Puget Sound Educational Service District would like to welcome you to the 2009-2010 school year! The One-to-One is sent to your mailboxes, both physical and virtual, each quarter to keep you up-to-date with PSESD. This online version has expanded articles and full class descriptions. You can also download a PDF of the paper version by clicking here.
Back to School with Puget Sound ESD
PSESD offers a wide range of instructional and administrative support services as well as direct services to students and families. Our services continuously evolve to meet your changing needs. They are customizable and available as a district-wide approach or for individual programs and classrooms. Whether delivered at our site or yours, our services offer you innovative solutions at significant savings.
Kent Elementary's Michelle Kelly Named PSESD's Teacher of the Year
Ms. Kelly has taught at Kent Elementary since 1998. Some of her roles have included Kindergarten intervention specialist; reading specialist; and coordinator of Title I, Washington Reading Corps, and summer school programs. Since 2002, she has been a primary Highly Capable classroom teacher. Pictured above: PSESD's Julie Rolling and Teacher of the Year Michelle Kelly
Colonial Williamsburg Comes to PSETV PSETV (Puget Sound Educational Television) is pleased to broadcast the nationally renowned electronic field trip series, Colonial Williamsburg, during the 2009-10 school year beginning in October.The programs are geared for students in grades 4 – 8 and cover a variety of topics such as Native American efforts at peace with the British, ratification of the U.S. Constitution, archaeology, early westward movement, the slave trade, juvenile justice, and conservation. There are seven programs in the series. The electronic field trip series can be viewed on cable channel 26 throughout Pierce County and King County (except in Bellevue and Shoreline). In Tacoma, you can also view Colonial Williamsburg Electronic Field Trips on Click! channel 25.
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Certification and Fingerprinting Contacts and ResourcesFor answers to your certification questions, visit our website or contact our Please note: Fingerprinting is by appointment only.
Fingerprinting: Patti Moench; Phone: 425-917-7614, 253-778-7614; Email: pmoench@psesd.org. PSESD Certification Office: 800 Oakesdale Ave. SW Renton, WA 98057-5221. Visit www.psesd.org for directions. Hours: 8:00-5:00, Monday-Friday.
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For additional news and resources, visit the PSESD Learning & Teaching page.
Interpreter and Equity Center Supports Equal Access for All
How can the center assist your school or district? The Interpreter and Equity Center can support your efforts through our three main services:
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For additional news and resources, visit the PSESD Prevention Center page.  Improve Student Achievement with the PSESD Prevention Center
Puget Sound ESD’s Prevention Center provides Student Assistance programs to reduce the risk of alcohol, tobacco and drug use, strengthen positive decision making-skills and support student achievement in school.
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Puget Sound ESD's Technology Services offers training in support of teaching and learning in our schools, technology support, low-cost software purchasing and online programs, K-20 Network support (video, data, and Internet), website design and development, and network-based curriculum development. For additional news and resources, visit the PSESD Technology Services page.
Private Schools Day Returns for the 2009 School Year
Introducing the 2009-2010 Tech Forum Schedule Puget Sound ESD hosts regular Tech Forum meetings for school leaders in educational technology. These monthly sessions provide an opportunity to participate in timely discussions and presentations on critical technical, curricular and organizational topics, as well as networking time with your colleagues, regional and statewide, to share information and resources.
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Puget Sound ESD offers a wide range of professional development courses for teachers, administrators, paraeducators and classified staff. Below are descriptions of upcoming workshops and classes. Each listing includes a link to our class database and keywords to assist with finding the class in our database. To register online, click the "Search for Keywords" link at the end of the class description and enter the suggested keywords in the search box that appears. Select the course. Click the "Register Online" link and follow the instructions You can also register by mail. Download the registration form (PDF) and follow the instructions.
Click here to search available classes on psesd.org. New classes, dates and topics are added often. PSESD has also partnered with several vendors to provide additional online professional development opportunities.
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One-to-One Online Volume 28 Number 1, Fall 2009 The One-to-One is published four times a year by Puget Sound Educational Service District. Puget Sound ESD 425-917-7600 Seattle PSESD Board: Chair, David Okimoto; Vice Chair, Barbara Peterson; Alan J. Arjo; Robert Beem; Edward O. Prince; Joanne Seng; Jackie Smith; Charles Staadecker; John Zurfluh Dr. Monte Bridges, superintendent Puget Sound ESD does not discriminate in admission to, access to, or operation of its programs, services, or activities. Contact Janice Watson, Affirmative Action/ADA Officer, at the above numbers.
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Congratulations to Michelle Kelly, primary Highly Capable classroom teacher at Kent Elementary in the Kent School District. She is Puget Sound ESD’s Teacher of the Year for 2010.
Certification: Jan Mathsen, Certification Officer, 
The Puget Sound ESD is committed to partnering with schools to ensure that all students receive equal access to a high quality education. In efforts to accomplish this goal, we have created the Interpreter and Equity Center.
Adolescents who use drugs, especially marijuana and other illicit drugs, are characterized by many of the same attributes as are school dropouts, particularly less commitment and attachment to conventional values and institutions, such as the family and school, and lower psychological well-being. Adolescents who use drugs tend to have poorer relationships with their parents, stronger ties to their peers, poorer grades, more negative attitudes about school, and low self-esteem; in addition they are more often absent from school, less religious, more depressed, more rebellious, and higher in risk-taking behavior and participate more frequently in delinquent activities (Mensch & Kandel, 1988).
This year the Washington Federation of Independent Schools and Puget Sound ESD are combining their efforts to offer a single, special all-day forum for private and independent schools in our region. Join other administrators, teachers, paraeducators, technology specialists, and interested parties from the preschool and K-12 educational community in hearing informative presentations by OSPI, PSESD, and your peers. 
