November 8 is International STEM/STEAM Day, which celebrates the importance of "Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics," with STEAM acknowledging the importance of the Arts and adding that initial "A" into the original “STEM” acronym.

In October, Muir Elementary School was transformed into a vibrant hub of hands-on learning as volunteers came together to build a new Outdoor Learning Lab. This inspiring initiative was made possible through a partnership between the Seattle Seahawks, Monolithic Power Systems and OutTeach, a national nonprofit dedicated to turning outdoor spaces into dynamic learning environments.
 

Today, there are over 500 different federally recognized tribes, encompassing over 9 million Indigenous Americans across the United States. And with 29 of those tribes within the state of Washington, we're proud to have the opportunity to celebrate Indigenous American / Native American Heritage Month. Also known as American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month, it's an opportunity to pay tribute to the diversity, rich ancestry, and traditions of Native Americans in our districts.

This fall, Einstein Middle School is piloting an empowering Unified Physical Education (PE) class that brings together students of all abilities to play, learn, and grow together. The program emphasizes meaningful inclusion, teamwork, and leadership for every student in the class.
 

Hundreds of Tyee and Evergreen community members, alumni, and neighbors celebrated the grand openings of the new Tyee and Evergreen high schools recently. Each event drew more than 400 visitors who toured classrooms, gyms, libraries and student learning spaces.
 

Some special Seattle Seahawks guests recently made a visit to Mountain View Middle School to recognize Kyla K., a seventh grader who was the top reader in the "12 Pages Summer Reading Challenge."
 

Each October 17, Black Poetry Day commemorates the birth of the first published Black poet in the U.S. while honoring Black poets both past and present.

The National School Lunch Program serves nearly 30 million children daily, and this week, as in each October, National School Lunch Week promotes the importance of a healthy school lunch in a child’s life, and the impact a simple school lunch can have both inside and outside the classroom. This year's theme? Taste the world!

Indigenous Peoples Day celebrates the culture and history of the indigenous American peoples in the United States. The day provides a much-needed opportunity to honor and celebrate Indigenous American peoples, in an opportunity to teach, lift up and celebrate their tribes, cultures, history, and lessons.

Recently, students Alexis Tran, Alissa Tagoai, and Yang Ni were interviewed at the Digital Equity Forum At-Large Meeting.

October is Global Diversity Month, which provides the opportunity to celebrate the melting pot of diverse cultures and ethnicities in America, as well as the vibrant and rich assortment of ethnicities, cultures, heritages, abilities, and experiences that make up our world beyond.

We are excited to announce the selection of two new student representatives to the Puget Sound Educational Service District (PSESD) Board of Directors. We welcome Maricella Gonzalez from Puyallup High School (Pierce County) and James Young from Mercer Island High School (King County) to the Board this year.

South Kitsap High School has been selected as one of the Top 25 finalists in T-Mobile’s “Friday Night 5G Lights” competition.

Learn how budget cuts affect kids and families, access to mental health supports, and prevention education in schools in this Latinx Dream Coalition Town Hall (Latinx Dream Coalition Asamblea Comunitaria 2025)!

October offers a vital celebration of LGBTQ pride with LGBTQ+ History Month! Created in 1994, by a Missouri high school history teacher named Rodney Wilson who believed that a month should explore and celebrate LGBTQ+ history, LGBTQ+ History Month honors the history and courageous achievements across the years of LGBTQ+ people, including a spotlight on National Coming Out Day on October 11.

Each September 30 is Orange Shirt Day—a day of remembrance honoring the hundreds of thousands of indigenous children who attended Canadian residence schools and United States Indigenous Boarding Schools, enduring abuse, neglect, disease, and worse. These schools were deliberately created to strip First Nations and other indigenous children of their culture, language, and way of life, and their effects are still being felt today by those who survived, as well as their families.

Vashon High School (VHS) teacher Heather Miller has been named the 2025 Washington History Teacher of the Year by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. Since 2004, this distinguished award has recognized exceptional K-12 educators for their work in teaching American history.

The World Day of Migrants and Refugees was designated by the United Nations to take place on the last Sunday of September each year, and in 2025, it’s celebrated today, September 24.

Happy Sign Languages Day (also known as the International Day of Sign Languages)! September 23 has been proclaimed by the UN General Assembly as the International Day of Sign Languages in order to raise awareness of the importance of sign language in the recognition of the human rights of people who are deaf.