competitive events range from 30-page marketing
research projects and business plans to role-play and testing events in
Finance, Business Management, Hospitality and Marketing.
Learning and Teaching Update
To read more about Learning and Teaching and to read monthly Learning and teaching updates, visit their newsletter webpage.
Upcoming Learning Opportunities
June 2017
June 19-20 | California State University | Chico, CA | Register
Computer Science
Education: Computer Science
Standards Webinar
June 20 | Webinar | Register | Email
June 21-25 | Rosen Shingle Creek | Orlando, Florida | More Information
June 25-27 | Spokane Convention Center | Spokane, WA | More Information
June 25-29 | Moses Lake Best Western Lakefront Hotel | Moses Lake | More Information
Summer 2017 Quick Jump to CTE Teacher Certificate Endorsement
June 26-August 17 | Olympic College | Bremerton, WA | Email | More Information
June 26-30 | Red Lion Hotel | Richland, WA | 40 STEM Clock Hours | More Information
Financial Education Training and Training Institute for K-12 Educators
June 27-29 | Junior Achievement Finance Park| Auburn, WA| Register
June 29-July 2 | Hilton Anaheim Hotel | Anaheim, CA | More Information
July 2017
Teaching for Excellence Academy (PEAK)
July 11-14 | ESD 123 | Pasco, WA| Register
July 16-21 | Golden, CO| CSDPdWeek Provides Funds for Travel & Stipend | Apply
Celebrate K! Kindergarten Conference
July 18-20 | ESD 123 | Pasco, WA | Register
August 2017
NCCER Instructor Certification Course
August 6 | CITC Training Centerl | Spokane, WA | Contact Dave Perrin via email, or phone 425-466-0635
August 6-9 | The Davenport Hotel | Spokane, WA | More Information
Dual Language Training
August 14-16| ESD 123| Pasco, WA| Register
NGSS- To the Classroom & Beyond!
August 16-17| Kelso HS| Kelso, WA| Register
October 2017
2017 MBA Conclave
October 6-9 | Vancouver, WA | More Information
October 11-14 | Rosen Plaza Hotel | Orlando, FL | More Information
WA Annual FACSE Conference 2017
October 15-17 | Red Lion Hotel at the Park | Spokane, WA | More Information
November 2017
WA-ACTE Fall Conference | CTE...STEM & Arts
November 2-3 | Great Wolf Lodge | Grand Mound, WA | More Information
December 2017
December 6-9 | Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center | Nashville, TN | More Information
CTE Program Area Updates
Agriculture Education Sciences
Questions regarding Agriculture Education? Email Denny Wallace, Agriculture Sciences Education Program Supervisor, at dennis.wallace@k12.wa.us or call 360-725-6241.
AP/CTE
Questions regarding Advanced Placement? Email Barbara Dittrich, Advanced Placement Program Supervisor, at barbara.dittrich@k12.wa.us or call 360-725-6097.
Business and Marketing
Questions regarding Business and Marketing, Microsoft Imagine Academy, Work-Based Learning, DECA and FBLA? Email Lance Wrzesinski, Business and Marketing Program Supervisor at lance.wrzesinski@k12.wa.us or call 360-725-6258.
Family and Consumer Science Education
Questions regarding Family and Consumer Sciences Education, FCCLA, FEPPP, and Early Childhood Development? Email Mary Nagel, Family and Consumer Sciences Education Program Supervisor, at mary.nagel@k12.wa.us or call 360-725-6242.
Graduation, Reality, and Dual-role Skills (GRADS)
Questions regarding the GRADS Program? Email Denise Mileson, GRADS Program Specialist, at denise.Mileson@k12.wa.us or call 360-725-0417.
Health Sciences Education
Questions regarding Health Sciences Education? Email Marianna Goheen, Health Sciences Education Program Supervisor, at marianna.goheen@k12.wa.us or call 360-725-6257.
Jobs for Washington's Graduates (JWG)
Questions regarding Jobs for Washington's Graduates? Email Mary Kanikeberg, JWG Program Supervisor, at mary.kanikeberg@k12.wa.us or call 360-725-4964. You may cal also email Obe Quarless, JWG Program Field Specialist, at obe.quarless@k12.wa.us or call 360-725-6219.
Skilled and Technical Sciences
National Leadership and Skills Conference
– June 20-23, 2017: (Kentucky)
Click here for more information on the national SkillsUSA conference.
Questions regarding Skilled and Technical Sciences? Email Denny Wallace, Skilled Supervisor, at dennis.wallace@k12.wa.us or call 360-725-6241.
STEM
Questions regarding Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM)? Call 360-725-6245.
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