Required Observances

Observances required by law in district schools.

Policy No. 2336

Instruction

Required Observances (Veterans Day, Constitution Day, and Temperance and Good Citizenship Day)

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

Constitution Day will 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 will be conducted on the preceding Friday.

Temperance and Good Citizenship Day will 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

School District Name: Montesano

Revised: 8.06; 10.07; 12.11

Classification: Priority