2336 Required Observances

Principals shall be responsible for the preparation and presentation of educational activities of approximately sixty minutes in duration in observance of Veteran's Day. The program shall be conducted during the school week preceding the eleventh day of November of each year.

Constitution Day shall be observed each year on September 17 in commemoration of the September 17, 1787, signing of the United States Constitution. If September 17 occurs on a non-school day, Constitution Day shall be conducted on the preceding Friday.

Temperance and Good Citizenship Day shall be observed on January 16, or, if on a non-school day, the Friday preceding January 16.

Disability History Month will be observed during the month of October by conducting or promoting educational activities such as school assemblies or guest speaker presentations that provide instruction, awareness and understanding of disablity history and people with disabilities.

 

Legal References:                

• RCW  28A.230.160         Programs in observance of Veteran's Day
• RCW  28A.230.158.        Disability history month - Activities.
• RCW  28A.230.150        Temperance and Good Citizenship Day — Aids in programming
• 36 U.S.C. 106 Constitution and Citizenship Day

Management resources:     

• 2014 – February Issue
• Policy News, August 2006 Constitution Day Recognition

 

Adoption Date: 06.17.03

Stanwood-Camano School District

Revised: 07.02.08; 01.17.17