Principals shall be responsible for the preparation and presentation of educational activities of approximately sixty minutes in duration in observance of Veterans 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.
Legal References:
RCW 28A.230.160 Educational activities in observance of Veteran’s Day
RCW 28A.230.150 Temperance and Good Citizenship Day — Aids in programming
36 U.S.C. 106 Constitution and Citizenship Day
Management Resources:
Policy News, August 2006 Constitution Day Recognition
Adoption Date: 2.09
Methow Valley School District
Classification: Priority
WSSDA 10.07