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It was another historic meeting this September as student member Pavan Venkatakrishnan was elected to the Board’s Executive Committee (it provides guidance on the Board’s agenda and oversight of the budget). The Executive Committee is now comprised of Mary Fertakis, Harium Martin-Morris, Pavan Venkatakrishnan, Bill Kallappa, and Kevin Wang (photo to the right). Pavan will be the first student member of this committee.
The Board also received Government-to-Government training from special guests, Dr. Michael Smith (Rochester), Willie Frank III and Hanford McCloud (Nisqually Tribe), Bill Kallappa (SBE chair), Washington’s 2022 Teacher of the Year, Jerad Koepp (North Thurston), and Representative Debra Lekanoff (40th District).
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Find photos and short videos from the meeting on SBE's new Instagram account - we're always adding more! Get all the highlights from the agenda by clicking the September Meeting Recap button below. Special thanks to NWESD 189 (Anacortes) for hosting us.
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Graduation requirements alignment: listening sessions
Learn about state graduation requirements, and give feedback on draft recommendations on how to better align these requirements to the Profile of a Graduate (skills students need to thrive in life after high school). Join us for listening sessions:
Learn more about the project: sbe.wa.gov/alignment.
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We will present your feedback to the Board. The sessions are recorded and available to the public. Learn more about the recommendations before the session: Video.
Can't make a session? Take the survey! Please reach out if other translation services are needed.
We want to visit classrooms, and buy you lunch!
But first, we need name suggestions from Washington students for our new Instagram seal. Students can submit their ideas, or educators can do this for them by emailing sbe@k12.wa.us. The student (or class) that wins the final name (state-wide vote, and SBE committee selection) gets:
- A pizza party for their class (courtesy of our Executive Director)
- A visit to a classroom of their choice from State Board delegates, and the seal of course (whenever timing is not disruptive)
- A feature of your classroom in the State Board's newsletter, and highlights across all official social media channels
- Bragging rights that you named the official SBE seal
On our visit, we'd love to learn more about what your students are experiencing at school. We can also share about our state's education system and how state policy works. The deadline for our seal's naming contest is September 30. Details can be found here: sbe.wa.gov/seal. Share our posts about this on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and/or LinkedIn.
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