Required Observances (Veterans Day, Constitution Day, & Temperance & Good Citizenship Day) Policy 2336
Instruction
REQUIRED OBSERVANCES (VETERANS DAY, CONSTITUTION DAY, AND TEMPERANCE AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP DAY)
Principals shall be responsible for the preparation and presentation of educational activities of over a week’s period of time for the observance of Veteran’s Day. The activities shall be conducted during the school week preceding the eleventh day of November of each year, and be a minimum of sixty minutes in duration.
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
Adopted: December 14, 2009