Annual Notification

Title I, Part A is a federal program that serves the unique needs of children—kindergarten to grade 12—who struggle to learn. Title I programs and services provide customized instruction and curricula that helps these students meet academic standards and take an active, engaged interest in what they learn and can do. Title I programs build equity of opportunity for children whose struggles often keep them on the academic sidelines. Parents have the right to know the qualifications of the teachers of their students.

If you submit a request, please include the following information

• Child’s name
• Child’s school
• Teacher’s name
• Your name and mailing address

Send your request to:

Federal Way Public Schools
Jennifer Hymer - Human Resources
jhymer@fwps.org
33330 8th Ave. S.
Federal Way, WA 98003

The district shall provide equal employment opportunity and treatment of all applicants and staff in recruitment, hiring, retention, assignment, transfer, promotion, and training. Such equal employment opportunity and treatment shall be provided without discrimination with respect to race, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation including gender identity, marital status or qualified individuals with disabilities. The district may give preference to a United States citizen or national over an authorized alien if two candidates are qualified. Inquiries regarding compliance procedures may be directed to the School District’s Title IX/RCW 28A.640 Officer and/or Section 504 Coordinators.

For the most complete and current list of registered sex offenders who are living in the community please contact your local law enforcement agency.

Child Find is the process of conducting specific activities for the purpose of locating, evaluating and identifying those who are age birth to 21 with suspected disabilities and who reside within the district’s boundaries. The Federal Way School District provides free screening to identify children with delays or disabilities, ages 3 to 5 years old, who may be in need of early intervention or special education services.

Concerns might include: speech/language, learning and understanding, coordination and movement, social skills, self-help skills (feeding, dressing, toileting), behavior management, vision or hearing. Children already identified with disabilities should also be screened if not receiving early intervention/special education services.

If you have concerns/questions about your child’s development, please call to schedule a screening.

Children ages 0 to 3:
(253)874-5445 – Birth to Three Developmental Center; or
(253)854-5660 – Children’s Therapy Center

Children ages 3 and up:
(253)945-2093 – Federal Way School District’s Child Find

If your family is living in a temporary situation, you may contact the district where you are staying to attend a screening.

Each child must have a record of their immunizations on a medically verified Certificate of Immunization Status (CIS) or have a completed Certificate of Exemption on file for each of the diseases for which full immunization is required upon entry of school. Immunizing on time gives children the best protection. Communicable diseases still exist, and international travel can bring diseases common in other parts of the world to our communities. Keeping up-to-date records at home and at school is important. All children under the age of 19 can get immunizations at no cost in our state from clinics participating in the Vaccine for Children (VFC) program. Providers may charge an administration fee, but they must waive the fee if asked by the parent.

Find VFC clinics by using this vaccine map.

For preschool and childhood requirements:

School and Child Care Immunization

Even though Whooping Cough (Pertussis) cases in Washington State are not currently at the high levels seen in previous years, the State Department of Public Health recommends the vaccine for all children and adults. It is especially important for pregnant women in the 3rd trimester in order to protect newborns in their first months of life. Children through age 18 receive vaccines at no cost in Washington through the Childhood Vaccine Program. Many pharmacies offer low-cost Tdap booster shots for adults who don’t have insurance or can’t afford to pay for the vaccine. Low-cost vaccines may include an administrative fee, but if you cannot afford this fee, you can ask to have it waived. If you are already a client at a community health or public health center, you can also get low-cost or free whooping cough vaccines for children and adults there. For more information about whooping cough and where to obtain vaccines, visit: Whooping Cough FAQ

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says everyone who is at least 6 months of age should get an annual flu vaccine, and that getting a flu vaccine in 2024-2025 is more important than ever. Influenza (“the flu”) is more dangerous than the common cold for children. Each year, many children get sick with seasonal influenza; some of those illnesses result in death. Each year an average of 20,000 children under the age of 5 are hospitalized because of influenza complications.

