Celebrating American Sign Language (ASL), National ASL Day takes place on April 15 each year, as a reminder of the importance of sign language for those in the Deaf community and beyond who cannot hear or speak.

The Auburn School District is launching a Spanish/English dual language program at Pioneer Elementary starting in September 2025 for kindergarten students.

Bellevue School District recently shared some useful tips to help keep attendance strong.

Laura Eidson is a teacher in the Sumner-Bonney Lake School District, where she currently teaches first grade, and she just went through the National Board Certification process and received her certification. The process had a positive and powerful effect on her approaches as a teacher.
 

Here's some news to spotlight from Federal Way Public Schools! Transitioning to a new grade level can be a big deal for students and families alike. Sometimes, transitions can bring about mixed feelings of both excitement and anxiousness around what comes next. At Family Academy’s Bridging the Gap: Supporting Students Through Change, students and families can learn more about how to confidently support smooth school year transitions.

Did you know? April is Celebrate Diversity Month, which was created in 2004 to emphasize and encourage diversity across the world.

Lucyka Clark is a Resource Room Teacher at James Sales Elementary School, in the Franklin Pierce School District. As the proud home of the Jaguars, James Sales is located in Tacoma, Washington, and we recently had the chance to talk with Lucyka about how becoming Nationally Board Certified enriched her teaching.

We recently spoke with Amber Nitta with Federal Way Public Schools to talk about what she's gained by becoming Nationally Board Certified.

In 2025, the theme of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is “the 60th anniversary of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms Racial of Discrimination (ICERD).”

Dr. Matt Oberst is the Principal with Federal Way High School, and we recently sat down to speak with him about the benefits of having Nationally Board Certified teachers in the classroom.

In education, the thousands who serve among the support professionals are an integral part of the industry and its importance.

That’s why it’s so important to celebrate their contributions each year for Education Support Professionals week, which takes place this year from March 10–14, 2025. The week was first noted for celebration in 1975 by PSE in order to salute the irreplaceable contributions of Education Support Professionals (or ESPs, for short) in the public school system.
 

Rachel Wegener is a high school English teacher in the Federal Way Public Schools who teaches 10th and 12th grade English. She's been with Federal Way for seven years, and we recently sat down to talk with her about what she's gained by becoming Nationally Board Certified.

Puget Sound Educational Service District (PSESD) has released its annual Report to the Community spotlighting the agency’s work in the 2024 school year.
 

In 1990, Harriet Tubman Day was finally enacted as a national holiday on March 10 by the United States Congress as a gesture to celebrate her heroic work in freeing slaves as well as toward the abolishment of slavery in America.