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Religious and cultural days added to the ISD and school calendars are based on days that impact student learning and staff. The calendar is compiled by the Equity Department annually, and can be found on the Religion and Culture webpage*.

*This calendar does not cover all holidays that may be observed by students and students may practice the same religion differently.

• Additional information on Common Religious and U.S. Public Holidays from OSPI
• Interfaith Calendar
• PTA multicultural calendar with links and information about Heritage months

Parents – Please be sure to call or email your school and excuse the absence for religious or cultural celebration related absences.

Religious and cultural days added to the ISD and school calendars are based on days that impact student learning and staff. The calendar is compiled by the Equity Department annually, and can be found on the Religion and Culture webpage*.

*This calendar does not cover all holidays that may be observed by students and students may practice the same religion differently.

• Additional information on Common Religious and U.S. Public Holidays from OSPI
• Interfaith Calendar
• PTA multicultural calendar with links and information about Heritage months

Parents – Please be sure to call or email your school and excuse the absence for religious or cultural celebration related absences.

Religious and cultural days added to the ISD and school calendars are based on days that impact student learning and staff. The calendar is compiled by the Equity Department annually, and can be found on the Religion and Culture webpage*.

*This calendar does not cover all holidays that may be observed by students and students may practice the same religion differently.

• Additional information on Common Religious and U.S. Public Holidays from OSPI
• Interfaith Calendar
• PTA multicultural calendar with links and information about Heritage months

Parents – Please be sure to call or email your school and excuse the absence for religious or cultural celebration related absences.

Did you know that the best way to learn mathematics is through play? This empowers our children to see math everywhere, a process know as ‘mathematizing’ our world.

While we may have learned math procedurally, by practicing operations over and over on worksheets, we now know these teaching methods send the wrong messages about math. That it is a stale, static subject focused on finding a quick solution. Instead, research supports building a sense of joy and curiosity in teaching and learning math through meaningful and relevant tasks that engage our learners. Games and collaborative tasks are some of the best ways we can do this.

Playing board, card, and logic games is a great way for to encourage and promote the joy of mathematics at home. For ideas, check out this list of games that support mathematical reasoning. And for more info about how to support math and play at home, see Seattle’s own, Dan Finkel, founder and director of Operations at Math for Love. His goal is to bring play to math for both teachers and families.

Lastly, SAVE THE DATE! Issaquah Schools Foundation (ISF) has awarded Briarwood a Family STEM Night to support the joy of math through problem-solving, sense-making, and play from the comfort of your own home! Save the date for Tuesday, June 7th from 6:00-7:00 pm!

*If school is closed during the school year due to inclement weather, additional school days will be added to the school calendar in June.

Trimester 2 report cards available on Family Access.