OSPI Bulletins Week of January 3-7, Bridge to College Math and English Courses, The COVID-19 Student Survey, It's About Respect, Flag lowering

Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction sent this bulletin at 01/06/2022 04:06 PM PST

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Bulletins

This week's bulletins:

Bridge to College Math and English Courses – Invitation to Register
The COVID-19 Student Survey

Bulletin 001-22

Informational

Re: Bridge to College Math and English Courses – Invitation to Register for 2022–23 School Year

Summary: This bulletin updates expectations for districts interested in offering Bridge to College courses next year.

Key Audiences: Educational Service District Superintendents, School District Superintendents, School District Business Managers

Bulletin 004-22

Informational

Re: The COVID-19 Student Survey; Impacts and Implications on Student Learning and Well-Being

Summary: The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) is offering schools that serve students in 6 to 12 grade the opportunity to administer a student perspective survey to capture the thoughts, feelings and behaviors of their youth relating to school experiences and life during the pandemic. The short survey that can be complete in 25 minutes will be administered in February and results will be released in April.

Key Audiences: Educational Service District Superintendents, School District Superintendents, School Principals, School Counselors

Of Notable Interest

It's About Respect, a sexual violence prevention project, is accepting applications from interested middle schools in Washington. This research-informed campaign runs for six weeks and features online messaging and in-school posters. Behaviors addressed in the materials relate to affirmative consent, personal boundaries, taking someone's photo without permission, body shaming and touching someone without permission. Posters and videos can be viewed at Itsaboutrespect.net. Applications due Jan. 18.

Flag Lowering - 1/6/22 (Remembering the insurrection on the U.S Capitol)

On January 6, 2021, insurrectionists rioted at the U.S. Capitol and breached the gates at the Washington State governor’s executive residence, purportedly to protest the peaceful transfer of presidential power, a fundamental tenet of our democracy. These acts of violence and intimidation were bravely met by officers of the U.S. Capitol Police and Metropolitan Police Departments in Washington, D.C, and troopers of the Washington State Patrol in Olympia, Washington. As a result of the attack on the U.S. Capitol, five U.S. Capitol Police and Metropolitan Police officers lost their lives on or after January 6, and over 100 were injured.

One year later, it is vital that we remember the heroism and sacrifice of those who defended the heart of our democracy and resisted this attempted insurrection last January. The institutions of our democracy depend upon our continued refusal to allow those who would violently attack our system of government and undermine the will of the people to succeed. U.S. and state flags in Washington state, which are already currently lowered to half-staff, shall also now commemorate and honor those officers who were wounded, and whose lives were cut short, as a result of last January’s attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Additionally, we recognize the Washington Air National Guard and the Washington National Guard, both of which provided personnel for the U.S. Capitol’s defense last year, as well as those who joined the Washington State Patrol in protecting the Capitol Campus last year.

Note: Flags are already at half-staff in honor of Senator Harry Reid.

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