Get more information at:

• https://kingcounty.gov/depts/health/communicable-diseases/immunization/clinics.aspx
• https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/index.html

THIS PRESENTATION IS FOR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS ONLY

The Federal Way School District provides the opportunity to share the HIV/AIDS prevention curriculum for students in grades 5 through 12 to families. This curriculum focuses on the transmission and prevention of the disease, emphasizing abstinence. The AIDS Omnibus Bill (2SSB 6221) of the State of Washington which was passed in 1998 indicates the following: 

• Sec. 402 “Students shall receive such HIV/AIDS education at least once each school year beginning no later than fifth grade.” 
• Sec. 402 “No student may be required to participate in HIV/AIDS prevention education if the student’s parents or guardian, having attended one of, the district presentations, objects in writing to the participation.”

This school year there will be two HIV and Sexual Health family information sessions offered:

• December 4, 2024 from 5:30–6:30 p.m.
• March 5, 2025 from 5:30–6:30 p.m.

For more information visit: HIV/AIDS and Sexual Health Curriculum 

If your student is enrolled in school athletics, he or she must have insurance.

If you don’t have insurance for your student, FWPS can provide information on how to obtain insurance through a private insurance company- Myers | Stevens | Toohey & Co., Inc.

Options include:

• Student Accident and Sickness Plan.
• Interscholastic Tackle Football Plans.
• School-time Accident Plans.
• Full-time 24-hour Accident Plans.
• Dental Accident Plan.

For online enrollment, go to https://myers-stevens.com/enrollment

Call 800-827-4695 (7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. PST)

Created by the Washington Department of Health in partnership with the Washington Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and other organizations, the Safety Study Hall is a place to start learning. The Safety Study Hall is a library of information and resources on several health and safety issues for schools, students, and families/caregivers.

Key safety topics as outline by the Washington Legislature in HB 1230 include: Opioid Overdose Prevention Strategies, Secure Storage of Prescription and Over-the-Counter Medication, and Secure Storage of Firearms and Ammunition. The DOH has researched federal, state, local and community resources to find answers to common questions about these issues.

Visit the Washington Department of Health Safety Study Hall website at: https://doh.wa.gov/community-and-environment/schools/safety-study-hall

All Federal Way Public Schools scholars in grades K through 12 have access to a free email service and a collaborative space for educational purposes only. The services and accounts are provided by the district using Microsoft Office 365 and Google G Suite for Education, both of which are cloud-based productivity suites providing anywhere, anytime access on campus and off campus

The district email for students utilize the scholar ID as the user name and use the same password. As an example, a scholar with the ID of #12345 would look as follows:

Office 365: 12345@fwps365.org
Website: https://login.microsoftonline.com

G Suite for Education: 12345@p12fwps.org
Website: https://www.google.com/a/p12fwps.org

These accounts are offered to students to provide consistent and reliable communication with their teachers and staff members. Scholars should never share their account passwords with others.

In addition, our partnership with Microsoft enables all scholars K-12 to install Office 365 on up to 15 devices, with 5 licenses for laptop computers (MAC or PC), 5 licenses for smart phones, and 5 licenses tablet devices (iOS and Android). The suite components vary based on the platform and device. The apps include Microsoft Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, OneDrive, OneNote and Microsoft’s Integrated Learning Tools. Scholars can access these services with their email address and district password. Use of Office 365 enables scholar access to a top-of-the-line set of learning tools built for creativity, collaboration and productivity.

Click here to learn how to install Microsoft Office on the computer.

All scholars in grades K through 12 have individual student accounts. If your scholar is unsure of his/her password, please contact the school for assistance.

Disclaimers:

Access to and use of Microsoft Office 365 and/or G Suite for accounts are a privilege. Use of these accounts is subject to the same conditions and restrictions applicable to use of the district’s network.

The district has the right to withdraw account access should there be reason to believe that the account has been misused or that the student has violated district’s policies or the acceptable use guidelines. Violation of district policy or these guidelines may result in disciplinary action, including suspension or expulsion from school and suspension or revocation of network and computer access privileges.

Students using Microsoft Office 365 and/or G Suite for are responsible for the duplication and/or “backing up” of their electronic files in the system. The district is not responsible for any data lost due to user error, system error or failure. The district has the right to access any information stored on a student’s Google Apps for Education and/or Microsoft Office 365 account for the purposes of auditing, security or performing maintenance.